Lovesong

Track Listings
 
1. Shenandoah
2. Irish Glances
3. Meditation from Thais
4. Lovesong
5. The Pachelbel Canon
6. The Lark in the Clear Air
7. Una Furtiva Lagrima from The Elixir of Love
8. O Mio Babbino Caro from Gianni Schicchi
9. Drink to Me Only with Thine Eyes
10. Softly Awakes My Heart from Samson & Delilah
11. A Love's Lament
12. The Swan from Carnival of the Animals
13. Plaisir d'Amour

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
Dianne Williams began playing the flute at age ten while attending elementary school in Northeastern Ohio. As a recipient of the Orion award for outstanding musicianship in her high school, she served as Principal Flute in the Canton Youth Symphony. She obtained a Bachelor of Music in Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in English from Wittenberg University, Springfield, Ohio, graduating Magna Cum Laude, Phi Beta Kappa, and with honors and distinction in both degrees. Awarded a full-tuition scholarship at the University of Akron, she obtained her Masters in Music Performance in just one year and was inducted into the National Music Honor Society, Pi Kappa Lambda, with a 4.0 GPA. She has won numerous reputable flute and piccolo competitions and scholarships throughout her performance career. She is an associate flutist and piccolo player with numerous professional symphony orchestras in Ohio and West Virginia, including the symphonies in Columbus, Akron, Canton, Ashland, Mansfield, Wheeling, and Tuscarawas. Throughout the years, Williams has taught countless private lessons, clinics, and courses at high schools and colleges throughout Ohio.

Her first feature album, "Simplicity," was released in June 2001 and was quickly embraced by music lovers of all ages, backgrounds, and ethnicities. It continues to receive rave reviews from critics and listeners alike.

In August 2002 at the request of her fans, she released her second album, "Tinsel," a holiday collection.

One year later, in August 2003, she released her third CD recording, "Lovesong," a collection of melodies about love from diverse genres including classical, opera, ballet, and folk.

Dianne Williams currently performs regularly in feature concerts throughout the Midwest and operates a private studio of flute students in Ohio.

Product Description
Smooth. Supple. Full of sentiment. Romantic. Innocent. Pure. Heartfelt.

It's a warm hug from a friend. A piece of dark chocolate and a glass of merlot. A snuggle in front of a glowing fireplace. A kiss so real, you can feel it in your toes. A candlelit dinner for two. A great bedtime story. A glass of milk and some warm fresh-baked cookies. A bouquet of flowers. A smile from a child.

This is love. This is a song. This is Lovesong.

Each of the thirteen love-related melodies on this nearly hour-long CD is played on flute, piccolo, or alto flute with an accompaniment of grand piano, cello, violin, guitar, and percussion. As the title implies, the entirely original arrangements are based on sentimental and romantic melodies from folk songs, operas, ballets, and classical chamber music.

What makes Lovesong unique is its "live" performance for each and every track, giving the entire recording a sincere and expressive feeling. Anyone who knows about the recording industry knows that recording "live" is no small task and is virtually unheard of in the popular music genre. With a "live" recording, all the components must be perfect from start to finish. Each person involved in the recording must perform flawlessly from start to finish and must maintain perfect interaction with the other musicians. Lovesong listeners are elated with the expressive sentiment that the "live" recording captured. "It has the feel of a marvelous, true, realistic performance which feeds on the energy of the moment…full of emotive nuances and spontaneous inflections," as one listener points out.

Lovesong's sincerity will enthrall your heart and captivate your soul. Its reflective mood will lead your thoughts to the ones you love. Its lucidity will capture your deepest sentiments. Its warmth will make you feel at home.

Lovesong,Dianne Williams,Whisper Wind Productions

Lovesong

Lovesong
Lovesong: The Piano Tribute to the Cure
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Gorgeous!
  • Eh...No
 Lovesong: The Piano Tribute to the Cure
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0007PAM56
Release Date: 2005-03-08

Tracks:

  1. Lovesong
  2. Boys Don't Cry
  3. Jumping On Someone Else's Train
  4. In Between Days
  5. The End Of The World
  6. Picture's Of You
  7. Just Like Heaven
  8. A Night Like This
  9. This Is A Lie/Maybe Someday
  10. The Walk
  11. Friday, I'm In Love
  12. What's The Cure For Love?

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Gorgeous!.......2005-12-30

I am writing my first Amazon review ever for this cd, because I couldn't disagree more with the singular existing review. It's true, I would not have found this cd on my own (it was a gift), but now that I have it I can't stop playing it. No, I'm not going to put in on when I need pepping up or am in the mood for the original popalicious "Friday I'm in Love", because this is entirely different work. It is beautiful, sweeping, striking, interesting, relaxing, and an entirely pleasing set of instrumental versions of Cure songs. There is nothing muzak-y about it. If anything, it showcases the depth and complexity of the Cure's work because the songs translate so richly to this format. If you're remotely intrigued by the idea of this cd, and you're remotely open minded about what music can be to be great, this cd will indeed be worth the money.

1 out of 5 stars Eh...No.......2005-07-24

Ok... I'm an avid The Cure fan... but I can't believe what I'm hearing with this. I love paino music and The Cure so I thought this might be a good buy... I can't stand this. It's like Robert Smith elevater music... completely disrespectful. I don't think I've heard a more depressing verson of "Friday I'm In Love" ever... And I like that song. Not worth the cash.
Lovesong
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Fear of Ghosts
 Lovesong
The Cure
Manufacturer: Fiction
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000286SRE

Product Description

CD single released in 1989 by The Cure. Contains 4 songs: Lace, Fear of Ghosts, and 2 versions of Lovesong (7" Mix and Extended Mix).

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Fear of Ghosts.......2005-09-24

"Lovesong" comes a close second to probably being the most well-known song by The Cure (second only to "Friday I'm In Love"). i think it's one of their best songs and this cd single is well matched with two really good unreleased songs and an unecessary extended remix of the single. oh well...good enough.
Essential Operetta
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Insipid lyrics-just what I wanted!
  • An Operetta Gem
  • Beautiful Singing Sabotaged by Insipid Lyrics
  • An enchanting disc
 Essential Operetta

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000029WW
Release Date: 1997-07-01

Tracks:

  1. The Great Waltz: I Long For Vienna
  2. Paganini: I Have Been in Love Before
  3. Boccaccio: Medley
  4. The Merry Widow: Vilja
  5. Der Vigelhandler: Roses From Tyrol
  6. Song Of Norway: Strange Music
  7. Schon ist die Welt: Darling, Trust In Me
  8. Show Boat: You Are Love
  9. A Waltz Dream: Lovesong Of May
  10. New Moon: Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise
  11. The Merry Widow: Merry Widow Waltz
  12. The Count of Luxembourg: Medley
  13. Show Boat: Why Do I Love You?
  14. The Opera Ball: In Our Secluded Rendezvous
  15. Das Land des Lachelns: Yours Is My Heart Alone
  16. Song Of Norway: I Love You
  17. Paganini: Love, You Invaded My Senses
  18. Schon ist die Welt: Wonderful World
  19. The Merry Widow: Women
  20. Kismet: Stranger In Paradise
  21. Frasquita: Frasquita's Serenade
  22. Vienna, My City Of Dreams

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Insipid lyrics-just what I wanted!.......2001-01-27

I received this CD several days ago and have just ordered two more copies of it so I can play it in the car and living room as well as on the computer. I also have "Vienna, City of My Dreams" sung by Placido Domingo in German and love them both. Many years ago before I ever knew who Richard Tucker was, I bought his record, "Vienna, My City of Dreams" with those English lyrics-I wore out three copies of that record and am finally getting it on CD-regardless of the language he sings in, Richard Tucker's music is a treasure and how wonderful that it will never be silenced!!

5 out of 5 stars An Operetta Gem.......2000-06-29

For those of us who have an unbridled passion for operetta, this CD is a treasure. The focus here is Richard Tucker. Fourteen of the 22 tracks are by him. There is much love and affection in these readings. The english translations are just fine. Original languages are just as confectionary in their own tongue. This is part of the magic--part of the fantasy. I would like to have seen this as a single vehicle for Mr. Tucker. The other selections were extracted from full production highlights from other albums and were transition works from operetta to American musical comedy--Song of Norway, Show Boat and Kismet. While nice, they do not necessarily qualify as essential operetta. My only real concern with the collection is Mr. Tucker's use of falsetto for the concluding high note on four selections. This was particularly disconcerting in the revered Siecynski favorite, VIENNA, MY CITY OF DREAMS. The transition to the high note resembled a yoddle. He hits the same notes so beautifully in the other numbers. But what the heck, you still have 10 other solos to treasure. An investment well worth the price.

2 out of 5 stars Beautiful Singing Sabotaged by Insipid Lyrics.......2000-02-27

Kitch!

Wonderful singing, really wonderful, but 12 (of 22) of the songs are marred by the insipid lyric translations of Merl Puffer and Deena Cavalieri. Unfortunately, the singers sing so well that you hear every word with crystal clarity. Here are some lines: Darling trust in me, for I'll always be a loving subject waiting your command...for a love sincere, conquers every fear...champagne will flow, and our hearts will glow...social pressures I faithfully shun, I defy, those who pry, boredom exists everywhere, and I'll escape from it's snare...ah, you see, what love can be...I languish as I linger, from love's fragile bloom, if you'll but raise a finger, I'll clime to your room, the night is growing colder, the world is growing older, don't turn an icy shoulder. I am no expert on poetry but I think that stuff is awful. If these lyrics won't bother you, these are beautifully sung operetta/show tunes. Tucker and Della Casa are fantastic.

4 out of 5 stars An enchanting disc.......1999-04-15

An enchanting disc with Richard Tucker in quite unbelieveably fine voice, even purists will quickly adjust to the slightly cute "English lyrics"

The great surprise of this disc is that it is sung in English using slightly suspect English lyrics, rather than translations it seems, of the non-American works. Mostly it does not matter much, occasionally they are an improvement or even enlighten the music, such as Lehar's "I have been in love before" from his Paganini. In other cases they seem quite unnecessary or simply wrong and difficult to sing to boot. Given that Tucker also sometimes applies an accent that seems vaguely Viennese and it might seem to add up to a recipe for disaster. Not so at all. The voice wins you over within minutes and the recording and remastering were clearly undertaken with equal and genuine affection.

Then there are the pieces sung by other than the tenor, such as Lisa Della Casa singing Vilja and the Merry Widow Waltz, once again in English, with her individual timbre complete with her usual melancholy tones plus simply exquisite top notes, no strain at all. Della Casa has a distinct and charming (natural, of course) Swiss-German accent mainly evident in the Waltz she sings & hums with John Reardon.

In between we find Tucker singing one of the sacrileges of the re-constructed English lyrics, Zeller's "Roses from Tyrol", it misses the originals dialectic charm, "Schenkt man sich Rosen in Tyrol" does not translate somehow as "In the Tyroler lover knows the special promise of a rose for every blosom that you send swears that your love will never end.......". But the singing is so lovely and the last top note bewitchingly floated you forget the quibbles.

The tempos are leisurely but never quite pure schmalz, even in the Grieg' Song of Norway.

The worst lyric irritation I found to be Heuberger's "Im Chambre separee" as "in our seculded rendevue." English instead of German and French as well as being sung by a tenor, for which it may well have been written but here it lacks the soprano accompaniment. I prefer this as two soprano voices in the original sprachen. The text here really is not well matched to the notes though Tucker fits the syllable's across octaves where necessary, swallowing others that can't be fitted in. Again he finishes on an amazing high note floated literally into the distance.

I am amazed how Allers & Tucker make the Romberg piece sound like an operratic version of Rawhide. I adore Hadley & Swenson in "Stranger in Paradise" as well as the others, especially the rare Della Casa and as I type this I am listening to it all on the computer's CD player for the N'th time since I unwrapped my considerably less than 10 bucks worth.

Recommended with reservations on the lyrics but not the extent of content. For purists it will provide many hours of unravelling fact from fiction whilst producing a glow of well being in the process.
Lovesong
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Lovesong

    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000028BRS
    Release Date: 2007-04-10
    Lovesong: A Musical Entertainment (1980 Studio And Original Cast Recording)
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Great Album
    		 Lovesong: A Musical Entertainment (1980 Studio And Original Cast Recording)
    Michael Valenti
    Manufacturer: Original Cast Record
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
    Traditional Vocal PopTraditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000004CPL
    Release Date: 1995-03-23

    Tracks:

    1. WHAT IS LOVE? - Melanie Chartoff/Sigrid Heath/Robert Manzari/Jess Richards
    2. ONE AND TWENTY - Robert Manzari/Jess Richards
    3. BID ME LOVE - Melanie Chartoff/Sigrid Heath/Robert Manzari/Jess Richards
    4. A BIRTHDAY - Christine Andreas
    5. SOPHIA - Jason Graae
    6. MARYANN - Melanie Chartoff
    7. TO MY DEAR AND LOVING HUSBAND - Sigrid Heath/Jess Richards
    8. I REMEMBER - Jess Richards
    9. APRIL CHILD - Christine Andreas
    10. SONG - Melanie Chartoff/Sigrid Heath/Robert Manzari/Jess Richards
    11. WHAT IS A WOMAN LIKE? - Richard Manzari
    12. UNHAPPY BELLA - Judy Kaye
    13. THEATRE - Michael Valenti
    14. LET THE TOAST PASS - Melanie Chartoff/Sigrid Heath/Richard Manzari
    15. ECHO - Melanie Chartoff/Sigrid Heath/Richard Manzari/Jess Richards
    16. A RONDELAY - Sigrid Heath/Richard Manzari/Jess Richards
    17. JUST SUPPOSE - Melanie Chartoff/Richard Manzari
    18. OPEN ALL NIGHT - Judy Kaye
    19. YOUNG I WAS - Richard Manzari
    20. JENNY KISS'D ME - Jason Graae
    21. THE FAIR DISSENTER LASS - Sigrid Heath

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Great Album.......1999-05-10

    This album is the original cast recording of a terrific off-Broadway musical. The cast is wonderful (look at the names!!), and the songs are great. The show is a revue of poems about love from all time periods, put to music by Michael Valenti, who also wrote Oh Brother! and Mademoiselle Colombe, as well as countless classical pieces. This CD is great
    Lovesong
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		Lovesong
      Right Said Fred
      Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B00005QHV9
      Release Date: 2002-01-08

      Tracks:

      1. Lovesong
      2. Youre My Mate (Amigo Mix)
      3. Lovesong (Dance Drive Mix)
      4. Lovesong (Synth Mix)
      5. Lovesong (Commander Tom Mix)

      Album Description

      German single off the dance-pop act's 2001 album, 'Fredhead'. Includes four versions of the title track (Album Version, Dance Drive Mix, Synth Mix & Commander Tom Mix) & the Amigo Mix of their earlier single, 'You're My Mate'.
      Too Late (to Save It With a Lovesong)
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        		Too Late (to Save It With a Lovesong)

        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD
        ASIN: B000O77UNY
        Release Date: 2007-04-24
        Made Up Lovesong #43
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          		Made Up Lovesong #43
          Guillemots
          Manufacturer: Umvd Import
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000JBXXP4
          Release Date: 2006-10-16

          Tracks:

          1. Made-Up Love Song #43
          2. Woody Brown River [Demo Version]
          3. Dormouse and the Meerkat
          4. Made-Up Lovesong #43 [Multimedia Track]
          Perfect Lovesong #1
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            		Perfect Lovesong #1
            Divine Comedy
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B00005RG04

            Tracks:

            1. Perfect Lovesong
            2. No Excuses
            3. Les Jours Tristes

            Album Description

            Third single to be taken from their acclaimed album Regeneration, the title track is backed with two non-LP tracks, 'No Excuses' & 'Les Jours Tristes' featuring Yann Tierson. 2001
            Under The Hawaiian Moon
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              		Under The Hawaiian Moon

              Manufacturer: American Heritage - KRB Music Companies
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD
              ASIN: B0009KS33M

              Product Description

              UNDER THE HAWAIIAN MOON WITH MICHAEL ADAMS AND HIS PACIFIC ISLANDERS 1)HULA LOVESONG 2)STEEL GUITAR CHANT 3)ISLAND MELODY 4)WAIKIKI LUAU 5)LOVER'S FAREWELL 6)HAWAII CALLS 7)LITTLE HULA HUT 8)ENCHANTED ISLAND

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