Winter's Journey

About the Artist
Brad White has been collecting exotic and rare woodwinds for over thirty years. He performs on a variety of historical wind instruments which originate from countries past and present, spanning over eight centuries.

Pierre Grill perfoms on a 1912 Baldwin Grand Piano. He was born in France where he was classically trained on Piano. He currently owns one of the top recording studios in Hawaii.

Product Description
From the South Americas to the South of France, from the rustic to the sublime, the glorious songs and carols of Christmas all share a common bond of celebration. Hand crafted Wooden Flutes including Pan Pipes, Recorders, Penny Whistles, Gemshorns, Grand Piano and Renaissance Reed instruments create a joyful celebration of the Christmas sound.

Winter's Journey,Pierre Grill,Brad White

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Average customer rating: Perfectly Williams Inspiring soundtrack that is vintage John Williams Very impressive stuff Essential for the John Williams lover Really makes you feel proud

American Journey - Winter Olympics 2002 John Williams Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: Summon the Heroes By Request: The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra Unity: The Official Athens 2004 Olympic Games Album John Williams - Greatest Hits 1969 - 1999 Stars & Stripes: Fanfares, Marches & Wind Band Spectaculars ASIN: B00005UN9G Release Date: 2002-01-15

Tracks:

1. Call Of The Champions (The Official Theme Of The 2002 Olympic Winter Games)
2. American Journey: Immigration and Building
3. American Journey: The Country at War
4. American Journey: Popular Entertainment
5. American Journey: Sports and Celebrities
6. American Journey: Civil Rights and The Woman's Movement
7. American Journey: Technology and Flight
8. Song for World Peace
9. Jubilee 350
10. The Mission Theme (Theme for NBC News)
11. For New York (Variations on Themes of Leonard Bernstein)
12. Sound The Bells!
13. Hymn To New England
14. Celebrate Discovery
15. Summon The Heroes

Amazon.com

Anchored by his Mormon Tabernacle-charged "Call of Champions" (theme of the 2002 Olympic Winter Games) and the sweeping, emotionally rich six-part title suite (originally written for Washington, D.C.'s millennium celebrations and appearing here for the first time as a complete concert piece), this rousing, unabashedly patriotic collection from John Williams seems doubly timely, given America's hunger for comforting affirmation. Those who criticize the scale of Williams's music for its lack of irony will find little here to dissuade them, save perhaps "For New York," his deft, surprisingly low-key arrangement of appropriate Leonard Bernstein themes, and the comparatively subdued harmonic/melodic sophistication of "Song for World Peace." But this is largely music of ceremony and celebration--its scale and frequently martial rhythms are a direct function of purpose and intent. The collection's notes foster the notion of Williams as America's contemporary Sousa, but that's a comparison that sells the composer woefully short. Even "Sound the Bells," a piece written for the Japanese royal wedding, eschews any efforts at ethnic "authenticity," paying its tribute in distinctly American terms. "The Mission Theme" (from NBC News) and the Coplandesque bonus track "Summon the Heroes" (from the 1996 Olympics) further underscore the iconic intent of Williams's work. Chiding this collection for lack of subtlety is like complaining that fireworks are too spectacular. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

Perfectly Williams.......2006-02-25

If you want a combination of John Williams at his best and the original olympic spirit, this is a must! The album starts off with the olympic theme from the Salt Lake Winter Olympic Games and continues with the opening ceremony music. It's wonderful how Williams composes the music to describe the American evolution and history.

If you like the more fanfare-like Williams type of music and want to listen to a great album with great compositions I recommend this album to you! It really deserves 5 out of 5 stars!

Inspiring soundtrack that is vintage John Williams.......2006-01-15

I really enjoyed American Journey, as well as the other pieces John Williams composed for the 2002 Winter Olympics. When listened to all the way through, American Journey is a powerful tribute to the pioneers and explorers of America. Of the other pieces, my favorite was the Mission Theme, which features the well-known theme from NBC news with some excellent variations. The two main fanfares (Call of the Champions - 2002 Olympics, Summon the Heroes - 2000 Olympics) are the highlights of the CD, and unlike most people I actually thought Call of the Champions was better. I especially liked Williams' use of the choir and timpani in this piece.
I would recommend this CD to anyone whether they are a fan of John Williams or not.

Very impressive stuff.......2005-04-28

This really was one of William's best compositions and the performance by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir was inspired as well. I think when people recall these Olympics, the sounds of "Call of the Champions" provides a very memorable musical image of the games. The Boston Pops Orchestra does an impressive job as well in this very attractive CD. Wonderful music from a memorable Olympic experience.

Essential for the John Williams lover.......2003-05-11

This is not my favorite John Williams CD, because I love his film scores, and the way they are arranged and built. However, this is John Williams performing his classical and ceremonial music, and with that in mind, this is an excellent CD. The "American Journey" suite is the strongest new material on the album - I say "new material" because the last track, Summon the Heroes (1996 Olympics) is one of John Williams's greatest, most energetic pieces. "American Journey" is filled with American patriotism, feeling, and excitement (my personal favorite is the Arts & Entertainment movement). With this CD and John Williams's other Olympic music, I believe he has redefined what American classical music is.

Really makes you feel proud.......2003-02-02

John Williams scores again, proving he can do more than compose music for Superman and Star Wars. This disk is filled with simply wonderful patriotic music, upbeat, small-scale at times, always suited to the title.

It's a wonderful listen for anyone...just as fun to listen to as any other John Williams tunes like Superman and Star Wars; and this time it isn't specifically related to a movie!

Average customer rating: A wonderful journey my introduction to the classical guitar technique Mesmerizing!! Beyond beautiful, a wonderful work As enjoyable as their live performance!

Journey to the Amazon Sharon Isbin , Paul Winter , Thiago de Mello , Laurindo Almeida , Antonio Lauro , Agustin Barrios-Mangore , Gentil Montana , Isaias Savio , Leo Brouwer , Benito Canonico , and Pixinguinha Manufacturer: Teldec ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Guitar | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Isbin, Sharon | ( I ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Latin Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dreams of a World Sharon Isbin Plays Baroque Favorites for Guitar Rodrigo: Concierto de Aranjuez; Villa-Lobos: Concerto for guitar; Ponce: Concierto del sur Greatest Hits Latin Romances for Guitar ASIN: B000000SAG Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

1. Historia Do Luar (Choro)
2. Seis por Derecho
3. Waltz Op. 8, No. 4
4. A Hug For Pixingha
5. Chants For The Chief No. 2 : Uirapuru do Amazonas
6. Julia Florida
7. El Marabino
8. Waltz No. 3 (Natalia)
9. Porro
10. Butucada
11. Lago de Janauaca
12. Chants For the Chief No. 1 : A Chamada dos Ventos - Cancao Nocturna
13. Cancione de Cuna (Lullaby)
14. Aire de Joropo
15. Cochichando
16. Choro Alegre (A Hug For Tiberio)
17. Cavaleiro Sem Armadura (Knight Without Armor)

Customer Reviews:

A wonderful journey.......2006-02-17

The guitar performance is as good as it gets. Every track could have been recorded as a solo performance and worked very well. The percussion and saxophone enrich the context and move the performance into something more than just music. After listening you feel like you've just enjoyed something wonderful and at the same time you've been educated without realizing it! After listening you understand something about Latin American music that you didn't before.

my introduction to the classical guitar technique.......2005-05-22

The Journey to the Amazon does just what the title suggests, taking you on an melodious adventure of guitar and local instruments and rhythms. This disc was my introduction to the sound of a classical guitar, and I found that the path Sharon Isbin took from more classical repertoire suited her style well. I may not have liked the sound of classical guitar at all if I had first listened to it in a more traditional genre.

Mesmerizing!!.......2004-02-29

This CD was my first exposure to Sharon Isbin, and I am absolutely mesmerized by it!! The music is beautiful, lyrical and moving. You can close your eyes and feel transported to a lovely other-worldly place full of graceful Latin/Brazilian rhythms.

Beyond beautiful, a wonderful work.......2003-09-08

This recording was one of my early exposures to Sharon Isbin on CD. I had the pleasure of experiencing her live performance prior to the purchase of this CD. As a fan of heavier guitar music, (i.e. Steve Vai and Eric Johnson), I never believed I would enjoy a classical guitarist. I was so completely moved by the performance Ms. Isbin gives on this CD, that I promptly purchased "Dreams of a World" and most recently "Baroque Favorites for Guitar". I highly recommend this CD if you want to hear a guitarist whose work defies traditional categorization. I give it 10 stars! Please try to see Ms. Isbin live in recital if she comes to your area; you will experience a remarkable performance.

As enjoyable as their live performance!.......2002-05-28

I had the good fortune of hearing these performers live and relished every moment. Rarely does a CD live up to a live performance, but this is one that does and more. A must buy!!

Average customer rating: EPICS THAT DO NOT DISAPPOINT Interesting selections . . . "Epics featuring The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra ~ 60 years of film scores"

Epics: The History of the World According to Hollywood Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Alwyn | Alwyn, William | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music 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 Orff | Orff, Carl | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vangelis | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Waxman | Waxman, Franz | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music The Incredible Film Music Box The Magnificent Westerns The Longest Day: The Ultimate World War Movie Theme Collection ASIN: B0009KIYCW Release Date: 2005-09-06

Tracks:

1. Pre- Historic: One Million Years B.C.
2. The Ancient World: The Ten Commandments
3. The Ancient World: Alexander
4. The Ancient World: Sodom And Gomorrah
5. The Ancient World: The 300 Spartans
6. The Ancient World: Troy
7. The Ancient World: Alexander (Eternal Alexander)
8. The Might Of Rome: Quo Vadis
9. The Might Of Rome: The Robe
10. The Might Of Rome: Demetrius And The Gladiators
11. The Might Of Rome: Cleopatra
12. The Might Of Rome: Antony And Cleopatra
13. The Might Of Rome: Gladiator (Suite)
14. The Might Of Rome: Gladiator (Now We Are Free)

Tracks:

1. The Fall Of Rome: Masada
2. The Fall Of Rome: Spartacus (Main Theme)
3. The Fall Of Rome: Spartacus (Love Theme)
4. The Fall Of Rome: The Fall Of The Roman Empire (Pax Romana)
5. The Fall Of Rome: The Fall Of The Roman Empire (Overture)
6. Biblical Epics: The Greatest Story Ever Told
7. Biblical Epics: Jesus Of Nazareth
8. Biblical Epics: Ben-Hur (Parade Of The Charioteers)
9. Biblical Epics: Ben-Hur (Love Theme)
10. Biblical Epics: The Silver Chalice
11. Biblical Epics: The Passion Of The Christ
12. Medieval Europe: The War Lord
13. Medieval Europe: El Cid (Love Theme)
14. Medieval Europe: El Cid (Overture)
15. Medieval Europe: The Vikings (Suite)

Tracks:

1. Medieval Europe: Flesh & Blood
2. Medieval Europe: The Last Valley
3. Medieval Europe: Prince Valiant
4. Medieval Europe: Taras Bulba
5. Pirates & Swashbucklers: The Sea Hawk
6. Pirates & Swashbucklers: The Crimson Pirate
7. Pirates & Swashbucklers: Pirates Of The Caribbean
8. Pirates & Swashbucklers: Captain Blood
9. Kings & Queens: The Lion In The Winter
10. Kings & Queens: Henry V (1989)
11. Kings & Queens: Henry V (1944)
12. Kings & Queens: Mary Queen Of Scots
13. Kings & Queens: The Private Lives Of Elizabeth And Essex

Tracks:

1. Heroes: Excalibur - O Fortuna
2. Heroes: First Night
3. Heroes: The Adventures Of Robin Hood: March Of The Merry Men
4. Heroes: Braveheart
5. The New Worlds: Mutiny On The Bounty
6. The New Worlds: 1492 - Conquest Of Paradise
7. The New Worlds: Captain From Castle
8. The New Worlds: The Mission
9. The New Worlds: The Alamo
10. The British Empire/The Orient: The Charge Of The Light Brigade
11. The British Empire/The Orient: Lawrence Of Arabia
12. The British Empire/The Orient: Zulu
13. The British Empire/The Orient: The Last Samurai
14. The British Empire/The Orient: Exodus

Customer Reviews:

EPICS THAT DO NOT DISAPPOINT.......2007-05-14

WHAT A BRILLIANT IDEA TO TAKE HOLLYWOOD'S COLLECTION OF HISTORICAL EPIC MOVIES, EXTRACT THE BEST PORTIONS OF THE SCORES AND COMBINE THEM FROM THE DAWN OF MAN TO THE RECENT PAST. I PARTICULARLY ENJOY THE SUITES FROM GLADIATOR, BRAVEHEART AND THE VIKING. THE REPRODUCTION OF THESE SCORES BY THE CITY OF PRAGUE PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA AND CHORUS IS BRILLIANT, AND THE RECORDING WAS EXCELLENT. I ONLY WISH THERE WERE EIGHT DISCS INSTEAD OF FOUR TO COVER THE VOLUMES OF SCORES THAT COULD NOT BE INCLUDED. LET'S HOPE FOR A VOLUME II.

Interesting selections . . ........2006-12-15

This compiiation album makes an excellent gift for that person wanting to discover great, epic scores. I'm surprised, however, that Vangelis' Alexander is included in this one. Not bad, just surprised.

The reason I give this album 4 out of 5 stars is because of the swashbuckler section. How is it that CutThroat Island - one of the greatest epics in history - was scrubbed out of the list? Pirates of the Caribbean is included on the selection but nothing from Debney's masterpiece?!

Yes, that is a huge compilant. If you haven't discovered CutThroat Island, I suggest you get it then you'll understand my frustration. Still, this album is a great buy and worth looking into!

"Epics featuring The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra ~ 60 years of film scores".......2005-09-07

When I think of the "Golden Age of Hollywood", many composers come to mind...you gave the usher your ticket in the theater and sat down, knowingly you were going to get your moneys worth...when the curtain opened and you heard those first few notes...you sat back, watched and listened as the film score and orchestra worked their magic...now we have the ultimate from Silva Screen Classics "EPICS:THE HISTORY OF THE WORLD ACCORDING TO HOLLYWOOD", featuring a four disc set of the essential film scores of the past 60 years...covering several decades right and up to the present 2005.

There are compilations and then there are "Compilations" beginning with a classics that even the youngsters today recognize...sweeping scores that capture the drama, mystery, adventure, action and romance...one great cue after another, it doesn't get any better than this...many nominated and winners by the Academy for Best Original Score...

Silva Screen Classics as usual, has put quality into this 4-CD-Set featuring The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra and the Crouch End Festival Chorus conducted by Kenneth Alwyn, Paul Bateman, James Fitzpatrick, Mario Klemens and Nic Raine. Recorded in "Dolby Surround" with the new technology of "HDCD", this is a "film-score-buffs" dream, one to treasure now and years to come...this collection is aimed directly at the "Serious Film Score" music fans and collectors...Silva is as always, perfect in every way...just the way we like 'em!

Total Time: 4-CD-Set ~ Silva America 1170 ~ (9/6/2005)

Average customer rating: The movie it ain't! Dances With Wolves Dances With Wolves Soundtrack not all SACD are surround SACD, but NO surround sound

Dances with Wolves: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack [SACD] Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dances with Wolves Dances With Wolves: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Out Of Africa: Music From The Motion Picture Soundtrack Braveheart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack The Last Of The Mohicans: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B00004THDI Release Date: 2000-02-22

Tracks:

1. Main Title - Looks Like a Suicide
2. John Dunbar Theme
3. Journey to Fort Sedgewick
4. Ride to Fort Hays
5. Death of Timmons
6. Two Socks - The Wolf Theme
7. Pawnee Attack
8. Kicking Bird's Gift
9. Journey to the Buffalo Killing Ground
10. Buffalo Hunt
11. Stands With a Fist Remembers
12. Love Theme
13. John Dunbar Theme
14. Two Socks at Play
15. Death of Cisco
16. Rescue of Dances With Wolves
17. Loss of the Journal/The Return to Winter Camp
18. Farewell and End Title

Customer Reviews:

The movie it ain't!.......2007-06-21

I purchased this SACD after reading the glowing reviews and was disappointed when I listened to the recording. Despite being the soundtrack to a VERY LONG film, there was very little contrast in the 18 offerings on the disc. Unlike numerous classical SACDs that have greatly moved me, "Dances With Wolves" merely lulled me to sleep.

Dances With Wolves.......2006-03-03

this wonderfull score is the bast score of all time. You must have this score in your movie music collection.

Dances With Wolves Soundtrack.......2005-09-23

This is beautiful haunting music. One of the best all-time movie scores.

not all SACD are surround.......2005-05-05

I just wanted to let everyone know who read that review that he doesnt know what he is talking about. Yes this is a STEREO only SACD. SACD was first made only in stereo. There was no surround or hybrid SACD. And if you listen to SACD dont buy the regular CD this will blow it away.Im not trying to be mean just stating the facts. Ive been listining to SACD since 1999 when sony released this format and when I heard Billy Joel I was hooked. Have fun and buy them all because Sony is thinking of not doing SACD anymore and that would be awful.

SACD, but NO surround sound.......2005-02-13

Very nice music - nothing wrong with that.
But.... this is a stereo CD. It has SACD written all over it and my new Denon DVD-3910 DVD player does recognise this as an SACD, but it only has 2 channels, instead of 5.1. I do own several other SACD's and these DO play 5.1 channel. Very strange....
So perhaps it's smarter to order the Stereo CD, the one with the special bonus tracks (Dances with Wolves (Special Extended Edition).

Average customer rating: great music - nasty voices Spectacular A journey to remember Inspired and Insightful Work! one word: WONDERFUL!

Lauridsen: Northwest Journey Morten Lauridsen Manufacturer: Rubeda Canis Musica ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Lauridsen | Lauridsen, Morten | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, etc. / Salamunovich, Los Angeles Master Chorale Lauridsen: The Complete Choral Cycles Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna Morten Lauridsen: Nocturnes O Magnum Mysterium ASIN: B00004YNF7 Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

1. Where Have The Actors Gone (Sunny Wilkinson, vocal: Shelly Berg, piano)
2. Dirait-on (Jane Thorngren, soprano; James Drollinger, baritone; Morten Lauridsen, piano)
3. Ubi Caritas Et Amor (Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor)
4. A Winter Come (Jane Thorngren, soprano; Ralph Grierson, piano)
5. A Winter Come (Jane Thorngren, soprano; Ralph Grierson, piano)
6. A Winter Come (Jane Thorngren, soprano; Ralph Grierson, piano)
7. A Winter Come (Jane Thorngren, soprano; Ralph Grierson, piano)
8. A Winter Come (Jane Thorngren, soprano; Ralph Grierson, piano)
9. A Winter Come (Jane Thorngren, soprano; Ralph Grierson, piano)
10. Variations (Ralph Grierson, piano)
11. Madrigali (Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor)
12. Madrigali (Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor)
13. Madrigali (Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor)
14. Madrigali (Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor)
15. Madrigali (Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor)
16. Madrigali (Donald Brinegar Singers; Donald Brinegar, conductor)
17. Cuatro Canciones (Anne Marie Ketchum, soprano; Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble, Wendy Prober, piano; Amanda Walker, clarinet; Sebastian Toettcher, cello)
18. Cuatro Canciones (Anne Marie Ketchum, soprano; Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble, Wendy Prober, piano; Amanda Walker, clarinet; Sebastian Toettcher, cello)
19. Cuatro Canciones (Anne Marie Ketchum, soprano; Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble, Wendy Prober, piano; Amanda Walker, clarinet; Sebastian Toettcher, cello)
20. Cuatro Canciones (Anne Marie Ketchum, soprano; Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble, Wendy Prober, piano; Amanda Walker, clarinet; Sebastian Toettcher, cello)
21. O Magnum Mysterium (Jane Thorngren, soprano; Morten Lauridsen, piano)

Customer Reviews:

great music - nasty voices.......2007-01-07

Lauridsen ROCKS! He's amazing - such diverse, beautiful music that should be savoured by listeners and performers alike. Sadly though, a certain soprano voice just grated on me............his Magnum Mysterium is so gentle and sublime and angelic - and the wobbling vibrato of the soloist has made this CD very difficult for me to listen to - even as a reference point! oh dear!

Spectacular.......2003-08-13

This modest, relatively cheap CD has some absolutely spectacular vocal music that can blast the pants of much in the choral repetoire. Ubi Caritas (track 3) alone makes this CD worth $... While very original, Lauridsen's heavily vocal music reminds me of Mahler, Brahms, and Copland.

A journey to remember.......2003-01-15

There is nothing more intimate then the human voice. I am a voice major at a university. Nothing speaks to me more highly then choral music. I was a little skeptical about this CD when I first got it. I have since fallen in love with every aspect of it. Of course if you get this CD you must get the companion CD Lux Aeterna by the Los Angeles Master Chorale. You cannot have one without the other.

Inspired and Insightful Work!.......2002-11-16

This is a very interesting CD! Using a small group or soloists to perform works that are usually done with large choral groups gives an entirely different sound and feel to this music. I'm very familiar with O Magnum Mysterium, one of the great modern choral works, having sung it myself or heard it performed many times. But sung with a single soprano soloist, it has an intimate, emotional appeal that I've never experienced before! A small group performing Ubi Caritas also gives an astounding clarity to the work that is quite different! I would definitely recommend this CD to any classical music lover.

Morten Lauridsen is a treasure!

one word: WONDERFUL!.......2002-02-06

I was given a copy of NORTHWEST JOURNEY for Christmas. Probably the best gift of music I've received ever.

The opening song, Where Have All the Actors Gone, with Sunny Wilkinson singing and Shelley Berg on piano, is I think one of Lauridsen's finest. Ms. Wilkinson's voice is warm and expressive, fitting the song's lyrics and mood perfectly. The piano playing is also marvelous.

On Dirait-On which can also be heard in its choral version on the Lauridsen album, LUX AETERNA, is to my ear more beautiful as a duet. While the choral version is lovely, it's hard to match Jane Thorngren and James Drollinger's performances.

The song cycle A Winter Come is finely sung also. My favorite of the Madrigali is track #16: the chorus is well-blended and their singing is uplifting as well as solemn.

To finish the album, Jane Thorngren leaves us with the MOST INSPIRING rendition of O MAGNUM MYSTERIUM I have and will have ever heard. I leave this track on repeat several times in the car driving home from work, and every moment is a joy.

This album has been playing daily in my car. I cannot say enough to recommend it.

Average customer rating: Incredible soundtrack! Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West

Lewis & Clark Great Journey West Manufacturer: American Journey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lewis & Clark: Sounds of Discovery Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery Mysteries of Egypt Innovators ASIN: B00007MGW8 Release Date: 2003-01-14

Tracks:

1. Prologue/Opening Titles
2. A Most Ambitious Journey
3. Back Breaking Work
4. Kokopelli Wind (R. Carlos Nakai)
5. Buried With Honor
6. Creation Chant (R. Carlos Nakai)
7. Winter Hardship
8. Moment of Departure
9. Overland Portage
10. Sacagawea's Reunion
11. Mandan Camp/Over the Bitterroots
12. Nez Pierce Camp/Over the Rapids
13. To the Pacific
14. Finale/Credits

Album Description

Relive an amazing tale of discovery and exploration with Lewis & Clark - Great Journey West, the soundtrack from National Geographic's documentary film by the same name. This beautiful recording follows the journey of Lewis & Clark and includes a variety of music featuring Eastern and Western influences. This soundtrack also includes two bonus tracks from world-renowned Native American flutis R. Carlos Nakai.

Customer Reviews:

Incredible soundtrack!.......2005-07-19

The amazing music was one of the things that stood out to me most as I viewed the IMAX film "Lewis and Clark: Great Journey West." I had only seen it once but I went ahead and bought the soundtrack. I still remember being BLOWN AWAY the first time I listened to it! And my spirits still soar every time I put this CD on!
Some of the tracks have an interesting 'tribal' twist to them - not my favorite for listening. (Just opinion.) But the orchestral tracks more than make up for it! They really capture the bold and adventuresome spirit of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. Just listening to this recording makes me wanna go out and conquer the world.
I highly recommend it!!

Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West.......2003-03-18

After visiting my local IMAX Theater and watching the film " Lewis & Clark: Great Journey West", I found myself playing the music from the film over and over in my head. The epic soundtrack is beautiful and symbolic of the struggle to discover the wild west. In addition, the CD has a few bonus cuts from native flute master R. Carlos Nakai, that are a very nice fit with the recording. I am very glad I purchased the recording and I think you will be too!

Average customer rating: Wonderful! Intoxicating

Beautiful Darkness: Celebrating the Winter Jessica Radcliffe , Lisa Ekstrom , and Martin Simpson Manufacturer: High Bohemia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD British Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Winter Solstice Carols Firedance: Songs for Winter Solstice Beltane: Songs for the Green Time An Ancient Muse Aerial ASIN: B000056K90 Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

1. Northern Lass/Snowflakes/Snowflakes (Instrumental)
2. Time Is A Little Girl/Over The River And Through The Woods
3. The Time Is Drawing Near
4. Kolyada/Old One
5. Raven/Gifts
6. Give Me The Moon
7. Abbottts Bromley Horn Dance/In Winter's Shadow
8. O Vent
9. The Cutty Wren
10. 'Til Here Is There
11. To Drive The Cold Winter Away
12. One Small Candle/Beautiful Darkness
13. Winter Wedding/The Wexford Carol/The King/The Holly And The Ivy
14. Solstice Fire
15. Tourne, Tourne
16. Bright Child/Magic
17. The Holly Bears The Crown

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2003-12-02

This is one of my favorite CDs this season. The songs are simply lovely. Sond of the songs have words that are spoken rather than sung as poems or stories being told. Beautiful flutes, bells ringing, guitars and the like. Its very gentle music that you just want to sit and absorb. The lyrics are beautiful - poetic blessings, celebrating our change of seasons, the winter, the wildlife. A few have a celtic sound to them but most do not. The voices, music are just so harmonious, melodic, wonderful. This cd was just what I needed to celebrate the darkness. An amazing work. I wish I could find more like this one!

Intoxicating.......2002-02-23

How does one begin to describe absolute musical and lyrical beauty? Beautiful Darkness is that description. It is mysterious, passionate, elegant, grand, heavenly, intoxicating and down to earth all at the same time. The artists on this CD have given music lovers a rare gift with this recording.

Average customer rating: Original, heartfelt and stunning! East meets West. Both win.

Journey with the Sun Paul Winter & the Earth Band Manufacturer: Living Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Spanish Angel Wintersong Icarus Common Ground Solstice Live! ASIN: B000056C7F Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

1. Caravan at Dawn
2. First Oasis
3. Broken Arm
4. Mountain Wedding
5. Cave of the Winds
6. Pas de Deux
7. Singing to the Mountain
8. Middle Oasis
9. Yabu
10. Green Grass, It Grows Bonny
11. Last Oasis
12. Land of the Pipers
13. Oror Bubrik

Product Description

1. Caravan at Dawn
2. First Oasis
3. Broken Arm
4. Mountain Wedding
5. Cave of the Winds
6. Pas de Deux
7. Singing to the Mountain
8. Middle Oasis
9. Yabu
10. Green Grass, It Grows Bonny
11. Last Oasis
12. Land of the Pipers
13. Oror Bubrik

Format: CD

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Each year during the winter and summer solstices, Paul Winter plays dawn concerts at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City. He gathers a crew of international players to join his core consort members, cellist Eugene Friesen and keyboardist Paul Halley, to create a global chamber music. Journey with the Sun draws on compositions that have emerged from the last two years' performances. Although Paul Winter is clearly the leader here, the album focuses on Turkish-Armenian singer and percussionist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, who has become a dominating force in the solstice shows in recent years. He sings in a hybrid language of vocables, not unlike Lisa Gerrard or Azam Ali of Vas. An immensely soulful singer, he draws on the same Armenian well of melancholy that also sustains Armenian doudouk master Djivan Gasparyan. Journey with the Sun opens with "Caravan of Dawn," with Tuncboyaciyan's faux call to prayer sending the group into a whirling dervish of Middle Eastern percussion. Paul Winter gives what may be his most wailing solo in years as he merges into a storm of zurnas and the digital santoor of Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. Among the many guests on the album, Hart is joined by Irish singer Niamh Parsons, Romanian pan-pipe player Damian Draghici, and Irish uilleann piper Davy Spillane. From the exuberant Balkan influences "Mountain Wedding" to the more serene spaces of "Cave of Winds" and "Pas de Deux," Journey with the Sun extends Winter's global chamber music once again. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

Original, heartfelt and stunning!.......2002-11-30

"Adventures of a caravan of world musicians, recorded in the great space of the world's largest Gothic cathedral," proclaims the back cover of this CD. This is a wonderful concert of true world music, originally performed in 1998 as a sunrise service celebrating the summer solstice in Manhattan's Cathedral of St. John the Divine. This music varies widely in style, from Near Eastern to Celtic, African to modern jazz. But the selections are similarly and deeply affecting, filled with all the longing and fulfillment life has to offer, and celebrating both extremes with equal fervor. The Earth Band is comprised of saxophonist Paul Winter, percussionist and vocalist Arto Tuncboyaciyan, Davy Spillane on Uillean pipes and whistle, Eugene Friesen on cello and Paul Halley on keyboards. Guest musicians include Mickey Hart, with his Random Access Music Universe (RAMU), and singer Niamh Parsons. Each artist gets his or her chance to shine. Many of the tracks are characterized by the distinctive talents of Tuncboyaciyan, who sings not in his native Armenian, but in a unique dialect all his own. Paul Winter's soprano sax is wonderfully versatile, fitting seamlessly into the wide range of musical styles performed. And I love the use of the cathedral's pipe organ--grand, full-throated and unapologetic, it fills its home-space with all its glory, reminding modern listeners that it is not called "The King of Instruments" for nothing. Of one track (#4), Winter writes: "I wrote this in 1975... I've waited a long time for a band that could bring it home." He could just as well be referring to the whole album, because this band and its guests do just that. Put this CD on in the dark, and imagine watching the stained glass windows of an enormous and resonant cathedral slowly beginning to glow with the rising of the sun, until the huge space of the nave is bathed in multi-colored jewels of light. Whether you can actually see the "light show" or not, that is the effect listening to this music will have on your spirit. Enjoy!

East meets West. Both win........2000-12-27

Arto Tuncboyaciyan is yet another Paul Winter "find." While Arto has been around as a performer for a number of years, his previous albums, recorded and produced in Armenia and Greece, have not seen wide distribution in the U.S; for all intents and purposes, this can be considered his domestic debut album. He has sessioned with, among others, Oregon, Al DiMeola and Chet Baker, as a percussionist, so he is not a totally unknown quantity. But it is his earlier Athens-produced albums "Onno" and "Tears of Dignity" which provided initial evidence of his remarkable vocal abilities.

The brief title above could well have been called "This Journey is a melismatic trip." It shows off Arto's considerable vocal and instrumental skills and his intensity of song, with a near-Eastern flavor that at times is Sufi-like. Of the thirteen tracks on the album, Arto's voice is featured on seven of them, and it is virtually impossible to pick a favorite. So I'll pick three, instead: "Caravan at Dawn"(the opening track), "Singing to the Mountain," and "Oror Bubrik" (the closing track), at some risk of not bringing mention to four other excellent tracks. "Caravan at Dawn" is a riot of vocal and instrumental color, very "Eastern" in its setting and with fine keyboard and percussion support by Jordan Rudess (of Dream Theater) on synthesizer and Mickey Hart on RAMU, his self-invented computerized Random Access Musical Universe, looking (and played) much like some modern-art steel pan. "Singing to the Mountain" features a long introduction by Arto on the sazabo, sounding much like some cross-fertilization of a banjo with a ukelele, and Arto is as good on the sazabo as is Bela Fleck on the banjo. "Oror Bubrik", the closing track, is as good an album fade-out as "Dawnwalker Reprise" was on Winter's "Celtic Solstice" album, which is about as fine a statement of praise that I can muster. The richness of the vocal and instrumental textures must be experienced, and Arto's way with this "closer" is nigh perfect.

But Journey With The Sun is also a "best hits" album of two years' worth of recent Paul Winter Solstice Concerts (both Summer and Winter) at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York, so the album also has the contributions of "regulars" such as Eugene Friesen, Paul Halley and Dorothy Papadakos, and "frequent Consorters" such as Davy Spillane, Jerry O'Sullivan, Niamh Parsons, Jim Beard, and of course the redoubtable Jordan Rudess. Winter and Halley once again demonstrate their stranglehold on "cathedral blues" with "Cave of the Winds," where Winter wails as well as he ever has in his opening soliloquy and Halley trips off on one of his best-ever organ improvisations. Davy Spillane once again serves notice that he is more than just the best improvisational Uilleann piper on the planet; he is the Johnny Hodges of the pipes. Mickey Hart shows off the remarkable capabilities of RAMU in a cute, upbeat track called "Yabu." There are keyboards (piano, pipe organ, synthesizer) galore, with Halley and Rudess laying down some truly astounding synthesizer tracks. Eugene Friesen is still the best improvisational cellist around, with a nice Friesen/Spillane duet (a fascinating sonic juxtaposition) in "Pas de Deux." There's a nice Celtic ballad sung by Ms. Parsons. And two great stomps in "Mountain Wedding" and "Land of the Pipers" to serve notice that not all is tinged with melismatic melancholy.

Paul Winter recently wrote, in his "Greatest Hits" album, that "...the best is yet to come." And he wasn't kidding. Man, I just can't pick a favorite track on this album. Consider this a positive statement of "the best," with, I'm sure, yet more to follow.

By the way, a Grammy nominee for Best World Music Album. Deservedly so.

Bob Zeidler

Average customer rating: Is Abbado better or worse in Tchaikovsky than his reputation?

Tchaikovsky: Symphonies Nos. 1-6; Orchestral Works (Limited Edition) Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mendelssohn: 5 Symphonies; 7 Overtures Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 1-9; Overtures; Violin Concerto (Limited Edition) Stravinsky: SYMPHONIES Prokofiev: 7 Symphonies; Lieutenant Kijé Schubert: 8 Symphonies ASIN: B00006OA67 Release Date: 2002-01-01

Tracks:

1. Symphony No 1 In G Minor
2. Symphony No 2 In C Minor
3. Symphony No 3 In D Major
4. Symphony No 4 In F Minor
5. Symphony No 5 In E Minor
6. Symphony No 6 In B Minor

Customer Reviews:

Is Abbado better or worse in Tchaikovsky than his reputation?.......2007-02-17

Claudio Abbado spent considerable time with the CSO in the 1980s but rarely returned (so far as I know) after he was appointed as Karajan's successor in Berlin. His complete Tchaikovsky cycle was a flagship enterprise for Sony, and yet the results divide listeners, some of whom categorically dismiss Abbado's interpretations as boring and fussy, lacking in Slavic passion. I had casually bought into that judgment but decided recently to listen to the whole cycle afresh, leading to the following, sometimes surprising conclusions:

Sym. #1: We start off on a high point. This work, subtitled 'Winter Dreams,' is the most immature of the symphonies, relying on much repetition in place of solid sonata development, and at times it's hard to distinguish why this is a symphony and not part of a ballet suite. However, the melodies are gorgeous, and a conductor with real conviction can make the music come across. Abbado spins out the balletic first movement with energy and verve--it makes the often recommended Tilson Thomas version from Boston (on DG) seem overly refined. The lyrical second movement evokes real tenderness, the Scherzo (another balletic movement) skips along lightly but could use more rhythmic emphasis, and the finale, after an Andante lugubre introduction that could be darker, sweeps convincingly into the grand allegro, which has lots of punch and vitality. In all, an excellent performance. After you count in the fine sonics and the gorgeous playing of the Chicago Sym., Abbado outshines all his Western competition, including Karajan, Mehta, and Bernstein in their complete sets.

Sym. #2: Outstandings recordings of the First Sym. are thin on the ground, but not of the 'Little Russian,' which boasts a classic from Giulini (EMI) and a committed reading from Bernstein (Sony). Abbado has a great advantage in outstanding solo parts played with style and commitment by the Chicagoans--you won't hear better from Karajan's Berliners. Rather than aiming for folk-style earthiness, Abbado takes the work to be grander, more symphonically European. In that vein the first movement is convincing and thrilling. But the march that follows is reticent and fussy. The performance is back in form with an energetic, propulsive Scherzo, a total success. The finale is imposingly grand at the outset, rich with brass sonorities, and although the main allegro section sounds a bit fussed over, it has requisite vigor and enthusiasm. In sum, another success, much better played and recorded than esteemed rivals like Dorati on Mercury and Markevitch on Philips.

Sym. #3: The "Polish" Sym. is the problem child, a score so drawn out and balletic (Balanchine based his full-length "Jewels" on it) that few conductors can hold it together symphonically. It doesn't help matters that so much of the music hovers around Andante instead of a vigorous Allegro, or that the harmonies are often ambiguous. Abbado takes the shadowy first movement as a processional, delicately nuanced in the phrasing but moving along. It works well, but the next movement "Alla Tedesca" sounds exactly the same; he hasn't found any contrast in tempo or mood. The third movement, which is yet another shadowy andante, sounds inward and melancholy. By now the wandering nature of the piece has won out; attention begins to wander, to. Abbado doesn't find enough earthiness in the mercurial Scherzo to salvage matters, so we might as well give in and enjoy this as ballet. Tchaikovsky wants the finale to be played "with fire," but Abbado remains at low temperature, smooth and flowing. I've been highly critical here, so let it be said that none of Abbado's Western rivals do any better. Call this attempt to interpret a sprawling ballet-symphony a middling success, with reservations.

Sym. #4: The last three symphonies are meat for every great conductor, needless to say, so Abbado had little chance of rising to the very summit. He competes with himself, in fact, given that his Decca recording of the Fourth with the Vienna Phil. ranks among his best recordings from the Seventies. A good or even very good reading won't do, and that's about all that Abbado gives us. The CSO brass suddenly begin to snarl a bit, a la Solti, and softer passages get fussed over. The first movement fails to cohere convincingly, and one wonders exactly where the interpretation is going. Is this just big-band international Tchaikovsky? On the whole, yes. The oboe solo in the Andante flows by without much individuality or expression, and you realize that this music doesn't mean much to anyone here. The Scherzo is virtuosic without being thrilling. The finale is heavy and not fast enough to raise one's blood, immediately turning tepid in the lyrical second subject. All in all, not an inspired reading. In fact, a definite miss unless you simply must hear the CSO run thorugh its paces.

Sym. #5: Although much loved, the Fifth suffers from repeating the same motive in the first and last movements, as well as repetitive development sections that hammer simple rhythmic patterns over and over. To really succeed, an interpretation must be intense, dramatic, and played with edge of the seat intensity (in a word, the way Mravinsky does it). Abbado starts out with a full, broad statement that isn't premonitory enough (it doesn't promise great things to come), but no one can doubt how detailed and beautiful the playing is. There's a lot to be said for avoiding banality in this music or hollow grandiosity. Add in the outstanding Chicago playing (thankfully less blaring in the brass), and the first movement turns into a real success. Likewise the Andante, which begins with ravishing cellos and a natural, unforced solo horn. Here Abbado moves things along rather quickly, perhaps too much so for the music to tell as expressively as it might. But again, no sentimentality allowed. The waltz Scherzo is weaker in its characterization, coming off as well played but faceless. Up to this point, I've been feeling that Abbado's reading deserves respet, which is confirmed by a sober but full-voiced finale, the place where sentimentality and false heroics lay real traps. In all, I like this Fifth and rate it higher than the Fourth. Those who prefer blood-and-thunder won't agree. This is a Fifth for those who usually avoid the work.

Sym. #6: It's as difficult to produce a truly memorable 'Pathetique' as it is to produce a truly memorable Beethoven Fifth, and yet neither work ever misfires under a good conductor. So the challenge is greatness, pure and simple. Abbado had looming over his head Reiner's acclaimed Sixth with the same CSO in Living Stereo on RCA, a classic. Let's note right off that the playing and recording here are up to Reiner's standards. Reiner was a cool customer, perhaps the greatest technicin of his day. Abbado is cool, too, but without the intensity of a master craftsman. His 'Pathetique' is too loose-limbed at the beginning; one soon realizes that as with the Fourth, he has no pressing thing to say in this music. One episode follows another beautifully, if at times cautiously (E.g., a tepid second subject in the opening movement that needs to soar). The succeeding movements don't change that impression, even though everyone concerned tries to thrill us in the Scherzo, and do. Tchaikovksy's last symphony rises and falls on its tragic finale--I want a wrenching catharsis--but Abbado has decided that pathos is the dominant feeling. He's not alone in that, so if you want less than catharsis, here is a well-played finale that I find unmemorable. In all, I'd place Abbado's Sixth a little higher than the Fourth but well shy of the Fifth.

Overall judgement: I was surprised, given its lackluster reputation, that this is often a spectacular set, full of exciting playing. Abbado has no riveting conception in the last three symphonies, and in fact rises to his best in the First and Second. For overall conviction, I'd buy the Temirkanov set on RCA, but Abbado is more convincing to me than Karajan, and better in the early works than Bernstein. Experienced collectors will already have multiple favorites among the individual suymphonies and won't want a complete set. For them, Abbado's "Winter Dreams" is the overlooked gem.

Average customer rating: Andy Williams is the best! Greatest of Andy Williams Works! I give it 5+++++stars!! This is Andy Williams finest work! One of Andy's best albums. Andy has never sounded better!! it's a great collection !

Greatest Love Classics Manufacturer: EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Love Theme From "The Godfather"/The Way We Were The Andy Williams Show/You've Got a Friend Alone Again (Naturally)/Solitaire Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head/Get Together With Andy Williams Danny Boy and Other Songs I Love to Sing/The Wonderful World of Andy Williams ASIN: B00000JR10 Release Date: 1997-03-11

Tracks:

1. Romeo And Juliet (Based On-Romeo And Juliet Fantas
2. Love Made Me A Fool (Based On Rhapsody On A Theme
3. Vino De Amor
4. A Different Light (Based On Barcarolle By Tchaikov
5. Another Winter's Day
6. The Vision (Based On The Swan From Carnival Of The
7. Journey's End (Based On Theme From Spartacus By Kh
8. A Twist Of Fate (Based On Serenade By Schubert)
9. Home (Based On Nocturne No 2 In E Flat Major By Ch
10. Brave New World (Based On The Pathetique Sonata By
11. She'll Never Know (Based On: Fur Elise By Beethove
12. In My World Of Illusion (Based On - Poeme By Fibic
13. Words (Based On Last Movement Of Symphony 9 By Bee

Album Description

Mid-priced compilation featuring 13 of the beloved vocalist's finest recordings, including his interpretation of 'Romeo & Juliet', plus 'Vino De Amor' & 'Love Made Me A Fool'. 1999 release.

Customer Reviews:

Andy Williams is the best!.......2007-02-01

Just saw Andy Williams at Branson this Christmas! Fabulous! What a great man and entertainer! We purchased this album because Andy sings the song "Words" at his concert but he no longer sells this album in Branson. Amazon is the only place to get this great album! Classic!

Greatest of Andy Williams Works! I give it 5+++++stars!!.......2000-08-22

I just want to second the motion that reviewer Jennifer Leskala has written here on behalf of this album of truly wonderful music. I think it's Andy's best ever. And, I guess I have a soft spot in my heart for it because, I, too, witnessed the dance performance Natalia Melony gave to Andy's work of art. Perhaps you will be able to envision in your mind a beautiful long-haired blonde goddess dancing divinely, and twirling about to this beautiful music.....and I think you WILL see the "Vision" of her as you listen to these incredible pieces of music, done as only Andy Williams can do. Truly one of my favorite albums of all time. It is one you will treasure and want to listen to time and time again. Thanks, Andy, for the wonderful entertainment you continue to give the world. Al Reinking

This is Andy Williams finest work!.......2000-08-13

I happen to believe this is Andy's best album. I can listen to it over and over, it is so beautiful, the words written for the classical melodies are perfection. I also love this album so much because I once saw a lessor-known entertainer by the name of, Natalia Melony, do an entire show of dancing to this entire album of songs. She was something to see. The combination of Andy's music with Natalia's beauty and incredible dancing, was breathtaking. It was so incredible it gave me chills up my spine. In case you are wondering who she is, you can join her fan club on Yahoo. Just punch in her name in the Clubs search box. To my amazement, I just found her name listed and joined her club! To anyone thinking of purchasing this CD, you will not be disappointed. It's one of the best albums in my whole collection of music. Thank you. Jennifer Leskala

One of Andy's best albums. Andy has never sounded better!!.......1999-10-30

This album, recorded in London in 1984, is the finest Williams album of the past several years. The unique blending of classical melodies with lyrics makes this album unlike any other you will find. Andy truly did something magical here. With albums like this it is no wonder that Andy has been a world wide favorite for over forty years. This album is a MUST HAVE for any fan of ANDY WILLIAMS. In addition, any lover of classical music will find this an excellent addition to their collections. Thank you ANDY!!!

it's a great collection !.......1999-09-01

my late mother used to have the older release of this great album (andy williamsw/royal philharmonic orchestra). I love the songs, especially In my world of illusion,Another winter's day,Home..I'd like to buy this album but unfortunately it's always out of stock.While waiting for the album,can anybody please send me the lyrics of those songs or tell me how to find them ? Thanks ...

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