Holiday

Track Listings
 
1. Good King Wenceslas
2. What Child is This?
3. Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella
4. A Winter's Tale
5. O Holy Night
6. Il est Ne le Divin Enfant
7. Through Her Eyes
8. Angels We Have Heard On High
9. We Three Kings
10. By the Hearth
11. Silent Night
12. Joy to the World

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
The music of Christmas brings me back to the warm colonial house of my childhood. With snow drifting outside, my father would build a fire in the fireplace each evening and we would gather by the hearth to sing the songs of the season. The traditional Christmas carols that I have arranged for this album reflect the warmth and magic I felt as a child in our family room lit by the Christmas tree and the glow of the fire. The original compositions on this recording are my attempt at capturing those feelings of peace, hope, warmth, and love that I feel most poignantly during the holiday season. It is my hope that this music will add spirit to your holiday.

--David Tolk (Holiday)

Product Description
Holiday is the highly anticipated Christmas album by new age pianist/composer, David Tolk. Those who have enjoyed Tolk's peaceful piano compositions on Mendham and Stories in the Sky are sure to enjoy his newest album, which is destined to become a holiday classic. On this album, Tolk creates innovative arrangements of some of the best loved traditional Christmas carols for piano and orchestra. In addition to nine well-known carols, Tolk composed three original compositions for this album inspired by memories of the holiday season. Tolk's sensitive piano interpretations are complemented by acoustic guitar, mandolin, cello, viola, violin, English horn, oboe, and recorders. Tolk's music on this album is sure to bring the peace of the holiday season to all those who listen.

Holiday,David Tolk

Holiday

Holiday
Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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 Celtic Woman: A Christmas Celebration
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ASIN: B000I2ISF4
Release Date: 2006-10-03

Tracks:

  1. O Holy Night
  2. Away In A Manger
  3. Ding Dong Merrily On High
  4. White Christmas
  5. Silent Night
  6. Christmas Pipes
  7. The Christmas Song
  8. Carol Of The Bells
  9. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  10. Panis Angelicus
  11. That Night In Bethlehem
  12. O Come, All Ye Faithful
  13. The Little Drummer Boy
  14. The Wexford Carol
  15. Let It Snow!

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One of the more impressive things about A Christmas Celebration is its glowing immediacy. The record's rich vocals and colorful instrumentals create a concert-like setting, reprising the season's most loved hymns, carols, and pop standards, along with a Gaelic version of "That Night in Bethlehem." Unexpected numbers such as "Christmas Pipes" and "Carol of the Bells" (here led by the spirited fiddling of Mariread Nesbitt) only enhance an already engaging disc that finely weaves between the piety of classical music and the playfulness of pop. Chloe Agnew, Orla Fallon, Lisa Kelly, and Meav Ni Mhaolchatha combine their Celtic voices against orchestral arrangements and sparser settings--spiked with the traditional Irish fare of uilleann pipes, harp, and ancient choral harmony--to deliver an assortment of reverent but lively arrangements that wouldn't be out of place at a church, concert hall, or good Irish celli. --Martin Keller

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Irish producer/arranger David Downes, the creative mastermind behind Celtic Woman's chart breakthrough and burgeoning international success, here conjures up an inviting holiday showcase for his neo-superstar crossover quartet. He pushes the group's crowd-pleasing formula into more expansive arrangements with the Irish Film Orchestra, supplemented by a strong core of featured instrumentalists, including Downes himself. If the ethnic folk influences that gave the group its name are sometimes less pronounced, the result is a collection whose dignified, pop elegance often transcends national boundaries. The vocal performances are expectedly polished, with the quintet breaking off into smaller units and solo showcases such as Lisa Kelly's Broadway-lullaby take on "The Christmas Song," a neo-classical "Panis Angelicus" by Chloe Agnew, and the muscular orchestral/choral setting for Mariead Nesbitt's earthy fiddle on "Carol of the Bells." The quintet (backed only by Nesbitt's spare strings) harmonize richly on "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and bring their trademark neo-Celtic charms more fully to bear on intimate translations of "Silent Night" and "The Wexford Carol" as well as a glorious take on the Gaelic traditional "That Night in Bethlehem." Perhaps to remind fans of their true range, the swinging, big-band bonus track "Let It Snow" closes the collection with upbeat flair. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Beautifu music.......2007-07-31

I saw this special on PBS and was pleased when I could have my own copy. Fantastic music my multitalented women. A must for music lover everywhere.

5 out of 5 stars Excellent Music.......2007-07-23

Terrific music. I gave this to my mother for a stocking stuffer....in August. Great CD.

5 out of 5 stars celtic woman.......2007-05-20

Love the CD. Am giving it as a Christmas gift to friends.

5 out of 5 stars One of the best music CD I have ever bought.......2007-05-14

One of the best music CD I have ever bought

5 out of 5 stars Christmas celebration.......2007-05-14

Christmas never sounded so good. Mairead's playing is wonderful as always. Orlagh is the stand out for me with that hauntingly beautiful voice but when they all sing together it is something special.
The Holiday (Score)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Exceptional work of art.
  • perfect score
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  • The Holiday.... you will not be disappointed
 The Holiday (Score)

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
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ASIN: B000LPR4U8
Release Date: 2007-01-09

Tracks:

  1. Maestro
  2. Iris And Jasper
  3. Kayak For One
  4. Zero
  5. Dream Kitchen
  6. Separate Vacations
  7. Anything Can Happen
  8. Light My Fire
  9. Definitely Unexpected
  10. If I Wanted To Call You
  11. Roadside Rhapsody
  12. Busy Guy
  13. For Nancy
  14. It's Complicated
  15. Kiss Goodbye
  16. Verso E Prosa
  17. Meu Passado
  18. The 'Cowch'
  19. Three Musketeers
  20. Christmas Surprise
  21. Gumption
  22. Cry

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For this Nancy Meyers-directed romantic comedy, Hans Zimmer serves up a breezy score quite different from the more heavy-duty works he's become known for. This may have something to do with the film's tone, of course, but also with the fact that Zimmer has sole credit on only two cues, having co-written the others with members of his extensive stable of helpers, including guitarist Heitor Pereira and even pop artist Imogen Heap (who also contributes wordless vocals in addition to getting writing credits on three tracks). In the film, Jack Black's character is a composer who namedrops Ennio Morricone; Zimmer steps up to the challenge with the opening track, "Maestro" (one of his solo compositions), which evidently seeks to emulate the romantic sweep of some of Morricone's scores and nearly succeeds. (This may sound like a criticism but getting near Morricone level is nothing to sneeze at.) A little later "Verso e Prosa," a collaboration between Pereira and Herb Alpert--who contributes his immediately identifiable trumpet--also stands out. If the rest of the CD had shown as much spirited zest as these two tracks, the album could have become a prized addition to any soundtrack lover's library; alas, the other cues are too devoid of personality to make a lasting impression. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Exceptional work of art........2007-07-09

Definitely one of the most moving scores ever written. The movie says it and the music makes you feel it. Truly phenomenal!

5 out of 5 stars perfect score.......2007-07-03

this is the perfect album to listen to. no matter what mood i'm in, i always walk away happy and optimistic.

5 out of 5 stars a jewel box of a score.......2007-06-27

Uplifting, sparkling and memory evoking, a fresh approach for all Zimmer fans and charming in every way!

5 out of 5 stars Truly a perfect score.......2007-05-27

It's rare for a romantic comedy to have a score- but Hans Zimmer is at his finest here. The music in the movie fits so well, and is overwhelming. It really makes you "feel" the movie and what the character is going through. The movie goes from up beat to somber, and sometimes all within one tune.
The music is truly beautiful!

4 out of 5 stars The Holiday.... you will not be disappointed.......2007-05-20

Quite a few different themes expolored here in this CD. You will not be disappointed if you like a classical touch to yr music.... enjoy
Wintersong
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • At Her Best
  • Heart-full sound
  • Christmas in July
  • It's always Christmas morning with Sarah
  • What a great artist
 Wintersong
Sarah McLachlan
Manufacturer: Arista
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ASIN: B000HBKCDC
Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

  1. Happy Xmas (War Is Over)
  2. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
  3. River
  4. Wintersong
  5. I'll Be Home For Christmas
  6. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
  7. The First Noel/Mary Mary
  8. Silent Night
  9. Song For A Winter's Night
  10. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
  11. In A Bleak Mid-Winter
  12. Christmas Time Is Here

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An album like this could cement Sarah McLachlan as a middle-of-the-road crooner ready for the Andy Williams Christmas Show, but there's more beneath the surface of Wintersong than just Christmas chestnuts, over-roasting on an open fire. Longtime McLachlan producer Pierre Marchand blurs the borders with ambient sound effects, distorted guitars, and subtle echoes. He adds a Mark Isham-esque muted trumpet solo emerging out of reverse echoes on "I'll Be Home for Christmas" as if viewing the song through a distorted mirror. Violins that sound like they're being blown through a Leslie speaker combine unpredictably with a banjo on "O Little Town of Bethlehem." And on the seventh song, McLachlan finally kicks the album into another gear, turning "The First Noël" into a storming entreaty backed by tribal drums and surging low strings. Her voice is like the serene angel amidst the raging storm. I wish McLachlan had taken more chances like this, instead of the subtle framing she employs around melodies that remain true to form. Surprisingly, the more contemporary songs by John Lennon, Joni Mitchell, and Gordon Lightfoot are the least inventive. Her reading of Mitchell's incandescently wistful "River" is overly faithful to the original, and Lennon's "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" sounds like karaoke, right down to the Spector-esque production and children's choir. But given that Lennon's prayer for peace still remains unanswered, that fidelity could be intentional. Regardless, this is familiar Christmas fare delivered in an intimate and ethereal fashion that will satisfy those who believe in the nostalgic spirit of the season. --John Diliberto

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars At Her Best.......2007-07-06

Sarah McLachlan has the voice of an Angel. And this cd proves it. I fell in love with every song. And listened to it so much, I thought I was going to wear it out. She brings to her music, the wonderful feeling of the Christmas Season, as well as some of the greats from the past like Bing Crosby. Her voice is haunting and peaceful at the same time. She draws you into every song and leaves you wanting more. This cd will be a favorite of mine for many many years to come. When I think of Christmas, I'll think of Sarah.

5 out of 5 stars Heart-full sound.......2007-07-05

This music is soulful year round. Even in the summer I listen to the beautiful soul sound of this CD. It's melody at its highest!

4 out of 5 stars Christmas in July.......2007-06-26

Usually about this time every year I'm wishing it was Christmas, and listening to some Christmas music or watching some silly Christmas movie. This year I have Sarah's Wintersong to listen to during my "Christmas blues".

After several listens, I'd have to say that this isn't just another Christmas album. The album has many stand out tracks and is a mix of the traditional and the more modern. My favorites are River (which is Joni Mitchell's song) and Wintersong (a new song Sarah wrote herself).

A worthwhile album and one any fan of Sarah's should add to their collection.

5 out of 5 stars It's always Christmas morning with Sarah.......2007-06-12

I was wondering when Sarah McLachlan was gonna come out with a Christmas album. I was waiting and waiting for it and now here it is and it is everything that all Sarah fans enjoy about her.
Touching and tender and superb in its vocal and sound arrangements. It evokes a Christmas from some other time. Especially haunting is track # 9: Song for a Winter's Night. It's full of pining and it reads like a poem.
Wrapping it all up is a gift fit for Christmas: Diana Krall. Although she doesn't sing, she plays the piano, and you can tell.
Definitely one for those who love XMAS music and for those who love Sarah. You can't go wrong.

5 out of 5 stars What a great artist.......2007-05-16

Sarah McLachlan has really hit the mark with this CD. Her voice is always like a angel and this christmas compilation is no exception. Turn on the christmas lights and crank this up. Peace on Earth!
The Christmas Collection
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Il Divo CD - Superb!
  • Wonderful listening
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  • Great!
 The Christmas Collection
Il Divo
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000B5QWLU
Release Date: 2005-10-25

Tracks:

  1. O Holy Night
  2. White Christmas
  3. Ave Maria
  4. When A Child Is Born
  5. Adeste Fideles (O Come All Ye Faithful)
  6. Over The Rainbow
  7. Panis Angelicus
  8. Rejoice
  9. Silent Night
  10. The Lord's Prayer

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If you thrill to the soaring operatic voices of The Three Tenors (and imagine every Christmas comes with its own orchestral majesty), Il Divo has made this disc for you. The four GQ-handsome male singers were handpicked by American Idol's Simon Cowell for what seems to be their ability to sing opera and classical music with the hint of a pop sensibility. Their Christmas Collection features 10 standards (although the last time Santa looked, he wasn't quite sure "Over the Rainbow" and "The Lord's Prayer" were part of the Christmas canon). Still, it' hard not to imagine these emotionally stirring renditions as part and parcel of the reverential treatment the four finely sculpted voices bring to more exact seasonal fare such as "O Holy Night," "Ave Maria," "Panis Angelicus" and even "White Christmas." Dave Arch's predictable choral and orchestral arrangements are aimed right at the sweet spot where sophisticated church choir music and traditional classical music meet, with few surprises other than the dash of Irish folk music that colors "When A Child Is Born." In the end, for people who have never heard of Cowell and his cohosts (would Paula Abdul really have picked the tenor guy for this group?!), this collection will prove just as rewarding for them as the best-selling Idol records are for fans of the TV stars. --Martin Keller

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Il Divo CD - Superb!.......2007-08-04

This is a beautiful CD. I love the way Il Divo has recorded all the songs and find it uplifting, as I do all their music.

5 out of 5 stars Wonderful listening.......2007-08-03

It's hard to imagine these songs being sung any finer. A couple of the songs aren't what I would consider traditional Christmas, but still good listening.

5 out of 5 stars ILDIVO CHRISTMAS ALBUM.......2007-05-14

Their voices blend so well, I've bought all their recordings to date, including their DVD's. We've been waiting too long for a group that all ages can enjoy.

5 out of 5 stars Il Divo.......2007-05-10

I love this group, and I really enjoy christmas with them, everybody loves them, this cd is a perfect gift for you or anyone else.

5 out of 5 stars Great!.......2007-05-07

These young men have the voices of angels. I rarely buy music but I have everyone of their albums!
Remixed & Reimagined
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    		Remixed & Reimagined
    Billie Holiday
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    Release Date: 2007-08-07

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    Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
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    		 Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas
    Danny Elfman , Marilyn Manson , Panic!@ the Disco , Fiona Apple , Fall Out Boy , Paul Reubens , Catherine O' Hara , Citizens of Halloween , and Patrick Stewert
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    ASIN: B000IFRQHC
    Release Date: 2006-10-24

    Tracks:

    1. Overture
    2. Opening
    3. This Is Halloween
    4. Jack's Lament
    5. Doctor Finklestein/ In the Forest
    6. What's This?
    7. Town Meeting Song
    8. Jack and Sally Montage
    9. Jack's Obsession
    10. Kidnap the Sandy Claws
    11. Making Christmas
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    14. Sally's Song
    15. Christmas Even Montage
    16. Poor Jack
    17. To the Rescue
    18. Finale/ Reprise
    19. Closing
    20. End Title

    Tracks:

    1. This Is Halloween - Marilyn Manson
    2. Sally's Song - Fiona Apple
    3. What's This? - Fall Out Boy
    4. Kidnap the Sandy Claws - She Wants Revenge
    5. This Is Halloween - Panic! At the Disco
    6. Making Christmas (Demo) - Danny Elfman
    7. Oogie Boogie's Song (Demo) - Danny Elfman
    8. This Is Halloween (Demo) - Danny Elfman
    9. Kidnap the Sandy Claws (Demo) - Danny Elfman

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    Not only is The Nightmare Before Christmas one of the best musicals of the past two decades; it may well be Danny Elfman's masterpiece, successfully integrating his main influences (from Cab Calloway to Nino Rota) into a fantastic whole. The first disc of this reissue features the original soundtrack, its songs still teetering between dark humor and poetic flights of fancy; this so-called kids' music is at least as sophisticated and skilled as anything you're likely to hear on Broadway. The second disc includes demo versions of four songs on which Elfman plays and sings everything, and five new covers of some of Nightmare's best-loved songs. Marilyn Manson successfully applies his spooky Weimar-circus style on "This Is Halloween" while Panic! At the Disco's lushly orchestrated take on the same tune is closer to the original. Fiona Apple's poignant "Sally's Song" is enhanced by very nice string charts, and She Wants Revenge does a disco take on "Kidnap the Sandy Claws." Best perhaps is Fall Out Boy's cover of "What's This?" which sounds like an unexpected cross between the Beach Boys and Queen. A highly recommended set. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars His Halloween!!!.......2007-06-20

    Well, disc 1 is Danny Elfman's classic soundtrack to the film that is of course great (goes without saying). Disc 2, to mu pleasent surprise was pretty cool as well. Marilyn Manson's cover of "This Is Halloween" is absolutely amazing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IMO, it's not only the best track on the album, but it is one of the best cover songs ever recorded in the history of history. I was almost certain that he would have messed that song up...but he really does an amzing job. Even if you hate Manson, ..you won't hate this song. As for the other covers, I liked Fiona Apple's cover of "Sally's Song", and I thought the She Wants Revenge cover of "Kidnap The Santy Claws" was a good eightees style presentation, kinda Depeche Mode-eske. The other bands on the disc all did an ok job, but it's really all about the Manson cover when it's all said and done.

    5 out of 5 stars DIFFERENT.......2007-03-26

    THIS SOUNDTRACK'S PERFECT IF YOU'RE INTO ANIMATED MOVIES AND MUSIC!MANSON DOES AN EXCELLENT JOB ON HIS SONG: THIS IS HALLOWEEN! HIS VOICE HAS SO MANY DIMENSIONS IN THIS SONG.HIS MUSIC IS PERFECT WITH THE TITLE.

    5 out of 5 stars It's simply the best!.......2007-02-15

    Both versions of "What's this?" are great! Danny Elfman had already conquered my admiration and respect with Batman's and The Corpse Bride's soundtrack, but The Nightmare Before Christmas is my number 1 for a bunch of reasons: the interpretations are awesome and the new versions in the second CD have profoundly delighted me. If you're an Elfman's fan, you won't be disappointed!

    4 out of 5 stars best 2-pack i've bought in a while.......2007-02-09

    i will admit, i have been and will be a manson fanatic for a number of years. Nightmare before Christmas has also been on a consistent highnote for me even as a little kid when we got on VHS. so when i heard Danny Elfman on the radio talking about this thing a few weeks before it came out, i heard "marilyn manson will be doing a cover of "this is halloween", my heart jumped and i almost veered of the I-15. i bought two copies of it, one for myself and one for a friend who i knew would also appreciate it for the Panic! cover.

    i will also admit i bought this cd without any hesitation, and only for that one song, and i must say it hit it right on the money. Marilyn Manson in my mind is the master of taking good, popular songs, and twisting them into something unique and that makes a statement (hearing him sing "boys and girls of every age, wouldn't you like to see something strange?" is rather convienient).

    i also enjoyed the rest of the cds with more or less the same appreciation.

    my only gripe with this cd is She Wants Revenges version of Kidnap The Sandy Claws. that was something i was looking forward to, and the signers monotone singing does little to honor the song. the background tune hardly resembles the melody it was taken from. in that song there were 3 distinctive voices, with SWR, you got one unchanging voice with no emotion. hell Beastie Boys coulda done a better job on this song.

    4 out of 5 stars A review.......2007-01-20

    Seeing as I am an impulse buyer as well as a fan of this movie, I wasn't surprised to wake up one morning and find the package for this sitting on my doorstep. I listened to the second disc first and decided that it was OK. After reading some of the other reveiws I came to agree with some but disagree with others. Everyone has been saying that the Manson version of "This Is Halloween" was the best because it was scary and the Panic! version of said song sucked becuase it was too carnical like. If any of you remember the movie, the original song wasn't meant to be scary, but celebratory. I think Panic! captured that feeling best. Fiona Apple's song was beautiful, but I found that She Wants REvenge missed the mark a little. It had a good beat, yes, but it was too monotone for my taste. Fall Out Boy's cover is a kepper and has made it's way to my most played list. The demos are great, thought the demo of Kidnap the Sandy Claws kinda freaks me out when I remember that it's one guy doing three voices.
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    ASIN: B0000029XG
    Release Date: 1997-10-28

    Tracks:

    1. Appalachian Spring: Very Slowly
    2. Appalachian Spring: Allegro
    3. Appalachian Spring: Moderato
    4. Appalachian Spring: Fast
    5. Appalachian Spring: Subito Allegro
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    9. Rodeo: Buckaroo Holiday - Allegro con spirito
    10. Rodeo: Corral Nocturne - Moderato
    11. Rodeo: aturday Night Waltz - Introduction - Slow Waltz
    12. Rodeo: Hoe-Down - Allegro
    13. Billy The Kid: Introduction. The Open Prairie
    14. Billy The Kid: Street In A Frontier Town
    15. Billy The Kid: Mexican Dance And Finale
    16. Billy The Kid: Prairie Night (Card Game At Night)
    17. Billy The Kid: Gun Battle
    18. Billy The Kid: Celbration (After Billy's Capture)
    19. Billy The Kid: Billy's Death
    20. Billy The Kid: The Open Prairie Again
    21. Fanfare for the Common Man: Molto deliberato

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    Happy is the composer who has an advocate as passionate and talented as Leonard Bernstein. These Copland performances have been the preferred versions since they were first issued--better even than the composer's own, later recordings. Originally they were spread over two discs, but thanks to the extended playing time of the compact disc, you can now get all three great Copland ballets together, along with the ever popular Fanfare for the Common Man. Bernstein brings to this music the right sharpness of rhythm but also a typically open-hearted warmth. He coaxes a virtuoso response from the New York Philharmonic, which knows this music as well (or better) than anyone. Self- recommending. --David Hurwitz

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars What more could one ask for?.......2007-06-27

    Aaron Copland's masterful works are here interpreted by Bernstein. Nothing says the American sound like Copland, and there is no better interpreter than Bernstein. This recording is one of the best in my collection. I would recommend this to anyone (even non-classical music fans).

    3 out of 5 stars Definitive Is Right.......2007-02-27

    I have the SACD version of these recordings (except for the "Fanfare" which, in this case, is the version taken from Bernstein's recording of Copland's Third Symphony) and I must agree with others here that the performances are definitive. The "Rodeo" has more energy than any other recording I know of, in fact it can almost go over the top! "Billy the Kid" is quiet and tender, dramatic and bold and "Appalachian Spring" is dead-on. The last section of this ballet is one of my very favorite pieces of music and Bernstein's tempo and phrasing here could well be called perfect.

    5 out of 5 stars Definitive Recordings of Copland's Popular Ballet Scores From Bernstein, NYPO.......2007-02-11

    Without question, this splendid CD is my favorite recording of some of Aaron Copland's most popular orchestral ballet scores. In Leonard Bernstein he had both a good friend and a devout ally, who successfully championed Copland's music, helping to ensure his reputation as one of the greatest - if not the greatest - 20th Century American composer. Sony has done a superb job in digitally remastering this recording, offering some of the best sound I've heard from a vintage Leonard Bernstein/New York Philharmonic recording. But more importantly than the recording's superb sonic quality is the quality of these performances of Copland's scores. Bernstein leads in New York Philharmonic in these virtuoso performances, replete with lush, vibrant playing from the winds, horns and strings. His warm, truly heart-felt interpretation of "Applachian Spring" is truly mesmerizing, and the best I have heard from a recording. And yet, I am am just as impressed with his conducting of both "Rodeo" and "Billy the Kid"; the latter replete with superb solos from the orchestra's timpanist. An elegant performance of "Fanfare for the Common Man" closes out this CD recording. Fans of Aaron Copland, Leonard Bernstein, and the New York Philharmonic Orchestra shouldn't hesitate in acquiring this superb CD.

    5 out of 5 stars American Music at its Highest .......2007-02-04

    If I was forced to recommend one CD of American music, I would feel very safe in backing this one. These interpretations have yet to be surpassed, and not even Copland himself could muster the same type of perfection that Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic did in this recording. Bernstein's way with Rodeo is unbelievable, and this alone is worth the price of the disc. The music on this recording has a lot to do with why, as Americans, we can all be proud of our place in the history of western music.

    With 39 reviews under me, I will dispense with the adjectives to try and describe each interpretation of each piece on this disc, and simply say that these performances have been recommended by almost everyone (professional critics included of course) since they appeared; get it and find out why.

    5 out of 5 stars The best of Copland.......2007-01-09

    For the Aaron Copland fan, this CD has the essentials: the most popular and easy listening of the Copland body of creations. Enjoy!
    James Taylor at Christmas
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • Fun & Classical
    • " I wish I had a River.....that I could skate away on............"
    • James is at this best!
    • James Taylor's Christmas Album
    • James Taylor at Christmas
    		 James Taylor at Christmas
    James Taylor
    Manufacturer: Columbia
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    ASIN: B000I0QK74
    Release Date: 2006-10-10

    Tracks:

    1. Winter Wonderland featuring Chris Botti
    2. Go Tell It On The Mountain
    3. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
    4. Jingle Bells
    5. Baby, It's Cold Outside featuring Natalie Cole
    6. River
    7. Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
    8. The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting On An Open Fire) Featuring Toots Theilemans
    9. Some Children See Him
    10. Who Comes This Night
    11. In The Bleak Midwinter
    12. Auld Lang Syne

    Amazon.com

    Looking for a smart, never-out-of-style singer who turns in a perfectly solid collection of Christmas songs, including a few surprises? J.T. is your man on James Taylor at Christmas, which is nicely balanced between pop and jazz selections, with more stately hymn-like fare and balladry. Always fine in his charmingly understated voice, Taylor and company try out the old gospel standard "Go Tell It on the Mountain" and the memorable "Some Children See Him." He smoothly cuts through "Winter Wonderland" and "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" with a bit of jazz flavor, and reprises Joni Mitchell's increasingly popular Christmas song (even though it's about getting away from the holiday), "River." One of the album's most satisfying delights is Taylor's funky version of "Jingle Bells," sung in a kind of barroom stomp with the most intriguing phrasing since Barbra Streisand sang it in the '60s. Soulful and bright and moody as well (when Taylor sings "In the Bleak Midwinter," you believe it's indeed rough), there's barely a clinker here. -- Martin Keller

    James's Christmas Album

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    Combine the most beloved, classic songs of the holiday season with the warm baritone of one of the most recognized voices in popular music, and fans will have reason to celebrate with James Taylor at Christmas. This 12-track collection features traditional and contemporary seasonal songs.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Fun & Classical.......2007-08-05

    If you have ever lived in New England the best song on the album is "In the bleak mid-winter"---love the description of snow on snow on snow! Remember beautiful images of the Bershire "Hills" in December 1989. Wonderful classic Christmas songs in James Taylor's richest tradition, can paint images with words, true art!

    5 out of 5 stars " I wish I had a River.....that I could skate away on............".......2007-03-25

    One song. This one. I bought this, because of it's inclusion. I cannot listen to this, and not have tears. Every lyric is 1974. The love of my life. It wasn't a storybook ending,and did not happen. Nevertheless, I love this cover of Joni's brillance, by JT, whom I have followed since early 1970. Oh, I do listen to the rest,and they are good.The sorrow may be ever present, but the good memories are there. She remains dear to my heart.

    5 out of 5 stars James is at this best!.......2007-03-17

    My husband is an avid James Taylor fan! He loves this CD and listens to it even though Christmas has long since passed. James' very recognizable voice is at its best!!! A great gift for that J.T. fan on your list.

    5 out of 5 stars James Taylor's Christmas Album.......2007-03-09

    I love this album! I bought it after reading a review and it is everything the professional reviewer said it was. It makes you want to settle down with a hot cocoa, a warm fire and just let the music relax your mind.

    5 out of 5 stars James Taylor at Christmas.......2007-03-09

    As always, Mr Smooth! Another classic CD to be played year after year on Christmas and any other time. A mellow sound with soothing songs of love, family and good times.
    Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Absolutely the best of Billie Holiday
    • Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
    • The tragedy of a lonely woman!
    • Billie's Best - Accept No Substitutes
    • A serious and great artist's best work, you need these sides
    		 Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday
    Billie Holiday
    Manufacturer: Sony
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    ASIN: B00005Q45Y
    Release Date: 2001-10-02

    Tracks:

    1. What A Little Moonlight Can Do - Billie Holiday
    2. These Foolish Things - Billie Holiday
    3. I Cried For You - Billie Holiday
    4. Summertime - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    5. Billie's Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    6. If You Were Mine - Billie Holiday
    7. A Fine Romance - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    8. Easy To Love - Billie Holiday
    9. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    10. I Must Have That Man - Billie Holiday
    11. Me, Myself And I - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    12. They Can't Take Away From Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
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    17. You Go To My Head - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    18. My Man - Billie Holiday

    Tracks:

    1. I Can't Believe That You're In Love With Me - Billie Holiday
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    3. I Can't Get Started - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
    4. Long Gone Blues - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
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    6. Some Other Spring - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
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    10. Swing, Brothers, Swing - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra
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    18. All Of Me - Billie Holiday & Her Orchestra

    Album Description

    Lady Day: The Best Of Billie Holiday is an ideal introduction to the Voice of Jazz in all its enduring glory. This incomparable collection draws on the 10-CD boxed set Lady Day: The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia (1933-1944) (CXK 85470), representing not only her finest work, but American jazz and pop singing at its zenith. Accompanied sublimely by a Who's Who of the Swing Era (including her soulmate Lester Young, Benny Goodman, Artie Shaw, Buck Clayton, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, Harry Carney, Jo Jones, and pianist-arranger Teddy Wilson, who was often at the helm when Holiday entered the studio), Billie Holiday masterfully renders a host of mostly-classic pop tunes. Fans are drawn to her musical triumphs and personal tragedies. She is a mysterious icon in the same vein as Miles Davis. Columbia possesses the first and finest recordings of her entire career! This material has never sounded clearer and more intimate!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Absolutely the best of Billie Holiday.......2007-02-24

    Anybody who likes Billie Holiday even part time needs this CD. Even great for those people who only know a few songs just by chance. Love the CD. Even got another as a gift for a friend.

    5 out of 5 stars Lady Day: The Best of Billie Holiday.......2007-01-10

    Bought this for my granddaughter. She's a Billie Holiday fan. She loved the CD.

    5 out of 5 stars The tragedy of a lonely woman!.......2006-11-21

    The stature of this emblematic singer of the jazz is absolutely undeniable. Her powerful, sensitive and expressive voice made of her, one of the most tragic icons in the jazz. She sung as she lived. In this sense she reminds too much to the legendary Edith Piaff in the other side of the Atlantic.

    What else might I add for cataloguing this cult artist that it has not been said just before? She is part of the history jazz and her memory will transcend and surmount the next years to come.

    5 out of 5 stars Billie's Best - Accept No Substitutes.......2006-06-12

    Billie Holiday is the quintessential jazz singer; despite a limited vocal range she set the standard by which all others are measured. It's all about the quality of her voice, the lush tone, and her marvelously idiosyncratic phrasing. Though her career was short and troubled, she recorded a lot, which means novice collectors must avoid innumerable bear traps. In general, her later work should be ignored, by then she was wearing her emotional problems like an ugly hat, despair manifested itself in performances so lackluster they're depressing at best, frequently downright tragic.

    For the best of Billie you need to go back to the glory days, 1933-1944, precisely the time period covered by this reasonably priced and beautifully produced 2-CD set. (If you're a player with money to burn go for the 10-CD comprehensive retrospective, The Complete Billie Holiday on Columbia, 1933-1944.) All the songs providing the foundation of her reputation are here, as well as many pleasant surprises. The booklet, though not lavish, provides photos, background, and a complete list of personnel for each track. This detail is significant because the players on these selections, in addition to being the finest who ever backed Ms. Holiday, were also the absolute elite of their generation, each worthy of individual exploration. (Names like Lester Young, Roy Eldridge, Ben Webster, Johnny Hodges, and Teddy Wilson enjoy legendary status.)

    Perhaps most amazing is the sound quality, considering the recordings are WWII vintage they're clear and smooth. About Ms. Holiday's personal life, the less said the better. What is remarkable is that, despite her personal troubles, she managed to create a canon of work that is truly timeless, just as sweet and powerful today as it was then. Not only is this the best Billie Holiday anthology available, it makes a formidable addition any jazz collection. (Dig that cover photo, wow!)

    5 out of 5 stars A serious and great artist's best work, you need these sides.......2005-03-11

    If there were some way to award music 200 stars, I am sure all of us would have done so for this set!

    Like others here, I have it all, but I think her work from the 30s and early 1940s from Columbia and its ancestors is not just her greatest works, but among the great works of world musical culture. Everyone with a set of ears should be more or less required to have this music and enjoy it.

    Strange Fruit was not recorded for Columbia but for the Indy label Commodore. Thus, you will not find it on this or any of the Columbia collections like this that capture her work in the period BEFORE Strange Fruit. It was recorded in the 1940s, whereas this collection contains work from Billie in the 1930s and perhaps 1940 and 1941. No doubt Sony wishes it had the rights to that side and everything else Commodore recorded, but they don't.

    The truth is, Strange Fruit is not one of Billie's Greatest works. There are about 15 tunes on this CD that have better singing, better musicians backing her, and were more important pieces of Billie's work. Strange Fruit is well known to the people who know about Billie as a person, but don't know much about Billie as a Jazz musician. Her recording, while powerful, was not very nuanced, not very jazzy, and not as good as much of the work here. Indeed, the weakness of her mid-1940s Commodore work as opposed to these recordings is that Billie was persuaded to move away from Jazz and swing to attempt to become a cabarat chanteuse of "serious" songs, a move that some also relate to the inception of heroin and the decline of her voice, a move that brought about a decline in her art.

    If you want to hear a better version of "Strange Fruit," listen to Josh White's recording which is so much more powerful, if not as well known. I am not downing the song or its politics, far from it, but Billie's Strange Fruit is more important as a political statement than as a work of Jazz art.

    One of the greatest things about these records are the many master musicians of swing and jazz that join her on these recordings. Very shortly after she started recording, the greatest names in Jazz would flock to her sessions and play on her recordings for litte because of the innovation and creativity Billie showed as a jazz creator in her own right. These recordings were a chance for them to jam together in loose arrangements and be more innovative and creative than they were with the orchestras they played with.


    These masters of Jazz viewed Billie as a serious artist of Jazz. They delighted in her knowledge of the musical aspects of swing jazz which was unique for such a young singer (she was in her twenties when these records were made) and delighted in her ability to sense what they were doing in their accompaniments and solos and to respond to them in her vocals.

    Despite the exaggerated picture of her life as a prostitute that was part of the marketing of the 1950's work of ghost-written fiction called "Lady Sings the Blues," that a drug addled Billie claimed was her autobiography, Billie Holiday grew up around Jazz with her father being a big band guitar player who complained Billie hired every NY guitarist but him for these sessions. Billie's mother specialized in boarding Jazz musicians and catering parties for musicians and singers, parties where the young Billie would often help serve the food. So when she met Lester young in 1937 for these sessions, she had already known the man she named 'Prez in 1934 when he boarded with her mother while he was in the Fletcher Henderson band.

    These sides contain most of the great collaboration between Lester Young and Billie. They were great musical friends and personal friends until Billie became a heroin addict, at which point Lester didn't much want to be around her.

    However, as much as I am a Lester Young man to the death (his framed picture hangs in my home), too little is said of the other musicians who grace these recordings. Billie's collaboration with pianist Teddy Wilson who plays on and directed most of these recordings (many were recorded as Teddy Wilson Orchestra sides)needs to be explored. Likewise, her work with the great bassists and rhythm players on these records needs to be appreciated. My favorite sides are the ones in which she has the benefit of Basieites like her dear friend Freddy Green on guitar and the great Walter Page on bass. Likewise, Billie's musical closeness with the great Buck Clayton and his role on these sides is also underestimated.

    Yet, it doesn't matter if Billie had recorded these sides with some high school band members from Winslow, Arizona. This is good music to listen to, good music to smile to, music to fall in love to, and music to dance too. Contrary to the tendency to get maudlin and milk her image as a tragedy that Holiday developed in the 1950s as her life and her musical skill declined , even the songs on these recordings with the sadest lyrics possess a great joy, swing, and spirit of the wonders of Jazz.
    Andrea
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    Manufacturer: Philips
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    ASIN: B00063M112
    Release Date: 2004-11-09

    Tracks:

    1. Dell'Amore Non Si Sa
    2. L'Attesa
    3. Un Nuovo Giorno
    4. Tu Ci Sei
    5. Sin Tu Amor
    6. Libert
    7. Per Noi
    8. Le Parole Che Non Ti Ho Detto
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    11. Quante Volte Ti Ho Cercato
    12. When A Child Is Born
    13. Go Where Love Goes

    Amazon.com

    It's no mean feat being the world's foremost crossover artist--a task that risks alienating two disparate audiences and everyone in between--but somebody had to do it, and Andrea Bocelli again walks that artistic tightrope with impressive deftness. The title may imply a casual intimacy (indeed, the singer admits to taking a more "hands-on" approach to the album's conception and production), but it's a collection that nonetheless continues to expand on the Italian tenor's ambitious internationalism. His collaboration "Sin Tu Amor" immerses his voice in the Gipsy Kings' own rich Iberian folk-pop fusion with compelling results, while "Where Love Goes" (a musical focal point of the film Lazarus Child), his English language duet with 11-year-old prodigy Holly Stell, achieves an almost liturgical grace. "Tu Ci Sei" (You Are There) continues in the romantic vein of his familiar theme "Con Te Partiro" (Time to Say Goodbye), while the single "Dell' Amore Non Si Sa" (With Love You Never Know) features Bocelli in a signature dramatic tour de force collaboration with arranger Mauro Malavasi, the accomplished producer of the singer's Romanza and Sogno albums. Bocelli's shrewd taste and vocal prowess here not only again redeem an oft-maligned genre, but elevate it considerably in the bargain. --Jerry McCulley

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars HOW DO YOU SAY,"WOW," IN ITALIAN?.......2007-06-22

    BEFORE I START, LET ME SAY, THAT I AM A DANCE CLUB GUY AND THAT, ORDINARILY, THIS IS NOT MY KIND OF MUSIC. OF COURSE, I LAUGH AS I SAY THAT, AS, APPARENTLY, A NEW DOOR HAS OPENED IN MY LIFE, THANKS TO THIS MAN.
    A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD HEARD ANDREA DO, "CON TE PARTIRO," ON A PBS SPECIAL AND MY EYES FILLED WITH TEARS THAT ANY HUMAN COULD MAKE SUCH SOUNDS. I WAS ASTOUNDED; MORE ASTOUNDING, STILL, WAS TO HEAR THIS ALBUM AND FIND THAT HIS VOICE HAD ACTUALLY VASTLY IMPOVED OVER TIME. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? " CON TE..," PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE QUALITY OF THIS WORK; THE TRACKS ON THIS CD ARE PERFECT, FULL, RICH, AND MORE MOVING THAN ANYTHING I HAVE EVER HEARD. I HAVE HAD IT A WEEK, NOW, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING ELSE FOR VERY LONG, AND I PLAY IT OVER AND OVER. IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN AFFECTED LIKE THIS BY ANY VOCAL CD. IF HE NEVER RECORDED AGAIN HE WOULD HAVE MADE A MARK ON THE WORLD OF AUDIO NEVER TO BE ERASED OR FORGOTTEN. WHAT A VOICE! WHAT SONGS! THE CUT, "LIBERTA," ABSOLUTELY KILLS ME WITH FEELINGS OF JOY AND MARVEL. I HAVE EVEN TAKEN UP STUDYING ITALIAN BECAUSE OF IT.
    TREAT YOURSELF, AND A GOOD FRIEND, TO THE SOUNDS ON THIS CD. SIT AND WATCH A SUNSET WITH IT ON... I MEAN NOW!

    5 out of 5 stars Just buy it........2007-05-30

    If you like soft music that make's you feel up beat, just order a Andrea Bocelli CD. Listening to his CD's after being at work all day, is like having an option in life to hear and be somewhere else.

    5 out of 5 stars Teamo, Andrea Bocelli .......2007-03-08

    One of his best. Need the lyrics translated from the Italian to the English inside the casing next time. Nonetheless, Mr. Bocelli has a beautiful voice. It made my wife and all my female co-workers swoon when they listened to it.

    4 out of 5 stars A new style from Andrea........2007-02-24

    There were some ugly songs in here.(I absolutely hate to say that about anything Andrea.)But the good far outshone the bad.
    Un Nouvo Giorno stunned me the first time I heard it.It was so unlike anything I had heard from Andrea- very pop.But it soon grew on me.
    Liberta is amazing.Very catchy and upbeat.
    Sempre O Mai is my favorite.It keeps its tempo up and has the best of Andrea and pop.Great song.

    So this album was really a double album with pop and classical songs interspersed.A good mix from the master.

    1 out of 5 stars Not happy with delivery (or non delivery) of this item.......2007-01-16

    When I ordered this on 12/04/2006 they said I would have it before Christmas. Then right before Christmas the delivery date was changed to mid-January. So I had to cancel my order and go, at the last minute, buy it at a store because it was a Christmas present. I wasn't happy about it and won't be buying from amazon for the holidays any longer.

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