A Night at the Met [Live]

1. Opening

2. Ballet

3. Alcohol

4. Marijuana

5. Cocaine

6. Cops

7. Reagan

8. Khadafi

9. Spring

10. Men's Parts

11. Lust

12. Dr. Roof

13. Pregnancy

14. Childbirth

15. Childhood

16. ...And the Future

A Night at the Met,Robin Williams,Sony,Comedy,Pop,Spoken / Comedy / Radio Shows,Spoken Word,Standup Comedy

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At His Best

A Night at the Met
Robin Williams
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

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Live 2002
Robin Williams - Live on Broadway
Eddie Murphy - Greatest Comedy Hits
Bigger & Blacker
Complaints and Grievances

ASIN: B000EQ47VS
Release Date: 2006-04-11

Tracks:

Opening
Ballet
Alcohol
Marijuana
Cocaine
Cops
Reagan
Khadafi
Spring
Men's Parts
Lust
Dr. Roof
Pregnancy
Childbirth
Childhood
...And The Future

Customer Reviews:

At His Best.......2006-11-21

I've had the VHS of this and the Audio since 1989, simply his best work ever. Still funny today. However my VHS hath died and I'm searching for another or better yet a DVD version. No luck so far, I did replace my cassette with this identical CD version, awesome. Will the DVD ever be available?

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Amazing...Williams is a comical Mastermind
"Help Me Obi Ron, Help me Obi Ron..."
Robin at his best!!
I've never laughed so hard in my life!
Spend the Night Listening to Someone Else, Very Disapointing!

A Night At The Met [EXPLICIT LYRICS]
Robin Williams
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Country Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Shock Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

Spoken Word | Poetry, Spoken Word & Interviews | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music

4-for-3 Miscellaneous | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
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Live 2002
Robin Williams - Live on Broadway
Eddie Murphy - Greatest Comedy Hits
Live at Carnegie Hall
I'm Telling You for the Last Time

ASIN: B00000268X
Release Date: 1995-07-18

Tracks:

Opening
Ballet
Alcohol
Marijuana
Cocaine
Cops
Reagan
Khadafi
Spring
Men's Parts
Lust
Dr. Roof
Pregnancy
Childbirth
Childhood
...And The Future

Customer Reviews:

Amazing...Williams is a comical Mastermind.......2007-05-16

Robin Williams is a genius. No matter what generation you are and what age you hear his comedy it's hilarious.
The only downside to this CD is that there are some parts where you just want to see what he's doing, but that's true for all comedy cds.

WONDERFUL
STUPENDOUS

"Help Me Obi Ron, Help me Obi Ron...".......2004-12-09

I received this cassette (yes cassette) for my 17th Birthday in 1988 after seeing this special on HBO when my family first had cable.

This special made me appreciate Williams' talent in standup and is an unforgettable performance at the Met in New York City. This routine won Williams a Grammy.

What is great about this special is that it reminds us of what life was like during the Reagan Era and life during the 1980s. There are many jokes involving Reagan, Khadafi, and Gorbachev.

"Mr. Reagan, sir, excuse me sir, in the dictionary under redundant it says see redundant."

"I just snorted my stocks man! Inflation! I'm loaded now!"

There are many quotable lines from this show.

This show is not for children due to mature content and language.

If you are a fan of Robin Williams' stand up routines, this CD is for you.

Robin at his best!!.......2004-11-16

Absolutely HILARIOUS!!! I've been a huge Robin Williams movie fan for a long time. It's nice to hear how he got started in stand-up comedy. This recording is laugh-out-loud funny! You have to know some '80s trivia to understand some of it (he jokes about Reagan and Kadafi), but most is about topics we can all relate to. It's all so funny because it is all so TRUE!!! He does cuss a lot, but that's part of his personality and adds to the humor. This is a must-buy for all Robin and stand-up fans!

I've never laughed so hard in my life!.......2004-09-15

Ive always been a fan or Robin Williams, and this CD just proves why Ive always been a fan. The man knows how to hackle the audience, hes a natural at comedy. whether youve done drugs or not, drank, have kids, or not... its down right halarious!!! The funiest parts are when he's talking about sex... you know everything he says is absolutely true whether you want to admit it or not!! Ive never done drugs a day in my life, and his drug rendition is fall off your seat, piss in your pants halarious! If you don't have a sense of humor, you will still laugh at this cd. if youre from another country, you might not know the american way of comedy. hes nothing like monty python. hes so much better!!!! when youve heard/seen this skit, get live on broadway for even more laughs about michael jackson, osama bin laden and so forth!!! thats even better than live at the met!!!! hope this helps! :)

Spend the Night Listening to Someone Else, Very Disapointing!.......2003-05-08

This CD isn't that funny and at all and is very disappointing considering Robin Williams is usually a very funny comedian. Laughs are very far in between. Robin talks about the Opera House he is performing at, ballet compared to football, fatherhood, childbirth and other topics which may be interesting to a small number of fans but these topics are not broad enough to appeal to the average fan. This CD may be funnier if you have kids and can maybe relate to the jokes, but they're definitely not funny if you don't have kids.
If Robin Williams was as not as high a profile comedian then the listener's expectations may not be as high but he is, has told some funny stand up jokes in his time so therefore expectations of a great laugh from forking out money for his album are extremely high. For sensational stand up comedy albums by big name comedians try Steven Wright's I have a Pony, Eddie Murphy's self titled album or Jeff Foxworthy's You Might Be a Redneck If.........

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Top of the line - incredible!
Long-awaited follow-up to "Dark Eyes"
ANOTHER WONDERFUL ALBUM FROM DMITRI
Dmitri at his best
Hvorostovsky in his Milieu

I Met You, My Love
Hvorostovsky , Orbelian , and Moscow Chamber Orchestra
Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Kalinka: Russian Folk Songs
Where Are You, My Brothers?
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Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Concert 1998

ASIN: B00006DU10
Release Date: 2002-07-30

Tracks:

I Met You, My Love
No, It's Not You I Love So Fervently
Only Once
Bright Is The Night
I Remember The Charming Sound Of The Waltz
O, If Only I Could Express In Sounds
Do Not Awaken Memories
The Coachman's Song
In The Wide Open Field
The Lonely Coach Bell Rings
Misty Morning
But I Love You, Nevertheless
The Troika Speeds, The Troika Gallops
The Autumn Wind Moans Mournfully
At The Fateful Hour
I Loved You
The Weeping Willows Slumber
You Cannot Understand
Shine, Shine, My Star

Customer Reviews:

Top of the line - incredible!.......2007-05-13

If I could give this 100 stars I would do it. Since my trip to Russia in 2006 I "discovered" Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and have since purchased much of his music on CDs and DVDs. All tracks on this particular CD are incredibly beautiful - beyond imagination. Mr. Hvorostovsky was rightfully chosen the "Best Singer of the World" when he was a young man. His lush, full baratone voice is, as the young generation says, "to die for". He has an impressive range, and one can tell he feels music deeply by the nuances in his singing. This CD is one of my favorites of his singing.

Long-awaited follow-up to "Dark Eyes".......2003-01-04

Ever since "Dark Eyes", one of the first albums of Dmitri Hvorostovsky, came out, I've been wishing for the baritone to record more Russian romances. Looks like Delos is more committed to preserving this magnificent voice on record more than Philips did. After all, "Dark Eyes" had a lot of orchestral music, though wonderfully performed by Ossipov orchestra, it effectively reduced the sang material by some about 15 minutes or so. This is certainly not the case here. Well oven an hour of excellent singing is recorded (close-miked) with no interruptions. The songs themselves are the ones most often performed as encored by Russian singers. While baritones or basses have the strongest claim to them, most likely stemming from a long Russian tradidion of low male voice solo, tenors and even mezzo-sopranos have performed some of those to great acclaim.

The absolute hardest thing about performing these songs is not to make them sound sappy, vulgar, or over-done. Of all Russian singers who dealt with this material, I most often think of bass Boris Shtokolov, who sang them with utmost care. Dmitri does just that here. His care for the texts is what strikes me first while listening to "I Met You", a reflective serenade to love long lost. While all songs are spectacularly presented, I would like to mention "Misty Morning" and "I loved you". Like the title song, they are both filled with gentle melancholy, and sang with great tenderness and feeling. Some high-energy items, such as "Troika" seem just a little out of place, but the voice is a sheer pleasure to listen to. In "Oh, Could I in Song Tell My Sorrow", there's a strange change from traditional "your heart would break" to "my heart would break". I am not sure as to why this was done, particularly since the Cyrillic texts are absent.

In liner notes, Hvorostovsky explains the dedication of this album to his father, a chemical engineer, who managed to convey his love for the classical music and Russian romances to his son. I think all fathers need to learn from this man. Wondrous results stem from right upbringing!
The only minor quibble I have is the cover picture. It seems like the producers wanted to target exclusively the female part of the audience by using lots of shades of red color and lots of subdued candlelight. Well, I am sure there are lots of Dmitri's fans among men, particularly those of us who study voice, so I wish Delos would not make the cover so extravagant.
The engineering of this album, though, is very appropriate. The voice is placed well above orchestra (conducted with perfection by Constantine Orbelian) and each word is clearly heard. Together with Verdi Arias recording this shows that Delos engineers are fully capable of capturing the voice of this size and beauty well on record, something I doubted when listening to an otherwise lovely album of Neapolitan Songs.
I am sure non-Russian speakers will enjoy this CD just as much as Russians. After all, we all feel the same, and Dmitri's exceptional talent just makes it easier to communicate across cultural barriers.

ANOTHER WONDERFUL ALBUM FROM DMITRI.......2002-10-11

Once again, Dmitri Hvorostovsky has done another beautiful album. I'm completely thrilled with his last three releases on the Delos lable--the Verdi Album, the Passione di Napoli album and this new Russian love song album. As I have previously indicated on my review of his Passione di Napoli album, I've been a fan of his since his very beginnings in opera, and I do feel that he is truly in his vocal prime.
This album is for the "romantic at heart". The songs are beautiful as is the singing. All I can say of this endeavor is Bravo!!
I'm truly grateful that Hvorostovky's recording career was extended by the Delos lable!!

Dmitri at his best.......2002-10-09

What a treat this CD is. I've been waiting years for the great Hvorostovsky to record another album of Russian folk music, and this is arguably his best collection of that genre to date. Recorded in August, 2001, Hvorostovsky has never sounded better, and the sound quality admirably complements his rich, velvety baritone. Unlike his earlier collection of Neapolitan songs for the same label (DELOS), the recording balance between singer and orchestra will please everyone this time. Furthermore, the CD benefits from stylishly idiomatic arrangements, some fine conducting from Constantine Orbelian, and the sympathetic support of both the Moscow Chamber Orchestra and the Russian folk music performers, the Style of Five.

The 19 songs on the CD are described as "Old Russian Romances", or in professional music terminology as "Russian Domestic (Household) Romances". These are passionate songs of love, "often against the background of vast, empty Russian landscapes with long roads under foggy, gray skies", as the liner notes tell us. Hvorostovsky's dark, expressive baritone is ideally suited to such music, and Dmitri aficionados will no doubt recognise two songs from his earlier CDs of this genre, the haunting title track and the wistful "O, If Only I Could Express In Sounds". The latter was featured on his best-selling 1991 "Russian Romances" CD for Philips, but here - if anything - his singing is even more poetic than in earlier days. Comparing the two versions, one is immediately aware of how much freer Hvorostovsky's top notes are on the latest CD, with his upper register showing none of the slightly constricted quality that occasionally marred the earlier CD. This is the voice of a mature artist, and it is rare indeed to hear such committed singing from the soul.

As if the above wasn't enough, the CD comes with translations, generous liner notes, and an alluring cover photo of the handsome Siberian.

Hvorostovsky in his Milieu.......2002-08-31

This is Hvorostovsky at his finest. His magnificent rich creamy baritone is not taxed. He makes you sigh at beauty of his high
mezzo-voce notes, held endlessly, and trailing off to nothingness. The songs themselves are lovely-sad ballads of lost love for the most part, with a few catchy little ditties thrown in for a change of pace.

As crossover discs go, this one is one of the best. A fabulous singer at his prime, singing the songs of his childhood memories.

Tracks:

In The Silence Of The Secret Night
How Pained I Am
Sing Not, O Lovely One
Arion
How Peaceful
Do Not Believe Me, Friend
Let Us Leave, My Sweet
Spring Torrents
A Dream
All Was Taken From Me
Daisies
I Am Again Alone!
Night Is Sorrowful
O, No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!
Small Island
I Am Not A Prophet
Yesterday We Met
They Replied
Liliacs
I Was With her
Christ Is Risen!
It Cannot Be!
At My Window
What Happiness
At Night In My Garden
Fragment From A. Musset
All Passes

Customer Reviews:

Exquisite tenor singing and songs of incredible beauty.......2001-10-02

My acquaintance with Sergei Larin was made through his performances of Verdi, Puccini and verismo works. And I have always been impressed by his beauty of tone and phrasing. It was a nicest surprise to discover that he could offer performances of such level of artistry in the chamber repertoire. This disc alone raised my admiration of Larin, one of the best tenors on operatic stages these days.
First of all, these songs require broader performance most of the time. They are passionate quasi-operatic works with a most evocative and sometimes melancholic atmosphere. Larin pours his heart and soul in these pieces. His tone is honeyed throughout, powerful when it opens up, but he also produce the most extatic soft tones when required. The wide palette of tone colouring is quite helpful to differentiate each song from the others and his care with the text is so amazing that, even if you don't know the text or are not Russian-speaking (as I am not), you won't really miss it, so powerful is Larin's ability to create the right mood. If you have any doubt, you should try "In the Silence of the Secret Night" - a most delightful song.
Last but not least, Eleonora Bekova is the amazing pianist who not only shines in the sometimes virtuosistic piano playing preditably required by Rachmaninov, but also responds sensitively to Larin's singing throughout. A nice example of interplay between admirable musicians.

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Sergei Leiferkus ~ Rachmaninov Songs
Sergei Rachmaninov , Sergei Leiferkus , and Howard Shelley
Manufacturer: Chandos
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

At The Gates Of The Holy Cloister
Nothing Shall I Say To You
Song Of The Disenchanted
Do You Remember The Evening?
Were You Hiccoughing, Natasha?
O, No, I Beg You, Do Not Leave!, Op. 4 No. 1
Morning, Op. 4 No. 2
In The Silence Of The Secret Night, Op. 4 No. 3
Sing Not, O Lovely One, Op. 4 No. 4
My Child, Your Beauty is That Of A Flower, Op. 8 No. 2
Thoughts, Reflection, Op. 8 No. 3
I Was With Her , Op. 14 No. 4
You Are So Loved By All, Op. 14 No. 6
She Is As Beautiful As Midday, Op. 14 No. 9
Spring Torrents, Op. 14 No. 11
It Is Time, Op. 14 No. 12
Fate, Op. 21 No. 1
By A Fresh Grave, Op. 21 No. 2
Lilacs, Op. 21 No. 5
Before The Icon, Op. 21 No. 10
I Am No Prophet, Op. 21 No. 11
All Was Taken From Me, Op. 26 No. 2
We Shall Rest, Op. 26 No. 3
Christ Is Risen, Op. 26 No. 6
Yesterday We Met, Op. 26 No. 13
All Passes, Op. 26 No. 15
Letter To K.S. Stanislavsky
In The Soul Of Each Of Us, Op. 34 No. 6
The Raising Of Lazarus, Op. 34 No. 6
You Knew Him, Op. 34 No. 9
The Herald, Op. 34 No. 11
From The Gospel Of John

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Rachmaninoff Recital

Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Lovely

Rachmaninov Songs

Manufacturer: EMI Records [All429]
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
ASIN: B00000K4EO
Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

Op. 26, No. 7: To The Children
Op. 34, No. 5: Arion
Op. 21, No. 1: Fate
Op. 21, No. 5: Lilacs
Op. 14, No. 8: Oh, Do Not Grieve For Me!
Op. 38, No. 6: A-OO
Op. 14, No. 2: The Isle
Op. 4, No. 3: In The Mysterious Silence Of The Night
Op. 4, No. 4: Oh, Do Not Sing To Me
Op. 21, No. 2: Beside A New Grave
Op. 14, No. 12: It Is Time!
Op. 26, No. 12: The Night Is Mournful
Did You Hiccup, Natasha?
By The Gates Of The Holy Dwelling
April! A Festive Spring Day
Op. 26, No. 13: We Met Yesterday
I Shall Tell You Nothing
Op. 21, No. 11: I Am No Prophet
Op. 26, No. 11: Christ Is Risen
Op. 14, No. 4: I Came To Her
Op. 26, No. 15: All Things Pass Away

Customer Reviews:

Lovely.......2002-03-19

I don't know anything about Dimitri Kharitonov or Leif Ove Andsnes beyond this recording, but whoever they are, I love them! I'd never actually heard any Rachmaninoff songs before I bought this CD, so I won't swear it's the best out there. Nevertheless, I was so inspired by what I heard that I immediately started working on adding Rachmaninoff songs to my own vocal repertoire. Kharitonov's voice is very sweet and pleasant in the more tender songs, and he's wonderfully theatrical and fun in the more aggresive works. The pianist is fantastic, too, and the accompaniment is very passionate. Rachmaninoff songs are beautiful, captivating, moving, and hugely underappreciated. If you've never heard them, this recording is a great way to be introduced.