Bridge of Love

Bridge of Love

Bridge of Love

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Page Wilson is a longtime fixture in the Richmond, VA music scene. He has "lived off" music in some way or another since 1975, from week-long stands in smokey bars to sharing the stage with the likes of Stephen Stills, Taj Mahal, Kris Kristofferson, and Jerry Jeff Walker. In 1986 Page took to the area airwaves as host of his own weekly "Out of the Blue Radio Review".

Bridge of Love was recorded live before an audience at In Your Ear Studios with Velpo Robertson and Joe Sheets engineering, producing, and mastering. The album features his band Reckless Abandon, which includes Page on guitar and vocals, Billy Lux (Heights of Grass) on upright bass, Chris Fuller on mandolin and vocal harmonies, Jay Gillespie on acoustic guitar, and Charles Arthur on Dobro (also of Johnny Hott's Piedmont Souprize and Jim Dudley's Chez Roue). The 12 tracks on the CD include some Page Wilson standards, some new tunes, and renditions of several traditional songs. The cover art was drawn by Page's daughter Virginia Blue. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Product Description
Page Wilson and his band Reckless Abandon play a style of music that has been referred to as "Pure-bred American Mongrel" music. On "Bridge of Love", they combine bluegrass, blues, country and folk to perform both original and traditional songs. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Bridge of Love,Page Wilson & Reckless Abandon,The Orchard,Alternative Country-Rock,Americana,Folk & Traditional,Pop
Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church
Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
  • A Beautiful, Relaxing Project
  • It just cannot be the end for Charlotte's classical career! :(
  • Charlotte Church
  • Somewhat decent but still mediocre
  • R&B For Charlotte
Prelude: The Best of Charlotte Church
Charlotte Church
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Church, CharlotteChurch, Charlotte | ( C ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
Opera & VocalOpera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
SonySony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks
Similar Items:
  1. Enchantment
  2. Voice of an Angel
  3. Charlotte Church
  4. Tissues and Issues
  5. Dream a Dream

ASIN: B00006LFGG
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

  1. Pie Jesu from Requiem
  2. My Lagan Love
  3. In Trutina (from Carmina Burana)
  4. Panis Angelicus
  5. Amazing Grace
  6. Just Wave Hello
  7. La Pastorella (The Little Shepherdess)
  8. She Moved Through The Fair
  9. Ave Maria
  10. Dream A Dream (w/ Billy Gilman)
  11. The Flower Duet
  12. Haba
  13. The Prayer (w/ Josh Groban)
  14. All Love Can Be
  15. It's The Heart That Matters Most
  16. Tantum Ergo
  17. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  18. Sancta Maria

Amazon.com

Need more evidence of the record industry's obsession with youth? Consider that budding Welsh diva Charlotte Church was a ripe, old 16 when this, her first greatest-hits anthology was released. Spanning her first four releases, as well as some outside collaborations and unreleased material, this 18-track collection underscores the soprano's seemingly boundless potential--as well as some potential career obstacles ahead. Her crystalline, still-maturing voice is best showcased on classically oriented works like Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu," Franck's "Panis Angelicus," and her now-ubiquitous rendering of Delibes' "Flower Duet." She also excels on folk traditionals such as "She Moved Through the Fair" and "My Langan Love." But overwrought productions like the already-dated "Dream a Dream" and "Habanera," a faux-flamenco take on Bizet, nearly get the best of her. Still, her promising duet with fellow young phenom Josh Groban on "The Prayer" and her mature, dreamy reading of A Beautiful Mind's "All Love Can Be," as well as strong performances on the previously unreleased "It's the Heart That Matters Most" and "Bridge over Troubled Waters," are ample evidence of her potential for rewarding pop crossover--if she doesn't retire by 21. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Beautiful, Relaxing Project.......2007-06-15

My only other experience with Charlotte Church was seeing part of a PBS special on her, where she sang songs like "Some Enchanted Evening". I actually enjoy her voice on this style of music.

I love her rendition of "Amazing Grace". She also did good on covering "Bridge Over Troubled Water", though I was disappointed she didn't try the high note on the verses as Garfunkel did. My favorite on the project was "It's the Heart That Matters Most".

If I want some beautiful sounding music to relax to while I'm working, this would be a very good project for that.

3 out of 5 stars It just cannot be the end for Charlotte's classical career! :(.......2006-08-20

I'm just shocked that Charlotte has decided to end her classical career with this mediocre assortment of her most loved pieces from her other albums! I wish that she had re-sung all of the pieces to make them sound better than ever with her mature voice! To me, it seems disgusting that anyone would want to end their career with a last album that sounds the way this album does!

Her beginning pieces (Pie Jesu, My Lagan Love, In Trutina, Panis Angelicus, and Amazing Grace) were sung at the beginning of her classical career, and you can hear her flat vowels and shaky low notes. You can also hear it in "She Moved Thru the Fair". It's really annoying!

La Pastorella is a beautiful song to sing, and Church masters it beautifully! Just Wave Hello - the Ford Anthem, is also a beautiful piece, with amazing work from the orchestra.

Ave Maria is a complete annoyance! Church lays on the high notes too much, putting too much emphasis on them, and it's an annoyance! Her vowels are also flat on the high notes - I just hate it!

Dream a Dream is a very nice piece, leaning more towards the pop scene. Church still seems to make it work, and I would listen to it all day!

The Flower Duet is a beautiful song, but Church's vocals are strained, which makes it hard to listen to with a smile on your face! It's still beautiful!

The Prayer (w/ Josh Groban) is a very nice piece, originally sung by Celine Dion. She's still a little bit flat here!

All That Love can Be is sung beautifully, completely smooth and connected. The vocals are flawless and have a mezmerizing effect.

It's the Heart that Knows is a pop piece that Church sings with strong vocals. It's just showing us that she's ending her career as a classical superstar!

Tantum Ergo, Bridge Over Troubled Water, and Sancta Maria, are all beautiful pieces!

I am a Charlotte Chruch fan, no doubt, but I really didn't like this album! I still wish that she would stay with opera, but I guess dreams don't come true! I wouldn't advise you to buy this CD - but as long as you have Voice of an Angel, Charlotte Church (the Self Titled Album) and Enchantment, there's no need for this CD!

Sorry Charlotte!

5 out of 5 stars Charlotte Church.......2006-07-29

Love that voice!! This is a great CD and any one who had not heard this young lady sing should buy it and prepare for some musical enjoyment.

2 out of 5 stars Somewhat decent but still mediocre.......2006-06-07

I am well aware of Charlotte's age. However, I am also aware of her amazing vocals and powerful range. But these things don't make you a good singer. Charlotte chose to stick to opera in most of her songs. And face it, not just anyone can do opera.

Charlotte's voice is very well trained - maybe too trained. From a very young age she's been hitting the same notes as Sarah Brightman. But I feel that Charlotte's over-worked and not to mention overdone voice has been declining tremendously.

But I guess none of this really matters now because I haven't heard her do anything classical for a while. If you want to listen to Charlotte now, go find the song 'Crazy Chick.'

If you want to listen to other angel voiced sopranos, I'd go with Sarah Brightman or Renee' Fleming.

2 out of 5 stars R&B For Charlotte .......2006-05-07

If a bird can be annoying as in a Rooster Crowing in the morning, some people will like it. A dog can bark in the nights we sleep, some People will like it. A human voice so light, so vibrated within their own dimensions, people will like it, but not I. I never really saw the beauty of opera, agitating to the ears, just like a Rooster calling on it's hens. With that said, Charlotte needs to turn to Blues Rock or R&B. Yes, Boogie style Blues Rock, she has the voice for it. No matter how many here perceive Opera or know what should sound good, no opera singer could ever sing Blues without a voice and a heart for it. Not One! So why should a girl with soulful music embedded in her, do the same? I say, "it's time to really Rock Charlotte!"
Arleen Auger - Love Songs / Dalton Baldwin
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Arleen Auger and Dalton Baldwin-Love Songs
  • Voice of experience
  • Auger at her best
  • Hidden Treasure
  • Gorgeous, sensitive music
 Arleen Auger - Love Songs / Dalton Baldwin
Frank Bridge , Benjamin Britten , Pietro Cimara , Aaron Copland , Sir Noel Coward , Stefano Donaudy , Stephen Foster , Charles Gounod , Eduoard Lippe , Frederick Loewe , Gustav Mahler , Joseph Marx , Fernando J. Obradors , Jaime Ovalle , Francis Poulenc , Roger Quilter , Franz Schubert , Robert Schumann , Oscar Straus , Richard Strauss , Joaquin Turina , Dalton Baldwin , and Arleen Auger
Manufacturer: Delos Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

All Works by BrittenAll Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by CoplandAll Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
Foster, StephenFoster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by GounodAll Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by MahlerAll Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by PoulencAll Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by SchubertAll Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by Robert SchumannAll Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by StraussAll Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
All Works by TurinaAll Works by Turina | Turina, Joaquin | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
GermanGerman | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
OperettasOperettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Folk SongsFolk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
Similar Items:
  1. American Soprano
  2. Arleen Auger - Handel · Bach Arias / The Mostly Mozart Orchestra · Gerard Schwarz
  3. Strauss: Ein Heldenleben - Four Last Songs / Auger, Previn
  4. Stefano Donaudy: Amor mi fa cantare
  5. Haydn - Arias & Cantatas / Auger · H&H · Hogwood

ASIN: B0000006VP
Release Date: 1992-05-22

Tracks:

  1. Love Songs: Pastorale
  2. Love Songs: Del Cabello mas sutil
  3. Love Songs: Azulao
  4. Love Songs: Standchen
  5. Love Songs: Selige Nacht
  6. Love Songs: Fleurs
  7. Love Songs: Stornello
  8. Love Songs: Music, When Soft Voice Die
  9. Love Songs: Je t'aime
  10. Love Songs: Love's Philosophy
  11. Love Songs: Widmung
  12. Love Songs: Du bist wie eine Blume
  13. Love Songs: Das Rosenband
  14. Love Songs: Liebst du um Schonheit
  15. Love Songs: Cantares
  16. Love Songs: How Do I Love Thee?
  17. Love Songs: I'll Follow My Secret Heart
  18. Love Songs: Serenade
  19. Love Songs: Liebe Schwarmt auf allen Wegen
  20. Love Songs: Love Went A-Riding
  21. Love Songs: Why, No One to Love
  22. Love Songs: O del mio amato ben
  23. Love Songs: The Salley Gardens
  24. Love Songs: Heart, We Will Forget Him
  25. Love Songs: Before I Gaze at You Again

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Arleen Auger and Dalton Baldwin-Love Songs.......2007-01-29

A lovely collection -very varied. Arleen Auger has a beautiful voice and Baldwin's accompaniment is wonderful. The 3rd track, by Jayme Ovalle, is, as it says in the accompanying notes, bewitching, and is actually the reason I bought the CD.

5 out of 5 stars Voice of experience.......2006-01-28

There isn't much I can add to the praise bestowed on this album by earlier reviewers. I do think though that a special poignancy is undeniable since Auger's voice, while still beautiful, clearly is not that of a young singer. Her maturity makes her interpretations of these love songs all the more touching. I've probably played this CD a dozen times through the years, far more than any other in my collection. It remains consistently and deeply satisfying.

5 out of 5 stars Auger at her best.......2005-04-26

This is a disc that I recommend to my graduating seniors/graduate students who are pursuing a graduate degree or career options in Vocal Performance.
From the standpoint of technique, Auger is practically flawless---"harsh" is not a word I equate with Ms. Auger's singing. She and Dalton Baldwin are impeccable performers on this disc. All the material was wisely chosen and presented, including one of the slowest "O del mio amato ben's" and one of the slowest "Salley Gardens", indicative of the beautiful breath control this artist had. I have to take exception to one of the comments made by one reviewer, of the "lack of sesitivity to the music that most classical singers possess". This is plain ignorant. This reviewer clearly does not understand the great artistic endeavor that classical singers have to have with Song literature---only a non-singer could have said this. Our finest classical singers of memory have all been outstanding musicians. They also have texts to interpret in many languages. I, as a singer-performer-teacher take great umbrage at comments like this which serve only to degrade the richness of so much repertoire.
I too hated the untimely passing of this fabulous singer. She is one of four famous women singers who all died at the age of 53. I think this disc was recorded not to long before she passed away and does reflect her "goodbye" to her audience. However the disc will remain as timely as the repertoire in it.
Marcia M.Baldwin, Gig Harbor, WA.
Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music, Rochester,NY

5 out of 5 stars Hidden Treasure.......2003-11-04

This recording is possibly one of the best examples of beautiful singing one will ever find. The repertoire, the artfulness, the line and the sheer beauty of Miss Auger's voice is a rare find. I've just recently purchased another copy as I loaned mine to a friend who begged to keep it! One note on the cover - this new cover art seems to imply this CD is some light version of 1970's Montovani romance music. Nothing could be further from the truth. Though the previous jacket (a photo of Miss Auger on pale pink) did look dated, I hope the next pressing of this (& I'm sure they'll be many more to come!) will give this collection the class packaging it deserves. This is a collector's item. Enjoy!!

5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous, sensitive music.......2001-06-15

So first of all, ignore the cheesy cover art and album title. This is a beautiful collection of songs, beautifully performed. Since I concur with the other reviews that laud Auger's performance (though don't forget the accompanist Dalton Baldwin, who is also outstanding), I'll add only the comment that there is a certain melancholy surrounding a lot of the songs and performances that (a) I find haunting and appealing, and (b) you would never know simply from looking at the album.

The performance of "Why, No One to Love" is worth the price of admission alone.
Award Winning Movie Themes: The 50's
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Award Winning Movie Themes: The 50's

    Manufacturer: Michelle Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by ArnoldAll Works by Arnold | Arnold, Malcolm | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by PorterAll Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    Solo InstrumentalSolo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music
    Easy ListeningEasy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 Classical4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 Pop4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 Soundtracks4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 All Music4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Award Winning Movie Themes: The Sixties
    2. 14 Award Winning Movie Themes of the 70's
    3. The High & The Mighty
    4. Hollywood's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2
    5. Hollywood's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1

    ASIN: B0000011JK
    Release Date: 1994-11-28

    Tracks:

    1. The Third Man Theme (Harry Lime's Theme)
    2. The Big Country
    3. Song From Moulin Rouge
    4. Unchained Melody
    5. Terry's Theme (Eternally)
    6. April Love
    7. The High and The Mighty
    8. Friendly Persuasion (Thee I Love)
    9. Cherry Pink And Apple Blossom White
    10. Around The World
    11. True Love
    12. Love Is A Many Splendored Thing
    13. Smile
    14. The River Kwai March
    Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great CD
    • Simply the Best
    • Inconsistent, but mostly excellent
    • "Celebration" is not strong enough a word
    • A maginificent evening, a magnificent album
    		 Sondheim - A Celebration at Carnegie Hall (1992 Concert Cast)
    Stephen Sondheim , Betty Buckley , Paul Gemignani , Patti LuPone , Liza Minnelli , and Bernadette Peters
    Manufacturer: RCA Victor Broadway
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    1990s1990s | By Decade | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    Hadley, JerryHadley, Jerry | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    1990s1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    Traditional PopTraditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
    1990-19991990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
    MusicalsMusicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Side By Side By Sondheim (1976 Original London Cast)
    2. Sondheim Evening: A Musical Tribute (1973 Concert Cast)
    3. Send in the Clowns: The Ballads of Stephen Sondheim
    4. Sondheim: A Celebration at Carnegie Hall / Liza Minnelli, Patti LuPone, Bernadette Peters, Glenn Close
    5. Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall

    ASIN: B000003FDW
    Release Date: 1993-02-23

    Tracks:

    1. Symphonic Sondheim: Sweeney Todd--orchestra, Jerry Hadley ("Johanna"), Eugene Perry,Herbert Perry ("Pretty Women")
    2. Evening Introduction--Bill Irwin
    3. Loveland/Getting Married Today--Ensemble, Jeanne Lehman, Mark Jacoby, Madeline Kahn
    4. Waiting for the Girls Upstairs--George Lee Andrews, Michael Jeter, James Naughton/Love, I Hear--Michael Jeter/Live Alone and Like It--James Naughton
    5. Someone Is Waiting--Richard Muenz/Symphonic Sondheim: Barcelona--orchestra
    6. Being Alive--Patti LuPone
    7. Good Thing Going--The Tonics
    8. Losing My Mind/You Could Drive a Person Crazy--Dorothy Loudon
    9. Our Time--Boys Choir of Harlem/Children Will Listen--Betty Buckley
    10. Anyone Can Whistle--Billy Stritch
    11. Water Under the Bridge--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch
    12. Back in Business--Liza Minnellli, Billy Stritch, Ensemble

    Tracks:

    1. Symphonic Sondheim: Comedy Tonight--Bill Irwin, orchestra
    2. Sooner or Later--Karen Ziemba
    3. Pretty Lady--Mark Jacoby, Eugene Perry, Herbert Perry
    4. Green Finch and Linnet Bird--Harolyn Blackwell
    5. The Ballad of Booth--Patrick Cassidy, Victor Garber
    6. Broadway Baby--Daisy Eagan
    7. I Never Do Anything Twice--BETTY
    8. With So Little to Be Sure Of--Jerry Hadley, Carolann Page
    9. Not a Day Goes By--Bernadette Peters
    10. Remember?--Ron Baker, Peter Blanchet, Carol Meyer, Bronwyn Thomas, Blythe Walker (Quintet)/A Weekend in the Country--Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews, Mark Jacoby, Beverly Lambert, Maureen Moore, Susan Terry, Quintet
    11. Send in the Clowns--Glenn Close
    12. Old Friends--Liza Minnelli
    13. Sunday--Bernadette Peters, Broadway Chorus

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2006-08-06

    This is a wonderful double CD of fabulous musical numbers performed by theatre greats and directed by a legandary musical director.

    5 out of 5 stars Simply the Best.......2005-06-29

    First, to the person who criticizes the recording b/c of "Broadway Baby." Daisy Egan (who sings in in this recording) sounds like she's 10 becuase she IS young. She had just appeared on Braodway in Secret Garden and won a Tony for it. It's a joke...Broadway BABY...hello, it's a joke.

    In a compilation of songs like this you're always going to have tracks that you prefer over others, but the majority of the renditions in this CD are great. This is simply one of the best collections of Sondheim out there. You get interpretations that span from "classical" (Green Finch), to bordering on insane (Anything Twice). This is to demonstrate how versatile this composer really is.

    In my opinion, some of the best renditions are "Not a Day Goes By," "Anyone Can Whistle", "Girls Upstairs Medley," "Losing My Mind/Drive a Person Crazy," and "Weekend inthe Country." Makes me wish I had been there to witness it first hand.

    If you love Sondheim and enjoy hearing Broadway performers, get this CD. A great recording.

    4 out of 5 stars Inconsistent, but mostly excellent.......2004-03-21

    I am sure no knowledgeable person would deny how absolutely perfect all these songs are. However, the performances on this album are extremely inconsistent. It will go from an excellent rendition (Waiting for the Girls medley, Sunday, With So Little To Be Sure Of, Sooner or Later, Green Finch, Send in the Clowns, Pretty Lady) to the weird (I never Do Anything Twice), to the bad (Broadway Baby, Our Time). I still have absolutely no idea how they managed to butcher one of the best songs ever written--Good Thing Going--and turn it into smooth jazz elevator music. Why would they give Broadway Baby to someone who sounds like she's 10? That said, Liza Minelli, Glenn Close, Karen Ziemba, Dorothy Laudon and the "Waiting for the Girls" performers are all very good. And ending with Bernadette Peters and "Sunday" ends the set on a absolutley fabulous note.

    5 out of 5 stars "Celebration" is not strong enough a word.......2003-04-30

    This review is by Crosley.

    I have been a major Sondheim fan for quite some time, and I finally obtained a copy of this album. I was blown away by the excellent cast and phenomenal selection of music. It is obvious how much work went into this production, considering that this is the live recording of a one time show, and it's flawless. The songs cover all of his shows with the exception of "Passion," which was released 3 years after this show. Also, the shows for which he wrote only lyrics are ommited, like West Side Story, Gypsy, etc. Thus, you can find material from A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Anyone can Whistle, Company, Follies, A Little Night Music, Pacific Overtures, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Merrily we Roll Along, Sunday in the Park with George, Into the Woods, and Assassins.

    There are two striking things about this CD (besides the music and performers themselves). First of all, some of the songs are completely stylistically reworked. The most obvious are "Good Thing Going" and "I Never do Anything Twice." Both are traditionally very ballady with a piano accompaniment, but here they have been redone as jazzy tunes. The result is excellent. Such reworkings demonstrate that Sondheim writes music for virtually any style, and in these cases, across several styles. It's a great example of his variety. The other interesting thing is how many songs have overlapping melodies of songs from different shows. Case in point, "Our Time" and "No one is Alone" are sung seperately by the Harlem Boys Choir and Betty Buckley (the original Grizabella in Webber's atrocious "CATS," although Buckley was excellent) respectively, and then combined. Putting these two songs together offer different meanings to each, and the music is only enhanced. Another example, the trio of "Waiting for the Girls Upstairs," "Love, I Hear," and "Live Alone and Like It" are sung in that order, and then the latter two are combined. Again, the meanings of the songs change, this time in an almost narrative style, and offering different takes on love in the same montage. Lastly (at least for this review, there are more), Dorothy Laudon's (the original Ms. Hannigan in Annie) combination of "Losing my Mind" and "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" is brilliant. Those who are familiar with these songs will wonder how exactly they fit, but trust me, they do. She swtiches back and forth between melodies to create a number that starts poignant and beautiful, and soon moves to become uproariously funny. Both the song reworkings and overlapping melodies of unrelated songs are all for the better.

    I recommend this recording to anyone wanting to get better acquainted with some of Sondheim's best work, or those already familiar who want to hear a tour de force of phenomenal music. It has been said that Sondheim is a masterful lyricist (which he is), but lacks real talent for music. This CD is the final proof that such critics are wrong. His music may take a few listenings to get into, contrary to Webber or Wildhorn, but unlike those two, he doesn't cater to the audience. He challenges them to think outside of traditional musical theater in a glorious repertoise of shows that reach for a smarter, more sophisticated form.

    5 out of 5 stars A maginificent evening, a magnificent album.......2001-12-16

    There's something to be said for the first concert you ever see at Carnegie Hall. I was fortunate enough to have this be my first. This entire evening was devoted to his genius and the performers did not disappoint.

    This wonderful double CD shows off the best and brightest of the musical theatre composer and it is, as one person put it, "an embarassment of riches." With songs from his finest works done in amazing arrangements (listen to that harmony in "We Had a Good Thing Going"!) combined with fabulous performers this is a Sondheim lovers delight.

    My favorite song is, without a doubt, Dorothy Louden and her wonderful medley of "Losing My Mind" into "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" followed very closely by the recently departed Madeline Kahn singing "Getting Married Today."
    Love Can Build a Bridge
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • "Love" Builds Another Bridge of Success for the Judds
    		 Love Can Build a Bridge
    The Judds
    Manufacturer: Curb Special Markets
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
    Outlaw & Progressive CountryOutlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music
    ContemporaryContemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
    4-for-3 Country4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 Pop4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 All Music4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. River of Time
    2. Rockin' with the Rhythm
    3. Heartland
    4. Why Not Me
    5. Number One Hits

    ASIN: B00008BL7E
    Release Date: 2003-02-25

    Tracks:

    1. Born To Be Blue
    2. Calling In The Wind
    3. In My Dreams
    4. Rompin' Stompin' Blues
    5. Love Can Build A Bridge
    6. This Country's Rockin'
    7. One Hundred & Two
    8. John Deere Tractor
    9. Talk About Love
    10. Are The Roses Not Blooming

    Album Description

    The Judd's 1990 album reissued on Curb Records for a super low price. 2003.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars "Love" Builds Another Bridge of Success for the Judds.......2004-03-31

    Prime Cuts: Are the Roses Not Blooming, Love Can Build a Bridge, Talk About Love

    Country music has never been conducive to duos. Save for Brooks and Dunn, JJ White, Thrasher Shriver, the Kinleys, the Larkins, Corbin/Hanner, Darryl and Don Ellis, the Lynns, Brother Phelps, Turner Nichols have come and gone without causing much of a dent on the genre's charts. Not so with the Judds. Right through the 80s, this mother and daughter duo was a mainstay in country music: winning every conceivable awards for vocal duos, frequented the lofty heights of the country charts and their concerts were of blockbuster success. Part of their indelible success can be attributed to the fact that you could never pigeonhole Naomi and Wynonna Judd. The Judds could very well be the poster child of how to balance between bluesy romp, rocking youthful pop and bucolic down home balladry. "Love Can Build a Bridge," their final studio album, is evidence.

    As the delectable jazzy piano, introduced a haunting Wynonna Judd on this ferocious leadoff single, "Born to Be Blue" opens the album at a promising start. The delightful bluesy riffs are again used to its advantage in "Rompin' Stompin' Blue." Naomi Judd's sassy harmony certainly augments Wynonna's full bodied Bonnie Riatt-type delivery very nicely on this track. Speaking of Riatt, the diva makes an appearance on this track with her excellent slide guitar playing. "This Country's Rockin'" as the title suggests, continues to find Wynonna howling and grunting in funky jubilation. Though not one that addresses the deep issues of the human condition, lyrically "This Country's Rockin'," a blithe partying anthem, may be a little contrived.

    Lyrically much superior is the sparse ballad "Are the Roses Not Blooming?" "Roses'" delicately sings home the homily that there is always hope in the midst life's tribulation. This is a great attestation that Nashville's songwriters can utilize the matter of three minutes or so to speak to one's heart. Wynonna's sensitive vocals and John Jarvis' excellent playing on the keyboard are sublime. "Love Can Build A Bridge," another top 10 hit for the Judds, continues the inspirational thread. Though lyrically a little cliché, this Paul Overstreet, John Jarvis and Naomi Judd co-write with its theme of reconciliation has a universal rhetoric.

    Two of the most country offerings are "John Deere Tractor" and "Calling in the Wind." For the sake of nostalgia, "John Deere Tractor," their debut single was revived, albeit a new recording. "John Deere Tractor" and "Calling in the Wind," are both backed by nice fiddling and potent imagery. You don't get more country than tractors, open fields and a paternal tribute.

    However, without trying to be too rustic, "Talk About Love" is one of the best pop offerings the Judds has had ever recorded. Wynonna's urgent delivery is backed by a punchy beat and some exceptional guitar playing, "Talk About Love" is an understated gem. Equally poppish, though less poignant is Naomi Judd and Don Schlitz's "One Hundred And Two."

    There are many pleasurable on this final Judds CD. But the essential quality that sets this CD apart from other country releases is the inter-weaving vocals from mama Judd and daughter. This is further accentuated by Brent Maher's deft production. Together with their previous release "River of Time," these two CDs are the Judds at their finest.
    Anne Sofie von Otter - The Artist's Album
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • One of my favorite recordings
    • Beautiful voice, beautiful music
    • Anne Sofie von Otter- The Artist's Album
    • A fantastic CD collection of arias!!
    • Amazing versatility and unparalleled emotion
    		 Anne Sofie von Otter - The Artist's Album
    Gustav Mahler , Johannes Brahms , Edvard Grieg , Richard Strauss , Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Robert Schumann , Kurt Weill , Ture Rangstrom , Hugo Alfven , Maurice Delage , Gabriel Fauré , Franz Schubert , George Frideric Handel , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Claudio Monteverdi , Christoph Willibald Gluck , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Gioachino Rossini , Hannover North German Radio Orchestra , Dresden Staatskapelle , Frankfurt Opera House and Museum Orchestra , John Eliot Gardiner , Reinhard Goebel , Trevor Pinnock , Marc Minkowski , James Levine , Cord Garben , and Ralf Gothoni
    Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by BrahmsAll Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by GluckAll Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Grieg, EdvardGrieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by HandelAll Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Korngold, Erich WolfgangKorngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by MahlerAll Works by Mahler | Mahler, Gustav | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by MonteverdiAll Works by Monteverdi | Monteverdi, Claudio | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus MozartAll Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by SchubertAll Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by Robert SchumannAll Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by StraussAll Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by TchaikovskyAll Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by WeillAll Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by RossiniAll Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    CantatasCantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    RomancesRomances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Baroque (c.1600-1750)Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GermanGerman | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ItalianItalian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    RussianRussian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    CantatasCantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Freni, MirellaFreni, Mirella | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Otter, Anne Sophie vonOtter, Anne Sophie von | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Deutsche Grammophon: MusicDeutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Anne Sofie von Otter - Love's Twilight (Late Romantic Songs by Berg, Korngold, Strauss)
    2. Anne Sofie von Otter - Schumann: Frauenliebe und -leben / Forsberg
    3. Anne Sofie von Otter - Johannes Brahms Lieder
    4. Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs
    5. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson: Handel Arias

    ASIN: B00000613V
    Release Date: 1998-04-14

    Tracks:

    1. Serenade
    2. Sonntag, Op. 47 No.3
    3. Elsk, Op. 67 No. 5
    4. Meinem Kinde, Op. 37 No. 3
    5. Gefasster Abschied, Op. 14 no. 4
    6. Lust der Sturmnacht, Op. 35 No. 1
    7. Dein Angesicht, Op. 127 No. 2
    8. One Touch of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself
    9. Berlin im Licht
    10. Vingar i natten
    11. Skogen sover, Op. 28 No. 6
    12. Lahore: Lahore: 'Un sapin isole se dresse'
    13. La Bonne Chanson, Op. 61: 'La lune blanche luit dans les bois'
    14. Der Wanderer an den Mond, D 870
    15. An Silvia, D891
    16. Il pianot di Maria: 'Giunta l'ora fatal' HWV 234: 'Se d'un Dio fui fatta Madre'
    17. 'Komm, liebe Zither' K. 351, 367
    18. Don Giovanni: 'In quali eccessi' - 'Mi tradi', No. 21B: Accompanied Recitative And Aria
    19. La Clemenza di Tito: 'Quello di Tito e il volto!', No. 18 Trio
    20. L'Incoronazione di Poppea: 'A Dio Roma!, a Dio, patria! amici, a Dio!'
    21. Ariodante: 'Tu, preparati a morire', Aria
    22. Paride ed Elena: 'Oh, del mio dolce ardor': Aria
    23. 5 Lieder: Liebst du um Schonheit
    24. Eugene Onegin: 'Kak ya lublyu pod zvuki pesen etikh' - 'Uzh kak po mostu, mostochku': Scene And Aria
    25. La Cenerentolla: 'Nacqui all'affanno

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars One of my favorite recordings.......2005-10-01

    This recording is sublime!!! This is a compilation of Anne Sofie von Otter's favorite pieces. She chose such diverse and lovely music. Her diction is incredible. Her expressive voice moved me to tears in "A dio Roma," by Monteverdi. Her Handelian arias were also wonderful. My favorites from this CD are: all of the German lieder pieces, "A dio Roma" (Monteverdi), "Un sapin isole' se dresse" (Lahore), "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" (Weill), "In quali eccessi...Mi tradi" (Mozart), and "Non piu mesta" (Rossini). She is such an amazing Lyric Mezzo soprano. I love her so much. I also reccomend the Mass in C minor with Anne Sofie von Otter and Kiri te Kanawa, Cosi fan tutte with Renee Fleming (Mozart), and Ariodante (Handel). I strongly advise anyone to purchase this recording!!!

    5 out of 5 stars Beautiful voice, beautiful music.......2005-09-10

    Superior quality recording! Gorgeous vocal production and sound. Terrific choice of material. Top of the line recording.

    4 out of 5 stars Anne Sofie von Otter- The Artist's Album.......2005-08-06

    Some of the songs are a little too obscure for me, but I like her singing. However, I like Renee Fleming's singing better.

    5 out of 5 stars A fantastic CD collection of arias!!.......2005-01-06

    Anne Sofie Von Otter's mezzo voice is amazing!! Her selections of Handel's Ariodante and Rossini's La Cenerentola were amazing!! This CD is amazing and if you're a huge fan of Von Otter, you should get this CD!!

    5 out of 5 stars Amazing versatility and unparalleled emotion.......2004-02-09

    OK, so I own almost everything she's done. I am particularly fond of songs/lieder and, having listened to a great number of both male and female song singers, I can find no singer in the same universe. The intelligence of her approach, the control of her vocal color and vibrato to match the notes and lyrics, the playfulness with which she approaches the music are without equal.
    This is an interesting disc and I didn't buy it until recently since I already had a lot of it and prefer songs to arias. But it was quite a revelation. The Handel and Weill are wonderful. For something completely different, try the Delage "Lahore" Track 12. Eerie and beautiful.
    If Track #11, Skogen Sover, doesn't make you cry you have no heart. It may be the most beautiful use of the human voice I've ever heard. Listen carefully to the way she changes vowel sounds in the word 'juninatt' throwing in the 'n' both times so you barely hear it and it doesn't disrupt the vowel color change. At the end, turn up the volume and listen to her fade out with no vibrato until she's barely audible, then add just a touch of vibrato as she finishes with the final 't' of 'juninatt'.
    There may be better aria singers, with some voices better for some types of opera. But this woman's incredible versatility is well-reflected here and a delight to listen to. Even a Rossini at the end, gynmastics and all. Has there ever been a singer with a wider repertoire matched with such gorgeous emotion? Now, if we could only get the UK version of this disc, with more and different offerings, here on Amazon USA...
    A great intro to this powerful, emotional singer. Take it as a starter and buy the full discs that have the tracks you like best. You'll be captivated and not disappointed.
    Tenors on Tour
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great classic!
    • Tenors on Tour - Versatile and Beautiful
    		 Tenors on Tour

    Manufacturer: Sony
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by BernsteinAll Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by BrahmsAll Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by PucciniAll Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by SchubertAll Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Romantic (c.1820-1910)Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    ItalianItalian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
    All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
    CDs $7 - $10CDs $7 - $10 | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
    All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
    4-for-3 Classical4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 Soundtracks4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    4-for-3 All Music4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music
    Opera & VocalOpera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Tenors Anyone?: Great Tenors Sing Pop Favorites
    2. Romantic Tenors
    3. Paris 1998
    4. Tenors Valentine
    5. The 3 Tenors in Concert 1994

    ASIN: B0000029VG
    Release Date: 1997-03-04

    Tracks:

    1. Blue Moon - Moon River
    2. Besame Mucho
    3. Climb Ev'ry Mountain
    4. Love is a Many Splendored-Thing
    5. Maria
    6. Yesterday
    7. Autunm Leaves
    8. Over the Rainbow
    9. Giants In the Sky
    10. Sometimes A Day Goes By
    11. Time After Time
    12. Some Enchanted Evening
    13. This Nearly Was Mine
    14. Ave Maria
    15. Wiegenlied (Lullaby)
    16. The Long and Winding Road
    17. Bridge Over Troubled Water
    18. O Sole Mio
    19. Torna a Surriento
    20. Mamma
    21. Lolita
    22. Chitarra Romana
    23. Nessun Dorma

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Great classic!.......2003-03-25

    This is a great compilation with the best tenors ever!Try this CD!

    5 out of 5 stars Tenors on Tour - Versatile and Beautiful.......2001-06-20

    Tenors on Tour is a CD which will live forever. The opening songs by Placido Domingo, His arrangement of Blue Moon and Moon River, set the tone for the CD. To hear Richard Tucker do "Climb every Mountain" was a wonderful trip down memory lane. Who will ever forget him? Placido continues with Broadway..Maria from West Side Story and a Beatles song "Yesterday". Mandy Patinkin's "Over the Rainbow" is classic and wonderful! But in my opinion Jose Carreras has the most "goose bumping" production on the entire CD. His Ave (Maria) is so beautifully done it may just bring tears to your eyes. The "King" Pavarotti is the "clean-up Hitter with selections from LaBoheme,and he does "O Sole Mio" as only He can do it. This CD is a treat for anyone who enjoys fine music. You will play it over and over again.
    Unsung Sondheim
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • Unsung Sondheim
    • Valuable only if you don't have any of these songs elsewhere
    		 Unsung Sondheim
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Unsung Musicals - The Ultimate Collection
    2. Marry Me A Little (1981 Original Off-Broadway Cast)
    3. Unsung Musicals II (Studio Cast)
    4. Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast)
    5. Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast)

    ASIN: B000067CMJ
    Release Date: 2002-06-04

    Tracks:

    1. Saturday Night - Stan Chandler
    2. Love's A Bond - Walter Wilson
    3. All For You - Davis Caines
    4. In The Movies - Marilyn Cooper
    5. What Can You Lose? - Judy Kuhn
    6. Incidental Music From 'Invitation To A March' - Dave Rodgers
    7. That Old Piano Roll - Lynnette Perry
    8. They Asked Me Why I Believe In You - Rebecca Luker
    9. No, Mary Ann - Jason Crade
    10. Truly Content - Judy Kaye
    11. Water Under The Bridge - Debbie Cravitte
    12. Incidental Music From 'The Enclave' - Bjorn Messaget
    13. There's Always A Women - Kaye Ballard
    14. The Two Of You - Crista Moore
    15. Multitudes Of Amys - Michael Rupert
    16. Goodbye For Now - Liz Callaway

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Unsung Sondheim.......2007-05-20

    What a collection of unsung Sondheim tunes. At times I wondered why these songs had been dropped from shows. Well sung by the various artists.

    3 out of 5 stars Valuable only if you don't have any of these songs elsewhere.......2006-10-07

    In the early 90's this was a fascinating CD, as it gave listeners a chance to hear many of Sondheim's "lost treasures" which might otherwise be gone forever. (The man does not do "trunk songs" which can be dropped into other shows.) Time, however, has not been kind to this collection. The first four tracks from "Saturday Night" have some bouncy charm (I never realized before how naughty the lyrics for "Love's a Bond" are), but with the glorious complete cast album released a few years ago with David Campbell in the lead, they've now been rendered redundant. (And "In The Movies," though boasting endearing vocals, suffers with all of its context and intercutting songs gone.) "What Can You Lose" can't measure up to Madonna and Mandy Patinkin's sensitive performance on her "I'm Breathless" album (and that would hardly qualify as "unsung"). "That Old Piano Roll" is fun but slight, and "Truly Content" mines the same lyrical phrase over and over till the fun wanes, despite Judy Kaye's winning vocals. "Water Under the Bridge" is one of the weakest songs Sondeheim's probably ever done, and deserves obscurity. Other, better songs here with often exquisite renditions are nonetheless available on other discs, and thus again hardly qualify as "unsung": "I Believe In You," a sweet and lovely song, is on Bernadette Peters' second "Sondheim Etc." CD (though Rebecca Luker's warm, enchanting rendition here is nothing to sneeze at), Mandy Patinkin frantically covered "Multitudes of Amys" on "Experiment," Madeline Kahn and Peters jousted with "There's Always a Woman" on the "Anyone Can Whistle" cast album from the mid-90's (props to Kaye Ballard's biting performance here though), Streisand covered "Goodbye for Now" on "The Movie Album" (and gave it a poignancy and depth it probably doesn't really deserve for such a drab little song). What's left? A cheerful, seemingly menage-a-trois ditty called "The Two of You" (which, bizarrely, was apparently written for "Kukla, Fran and Ollie"). A just plain wonderful "No, Mary Anne," which combines an impassioned performance, hard-bitten realism and sweeping romanticism into something quintessentially Sondheim. (The liner notes indicate that Sondheim expected this to be a parody of a big hit song, "like 'Hello Dolly!'" Those who know anything about Sondheim--and the yawning chasm between his style and Jerry Herman's--may find their heads exploding at that one.) Two endless instrumental pieces from "The Enclave" and "Invitation to a March" (tracks #6 and #12) that are mostly remarkable for how uninteresting they are. The liner notes are outstanding and offer lots of intriguing perspective (listening to "Multitudes of Amys," and you just might wish that "Company" had ended as it was orginally intended to). If you don't have CDs by Peters, Madonna, Streisand, et all, this is a great introduction; otherwise, bump it way down the priority list.
    Tarantella
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Tarantella
    • Fabulous Playing
    • Awesome bass playing
    • Bravissimo!
    • Great CD
    		 Tarantella

    Manufacturer: Black Box Classics
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Gliere, ReinholdGliere, Reinhold | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by KreislerAll Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Ravel, MauriceRavel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by RossiniAll Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by RachmaninovAll Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vocal & SongVocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    Double BassDouble Bass | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    ViolinViolin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Dialogues With Double Bass
    2. Bottesini;Music for Double Bass & Piano Vol.1
    3. Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites: Performed on Double Bass
    4. Two Octaves Down
    5. Original Double Bass Sonatas

    ASIN: B00004X09E
    Release Date: 2000-08-15

    Amazon.com

    There have never been many compositions written for solo double bass. There probably never will be. But, as anyone who has heard bassist Edgar Meyer performing the Bach cello suites can attest, there's a lot that can be done with the instrument. On Tarantella, we get a fascinating collection of more than a dozen 19th- and 20th-century miniatures arranged or written for double bass. Performed gorgeously by British double bassist Duncan McTier, joined by pianist Kathron Sturrock, the music made during this recital will dramatically change your perception about the double bass. From the flowing grace McTier injects into his arrangement of Kreisler's Liebesleid to his spirited bow attack on Reinhold Gliere's Tarantella Opus 9 No. 2, the technique is faultless. The bass sounds perfectly suited to these bonbons, and the recorded sound is excellent. Between the pretty music and the accomplished playing, this creative disc really is a knockout. --Jason Verlinde

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars Tarantella.......2007-01-03

    This is an excellent CD of lyrical bass music. The rendition of Rachmaninov's Vocalise in G minor and the Kreisler are particularly fine (although I would have perhaps taken the Vocalise a notch slower). The Tarantella of the final track is a superb dispay of musical virtuosity.

    5 out of 5 stars Fabulous Playing.......2003-12-23

    As a musician myself, i can honestly say this is the best bass playing i have ever heard. As said in somebody else's review the technique is faultless and the musicality is amazing! The Tarentella itself is inspiring to other musicians whether they be bass players or not. He takes full advantage of the music actually written for the bass and im sure people will be absolutely inspired by the way Duncan McTier plays the bass. This is a perfect stocking filler for all classical music lovers.

    5 out of 5 stars Awesome bass playing.......2003-04-30

    Duncan McTier is amazing! Buy this CD if you want to hear some fantastic music.

    5 out of 5 stars Bravissimo!.......2003-03-11

    This is an amazing disc, and by far one of the best bassist CD's ever released. McTier's interpretation of Bottesini is without peer, especially "Romanza Patetica" - the most sensitive and nuance filled interpretation I've ever heard.

    His choice of pieces is also interesting, including Rossini's "Une Larme pour Basse" - a simple and understated piece overlooked by virtuosos in search of fast and/or high register playing. Unless you're looking for a disc with McTier's take on the most popular virtuoso showpieces, you will not be disappointed with this. It's a well thought out and executed program of well and lesser known works.

    4 out of 5 stars Great CD.......2002-10-25

    Of all of the performances at the International Society of Bassists convention in 2001, Mr. McTier's was probably the closest to "flawless". It was a very humbling experience and this CD was a very satisfying follow up to my first Duncan McTier hearing. The only problem other than the lack of "meat" in the sound in the loud passages, is that the music tends to be very "safe"-in other words there isn't much of the music "between the lines", but the CD is still a wonderful addition to any bass CD library.
    British Film Classics
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Homesick
    		 British Film Classics

    Manufacturer: Chandos
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    All Works by AlwynAll Works by Alwyn | Alwyn, William | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by ArnoldAll Works by Arnold | Arnold, Malcolm | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Goodwin, RonGoodwin, Ron | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Vaughan Williams, RalphVaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by WaltonAll Works by Walton | Walton, Sir William | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    All Works by RachmaninovAll Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    SuitesSuites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    MarchesMarches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
    Chamber MusicChamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
    PianoPiano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Classical | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
    London Philharmonic OrchestraLondon Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
    Movie ScoresMovie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    Movie SoundtracksMovie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
    MarchesMarches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
    Similar Items:
    1. Film Music of Ron Goodwin
    2. Battle of Britain
    3. The God Delusion

    ASIN: B0000A2ZVD
    Release Date: 2003-08-26

    Tracks:

    1. Main Titles from 'The Trap'
    2. March from 'Things To Come'
    3. Valse Caprice from 'Uncle Silas'
    4. Prelude from 'Hamlet'
    5. Suite from 'Murder on the Orient Express'
    6. March from 'The Dam Busters'
    7. Ship's Waltz from 'In Search of the Castaway'
    8. Rumba from 'In Search of the Castaways'
    9. Main Titles from 'The Belles of St. Trinian's'
    10. Dawn Patrol from 'Coastal Command'
    11. Warsaw Concerto from 'Dangerous Moonlight'
    12. Scorched Earth from 'The Overlanders'
    13. Waltz from 'Moulin Rouge'
    14. Main Titles from 'David Copperfield'
    15. Suite from 'The Battle of Britain'

    Tracks:

    1. Colonel Bogey from 'The Bridge on the River Kwai'
    2. Main Titles from 'Scott of the Antarctic'
    3. Luftwaffe March from 'The Battle of Britain'
    4. Prologue from 'Henry V'
    5. Prelude from 'Odd Man Out Suite'
    6. Elegy for Viola & Orchestra (2nd Movement) from 'Lady Caroline Lamb'
    7. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st Movement) from 'Brief Encounter'
    8. London Prelude from 'The Inn of the Sixth Happiness' Suite
    9. Touch Her Soft Lips & Part from 'Henry V'
    10. Love Scene from 'Four Weddings & A Funeral'
    11. Main Titles from '633 Squadron'
    12. Main Titles & Nocturne from 'The Cruel Sea'
    13. Prelude from 'Richard III'
    14. Main Titles from 'Those Magnificent Men and Their Flying Machines'
    15. Finale from 'Oliver Twist'
    16. Spitfire Prelude from 'The First of the Few'
    17. Fugue from 'The First of the Few'

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Homesick.......2004-03-06

    Perfect

    I found this CD in chicago, where this brit now lives, and the tunes and themes are such a retrieval cue for sunday afternoons watching these old stiff upper lip black and white movies on tv. Just what I needed, although the addition of 4 weddings is slightly odd. Good quality recordings...:-)

    Music Review:

    1. Call Me Home
    2. Carousel
    3. Cornerboys
    4. Cunning Stunts [Import]
    5. Deep Water Dropoff
    6. Dig
    7. Don't Look Down
    8. Eighty Numbered Streets
    9. Elephant Country
    10. Everyday Lives

    Music Review

    music review

    Recommended Music:

    Champs Elysees [Import]

    Gallery Of Classics: Beethoven

    Marina Yashvili: Russian Violin School

    Best of [Import]

    In the Stealth of Summer [Import]

    Levels of Life

    Great Songs of Praise: Worship the Lord

    Land Speed Record [Live]

    How Beautiful Heaven Must Be

    Jazz Music: 15 Exitos Cantando Para Zacatecas y Michoacan

    Inner Bimbo [Explicit Lyrics]

    New Age Music: 40 Anos De Bossa Nova [Import]

    For Your Ears Only [Limited Edition] [Import]

    Andreas Hammerschmidt: Four Suites from the Collection "Erster Fließ" (Opus One) - Hesperion XX / Jordi Savall

    Chicago's Finest