World Coming Down

World Coming Down

Editorial Reviews
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Do not attempt to adjust your stereo. World Coming Down is meant to sound slow and dirgey. After all, would songs called "Everyone I Love is Dead" and "Everything Dies" be as effective all punked up? More goth than Black Sabbath and not as goth as Bauhaus, New York's Type O Negative began purveying medieval metal (though not in a Ronnie James Dio sense) with an undercurrent of humor since the early '90s. Led by one-time Playgirl centerfold Peter Steele on bass and vocals, TON enjoyed success with catchy, clever tunes such as the memorable "Black No. 1," a song about hair dye, and the provocative "Christian Woman." Sadly, World Coming Down, the quartet's fifth outing, lacks the pop sensibility and hooks present in some of Type-O's earlier songs. The result is an album that's dense and moody but, with few exceptions, unmemorable. For a good time, don't call on Type O Negative... unless, of course, it's Halloween. --Katherine Turman

Tracks:

Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
Swanee- Al Jolson
When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
A Pretty Girl Is Like A Melody- John Steel
My Man- Fanny Brice
Fascinating Rhythm- Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire
If You Knew Susie (Like I Know Susie)- 78rpm Version Eddie Cantor
Someone To Watch Over Me- Gertrude Lawrence
Bill- 78 rpm Version Helen Morgan
Ol' Man River- Paul Robeson
Ain't Misbehavin'- Louis Armstrong & His Orchestra
Ten Cents A Dance- Ruth Etting
Body And Soul- Libby Holman
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime- Bing Crosby
Night And Day- Fred Astaire
Heat Wave- Ethel Waters
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes- Tamara
You're The Top- Ethel Merman
Summertime- Anne Brown
September Song- Walter Huston
My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
Bewitched, Bothered, Bewildered- Vivienne Segal
Oh, How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning- Irving Berlin
Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'- Alfred Drake

Tracks:

New York, New York- Cris Alexander,Adolph Green,John Reardon
If I Loved You- John Raitt,Jan Clayton
Come Rain Or Come Shine- Ruby Hill,Harold Nicholas
There's No Business Like Show Business- Ensemble
How Are Things In Glocca Morra? From "Finian's Rainbow"- Ella Logan
Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence

Tracks:

Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
People- Barbra Streisand
Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
Open a New Window- from Mame Voice

Tracks:

Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
Come Follow The Band
Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia

Tracks:

Memory- Betty Buckley
I Am What I Am- George Hearn
Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
With One Look- Glenn Close
On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
Seasons Of Love-
Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30

Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.

Top Shelf.......2007-01-04

This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.

TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23

THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.

Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14

This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway

Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17

If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway

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Another Great Type O Album
Another dolid Type O Negative album
Awesome gothic metal
Yup
not messin' around

World Coming Down
Type O Negative
Manufacturer: Roadrunner Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Origin of The Feces

ASIN: B00001IV8L
Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

Skip It
White Slavery
Sinus
Everyone I Love Is Dead
Who Will Save The Sane?
Liver
World Coming Down
Creepy Green Light
Everything Dies
Lung
Pyretta Blaze
All Hallows Eve
Day Tripper / If I Needed Someone / I Want You (She's So Heavy)

Amazon.com

Do not attempt to adjust your stereo. World Coming Down is meant to sound slow and dirgey. After all, would songs called "Everyone I Love is Dead" and "Everything Dies" be as effective all punked up? More goth than Black Sabbath and not as goth as Bauhaus, New York's Type O Negative began purveying medieval metal (though not in a Ronnie James Dio sense) with an undercurrent of humor since the early '90s. Led by one-time Playgirl centerfold Peter Steele on bass and vocals, TON enjoyed success with catchy, clever tunes such as the memorable "Black No. 1," a song about hair dye, and the provocative "Christian Woman." Sadly, World Coming Down, the quartet's fifth outing, lacks the pop sensibility and hooks present in some of Type-O's earlier songs. The result is an album that's dense and moody but, with few exceptions, unmemorable. For a good time, don't call on Type O Negative... unless, of course, it's Halloween. --Katherine Turman

Customer Reviews:

Another Great Type O Album.......2007-07-21

This has to be Type O's second best in my book filled with just as many great tracks like on October Rust. Sadly it's not as amazing but it still is none the less a great album. It's probably my second favorite by them right behind October Rust. Again the cd starts off on a joking note with the first track having more meaning once you hear it. The cd is also laced with interesting, sometimes creepy fillers. The best tracks however have to be "Everyone I Love Is Dead", "Creepy Green Light", and "Everything Dies". At least in my opinion they are the best, here's the rest of the album...

2. White Slavery - 8.5/10
4. Everyone I Love Is Dead - 10/10
5. Who Will Save The Sane? - 9/10
7. World Coming Down - 8/10
8. Creepy Green Light - 10/10
9. Everything Dies - 10/10
11. Pyretta Blaze - 9.5/10
12. All Hallows Eve - 10/10
13. Day Tripper - 8/10

Overall : 92% A-

Sadly the only thing wrong with the album is it seems kind of shorter than the others. It's probably due though to the filler placed throughout the cd. Still, an amazing buy by the band. I would recommend October Rust first though as I feel the songs are of a slightly higher quality.

Another dolid Type O Negative album.......2007-03-15

Type O Negative is a band everyone can blindly trust as they'll never let you down with their releases. World Coming Down as another great album in the vein of their 2 previous releases. While one cannot expect any new elements to their music, this album is a very rewarding listen. The songs are somewhat slower than October Rust and obviously less catchy but still quite memorable. The lyrics are once again about love,death and feature a very large amount of sarcasm which is the band's trademark. Not much I can say about this album. Fans of the band should get it as it's a worthy addition to the band's discography.

Awesome gothic metal .......2006-07-17

I'm sick of Evanesance being labeled as gothic metal. They're boring nu-metal, unlike the guys in my review. TON is a real goth metal band. They mix goth metal with doom metal, and it works. Out of all their albums, this one is the most doom influenced. It's also their most depressing. It's Black Sabbath with more depression. The lyrics are painful and full of despair, but not all nu-metal. Peter Steele's vocals can range from angry yells to deep singing, and his basslines are very hearable. The guitarist lays out powerful riffs and some solos as well. He's not as technical as Dragonforce(another great metal band), but he sets the album's mood. The drummer is devastating, as he even lays out some drum solos. The keyboardist keeps the depressing mood in the music, as well as doing some keyboard solos. Standout tracks include Everything Dies and Everyone I Love is Dead. Avoid fake goth like Flyleaf and Shinedown. This is real Gothic Metal. Also check out Carnivore, the thrash metal band he was in.

Yup.......2006-04-14

Good stuff. Alot like Bloody Kisses but alot slower and deeper. If you like O-'s style you'll love this one. Bone appa teet.

not messin' around.......2006-01-09

i just put this album in, so it'll be about 75 min before i can listen to something else, but right now i can't help but relax in a type o negative like stupor as i rock out hard on the inside to the beautiful, cacophonic sounds of peter and kenny giving me a dose of some goth metal emotion

they really do it right with this one, not sounding too produced, but way more coffinesque than any garage band worthy of my attention. boy it'd be sweet to rock this hard in a four piece band with only one guitarist/drummer/keyboardist/bassist--ghoul. i heard they produced it themselves...no egos anywhere, far as i can tell. 75 min ain't enough, i need more!!!!!!

support type o for crying out loud. you will not find anything more satisfying (except physical carnal knowledge--emotionally, this is it, it's like the devil on my shoulder telling me to go all the way). the sad giant has spoken.

first time indulger, long time admirer...

Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack

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Great, but no prize
Xena;Warrior Princess volume six
Great Collection
Exceptional
A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING

Xena: Warrior Princess, Volume Six : Original Television Soundtrack

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Xena: Warrior Princess - Original Television Soundtrack, Volume Two

ASIN: B00005LMK2
Release Date: 2001-07-10

Tracks:

With the Angels
Battling Archangles
Go to Them
Body Snatch
Resistence
Gab's Trial
They're Coming
Back from the Dead
She'll Be Here
Callisto in Hell
Way of Pain
Kee Coming
End of Coming
Ring
Valhalla
On a Cow
Up the Rhein
Rhein Maidens
Out of Options
Kiss
Return of the Rheingold
Pas de Deux Femmes
You Will Dance

Tracks:

Sounds of War
To the Rising Sun
Sounds of Life and Death
Snow Falling on Cedars
Burning Higuchi
Die Demon
Reality of Dreams
Xena Vs. Yodishi
Return to Chin
Power of the Book
Secret of the Powder
Haulin' to the North
Mausoleum
It's Over
Love Is a Weapon
United in Love
Joxer the Mighty
Play's the Thing
Woman's a Natural Thing/Miss Known World
Day in the Life
Catching Fish
Up in the Trees
Things in Common
Down the Valley
Neighbor Lady
Smelling Mortality
Chasin' Chickens
Quill Is Mightier
Here Girl
Xena Main Title

Customer Reviews:

Great, but no prize.......2002-03-31

The selections from the Ring trilogy, Friends in need and Fallen Angel were excellent, however, some of the special request such as joxer the mighty, seemed a little bit rushed. Wasn't that song on Volume 2 already? Where was M'Lila's song from Destiny, or the music played During the first Kiss in "The Quest"
The cd has its good points, personally "It's Over" from "THAB" with its haunting melodies portraying the consequences of war.

Xena;Warrior Princess volume six.......2002-01-09

I am so happy that the last and final cd has come out, now my collection is complete. I am very sad for the show ending, but I am glad to still collect things.

Great Collection.......2001-12-25

Well, I have them all by now, but this last one is a great collection, with the added bonus of the music from A Friend In Need.
Just another fine addition to my Xena collection!

Exceptional.......2001-11-30

I am a fanatic and devoted Xenite.I have a huge problem:i can't stop listening to that cd,since the first time i listened to it,which means 1 month!That cd is really exceptional and i think that every true and genuine Xenite should buy it!It's really good!I was moved when i heard the Fallen Angel part.I was passioned when i heard the Ring Trilogy!I was astonishing when i heard the bonus cues that were included,especially the cue from The Quill Is Mightier(fishin part),oh,i was completely satisfied!
Though,there is a complain:i can't understand,why after 6 cd's,the producers don't do a cd including cues like:M'laila's song,the cues from the Bacchaen festival,music from Deja Vou All Over Again,where in the end,Gabrielle says to Xena those wonderful words,or even the scene of the kiss in The Quest!That,i can't understand it!
Last, i believe that whoever likes LoDuca's music style,should buy this cd.
Pay attention to the 22 cue:Pas De Deux Femmes.It is one of a something and whoever remembers what's the scene of this song,will agree with me!Mmmm!

A MIX OF THE BEST, THE WORST AND THE MISSING.......2001-11-29

To all truly Xena fans this CD is a must-have but have some lacks... Fun (comedy episodes music) scores destroy the the great combination of FALLEN ANGEL, THE RHEINGOLD TRILOGY AND I FRIEND IN NEED. In the first selections LoDuca creates spectacular high level music good enough to be played in a Symphony orchestra concert. The others selections have easy-to-fill-space western cowboy music instead of put M'Lilas song of DESTINY, Amazon's climbing trees of ADVENTURES IN THE SIN TRADE and NAJARA vs XENA music that would be gladly accepted by us. I doubt the company will launch a next CD but if they'll do this track and another valuable more must be there and the adittion of some famous characters quotes like "I have many skills" from Xena.

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Historical Time Capsule

The Civil War
Douglas Jimerson
Manufacturer: Amerimusic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SU99
Release Date: 2000-04-18

Tracks:

Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
Wait for the Wagon
Clari: Home, Sweet Home
Oh! Susanna
The Bonnie Blue Flag
Do They Miss Me at Home?
Yellow Rose of Texas
Goober Peas
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Aura Lee
Marching Through Georgia
Just Before the Battle, Mother
That's What's the Matter
We are Coming Father Abraham
Gentle Annie
I'll be a Sergeant
Dixie
Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
For the Dear Old Flag I Die
Battle Hymn of the Republic
The Battle Cry of Freedom
America
The Bonnie Blue Flag
My Maryland
Yellow Rose of Texas
Woodman, Spare that Tree
Juanita
Green Grow the Lilacs
Lorena
Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
How Firm a Foundation
Blue Bell of Scotland
Storming of Monterey
Joys that We've Tasted
Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
Drummer Boy of Shiloh
Roll, Alabama, Roll
Weeping, Sad and Lonely
Vaccant Chair
Goober Peas
All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
Dixie
Oh! Susanna
Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
Old Folks at Home
Camptown Races
Beautiful Dreamer
Nelly Bly
Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
Gentle Annie
Hard Times Come Again No More
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Deep River
He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
If You've Only Got a Moustache
Old Dog Tray
The Glendy Burk
My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
Some Folks
When This Dreadful War Is Ended
Was My Brother In The Battle?
Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
Battle Hymn of the Republic
America
Barbara Allen
Skip to my Lou
Kathleen Mavoureen
Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
Old Sister Phoebe
Oh! Susanna
Twenty Years Ago
The Ship on Fire
Silver Bell Waltz
Your Mission
Dixie
Go Down Moses
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Free at Last
Martha: Ach, so fromm
Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
Hail, Columbia
We are Coming Father Abraham
Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
Taps

Customer Reviews:

Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12

This is the most comprehensive recording I've found of songs popular during the Civil War period. The performances are a time capsule of Civil War music.

Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin, 1915 - 1918

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Great for home and classroom

Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin, 1915 - 1918
Benjamin Sears , and Bradford Connor
Manufacturer: Original Cast Record
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004CRG
Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

The Circus Is Coming to Town
Araby
I've Got a Sweet Tooth Bothering Me
Until I Fell in Love With You
Cohen Owes Me Ninety Seven Dollars
When I Leave The World Behind
Down Where The Jack O'Lanterns Grow
Polly Pretty Polly (Polly With A Past)
The Eyes Of Youth See The Truth
The Sterling Silver Moon
While The Band Played An American Rag
The Voice Of Belgium
The Devil Has Bought Up All The Coal
They Were All Out Of Step But Jim
Smile And Show Your Dimple
Dream On Little Soldier Boy
When I Get Back To The U.S.A.
I'm Gonna Pin My Medal On The Girl I Left Behind
Yip-Yip-Yaphank Medley: Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning/Kitchen Police (Poor Little Me)...
We're On Our Way To France

Customer Reviews:

Great for home and classroom.......1999-03-21

No other composer so closely kept his fingers on the pulse of American thinking and gave the country so much of what it thought it wanted. "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" tells us more of the second-generation immigrants' desire to become Americanized than all the history and sociology books can ever do. So it is a double pleasure to announce the appearance of "Come on and Hear!: Early Songs by Irving Berlin, 1909-1915" and "Keep on Smiling: Songs by Irving Berlin, 1915-1918," two fantastic CDs or tapes on Oaktown label and released through a friendly little Connecticut company calling itself Original Cast Records. Between the two sets, you have 41 tracks of the Berlin output from "Everybody's Doing It Now" to "We're on Our Way to France." The soloist is Benjamin Sears, who with pianist Bradford Conner has something of a reputation around the Boston area. Now some of this material is duplicated by the more widely known Joan Morrison on two RCA Victor releases, possibly out of print by now; and like those discs could use another voice now and then. (Conner does join in where a duet is called for, but my point remains.) Sears is a capable if not an outstanding baritone, who does justice to these historic expressions of Americana. So not only do I recommend both of these sets for their enjoyment value, but I wish to continue to point out to Social Studies teachers how valuable sets like this would be to classes who have no concept of how people really felt (as opposed to what they merely said and did) "way back when." And I might even stick out my neck so far as to offer to come to any school (in reasonable distance of where I live) to give a sample lesson on how these sets can be used.

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Voice of Klezmer: the Violin
Excellent music
Brilliant, Sweet, Masterful

Fidl: Klezmer Violin

Manufacturer: Trad. Crossroads
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000031GM
Release Date: 1997-09-09

Tracks:

Kale Baveynen
Baym Rebns Sude
Dem Tsadiks Zemerl
Romanian Fantasy No. 1
Kallarash
Dem Trisker Rebns Khosid
Kale-Kale Mazl Tov:A Heimisher Bulgar/L'hu Neroneno/Beckerman Honga/Romanian Bulgarish
Sha, Sha, Di Shviger Kumt
Binyomele's Kholem
Glazier's Hora
Ternovker Sher
Shver Un Shviger
Romanian Fantasy No. 3
Naftule Shpilt Far Dem Rebn
A Heimisher Sher
Binyomele's Vig-lid

Customer Reviews:

Voice of Klezmer: the Violin.......2003-01-10

In the hands of Alicia Svigals: the violin sings, weeps, laughs, cries, and otherwise mimics the human voice ... Alicia has shown the klezmer fiddle to be of equal value to the clarinet in this genre. The Jewish tunes are haunting, lively, energetic and beautiful! She has mastered her instrument & uses multiple playing styles and techniques: a virtuoso. Although klezmer is *most* often dominated by the sounds of the clarinet: there is no playing "second fiddle here"!!! She is a "primas" or "first fiddler" in every sense of the words!!! :-) Other instruments which are the 'supporting cast' to the violin: are the tsimbl (cimbalom), accordion, occasionally a second fiddle, a bass, and drums. Most of the music is traditional & orginates from Romania, the Ukrainian, Turkey, Greece, Moldavia, & Bessarabia (former Soviet Union). There is a tremendous composition that Alicia herself created for a musical play: it fits all the criteria for great klezmer. Most of the tracks are her interpretations of originals from 78 records of the 1920s - 1950s. Some tracks are wedding music, others are of Hassidic origin, others are music for the Sabbath. There are bulgars, doinas, horas, freylekhs, a zmiro (hymn), a hora batuta and a hybrid "bulgarish-frelekh". The liner notes state the Greeks adapted the last one into a hassapiko. The liner notes are very extensive and helpful. They explain technical details related to the typical musical scales used in klezmer: the "Ahavo Rabo" and Ukrainian scales. The latter resembles the music of the Aegean coast from Greece & Turkey, going all the way up the Balkan peninsula to the Ukraine. This is very special cultural music that allows for a wide range of improvisational capability by the right musician: Alicia Svigals has proven to be among the best! This CD is magnificent! Erika Borsos (erikab93).

Excellent music.......2000-03-19

I love this CD. The music is very enchanting. Several songs have an intriguing simple syncopated rhythm, and others have a nice plucked background rhythm from a stringed instrument. Pieces range from very _normal_ klezmer, to interesting new melodies, even one or two that are reminiscent of Celtic melodies.

The audio samples here can sound a bit squeeky, but on a real audio system, Svigal's violin has surprising voice. Similar to Giora Fiedman's clarinet.

Brilliant, Sweet, Masterful.......1998-10-12

This is one of my favorite CDs. I listen to it almost every day, and my seven week old son loves it, too!

Tracks:

Winter Light
Hush, Little Baby
I Bid You Goodnight
Dream a Beautiful Dream
All the World Is Sleeping
Go Away, Little Fairies
Lullaby
Irish Lullaby
Moon and Me
There, There, Hush Awhile
Hush-A-Bye
Sleep, Baby, Sleep

Tracks:

Waltz No. 1 (Blue Danube Op.314)
Lyric Pieces Op. 12 Arietta
Danse des Mirlitons (Nutcracker Suite)
Lyric Pieces Op. 38 Berceuse
Danse Arabe (Nutcracker Suite)
Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor, Adagio
Lyric Pieces Op.12, Vigilante Song
Violin Concerto in E Minor Op.64, Andante
Waltz in a Major
In the Hall of the Mountain King (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op.46)

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Appalachian Lullaby
Winter Light
Safe and Warm in My Arms
Bedtime
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Starlight, Starbright
Goodnight
Sweet Dreams
Moment I Saw You
With You in My Arms

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Classical Lullabies

Manufacturer: Big Blue Dog
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000C5046
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

Piano Concerto in a Minor Op. 16, Adagio
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy (Nutcracker Suite)
Ave Verumm Corpus
Rest, Sweet Nymphe
Slatter Op. 72 Bridal March to Myllarguten
Prelude to Act II (Swan)
Quartet Op. 3/5 Serenade
Waltz No. 1, E Flat Major
Waltz No. 1 (Blue Danube Op. 314)
Anitra's Dance (Peer Gynt Suite No. 1 Op. 46)

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Sleep Baby Sleep [Instrumental]
Hush-A-Bye [Instrumental]
Baby of Mine
Bedtime for Toys
Moonlit Castles
All the World Is Sleeping
Bid You Goodnight
Welcome to the World
Moment I Saw You
Good Night
Bedtime
Lullaby
Sleep Baby Sleep
Beautiful Dream

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The best of her 70's albums on one CD, , , ,
Possibly DIana Ross' Best Pair Of Albums

Diana / The Boss

Manufacturer: Motown
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000F5KYRY

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2 All Time Great Motown Classic Albums Digitally Mastered On 1 Compact Disc. "Diana" & " The Boss". Original Cover Artwork. Motown. 16 Tracks.

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The best of her 70's albums on one CD, , , ,.......2007-04-22

What's striking about "Diana/The Boss" is how different these two CDs are. On 1979's "The Boss," Ross was once again paired with "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" producers (Nicholas) Ashford and (Valerie) Simpson, who concoct the kind of fiery, motown-influenced pop-gospel numbers (updated with a dash of disco rhythm thrown in) that force Ross to sing out with the kind of electrifying power that we hardly knew she was capable of! Uptempo songs like "The Boss," "No One Gets the Prize" and "I Ain't Been Licked" are sung with fierce determination. Signature ballads like "I'm In the World" and "All For One" are emotionally-driven and poignant, impressive breakaways from Ross' charm-school sweetness. The emotion on "The Boss" is then converted to pure rhythmical energy on "Diana," her 1980 Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers (of the group Chic)smash that was undoubtedly her biggest selling solo record. Ross' surehanded coolness is just right for this duo. We're all familiar with "Upside Down" and "I'm Coming Out" but also notable are "Have Fun" "My Old Piano" and the tricky rhythms of the slowed down "Friend to Friend." There is not a single track here that you want to skip over. All in all, this is Ross at her very best during the 1970's and a must-have!!!

Possibly DIana Ross' Best Pair Of Albums.......2006-05-15

By the end of the 1970's Diana Ross' recording career was back on shaky ground. Her studio albums, the excellent Baby It's Me (1977) and the hodge podge production of Ross (1978) had sold disappointingly. Not only that but her third silver screen venture The Wiz (1978) performed badly at the Box Office and became something of an embarassing fiasco to all concerned, not least to Ross who was virtually ridiculed by critics.

Diana Ross always had that drive, determination and uncanny ability to bounce back no matter what set back her career endured (and she certainly has had more than her fair share of set-backs, especially in more recent years). At the fall of 1979 she wisely focused her attention on fixing her flagging recording career. As it stood, she hadn't had a major chart hit since 1976 with the exciting, tempo-shifting Disco classic, Love Hangover which topped both the Pop/R&B Charts and became one of the definitive Disco/R&B classics of the decade.

For her 1979 studio entry, Ross teamed back up with that dynamic duo, Nicholas Ashford and Valerie Simpson. These pair of genius singers/songwriters/producers/composers had weaved magical results on her solo studio albums Diana Ross (1970) and Surrender (1971), now definitive classics in Ross' catologue.

The project would be aptly titled The Boss. Ashford and Simpson once again captured the full extent and range of Ross' vocal abilities. She sounds stunning, soulful and in perfect Disco Diva mode throughout all eight of these superb, timeless recordings.

The Boss (1979) was like some form of statement on Ross' part. Feeling frustated by her controlling boss and one-time lover Berry Gordy, she purposely made sure that he had nothing to do with this project which some may say was Ross being difficult and tempremental but infact all she was actually doing was trying to exert her independence and prove not only to her audience but to herself that she could be her own person away from Berry Gordy and not just a mere product of the churning Motown machine. There once solid working and personal relationship was now floundering as Ross was growing as a person and was becoming increasingly more confident at the idea of controlling her own career. Diana Ross and Berry Gordy were two of the twentieth centurys most important figures in music that had helped change and shape the whole face of black music but the fact that for the first time in her career Berry Gordy had nothing to do with this project only hastened to drive a further rift between them which eventually led to Ross quitting Motown Records for pastures new.

Still despite the on-going trials and tribulations behind the scenes, The Boss album was triumphant and catapulted Ross back onto the music scene. The album saw a new hip, sassy, confident and more womanly Diana Ross and gain a whole new generation of fans.

No One Gets The Prize literally exploded onto the Disco scene, becoming an instant club hit. This rapidly led to the track becoming the albums premiere single. Ross' razor sharp delivery rides along a tidal wave of Funk-driven rhythms and hits high notes I previously hadn't known she could hit. Never before had Diana Ross sounded so pure and soulful. Her soft, silky voice brims with self-assurance, cutting through the hard-driving, pounding musical arrangements. No One Gets The Prize is an out and out Disco/R&B classic despite surprisingly never actually becoming a major chart hit on the mainstream charts.

Ross the Disco Diva gets down into boogie wonderland again on the Funk-ridden, sexually charged, I Ain't Been Licked. Her performance shifts direction as she begins sounding a little vulnreable but rises with the musical arrangements to shining self-assurance. Her voice is charged with fire and soul on I Ain't Been Licked and its hard to believe this never became a hit.

The exalting ballad All For One was, at one time, a number Ross loved to perform at her live concerts. Her angular vocals reach new heights as she pushes her vocals fowards forcefully and sounds vibrant and at her best on that dazzling crescendo.

Anyone who has qualms about Ross not being a soulful singer or not sounding black enough (what is that supposed to mean anyway?) will eat humble pie on just one listen of her impressively strong, seemingly acrobatic performance on the raging Disco masterpiece, The Boss. She begins the song in a breathy, seamless sound and then effectively alters vocal pitch as the second verse builds to the chrous. Ross smartly moves along to the sharp grooves and pumping, pulsating rhythms. Riotously funky! The Boss stands as one of her best ever Disco classics ranking alongside other such renowned greats in the Ross catologue, Love Hangover (No.1 Pop/R&B 1976), Upside Down (No.1 Pop/R&B 1980) and I'm Coming Out (No.5 Pop/No.1 R&B 1980). The Boss like No One Gets The Prize enjoyed mammoth club success though disappointingly only made it to No.19 on the U.S Billboard Charts (No.40 in the U.K.), despite being one of her all-time major classics.

The entrancing Once In The Morning, a hypnotic Funk-Disco affair, found Ross back in Love Hangover mode as the song somehow re-captures the vibe of that track. Ross delivers a hot, breathy, erotic performance as she neatly surfboards along the somewhat complex musical arrangements. Once In The Morning emerges as one of the major highlights of The Boss not to mention another masterpiece to credit Ashford and Simpson for.

The delightful Funk sounds of the catchy, though more intricate, It's My House has Ross yet again in glorious voice sounding so perfectly compatable with the breezy orchestrations. It's My House was one of the songs that made a strong declaration of her independence and thats what made her put in such a passionate vocal performance on the track. Though It's My House was only a relatively small hit (creeping to No.32 in the U.K) this stands as another out and out classic (and no i'm not being biased as a Ross fan).

Sparkle is far more glossy and extremely sophisticated. This exotic ballad is ignited by Ross' mesmerising vocal delivery and the exhilirating musical arrangements which is broken up at the bridge of the song by a sensational saxophone interlude.

I'm In The World is almost triumphant and encapsulates a sound of the more showbizzy material Ross delved into on at her live concerts in the 1970's. Ross is more self-assured and confident than ever on this track and proves she can hold a note. Diana Ross may not possess the power and volume of a singer like Aretha Franklin but her vocal delivery is distinctive, crystal-clear, unique and without doubt has soul. I'm In The World neatly closes this rollercoaster ride of an album on a fittingly sophisticated high.

Ashford and Simpson provided the enhancing gospel-like vocals along with Ulland McCullough and Raymond Simpson. The multi-talented Valerie Simpson is also credited for playing those gentle piano backdrops on each track. Jamming away on that pounding percussion are Sammy Figueros and Errol Bennet whilst working hard away on those pulsating basslines are Anthony Jackson and Francisco Centeno. John Sussewell provides those pattering drum beats where as Michael Bealer plays the gorgeous saxophone interludes through each track which reaches full effect on the ballad, Sparkle.

Berry Gordy deliberately did little to promote this album in retaliation to Ross' refusal to let him have anything to do with the project but The Boss went onto become a big hit regardless. Diana Ross was back bigger and better never having looked or sounded so great. One of the jewels in her crown. The Boss was certified Gold by the RIAA. One of the major highlights of her long-standing and illustrious career.

Soul diva, Diana Ross had not fully been recognised by critics as an important albums act at the point when diana had been released. Her studio albums had always drawn a mixed critical response though some met wide acclaim such as her magnificent and totally stunning debut, Diana Ross (1970), Lady Sings The Blues (1972), the absolutley superb and divine Diana Ross (1976) and The Boss (1979). Though The Boss was a critical and commercial success, her studio albums before that, Ross (1978) and Baby Its Me (1977) were not big sellers and both bombed in the U.K, failing to chart altogether.

What Diana felt she needed to bring her flagging career up to date was a change of direction. She immediatley turned to the dynamic combination behind Chic, Benard Edwards and Nile Rogers - the hottest R&B producers of the day. It was decided to mould the traditional Diana Ross sound into mainstream Funk and Disco. Diana Ross was certainly no stranger to great dance music having hit No.1 on the BillBoard Charts in 1976 with the exciting Love hangover and enjoying Top 20 success with the magnificent, The Boss in 1979. It seemed a logical step and proved a fruitful collaboration though the album did not go by without its fair share of problems. Having heard the finished result of the album, Diana immediatley felt as though her vocals were pushed too far into the background and said that she felt as though she sounded like a guest vocalist on her own album. She proceeded to take the album and remixed it herself with the aid of Russ Terrana. Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards were furious that their work had been tampered with and wanted to completley disassociate themeselves with the project but before they knew it, the diana (1980) album was out on the streets and was selling rapidly quick!

The premier single was the fabulous Upside Down. The song sounded rather like a nursery rhyme set to hot, compelling disco music with its catchy chrous - "upside down/boy you turn me inside out and round and round". These ingredients obviously worked as Upside Down catpulted into pole position on the Billboard charts and was narrowly beaten to the top spot in the U.K where it peaked at No.2. Dianas razor sharp performance was remarkably efective and its fair to say that no one could have done Upside Down quite like Diana Ross who has always been in a class of her own.

The projects second release was the even stronger and triumphant, I'm Coming Out. This was a song seemingly screaming out about her newly found indpendence and could even be described as a direct message to Motown as the following year Diana left for pastures new for a reported $20,000,000 deal with RCA Records. Dianas performance on I'm Coming Out was assertive, strong and passionate and has since become one of her most enduring and definitive classics. The song also became something of a gay anthem and suported Dianas status even greater as a gay icon. I'm Coming Out went Top 5 in the U.S whilst gliding in at No.13 on the U.K Singles Charts.

Another two singles were lifted in the U.K with the exalting My Old Piano which is stunningly orchestrated and magnificently sung by Diana. This solid classic became a Top 5 hit in the U.K. a market in which she has always been a consistent seller. The rhythmically divine Tenderness was released two years later in 1982 (by which time she was enjoying success with the Silk Electric album on RCA) and stalled within the Top 75, peaking eventually at a measly No.73. This may have had something to do with its belated release but even so Tenderness is another outstanding track, containing undertones of red hot, pulsating funk.

The aching Friend To Friend is performed beautifully by Diana and the ballad on the whole is remarkably effective with its simplistic approach where as Have Fun (Again) is purley infectious and was Nile Rogers and Bernard Edwards initial choice for a release as a single. The red hot rhythm bubbles beautifully with Diana certainly sounding like shes having a whole lot of fun on the recording where as the sparse production of Now That You're Gone was another highly effective ballad with its striking and almost mesmerising musical arrangements.

One of the highlights of the diana album though has to be the rip-roaring, riotously funky Give Up. Diana just lets her hair down and belts this out with all her heart and soul and has never sounded so powerful on record before. Give Up closes the diana album superbly, rounding this off as a red hot, riotously funky, compelling album that you will just play over and over again.

diana (1980) quickly raced into the U.S Top 3 album charts whilst merrily bouncing into the U.K Top 15. The album became something of a landmark in her career and remains her biggest selling studio album to date. Though she made other masterpieces in the 1970s with Diana Ross (1970), Surrender (1971), Lady Sings The Blues (1972), Diana Ross (1976) and The Boss (1979) this stands as her best studio set at Motown and quite possibly the greatest of her career to date. A solid piece of work and a pure masterpiece!

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Manufacturer: Roadrunner
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