Bird Sounds

1. Summer Tanager

2. Rose-Breasted Grosbeak

3. Orchard Oriole

4. Northern Oriole

5. Red-Winged Blackbird

6. Bob-O-Link

7. Red-Eyed Vireo

8. Yellow Throated Vireo

9. Solitary Vireo

10. Song Thrush

11. Missel Thrush

12. Chorus: Wood Pigeon/Missel Thrush/Wren/Hedge Sparrow

13. Starling

14. Starling With Young

15. Chaffinch

16. Blackbird

17. Chorus: Rooks/Blackbird/Thrush

18. Green Finch/Green Finch-Alarm Calls

19. Long-Tailed Tit

20. Kestrel Feeding Young

See all 67 tracks on this disc

Bird Sounds,Various Artists,Madacy Records,New Age / Meditation,Pop,Sound Effects

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Average customer rating: My Budgie Maude & I love this cd! Great sound; Wrong Indexing great bird sounds!! Bird Sounds Titles don't match tracks

Bird Sounds Various Artists Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Environmental | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Relaxation | New Age | Styles | Music Nature | New Age | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Echoes of Nature: Morning Songbirds Birds of America in Song Songbirds at Sunrise Singing Birds, Vol. 1 ECHOES OF NATURE: The Natural Sounds Of The Wilderness, Part 1 (5 CDs) ASIN: B00005Q46S Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

1. Zero Tone
2. Summer Tanager
3. Rose-Breasted Grogbeak
4. Orchard Oriole
5. Northern Oriole
6. Red-Winged Blackbird
7. Bobolink
8. Red-Eyed Vireo
9. Yellow-Throated Vireo
10. Solitary Vireo
11. Song Thrush
12. Missel Thrush
13. Chorus: Wood Pigeon, Missel Thrush, Wren, Hedge Sparrow
14. Starling
15. Starling With Young
16. Chaffinch
17. Blackbird
18. Chorus: Rooks, Blackbird, Thrush
19. Green Finch-Alarm Calls
20. Long-Tailed Tit
21. Kestrel Feeding Young
22. Great-Spotted Woodpecker
23. Sharp-Tailed Grouse
24. Plain Chachalaca
25. Hambel's Quail
26. California Quail
27. White-Winged Dove
28. American Woodcock
29. Canadian Goose
30. Mallard
31. Chorus: Song Thrush, Rooks, Wren
32. Chorus: Blackbird, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Pheasant, Turtle Dove
33. Linnet
34. Young Blackcap
35. Pheasant
36. Blackbirds, Redwings
37. Tawny Owls
38. Jackdaw-Flock
39. Jackdaw-Young
40. Long-Earred Owl With Young
41. Black And White Warbler
42. Tennessee Warbler
43. Yellow Warbler
44. American Redstart
45. Chestnut-Sided Warbler
46. Hooded Warbler
47. Canadian Warbler
48. Magnolia Warbler
49. Hermit Thrush
50. Whip-Poor-Will
51. Scarlet Tanager
52. Fox Sparrow
53. Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker
54. American Robin
55. Gray Catbird
56. Northern Flicker
57. Eastern Wood Pewee
58. Warbling Vireo
59. Northern Mockingbird
60. Brown Trasher
61. Northern Cardinal
62. Indigo Bunting
63. Bachman's Sparrow
64. Pine Warbler
65. Yellow-Breasted Chat
66. Eastern Meadowlark
67. Field Sparrow
68. Horned Lark
69. Bonus Track
70. Bonus Track
71. Bonus Track

Customer Reviews:

My Budgie Maude & I love this cd!.......2007-04-20

I purchased this cd for my budgie to hear & learn different bird sounds during the day while I am @ work....Maude just goes wild when I walk over to turn it on.....she will sit on top of the cd player & bob her head.
It will be cool when she starts repeating the different birds
I had no trouble with the track not lineing up but the 3 bonus tracks didnt have a name only unavailable....but Maude can't read so she dont mind

Great sound; Wrong Indexing.......2006-09-20

I give it 4 stars because it isn't too mixed up with the indexing and the most important part is the excellent sound...all for the low price! There are even 3 bonus birds at the end (but, no names!) I don't understand the person who says the indexing is not wrong. If you select a track and it isn't the bird then the indexing is wrong. Simple. Don't get it if you must have the indexing correct. And I think it is a great buy. No regrets! I'm getting more as gifts. I'll get the list straight. It will definitely help me learn the names!

great bird sounds!!.......2006-07-18

I don't understand when people say the tracks don't line up, because they do. There are three bonus tracks at the end of the cd which are not listed on the back cover. I don't know what birds these are, but the rest of the cover lines up, except it says (1)zero tone (2)summer tanager and (2) is one, because 1 is considered two also. The bird sounds themselves are amazing and clear and if you like bird sounds this is for you.

Bird Sounds.......2006-02-20

This is the most authentic CD of various bird sounds that I have ever heard. My two paraketts listen very intently to the sounds and then go on and make their own chirps too.

Titles don't match tracks.......2005-02-14

Apparently 3 more tracks were inserted without updating the track index. I realized this when I played the whip-por-will track and heard a hermit thrush instead. Don't use this CD for field identification unless you can figure out what the 3 extra tracks are and where they were inserted so you can rewrite the track listing accordingly. Otherwise, the recordings are crisp and clear.

Average customer rating: Beau Breau Perfection - an amazing example of Lenny's genius The Classic Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Album!! A God of Guitar

Guitar Sounds of Lenny Breau Lenny Breau Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Swingin' on a Seven String One Long Tune: The Life And Music of Lenny Breau Solo Guitar The Complete Living Room Tapes The Hallmark Sessions ASIN: B000AP303O Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

1. King of the Road
2. Taranta
3. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
4. Hard Day's Night
5. Georgia on My Mind
6. Monday, Monday
7. My Funny Valentine
8. Freight Train
9. Cold, Cold Heart
10. Music to Watch Girls By
11. Call Me [*]

Album Description

Lenny Breau is regarded as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, both by fans and fellow guitarists! Tragically he died at an early age before his potential could be realized. We now proudly present his very first album, Guitar Sounds Of Lenny Breau. It is making its worldwide CD debut and features a previously unreleased bonus track, 'Call Me'. Fans will be elated that this album is finally available on compact disc! Wounded Bird. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Beau Breau.......2007-06-19

Although I would personally favor the Velvet Touch album a bit, this is more, wonderful Lenny. So tasteful, combining efficient understatement with incredible guitar skill and stunning moments. There is an obvious pop focus with the bulk of these tunes but that doesn't nearly do justice to the outcome of this masterful album. Taranta is a classical treatment that would suggest Breau was as good as they come among the Parkenings and Segovias while the bluesy/folksy creativity of Freight Train makes for another impressive case all together. Many of the selections here are seasoned cover tunes but Lenny cleary thinks each one out thoroughly to achieve simple interpretation and beautiful execution. Some times I would venture to say it gets almost too simplistic in my mind, at times frustrating the listener to want to hear him cut loose as he is so capable of doing. But it is all part of Lenny's gift for establishing the mood, the feel, and so tastefully peppering each composition with the subtleties of his awesome ability and sensitivity. This album happily features Breau throughout. You will want to sit back and listen to this one, over and over.

Perfection - an amazing example of Lenny's genius.......2006-07-30

This album was out of print in any form for the past 36 years,
it was at the top of my list as a collector - the "holy grail" of my record collecting - I even paid $50 for an LP copy a few years ago, and now it is finally out on a CD and available to the general public.
I have listened to this album so many hundreds of times, that I have just about every note memorized, and it plays in my head like a radio when I am out on bike trips or sitting alone someplace...Some of the studio sounds on this album might seem a little dated today, but Lenny's genius, variety of combined styles, and sensitivity will never grow old.
Give a close listen to how he develops his solos and harmonizes in songs like " Don't Think Twice It's Alright", or "Music To Watch Girls By".
Lenny's take on "Georgia on My Mind" is a classic, I think it is the best version of the song since Django Reinhardt's recording with singer Freddy Taylor back in 1936!
This album, together with the live album made in the sae year - "The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau" are together a pair of "must have" essential recordings for anyone interested in Jazz guitar, virtuoso guitar, and in ecelctic mixtures of styles - Flamenco meets classical, meets Country, all crossed with Jazz harmonies.

The Classic Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Album!!.......2006-06-13

What a pleasure it is to see this album available again after being out of print for nearly forty years--and with a bonus track to boot! This is where the realm of fingerstyle jazz guitar begins--a true classic that no serious guitar fan should miss. Too many highpoints to mention but only one nylon string jazz guitarist could have conceived the solo Lenny Breau plays on Don't Think Twice and his original Taranta is the model of jazz/flamenco fusion. Awesome!! Now if only The Velvet Touch of Lenny Breau Live would be reissued, we'd be blessed!

A God of Guitar.......2005-12-20

Praise be! What a rare treat that this late sixties RCA studio recording -- made under the guiding hand of Chet Atkins -- should finally appear on CD! If you play, woodshed or just fool around with guitar and you haven't heard our man Breau, then you ain't goin' to Heaven. Nice re-mastering; the at times overly-heavy accompanying bass on the original seems nicely-muted just a tad. Bass & drums are just along for the ride here (when they do appear) & discreetly stay outa the way so you can concentrate on Lenny, who didn't seem to realize a lotta stuff he did on one guitar was impossible. 'King of the Road' & 'A Hard Day's Night' are worth the price of the CD. Winnipeg, Canada had this guy pretty much all to themselves throughout much of the Sixties, & I daresay a Helluva lot of school & college homework didn't get done while we sat around slack-jawed listening to this man perform. He came to a sad end, but he left us this; so I know where he went.

Average customer rating: Great for Kids

Animal & Bird Sounds Various Artists Manufacturer: Columbia River Ent. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Explorer: Animals of Africa - Sounds of the Jungle, Plain & Bush Sound Effects, Vol. 2: Nature and Animals 101 Digital Sound Effects: Sounds of Nature Bird Sounds Echoes of Nature: Jungle Talk ASIN: B00005NTRD Release Date: 2001-10-09

Tracks:

1. Lone Kookaburra
2. Group Of Kookaburras
3. Plovers
4. Eclectus Parrot
5. Peacock
6. Galah
7. Geese
8. Peaceful Dove
9. Red-Browed Finch
10. Sulpher-Crested Cockatoo
11. Pigeons & Other Birds
12. Ducks
13. Blue-Winged Kookaburra
14. Tawny Frog Mouth
15. Crimson Rosella
16. King Parrot
17. Red-Winged Parrot
18. Pink Cockatoo & Plover
19. Red-Tailed Black Cockatoo
20. Corella
21. Cockatiel
22. Pheasant Coucal
23. Cape Barron Goose
24. Brush Cuckoo & Plover
25. Flycatcher
26. Dingoes
27. Koala
28. Flying Foxes
29. Horse Neighing
30. Horse Eating
31. Cows
32. Milking Machine
33. Calves
34. Hens Clucking 1
35. Hens Clucking 2
36. Rooster Crow 1
37. Rooster Crow 2
38. Turkeys
39. Seagulls
40. Pigs
41. Sheep
42. Goats
43. Large Dog Barking
44. Small Dog Barking
45. Dog Kennels
46. Crickets
47. Cicadas
48. Cats Meowing
49. Cat Purring
50. Puppy Crying
51. Bullfrogs

Customer Reviews:

Great for Kids.......2006-04-01

This CD has great animal sounds. Lots of bird sounds. The one-year-olds in my daycare class are always entertained by it!

Average customer rating:

Words, Sounds, Colors and Shapes Donald Byrd Manufacturer: Wounded Bird Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Funk | R&B | Styles | Music ASIN: B000QJLQOO Release Date: 2007-07-17

Tracks:

1. Sexy Dancer
2. Midnight
3. So Much in Love
4. High Energy
5. Star Trippin'
6. I'm Coming Home
7. Forbidden Love
8. Everyday

Average customer rating: Glimpse into genius

Hugh Le Caine: Compositions & Demonstrations, 1946-1974 Manufacturer: EMF Media ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Computer | Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Columbia-Princeton Electronic Music Center 1961-1973 ASIN: B0000560TI Release Date: 2000-12-26

Product Description

Hugh Le Caine, early electronic music pioneer, demonstrates his Electronic Sackbut in 1948 by playing the opening clarinet solo from Gershwin's 'Rhapsody in Blue'. Working at his Toronto laboratory, supported by the Canadian National Research Council, he went on to engineer and prototype the touch sensitive organ, variable speed recorder, multi-track recorder, and numerous other magnificent electronic instruments. And he demonstrated his inventions by composing his own music and by arranging well known tunes, demonstrating at the same time that he was a talented musician and that he had a great sense of humor. This CD, produced by Gayle Young, Le Caine's biographer, is a comprehensive compilation of his music, much of it not available before. The CD also includes many of Le Caine's spoken explanations of his demonstrations which make the CD come alive with human interest. In its commemoration of a remarkable personality and in the historical importance of its content, this is an essential CD. In the extent to which it is also enjoyable, it is a stunning accomplishment.

Customer Reviews:

Glimpse into genius.......2005-08-06

For any student of electronic music, this cd is a must. The cd works on so many levels: as an historical archive, a textbook of tape and control voltage manipulation, and as an interesting listening experience. You really feel as if you are connecting with the man himself. interesting note: he died shortly before John Chowning introduced FM synthesis to the world. Coincidence?

Average customer rating:

Backyard Birds John Grout Manufacturer: Passport Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Instructional | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music ASIN: B000P9QAM8 Release Date: 2001-01-01

Tracks:

1. Back Yard Birds
2. The Wetlands
3. Summer Meadow
4. Northern Woodlands
5. Midwest; Farmlands
6. Northern Lake
7. Country Nights;

Product Description

This album features more songs of the common birds we see everyday in our backyards and woods. Their inspiring melodies bring joy and peace to our lives and touch our hearts. Featuring White-throated Sparrow, Dusty Sparrow, Northern Cardinal, Stellar Jay, Nuthatch, Morning Dove, Lark Sparrow, Northern Oriole, Willow Warbler, Hairy Woodpecker, Blue Jay, Rufous-sided Towhee, Northern Flicker, American Goldfinch, Red-winged Blackbird, Tree Swallow, Black-capped Chickadee, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Canyon Wren, Mountain Bluebird, American Robin, Black-necked Stilt, Spotted Sandpiper, Gadwall, Pied-billed Grebe, Mallard, Common Yellow-throat, Black Woodpecker, Yellow-headed Blackbird, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Pileated Woodpecker and more.

Average customer rating: Great companion for my budgie

Bird Sounds Various Artists Manufacturer: Madacy Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Sound Effects | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000000L9N Release Date: 1994-09-09

Tracks:

1. Summer Tanager
2. Rose-Breasted Grosbeak
3. Orchard Oriole
4. Northern Oriole
5. Redwinged Blackbird
6. Bobolink
7. Red-Eyed Vireo
8. Yellow Throated Vireo
9. Solitary Vireo
10. Song Thrush
11. Missel Thrush
12. Chorus-Wood Pigeon, Missel Thrush, Wren, Hedge Sparrow
13. Starling
14. Starling With Young
15. Chaffinch
16. Blackbird
17. Chorus Rooks, Blackbird, Thrush
18. Green Finch/Green Finch - Alarm Calls
19. Long Tailed Tit
20. Kestrel Feeding Young
21. Great Spotted Woodpecker
22. Sharp Tailed Grouse
23. Plain Chachalaca
24. Gambel's Quail
25. California's Quail
26. White Winged Dove
27. American Woodcock
28. Canada Goose
29. Mallard
30. Chorus-Song Thrush, Rooks Wren
31. Chorus-Blackbird, Chaffinch, Cuckoo, Pheasant, Turtle Dove
32. Linnet
33. Young Blackcap
34. Pheasant
35. Blackbirds, Redwings
36. Tawny Owls
37. Jackdaw - Flock
38. Jackdaw - Young
39. Long Eared Owl With Young
40. Black And White Warbler
41. Tennessee Warbler
42. Yellow Warbler
43. American Redstart
44. Chestnut-Sided Warbler
45. Hooded Warbler
46. Canada Warbler
47. Magnolia Warbler
48. Hermit Thrush
49. Whip-Poor-Will
50. Scarlet Tanager
51. Fox Sparrow
52. Yellow Bellied Sapsucker
53. American Robin
54. Gray Catbird
55. Northern Flicker
56. Eastern Wood Pewee
57. Warbling Vireo
58. Northern Mockingbird
59. Brown Thrasher
60. Northern Cardinal
61. Indigo Bunting
62. Bachman's Sparrow
63. Pine Warbler
64. Yellow Breasted Chat
65. Eastern Meadowlark
66. Field Sparrow
67. Horned Lark

Customer Reviews:

Great companion for my budgie.......1999-01-13

I just received this cd and it is doing exactly what I had hoped for, it is entertaining my budgie parakeet. Tonga has not stoppped chirping since I put the cd on. I will use this cd to act as a virtual companion for my bird while I am away from the house for long periods of time. Excellent bird sitter cd!

Average customer rating:

Bird and Chet/Live at the Trade Winds Charlie Parker , and Chet Baker Manufacturer: Fresh Sounds Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Köln Concert Featuring Dick Twardzik ASIN: B0002FH9P2 Release Date: 2004-11-16

Album Description

Bird & Chet recorded live at the Trade Winds Club in Inglewood, CA, on June 16, 1952. This unique of musicians features three other big names - Sonny Criss, Al Haig and Lawrence Marable. Fresh Sounds.

Average customer rating: Best cd of all time! Haunting... Bird York is a force to be reckoned with! Bird York makes a great debut Bird York

Bird Bird York Manufacturer: Midwest Art. Generic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Wicked Little High Leaving Traces Crash Let It Die Crash (Widescreen Edition) ASIN: B00000I8NQ Release Date: 1999-02-09

Tracks:

1. come home
2. what are you running after
3. open wider
4. bought a gun
5. save me
6. prozac day
7. punish me with kisses
8. strange chemistry
9. i'm not laughing anymore
10. breathe deeply

Amazon.com

York's sultry vocals and songwriting sensibility bring to mind Portishead and Everything but the Girl. As with those groups, she weds acoustic instrumentation with heavy rhythmic grooves and mixing techniques invented by dub, techno, and dance recording artists. The understated, rolling funkiness and spiky, heavily processed guitar heard here also recall U2's Achtung, Baby. Lyrically York tackles difficult subject matter (a child's obsession with firearms in "Bought a Gun," a runaway teenage girl's sexual awakening in "Open Wider") with sensitivity and intelligence. Ultimately, Bird is exquisite--from the opening track to the lulling, emotionally abundant denouement of "Breathe Deeply." --Michael Wells

Album Description

Sensual, smoky, groove rock. Great lyrics, unpredictable melodic hooks. Voted one of the "Top Ten Emerging Artists" by the Editors of Amazon.com.

Customer Reviews:

Best cd of all time!.......2006-02-26

I have every cd that Bird York has done, and I love this one the best. They are all good, but this is my favorite cd of all time. Sultry, sexy, dark and smokey all describe this cd. Alot of times, when a singer has their own style it comes with mumbling, and trying your best to understand the lyrics. Bird has a style that is all her own, and it really works. On this cd, you can understand the incredible poetry that is happening to the hypnotising music. If you put some headphones on, and crank it up, you'll be taken to another place. Birds singing performance on this cd has been un-matched by anyone. She has become my favorite singer of all time. Pick up this cd now, you will be glad that you did.

Haunting..........2001-12-13

I bought this cd a long time ago, listened to one song and put it away for awhile...my second take of this cd was much more profound and worthwhile. Each song managed to grab me, a combination of great songwriting, haunting melodies, and Bird's trademark alto reminiscent of Happy Rhodes in her lower register. This cd is worth purchasing if only for "I'm Not Laughing Anymore" and "What are you running after"...buy this cd, you won't regret it.

Bird York is a force to be reckoned with!.......2001-10-29

I recently talked to Bird York, and she is absolutely destined to make it big. Her songs are featured on the CBS hit television series "Family Law" airing Monday nights at 10:00, and her songs tackle subject matter that most artists stay away from, but with her soothing voice she does it well. Favorite song on the album is "Save Me". Please purchase this cd, Bird York's talent shouldn't be overlooked!

Bird York makes a great debut.......2001-10-14

I'm a huge fan of Portishead, and when I heard comments about Bird York sounding similar to them, I had to check her out. I was not disappointed, and I've grown to love her music more than Portishead. The best song on this CD is "Open Wider", though they are all great.

Bird York.......2001-04-11

I bought this C.D. "blind". I never heard a single cut of this C.D. before I purchased it. I bought it on the strength of a review comparing her music to Everything But The Girl and Portishead. I am not disappointed. Bird York has the magnetism of both Beth Gibbons and Tracy Thorn and should be on the A-List of pop vocalists. Beth and Tracy have better production crews, however. The mixing and engineering of the Portishead and Eveything But the Girl's production organizations are pristine. Bird York only gets a B+ on her production. That is a minor criticism and should be taken as such. Bird York will broaden her audience because she has the charisma and the artistry to do so. I would love to hear some remixes of songs on this CD by some of the great trip hop and techno specialists. A remix by Moby would problably render me a helpless Bird York zombie, given that fact that I have a weakness for naked backs. If anyone out there has more information on Bird York or wants to give me feedback on this review I am ZenChicken@aol.com

Average customer rating: English is an asset and a drawback You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally! I love Carmen!

Carmen (Sung in English) Bizet , Bardon , Gavin , Plazas , Magee , and Parry Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mozart: The Magic Flute The Barber of Seville / B. Ford, D. Jones, A. Opie; G. Bellini [in English] Verdi: La Traviata Mozart: The Marriage of Figaro Mozart - Don Giovanni / Garry Magee · Cullagh · Banks · Plazas · Shore · Tierny · PO · David Parry ASIN: B00007JGRN Release Date: 2003-03-11

Tracks:

1. Prelude
2. In The Plaza
3. Just Look At That Delicious Morsel
4. Here Come Our New Soldier Boys
5. Jose! There Was A Girl Here Looking For You Just Now
6. Off With You Old Soldier Boys
7. Corporal! Sir!
8. We Have Heard The Bell Summon Us To Meet Here
9. Ah, Just Look!
10. But Why Hasn't She Come, Our Carmencita?
11. Love's A Bird Wild As Any Rebel
12. Carmen! We Will Follow You High And Low!
13. The Cheek Of It!
14. Give Me News Of My Mother!
15. Your Dear Mother And I Were Leaving Church This Morning
16. I See My Mother's Face!
17. Wait A Moment - I'm Going To Read The Letter
18. Come And Help
19. So, Corporal: Tell Me What Happened
20. Well, Carmencita: What Do You Have To Say For Yourself?
21. Where Are You Taking Me?
22. There's An Old Bar In The City
23. Careful - It's Lieutenant!
24. Entr'acte
25. From Far Away Mysterious Sounds
26. Bravo, Bravo! More! Keep Dancing!
27. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
28. Who's That? It's Escamillo, The Bullfighter From Granada
29. Hurrah! Hurrah! The Torero!
30. You're Most Kind
31. We'll Come With You, Senor Torero
32. Toreador, Be Ready!
33. At Last! We Got Rid Of Them As Quickly As We Could
34. There's A Little Job That We're Starting!
35. Being In Love Is Not A Reason

Tracks:

1. To Bid You Welcome To Our Bar
2. La La La La La La La La...
3. Back To Camp!... Go At Once!
4. That Flow'r You Threw To Me I Treasured
5. No, It's Not Love At All!
6. Hello! Carmen!
7. Lieutenant Fair, It's True
8. The Sky Above The Open Road
9. Entr'acte
10. Keep Going, Dear Old Friend, Kep Going!
11. Right! Let's Stop For A While
12. Shuffle! Cut Them!
13. In Vain You Would Avoid The Bitter Things They're Saying
14. You're Back!
15. As For That Man, It Should Be Easy!
16. Is This The Place?
17. I Say That There's Nothing To Fear
18. It's Him! I'm Sure It's Him Over There!
19. Escamillo Is My Name, And I Come From Granada
20. She Had A Lover Here
21. Hola! Hola! Jose!
22. You Should Take Care, Carmen
23. Alas! Jose, Your Mother Is Ill
24. Entr'acte
25. A Few Cuartos! A Few Cuartos!
26. Here They Come! Here They Come!
27. If You Love Me, Carmen
28. It's You! It's Me!
29. Viva! Viva! What A Corrida!

Customer Reviews:

English is an asset and a drawback.......2004-07-20

The best thing about this recording of Carmen is the libretto. Conductor David Parry penned this facile and dramatic English translation. He avoids the pitfalls of literal translation to achieve an idiomatic flow that matches the rhythm of the original lyrics. I use this as a reference libretto for any of the French Carmens.

Unfortunately, the performance suffers from being sung in English. The singers declaim their parts with such proper British diction that Carmen comes across as a school marm. The spoken dialog is delivered beat for deliberate beat and is dripping with reverb. It makes the plaza, tavern and mountain pass all sound like a sewer pipe.

This is a good first Carmen for someone trying to understand the work. The libretto itself is a good investment for further listening. For an enjoyable performance with an emphasis on character and action, I recommend Regina Resnik on the London Double Decker set.

You Will Love Opera After Hearing Carmen In English.......2004-02-09

What a perfect introduction to opera. This newly released recording will surely get you hooked into opera. Carmen, a French opera by Georges Bizet, is the most recognizable and most popular in the opera world. It's famous melodies- the overture, the Habanera, The Toreador Song have all been featured in everything from cellular phone ring tones to Superbowl Commercial (last year's Superbowl with The "Opera In English" label has been making Italian operas into English for a number of years now. Also on the market are Verdi's La Traviata in English (with soprano Valerie Masterson as Violetta) Handel's Julius Caesar with Janet Baker and even Wagner's epic Ring Of The Nibeling sung in English. This is a terrific recording and I highly recommend it if you want to get into opera. Listen to this version first and then try the real, original French version Bizet had written. Patricia Bardon is sensational, sexy and dramatic as Carmen.

The real strength of this version is the dynamic drama. With the advantage of being sung in English, we get better insight on characters' emotions and motives, and we understand the drama a lot better. Carmen is all about great drama. Bizet drew the plot from the French writer Prosper Merimee's dark short story. Carmen is the ultimate femme fatale- a devil-may-care, sexy Gypsy living in Spain, seduces the conservatively raised soldier Don Jose, stealing him away from his fiancee, the passive Micaela, living a life of underground smuggling and rowdy taverns. "Habanera" and "The Gypsy Song and Dance" are very expressive of Carmen's extraordinarily liberal lifestyle. Don Jose, however, has fallen deeply in love- as he shows us in his song/aria "The Flower Song". But Carmen soon becomes tired of his constancy. Don Jose wants a committed, monogamous relationship with Carmen. But Carmen will not submit to love, since she is first and foremost a carnal creature. Eventually, she falls for the handsome Toreador Escamillo. Don Jose, consumed by jealousy, stabs Carmen at a bullfight after Carmen declares her love for Escamillo and rejects Don Jose's love. Don Jose's crazed, obscessive personality shines through in the English version as well. This tragedy has been done in English before so don't think this is the first time. Back in the 50's, there was a film, starring black actors "Carmen Jones" which was treated the same way as this opera- more like an English Broadway musical and with the dubbed singing voice of Marilyn Horne as Carmen. All in all, this recording is excellent.

A wholly credible "Carmen" -- finally!.......2003-09-17

This recording really sells "Carmen" as a drama. Although I have two other recordings of this opera and have seen it performed several times, it never quite worked for me dramatically. But thanks to the fine performances, conducting, and translation here, I've become a "Carmen" convert. Producing a good English-language performance of a foreign opera, especially a warhorse like "Carmen," is much more difficult than it might appear. You need performers who not only can sing the parts (of course) but also can sing *English* and make it halfway intelligible and make it sound like English and make it dramatically convincing to English-speakers. The singers on this recording do an excellent job all around. Don't be put off if you don't recognize their names -- they are up to the task musically and (especially) in their acting. Admittedly, as with *all* English-language recordings, some passages are very hard to understand without reading along, but most of the time the words are clear and effective. I would recommend this recording to any opera beginner or opera lover, even those who normally turn up their noses at performances in translation.

I love Carmen!.......2003-08-15

I do. I can think of no other opera with more melodic inventiveness, and few others with so sure a dramatic pulse. Carmen is popular and it thrills me to say that it is also a very good opera - not always true of popular things.

And what of this recording? Carmen sits well in English, so it is good to hear in translation, although some of the detais in the text jar. Escamillo refers to Jose as "my dear", which sounds rather peculiar, and the guide's line to Micaela: "it's not exactly inviting, is it?" sounds distinctly Middle England rather than Rural Spain. Some of the performers, not least Carmen herself, make the words work, although there are long tracts, especially with the chorus, where the language is distinctly indistinct.

The soloists are, by and large, strong. Patricia Bardon's deep, Handel-friendly voice adapts well to Carmen and she colours the music with phenomenal detail, sounding sexy and provocative from the start with an edge of pride and anger that emerges as the show goes on. She is out of her depth above the stave, though, and some extra top notes in the second act don't show her off to her best advantage. I have previously said that Julian Gavin is poorly served by recordings, though here he sounds much more even and gives a thrilling and musical performance (but his wooden spoken lines let him down). Mary Plazas is a lovely Micaela, rich-voiced and sincere (and word-perfect), but Garry Magee sounds miscast as Escamillo, lacking the ballast at the bottom of the voice to do justice to this tricky role.

The supporting cast is good (Mary Hegarty seems to do nothing but Frasquita these days!) but the really treasurable thing is the conducting. Stepping out of Italian Ottocento, David Parry turns his hand to this French Comedie with an appropriate lightness of touch. His pacing and handling of the set pieces is exemplary and the enrtractes go with a real swing.

A pleasure, then, for the Carmen naive or a novelty for the Carmen-acquainted. I nearly wrote Carmen-weary - but I don't think it's possible.

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