Oh! Happy Day [Import]

Track Listings

1. Swing Down Chariot

2. Oh Happy Day

3. Freedom After A While

4. Closer To The Light

5. Were You There

6. Roll Jordan Roll

7. Let My People Go

8. The Ways Of The Lord

9. The Battle Of Jericho

10. God Hears Prayer

11. Let Us Sing

12. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again

13. Ill Fly Away

14. Down By The Riverside

15. Tell It On The Mountain

16. Said He Would

17. Burying Ground

18. Yield Not To Temptation

19. Deep River

20. Amazing Grace

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Budget price collection features 20 gospel favorites including, 'Amazing Grace', 'Swing Down Chariot', 'Closer To The Light', 'Down By The Riverside' & more. Prism. 2002.

Oh! Happy Day,100 3rd Street Gospel Choir,Soul/R & B

Tracks:

Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord
Pray For Peace
Oh Happy Day
Joy, Joy
Give Me A Star
I Shall Be Free
To My Father's House
Someday
Jesus, Lover Of My Soul
Ooh Child
Precious Moments
Late In The Evening
A Long Way To Go
Blowin' In The Wind
I'm Going Through

Customer Reviews:

Oh Happy Day!.......2007-05-26

I first noticed Edwin Hawkins when I heard "I'm Going Through" on an episode on Homicide Life on the Street - The Complete Season 4, called "For God And Country". I thought at the time that it was an excellent tune but after making a note of the performer, didn't really think much else of it.

Then "Oh Happy Day" turned up recently on TV adverts for chocolate biscuits. I'd heard this one before of course but didn't know who performed it. I certainly didn't realise that it was the same choir who performed the tune I'd noticed on "Homicide" just a few weeks earlier. I immediately knew I had to get my hands on this CD and placed my order.

I'm not a religious person by any means (any more) but there's something about the sound of a gospel choir with its collective voice raised in praise, that just gets to me. I try to rationalise it but fail every time. This is about more than just a bunch of people with very good voices. It's purely emotional and maybe even spiritual. I just love the sound of gospel choirs. It's the main reason I bought The Preacher's Wife: Original Soundtrack Album. For me, that album is less about Whitney Houston, much more about the Georgia Mass Choir.

And I certainly love the sound of The Edwin Hawkins Singers. "Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord", the album opener, is very moving. "Joy, Joy" I could listen to all day. Other favourites include "Give Me A Star", the jazzy "I Shall Be Free", "To My Father's House", "Jesus, Lover Of My Soul", "Ooh Child", "Precious Memories", "Late In The Evening"...

And of course, "Oh Happy Day" and "I'm Going Through".

In fact, to be honest, I love the entire album. It's called "The Best of The Edwin Hawkins Singers", after all.

O Happy Day! Yeah!!!!!.......2007-03-21

Yeah....couldn't believe I found this....My mom still has the record & used to play when I was a little girl.....I can remember most the songs....love it!!!I'm a music director in our local church and wanted my choir to do this for Easter, I have the perfect soloist.....this song is so filled with the presence of the Lord!.....sounds like the original recording too....

Great Christain Music.......2007-01-10

I've been in love with this song for years. Everytime I forget it, it comes back to the forefront. Most recent was in Sister Act II. I've been to see the Hawkins Singers several times and have always had a blessed and enjoyable experience.

Regis Monahan, BGen, USAF (ret)

AAAAAAAAMENNNNNNNNNNNN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2005-10-15

When you have a rough day the sounds of Edwin Hawkins can lift your spirits! My number one recommendation is OH HAPPY DAY!! It's another one of the songs I am proud to have in my collection! The hand clapping and gospel singing will lift your heart like is does mine! Enjoy!!

If you can't make it to church.........2002-03-05

If you need a spiritual uplift and can't make it to church on a particular Sunday, listen to this an enjoy. Much of the material from this CD comes from another great gospel classic, Edwin Hawkins & co.'s "Oh Happy Day" album from 1968. However, there are some excellent tunes form other later Cd/Albums. The gospel version of the 5 Stairsteps Classic "Ooh Child" is a standout that's comparable to the original (best listened to on a sunny morning to give your day a good start). Tramaine Davis (later Hawkins) solo on "Precious Moments" is also worth the price of admission.

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

Average customer rating:

excellent entertainment
The Christmas I Love
A Christmas Collection That Is Just Plain Fun
Wonderful; marvellous
ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL

The Christmas I Love
Andre Rieu , and Johann Strauss Orchestra
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Customer Reviews:

excellent entertainment.......2007-01-20

I thoroughly enjoyed this Christmas DVD . I want to buy more of Andre Rieu.

The Christmas I Love.......2007-01-10

I was very pleased with the CD and would recommend it to everyone.

All of Andre Rieu's music is very enjoyable to listen to.

A Christmas Collection That Is Just Plain Fun.......2005-11-19

Sometimes I think the only person who is happy that Public television is financially challenged, other that certain legislators who believe that it is too liberal and the culmination of all that is evil, is Andre Rieu. Now don't get me wrong, this happy Dutch musician who models himself after Johan Straus is not a cruel or vindictive person. At least from what I can tell he's not, but let's face it. If PBS did not have financial woes, Andre Rieu, one of its favorite stars, would not have received the exposure he has, and his sales in the United States would probably be next to nothing. Of course for anyone who has ever seen one of his extravaganzas, we would be missing something enjoyable. He's musically sound and he knows how to entertain, and quiet frankly, though some classical purists may cringe at his name, I don't believe the composers whose music he uses are rolling in their graves because it's become popular once again.

Of all his concerts and CDs, I enjoy THE CHRISTMAS I LOVE the most. The jitterbug version of "Jingle Bells" shows that an old tune can produce new tricks. His arrangement of "The Holy City" (a.k.a. "Jerusalem") is almost as moving as when it is performed with a vocalist. The recording has a number of medleys that include favorites from all over Europe show how Christmas has such an international flair. For me, however, this album provides true variety. Many of the carols are not familiar to Americans, so we hear something different yet also authentic to the holiday season.

I'm surprised that there have not been other Rieu Christmas discs. He's an original musician and a consummate showman, so I'm sure there's more he could do with holiday music, but maybe he knows he has a classic with this collection and it will stand the test of time.

Wonderful; marvellous.......2000-09-30

Andre Rieu proves again he is the best of the best! I bought this CD in october 1997, a few weeks before Andre's concert In Quebec city. In this CD, you'll find all the classics of Christmas. They are well played because Andre and his orchestra know how to bring us the atmosphere of Christmas. The desing of the CD is well done. If you,re looking for good music, please try this CD You'll enjoy it. If you have the occasion to see his Christmas concert on TV, watch it. It's very beautiful.

This his not the first CD made by Andre. In 1992, he released "Spielt Die Schonten Weihnachtslieder".

ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL.......1999-08-18

Another wonderful Andre Rieu CD. All the Rieu recordings and videos are a breath of fresh air - a joy to the soul.

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)

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Irresistible
"Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops
Excellent!
Great Arrangments

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites)

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Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Irresistible.......2005-07-29

From beginning to end this CD is pure delight. A great recording has great music, a great performance, and great sound; this one scores on all three counts.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals dominated Broadway in the 1940s and 1950s, and American musical theater has produced no more consistently eloquent and durable voice than Richard Rodgers. From his fertile genius flowed a surprising number of memorable songs, many of which have passed into and become an accepted and beloved part of modern American culture.

This well-filled CD (77:36) features symphonic arrangements (all but two by Robert Russell Bennett) of the music from Oklahoma (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Flower Drum Song (1958), and The Sound of Music (1959). All the great tunes are here in suites from each musical that average 10-12 minutes in length. The arrangements are expert: rich, varied, and colorful. The performances are polished, idiomatic, and irresistible; Kunzel and this orchestra are thorough masters of this kind of material. And Telarc's sound (recorded 1991) is state-of-the-art (engineer Michael Bishop deserves to take a bow).

In short, there's nothing here to cloud your listening pleasure (the only quibble I can imagine is that some of your favorites may not last long enough), so it's hard for me to envision anyone with ears and a taste for music who wouldn't enjoy this CD. Warmly recommended. Finally, if you like this one as much as I do, you might want to know that the same team has produced a companion volume, the Lerner & Lowe Songbook for Orchestra.

"Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops.......2003-12-26

Erich Kunzel's Rodgers and Hammerstein anthology with the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra is one of the best and most ravishing instrumental Rodgers and Hammerstein albums of all time. With sumptuous arrangements and warm, natural Telarc recording, this glorious 77-minute CD presents sweeping, melodic arrangements of over 60 Rodgers and Hammerstein selections, spanning eight scores, and Kunzel allows the Pops to play with a characterful and polished understanding of the Rodgers and Hammerstein idiom. The disc is enough to cheer you up on a dull day and make you smile, and it might even want to make you feel like a convert to Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.

This CD has all the scores arranged chronologically. The OKLAHOMA! suite that opens this disc promises a feast for the senses, Kunzel ably evokes the territory's "bright, golden haze" in the way he conducts the various excerpts, until you feel the atmosphere of the country charm of the show, and the love-affair between Curly and Laurey. Then, in CAROUSEL, he ably evokes the pathos of this tragic R&H masterwork, especially in the truncated Waltz, but he leads a wonderfully melodic "June is Bustin' Out All Over" and a devotional "You'll Never Walk Alone." Although this suite does not include Billy's pivotal Soliloquy, it includes "If I Loved You" as an expression of his love for Julie, and within minutes you could be soaked in the ups and downs of the show's mood.

After a brief STATE FAIR suite, with sweeping renditions of "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing", we are brought into the disc's showstopping highlights. These highlights are the excerpts from SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. But yet Kunzel conducts the rest of the disc until the various suites amount to a series of showstoppers. These three suites present wonderfully-arranged versions of their many familiar classic songs, with well-played solos. The SOUTH PACIFIC suite presents the songs in chronological order, yet preserves the atmosphere of the show at the same time. Kunzel ably brings out the romance in "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger than Springtime," and contrasts it with the exotic and dreamlike "Bali Hai'i" and the comic "There is Nothing like a Dame" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair". Although the suite ends quietly with a reprise of "Dites-Moi" rather than the reprise of "Some Enchanted Evening," within minutes we are swept into the KING AND I suite. Kunzel ably brings out the Oriental pathos in this score, and he captures the warmth of Anna's rapport with the King's Siamese children in "Getting to Know You", and with the King himself in "Shall We Dance." There is also romance in the love ballads "I Have Dreamed" and "We Kiss in a Shadow." Similarly, in the selection from THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Kunzel conducts this until the orchestra soaks itself in the atmosphere of this Austrian R&H score. This SOUND OF MUSIC suite has more of a feel of the score compared to the bonus track on Sony's reissued version of the Broadway recording. You can almost feel as if you are following the progress of the Trapp family and how it lifts its spirits with the joy of music. Kunzel gives us a soaring version of the title song, and spirited versions of "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favourite Things." He balances it with the open-air quality of "Edelweiss" and "The Lonely Goatherd." Although this suite could have included "Something Good," the love ballad written for the film, the three recollections of the songs that were cut from the movie only last for a while. And, the towering version of "Climb Every Mountain" crowns this portion of the disc, and this sumptuously-produced recording. But, I should also mention the infectuous FLOWER DRUM SONG medley, where Kunzel turns this underrated score into a work of art, until it convinces you to buy the cast recording. And, don't forget about the brief CINDERELLA WALTZ, too, when Kunzel conducts it magically, until you feel like you are in the company of Cinderella and the Prince. He is able to show how this R&H score marked a comeback for R&H after the failiures of Me and Juliet, and Pipe Dream.

Overall, this glorious Rodgers and Hammerstein recording is guarunteed to make you want to pucker your lips out for a whistle or sing along (to paraphrase another revew for Kunzel's Disney Spectacular disc) - even if this recording is music only, and as long as you know the words to the songs (and you might know a large handful of them already.) There is always a certain magic in this fine CD that makes you feel like you're sitting in the theatre watching these musicals, until it makes you feel like it is truly, to borrow two R&H song titles, "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Something Wonderful" to be in Kunzel's company for this R&H offering. It would certainly be one recording that could make you feel willing to buy the complete cast recordings of the shows. And I guaruntee that it will make you feel willing to pull out your existing copies of the cast recordings to listen to them again. I also guaruntee that it will be a cornerstone in any Rodgers and Hammerstein collection, just as it is in mine. Recommended heartily to any Rodgers and Hammerstein enthusiast and to fans of Erich Kunzel's work. And, you can play it while reading the Richard Rodgers biography, Musical Stages, until Rodgers himself would count this as his favourite disc in the afterlife.

By the way, most of the arrangements for the suites on this CD were done by the veteran R&H orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, and it surely adds to the appeal of this recording. This itself is enough to amount to the icing on the cake, since Kunzel conducts them well on here, and since this recording still allows the suites to have the original theatrical atmosphere. And, although this recording is like the Mauceri collection of the Rodgers & Hammerstein overtures in compiling orchestral suites of Rodgers & Hammerstein, I think that I like the Kunzel recording even more because Kunzel has more magic in his conducting of these suites.

Excellent!.......2003-04-08

This is one of the best Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops collections we own! A must for Rodgers and Hammerstein fans, too.

Great Arrangments.......2001-09-02

This is a first rate album with great arrangments and orchestrations. If you're a Rodgers and Hammerstein fan, you can't afford to miss this specatacular album

Average customer rating:

Great
Oh HaPPY dAY.
Black Choral Gospel at it's rawest power
Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy, Joy will Come!
NICE

Oh Happy Day
Edwin Hawkins Singers
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ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

Great.......2006-01-19

This album has proved to be one of my favourites since I picked it up almost a year ago. Unlike Gospel groups like The Winans, the Edwin Hawkins Singers lean more towards traditional Gospel rather than the R&B/Pop/Gospel hybrid that The Winans helped popularize. This music consists mostly of a large Gospel choir with various soloists, piano, and organ as opposed to numerous synthesizers.
The title track "Oh Happy Day" was a huge hit for the group, making the top ten in the late 1960's and was since covered by such as artists as Aretha Franklin, Mavis Staples, and BeBe Winans. The song is indeed uplifting, with a joyful performance by the singers and a lovely solo by a husky-voiced female. (My cassette version doesn't include liner notes.) "Joy, Joy" is a piano-driven ballad about enduring the hardships of life and looking forward to the joy that comes afterward. It's one of my favourite songs. Other highlights are the fast-paced "To My Father's House," the compelling "I Heard The Voice Of Jesus," and the bluesy "I'm Going Through." Also featured are the hymn-like "Let Us Go Into The House Of The Lord," the jazzy "I Shall Be Free," and the R&B-ish "Precious Memories." There isn't a bad song on the album, and I highly recommend it.

Oh HaPPY dAY........2005-08-28

tHE best album in my collection of 3,500 albums. It will knock you out.

,,,,and I am as white as they come!!
jack barry, san francisco

Black Choral Gospel at it's rawest power.......2001-08-17

This CD will remind you of an actual service on Sunday morning in a Black church with a strong youth choir. You can almost see the sisters with their elaborate hats and little girls with Shirley-Temple curls when you listen to this one. This was recorded live at the Ephisian Church of God in Christ in Berkely, Ca. in June of 1968 on an old-fashioned Ampex recorder. The record company bought the tape as is and thus this album/CD. Yes, crude technonolgy for the audiophiles, but that gives this a down-home feeling that's part of the charm. If you can listen to "Oh Happy Day", "In My Father's House," I'm Coming Through" etc. and STILL be in a bad mood, then you REALLY have problems! Enjoy!

Weeping may endure for a night, but Joy, Joy will Come!.......2000-10-06

Most folks of Boomer age will instantly recognize "Oh Happy Day" as a popular radio tune.... Moving into the album from track one you get a rich, mellow piano intro and Choral blending of " Let us go into the House of the Lord"... an instant balming wash of goodness... turn it Up! A couple of fast clappin' numbers later you are at My Favorite... "Joy, Joy"... If you are looking for some Godly assistance, this tune is a magical blessing you should take a moment to enjoy. I get teary-eyed just thinking of how much you and I need this kind of music in our lives. We keep it on the Disk carousel all the time at our house... Send one to your friends in need.

NICE.......2000-06-13

This is a very good song , go buy it.

Music of Cole Porter/Music of Vincent Youmans

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Kostelanetz Treasures

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Medley: Through the Years/Drums in My Heart [From Smiling Through]
I Know That You Know [From "Oh, Please"]
Through the Years [From "Smiling Through"]
Drums in My Heart [From "Smiling Through"]

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Kostelanetz Treasures.......2001-02-08

In my opinion, the composer series recordings by Kostelanetz are among his best. The arrangements are for full orchestra and some of the best examples of Kostelanetz' passion and insight into the golden age of musical theatre. Six of the Cole Porter selections I had on '78s when they were first recorded, and the arrangements are the essence of Cole Porter. Kostelanetz indeed, plays the words, that is, during recording sessions,the orchestra members had the lyrics as well as the music on their music stands. My favorite is Porter's "I Love You". The Kostelanetz strings have a way of reaching my heart strings - it seems to express in music the way I feel about my wife of 42 years - you guessed it - I'm in my late 60's. I have this CD on back order, and have not really listened to it - but I have enjoyed these recordings for many years. However, to evaluate the quality of sound on these CDs I purchased the CD in the same series "Music of Irving Berlin" . The sound is outstanding, and true to the Kostelanetz original recordings. The Vincent Youmans recordings are a bit newer and first appeared on mono-LP. Again, they are excellent Kostelanetz arrangements and outstanding performances. What a treasure to find both of these wonderful LP recordings on one CD. I expect to have my copy of this CD from Amazon within the next week or so, and I will update this review after listening.

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SURPRISE DELIGHT!

Oh Happy Day
The Myra Walker Singers
Manufacturer: Compendia
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000BT1
Release Date: 1996-01-23

Tracks:

Oh Happy Day
Oh It Is Jesus
So Good
He's Preparing Me
Available To You
Wash Me
No Ways Tired
I Am Redeemed
Something About That Name
Soon And Very Soon

Customer Reviews:

SURPRISE DELIGHT!.......2000-05-24

WHAT A WONDERFUL SURPRISE THIS ALBUM WAS! I WAS LOOKING FOR ANOTHER ARTIST WHEN I HAPPENED UPON THIS WONDERFUL COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARY CLASSICS SANG WITH A NEW SOUL AND INSPIRATION. MOST GOSPEL ENTHUSIASTS WILL RECOGNIZE THESE TITLES, LIKE "OH, HAPPY DAY" AND "OH IT IS JESUS". THE ARTIST MAY BE UNKNOWN BUT THE SINGING INSPIRES TO WORSHIP LIKE TRUE GOSPEL SHOULD.

Oh Happy Day! Roof Raisin' Gospel from the Soul

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Oh Happy Day! Roof Raisin' Gospel from the Soul
Various Artists
Manufacturer: K-Tel Entertainment
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002T7YT4
Release Date: 2004-08-17

Tracks:

Oh, Happy Day
I'd Sho' Shout About It
Battle of Jericho
Old Time Religion
Help Me to Lift Him
Get on Board (Gospel Train)
Tell It on the Mountain
Amazing Grace
Precious Memories
He's My Savior

Tracks:

He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
Roll Jordan Roll
Wade in the Water
Said He Would
This May Be the Last Time
I Believe
Kumbayah
Let My People Go
Old Rugged Cross
To My Father's House

Tracks:

Down by the Riverside
Blowin' in the Wind
Were You There (When They Crucified My Lord)
I'll Fly Away
Let Us Sing
Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
Canaan
His Way (My Way)
When the Saints Go Marching In

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She's got the Grace!
Nana shows her breadth
A real upper!
Nanas Gospel . . .
Fantastic, From a great lady singer

Oh Happy Day
Nana Mouskouri
Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001FZS
Release Date: 1991-05-21

Tracks:

In The Upper Room
Are You Sure
Go Down Moses
Balm In Gilead
Didn't It Rain
Nobody Knows The Troubles I've Seen
Oh Happy Day
Slow Train
I Got Shoes
Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
Precious Memories
Rock A My Soul
All My Trials
Amazing Grace

Customer Reviews:

She's got the Grace!.......2007-04-13

Well, as a colombian musician, very fond of Spiritual and Gospel music, I just spent past Holidays with an american choral conductor at a choral meeting here in Colombia. I was telling him about my great joy every time I listen to this recording. Spirituals and Gospel music sprang from a deep and painful religious experience. This is not the kind of easy light pop that can be acomplished by any of those contemporary pop stars; by any "blonde Barbie". NO. Definitely, this requires a special musical Grace and talent to be able to express every mood hidden behind those melodic lines, apparently simple, yet full of vital energy comimg from that particular view of man and of God.
And Nana's got that Grace. The opening "In the Upper Room" is superb, with carefully, yet passionately sung, melismas. Balm in Gilead is sweet and healing, Oh Happy Day is pure resurrection and Amazing Grace.....God, that's how it should be sung! What a sweet line, what a choir, such crescendos! Yes, Nana. You DO understand that vision of Paradise!

Nana shows her breadth.......2005-04-08

"Gospel" is very different from Nana's other albums. Her choice of music is excellent. Like Elvis and Little Richard, Nana pays homage to gospel, not only for itself, but as the root of both jazz and rock 'n' roll. (Check "I Got Shoes" and Didn't It Rain") Nana proves that she can run the full gamut: the quiet, bluesy "Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen;" the folk-gospel "All My Trials;" the soul-wrenching "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child;" the joyous "Oh Happy Day" and the toe-tapping "Rock My Soul." She does them all better than well. Another reviewer called her the "white Mahalia Jackson." Nana is very, very good, but no one today can match Mahalia; perhaps no one ever will.

A special note about "Amazing Grace." This simple hymn is one of the most-often recorded songs (for good reason). It's often badly overdone, with soaring orchestras and/or huge choirs or the wail of bagpipes, or it is so bland (e.g., Lawrence Welk's or Pat Boone's versions) that it loses everything and becomes ho-hum. The best versions I've heard are by outstanding women singers-- Judy Collins's bell-like clarity; Charlotte Church's virtuoso performance--all the more astonishing because she was only 12; Joan Baez's unique "duet" with her audience; and the incomparable Mahalia (sort of the other end of the spectrum from Charlotte Church), who put in about 8 times as many notes. Nana goes right up there with them. Her rendition is simple, sweet, yet powerful, with almost as much "soul" as Mahalia. It's enough to bring tears to the eyes of even the staunchest non-believer--I should know.

A real upper!.......2002-11-14

Even if you are not religious, the joy, fun & upbeat themes of this lively album will make you smile & give you a lift. Great for the treadmill or your walk routine. Nana captures the rhythms, nuances & cadence of the gospel singer & runs with it. Enjoy.

Nanas Gospel . . ........2001-05-04

O Happy Day - its really Happy Days when Nana sings . . .One of the best Gospel CD:s who are . . . With feeling, soul and dignity Nana express Herself and the inner meaning of "the Gospel life" so GOOD as nobody can do exept Her . . . Its in the way of Mahailia Jackson . . . NANA semms to bee our best singer ever - and so many Year working on stage and Studios to give the BEST of the Poems - Music and deep feeling for the whole contest. GREAT NANA ! ! !

Fantastic, From a great lady singer.......1999-02-08

To be able to catch the the spirit of these songs takes a great singer. One has to call her the "white Mahaela Jackson" it is a pleasure to listen,make time for this one.

Thomas Hampson - Romantic Songs by Berlioz, Wagner and Liszt / Geoffrey Parsons

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The American Fischer-Dieskau takes a risk, and wins
Truly, romantically worth it
romantic indeedý

Thomas Hampson - Romantic Songs by Berlioz, Wagner and Liszt / Geoffrey Parsons

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Söderström sings Liszt, Schubert, Tchaikovsky, etc.

ASIN: B000002RU1
Release Date: 1994-03-15

Tracks:

'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 4: La belle Voyageuse
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 8: Adieu, Bessy!
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 1: LeCoucher du soleil
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 7: L' Origine de la harpe
'Irlande' , Op. 2: No. 9: Elegie
Mignonne, WWV57
Tout n'est qu'images fugitives, WWV58
Les deux Grenadiers, WWV 60
Lied des Mephistopheles WWWV15 No. 4
Lied des Mephistopheles WWV15 No. 5
Der Tannenbaum WWV50
Die Vatergruft, G281 - G371
Go Not, Happy Day, G335
Es rauschen die Winde, G294
lhr Auge, G310
Wanderers Nachtlied, G306
Im Rhein, im schonen Strome, G272 - G531 - 2
Es muss ein Wunderbares sein, G314
Vergiftet sind meiner Lieder, G289
La Tombe et la rose, G285 - G539
'Comment,' disaient-ils, G276 - G535
Oh, quand je dors G282

Customer Reviews:

The American Fischer-Dieskau takes a risk, and wins.......2006-07-17

This CD is out of print, and that's no surprise: songs by Berlioz, Wanger, and Liszt are known only to conoissuers. Hampson happens to be that and more. His crusade to bring every variety of classic song to the public parallels Fischer-Dieskau's efforts a generation ago. Like his illustrious predecessor Hampson is a master of many styles, an impeccable technician, and an innatley intelligent artist. One can neer lose by buying his riskier recitals.

This is one of the most difficult to appreciate, I think, becasue except for a melodie or two by Verlioz, nothing here is familiar. The Wanger songs avoid the well-known Wessendonck lieder in favor of light and slight early songs, three of them in French (!) and all so charming the name of Wanger would never occur to an innocent listener.

The heart of the recital are te Liszt songs. Rarely heard in the concert hall (if ever), Liszt's lieder output is very impressive, which is why artists as diverse as Barbara Bonney and Thomas Quasthoff have given us collections like this one. Hampson ofers 12 from a broad span of the composer's long life, and they span many emotions, from the tender to the boldly declamatory. Only the last, "Oh, quand je dors," is likely to be familiar. There is such art in the singing, and in Geoffrey Parsons' accompaniments, that every song here, with the exception of the Berlioz, sounds completely masterful (I don't find that Hampson has the real chanson style).

Since this superb CD sells for pennies on the used market, it's very much worth anyone's time and attention. You'll hear a great singer at the peak of his powers.

Truly, romantically worth it.......2004-07-09

I love Romantic music, poetry and painting. The Lieder sung here by Thomas Hampson have all 3: obviously the music and the poetry, which are wonderful, and the painting is given by Mr Hampson's voice. A more romantic voice I cannot imagine. I listen to it constantly...

romantic indeedý.......1999-09-01

... are the selections presented here. Thomas Hampson's voice appears to have an ideal weight for these intimate delicate songs, his thoughtful detailed reading of them is delightful. Purchasing this CD, I expected a collection of lesser-known lieder, but found instead German and French alternatives to Italian "salon songs" of Bellini, late Rossini, or Donizetti, although written later and most carrying a strong sense of German romanticism, found in the poetry of Goethe, Heine, or Uhland, as well as in the fiction works of E.T.A. Hoffman and his contemporaries. Hugo's stirring verse found its way thrice to this CD.

Hampson's finely crafted presentations remind the listener of Fischer-Dieskau, if missing some the latter's celebrated smoothness of tone. It's hard to believe "Mignonne" was written by Wagner! Most likely, it was one of composer's controversial experiments with French style, and we are lucky to hear it survive the test of time and Wagner "purists". (I do prefer Rienzi to Siegfried, any day though, thus it's a biased opinion, right?) To my great surprise, Liszt's songs vary - some are exciting and melodic ("Go not Happy Day" or "a Tombe et la Rose"), others are more like recitatifs, sung very quietly, with recurring dreamy melancholic quality to them, but with none of Schubert's poignancy or Mahler's edginess.

There is a great deal of harmony between the singer and Geoffrey Parsons' piano. Like Jorg Demus or John Wustman, Parsons does not forcibly take the center stage, yet his accompaniment is always ideally timed and he often engages in sparkling dialogue with the singer (listen to Les deux Grenadiers!)

Indeed a highly enjoyable disc with a few surprises.

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