Golden Child [Soundtrack]

1. Best Man in the World - A. Wilson, Ann Wilson, Nancy Wilson

2. Deeper Love - Meli'sa Morgan, Diane Warren

3. Love Goes on (Love Theme from the Golden Child) - Ashford & Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, ,

4. Shame on You - The Motels,

5. Body Talk - Ratt

6. (Let Your Love Find) The Chosen One - Michael James Jackson,

7. Chosen One - Robbie Buchanan, Michel Colombier

8. Sardo and the Child - Michel Colombier

9. Golden Love - Michel Colombier

10. Confrontation - Michel Colombier

11. Wisdom of the Ages - John Barry

Golden Child,Original Soundtrack,Capitol,Hair Metal,Pop-Metal,Soundtracks & Film Scores

Average customer rating: The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player! Persuaders Theme! A Variety Of Classics! Incredible Barry Collection " one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry"

John Barry: The Collection Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Box Sets | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music Beyondness of Things Jerry Goldsmith: 40 Years of Film Music The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection Eternal Echoes ASIN: B00005BADD Release Date: 2001-05-22

Tracks:

1. Zulu
2. From Russia With Love
3. From Russia With Love - 007
4. Goldfinger
5. The Ipcress File
6. The Knack
7. Mister Moses
8. Thunderball
9. The Wrong Box
10. Born Free
11. The Quiller Memorandum
12. You Only Live Twice
13. The Girl With The Sun In Her Hair
14. Deadfall

Tracks:

1. The Lion In Winter
2. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
3. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
4. Midnight Cowboy
5. Midnight Cowboy
6. The Appointment
7. The Last Valley
8. Walkabout
9. Monte Walsh
10. Diamonds Are Forever
11. The Persuaders
12. Mary Queen Of Scots
13. The Man With The Golden Gun
14. The Dove

Tracks:

1. The Tamarind Seed
2. King Kong
3. Eleanor And Franklin
4. Robin And Marian
5. The Deep
6. Hanover Street
7. The Black Hole
8. Moonraker
9. Somewhere In Time
10. Raise The Titanic
11. Body Heat
12. Frances
13. Octopussy
14. The Cotton Club

Tracks:

1. High Road To China
2. A View To A Kill
3. Out Of Africa
4. The Living Daylights
5. Dances With Wolves
6. Dances With Wolves
7. Chaplin
8. Moviola
9. Indecent Proposal
10. The Specialist
11. The Scarlet Letter
12. Cry The Beloved Country
13. Mercury Rising
14. The James Bond Theme

Customer Reviews:

The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra needs a guitar player!.......2006-11-09

Granted, they only need it for one composition (the last one, "The James Bond Theme") but still, without the guitar it's just not the same. Barry didn't compose this one so I suppose it was a bonus and I shouldn't complain, really. The rest of the music on all the CDs is fantastic. Some of the stuff I had heard before without realizing who had composed it. Very enjoyable, to say the least.

Persuaders Theme!.......2006-03-02

Buy it for the Persuaders theme, probably the best TV theme song ever written.

A Variety Of Classics!.......2005-12-06

John Barry has been composing film scores for over forty years and this is only scratching the surface of his productions. Never mind that the entire set is recorded by the Prague Philharmonic; it's pure to Barry's themes. While John Williams compositions ("Star Wars", etc.) are wild and flamboyant and Jerry Goldsmith's (Hoosier's, etc.) are mood pieces, John Barry crosses over all barriers and is amazingly diverse. Barry has recorded most of the exciting James Bond themes, melodramatic classics like "The Lion In Winter' and moody theme hits like "Midnight Cowboy". He also tugs at the heartstrings with compositions from, "Somewhere In Time", "Frances" and "Out Of Africa". He varies his themes for all types of films and few composers capture it so well.

There is over four hours of music in this set with a colorful and informative booklet.

Incredible Barry Collection.......2004-03-11

Any fan of movies will absolutley love this collection. Being a movie buff I couldn't wait to get this boxed set. Knowing Barry from all the James Bond movies, I did not realize his involvement with so many others. The orchestra is magnificent in all these themes. I'm listening to "High Road to China" right now and I'm drifting in the clouds in a Tiger Moth with Tom Selleck and Bess Armstrong. If you are familiar with a movie it will definitely have you seeing it again, if not the scores are still beautiful. Any fan of classical music will be pleased as well. Travellers will defintitely enjoy it for a long drive. I know from when I use to travel that music like this made the miles float by faster. I highly recommend these four CDs even if you just know a handful of the songs.

" one of cinema's greatest composers...John Barry".......2001-07-06

This collection of four compact discs...are worth their weight in GOLD! Barry creates visual moods for each film he scores...romantic, sentimental, action, adventure, suspense and mystery...the list could go on. Strings, brass and lush-velvet arrangements overlay each cue in his distinctive style of legendary scoring...we have ~ "John Barry:The Collection", Silva Screen's release traces 40 years of film music, featuring "The City Of Prague Philarmonic Orchestra" ~ conducted by Mr. Nic Raine (outstanding)..."Crouch End Festival Chorus" ~ David Temple, Choir Master...perform 56 selections, over four hours of symphonic suites with a full orchestra sound...all individually wrapped-up into one neat package...just the way "film-score-buffs" like 'em!

Must ask the following to take a bow ~ James Fitzpatrick (compilation producer), always in their pitching, Reynold da Silva (executive producer), Nic Raine (conductor, arranger, orchestrator & associate producer), a tremen!dous asset to every project he undertakes...and the man who made it all possible...a legendary icon always leading the way in film scoring ~ JOHN BARRY!

Total Time: 258:76 on 56 Tracks ~ SSD-1128 ~ (2001)

You might try other albums from Silva Screen, all worthy of a good listen ~ "The Essential James Bond" (SSD-1034)..."Bond:Back In Action" (SSD-1100)..."Bond:Back In Action 2" (SSD-1119)..."Zulu" (SSD-1095)..."Raise The Titanic" (SSD-1102)..."Walkabout" (SSD-1120)...check out my reviews on amazon.com/music.

Average customer rating: Wonderful! Simple and sweet songs Marvellous cd, enchanting music Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music Didn't like the voice.

Lullabies: A Songbook Companion Manufacturer: Essay ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Elgar | Elgar, Sir Edward | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Humperdinck, Engelbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Lullabies | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook Lullabies and Poems for Children (Everyman's Library Pocket Poets) A Treasury of Children's Songs: Forty Favorites to Sing and Play Go In and Out the Window: An Illustrated Songbook For Children The Library of Children's Song Classics ASIN: B00000083Z Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. All Through The Night
2. All The Pretty Little Horses
3. All Night, All Day
4. Armenian Lullaby
5. Baby's Bed's A Silver Moon
6. Baloo, Baleerie
7. Brahms' Lullaby
8. Brezairola
9. Traumerei, Op. 15, No. 1
10. Can Ye Sew Cushions
11. By'm Bye
12. Bye, Baby Bunting - Golden Slumbers
13. Dance To Your Daddy - Dance, Little Baby
14. Fais Dodo
15. Good Night To You All
16. Jocelyn: Berceuse
17. Hush, Little Baby
18. Kumbayah
19. Little Boy Blue
20. Suo Gan
21. Matthew, Mark, Luke, And John
22. Mozart's Lullaby
23. Chanson de Nuit, Op. 15, No. 1
24. Now The Day Is Over - Raindrops
25. Raisins And Almonds
26. Rock-A-Bye, Baby
27. Rocking - The Sandman
28. Tales Of Hoffman: O Bell Nuit - Bacarolle
29. Skidamarink
30. Sleep, Baby, Sleep
31. Sweet And Low
32. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
33. Toora, Loora, Loora
34. Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star: Twinkel, Twinkel, Little Star
35. When At Night I Go To Sleep

Amazon.com

Released as a companion piece to the award-winning book Lullabies: An Illustrated Songbook, this hour-plus of music is a wonderful mix of stately classical themes and child-friendly vocals. The selections range from "All the Pretty Little Horses" to a global spread of lullabies drawn from classical and folk traditions. The music is spare, with Kapp on piano, Julianne Baird and Kapp's daughter Madeline on vocals, and Mela Tenenbaum on violin, viola, and occasional vocals. Most of the classical selections (from Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahms, Edmund Elgar, W.A. Mozart, et al.) get a straight-ahead, accomplished treatment. Lest you think the project stuffy, each of the melodies is in the one- to two-minute range, which effectively mandates a stronger sense of flow than most children's collections. Kapp, who managed to create a visual and poetic flow in the Lullabies book, keeps things nicely in a groove here, knowing enough to segue into silly tracks about halfway through the CD to provide a wider emotional range. This album every bit as accomplished as the book. --Andrew Bartlett

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful!.......2007-02-14

I love this CD. It's very well-done, and the approach is different than most children's CDs - very refined, yet soothing. I don't get tired of listening to it the way I do others -- which is important when trying to get a little one to sleep! I highly recommend it and the companion book.

Simple and sweet songs.......2006-04-02

With just piano, violin and vocals, this is a simple and heartfelt album. Ms. Baird's voice conveys the full emotions that a mother feels for her new baby with clean and open singing. The first track in particular, "All Through The Night," still makes me teary. I played this in the hospital when my son was born, and we use it as part of our wind-down ritual. I do agree that some of the songs are a little upbeat for bedtime. We just skip those in the evening (using iTunes).

Marvellous cd, enchanting music.......2005-10-18

Our whole family loves this cd. I am continually charmed and refreshed by the subtlety, taste and musicianship that has gone into these arrangements of well- and lesser-known gems. Apart from the joy of the simple yet perfect chordal progressions, listen to the warm, caressing tone imparted by the low bass notes in the piano in many of the tracks. The pace is so wonderfully leisurely, there is time to savour each song or piece, and yet each lasts only two or three minutes. The three diverse yet complementary singers, each with a tender and gentle presence suiting the subject matter, give a sense of a 19th century family musical evening. Magical.

Good if you want to sing from the book but can't read music.......2004-02-10

I bought this solely because I have the book and wanted to sing the lullabies to my kids, but I can't read music. For this purpose it is fine. The songs are not in the same order as in the book but I can deal. As a stand-alone lullaby CD I wouldn't really recommend it--the songs are not sung in a soothing manner, there's lots of variety in tempo and volume, some are even sung up-beat. The voices are not pitched high enough for babies either. That being said, I am back on Amazon today to buy it for my sister who is due any day now with her 3rd kid--we both like to sing and have the book, and songs (in book or music form) are a great present that the baby won't grow out of for a long time, and helps you bond with your little one too.

Didn't like the voice........2002-12-11

I bought this cd to go with the book and it is very frustrating because the songs on this cd are not even in the same order as the book. The singing voice fluctuates too much, it will be really soft and then it gets really high pitch. And if you have the volume set at a lower level for some songs then you can't hear other songs. I think there are better cds to buy than this one.

Average customer rating: Absolute BEST music for rocking a baby to sleep!!!! relaxing music

Brainy Music: Sleepy Baby Manufacturer: Brainy Baby ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Brainy Music: Peaceful Baby Brainy Music: Cheerful Baby Brainy Music: Playful Baby Brainy Music: Classical Tunes Brainy Music: Sing Along Songs ASIN: B00009IAYG Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. Rockabye Baby
2. Bedtime
3. Sleep, Little Child
4. Sleep On, Little One
5. All Through The Night
6. Lullaby
7. Golden Slumbers
8. Ave Maria
9. Pavane
10. The Swan
11. Little Children
12. To A Wild Rose
13. Sleepytime

Customer Reviews:

Absolute BEST music for rocking a baby to sleep!!!!.......2006-01-25

I received the Sleepy Baby CD as a shower gift from a friend for our first child 2 1/2 years ago. We played the CD every night since she was an infant while rocking her to sleep and it worked LIKE A DREAM. It'll even put the parent to sleep!! We used the CD until she was about 20 months old. There's no need to try other music out there...this is by far the best. We're expecting our second child in March and have ordered another copy. (The first one was used so much it now skips on a couple of the tracks.) I hope soon to try the other titles in this series since I've been so happy with this one.

relaxing music.......2006-01-13

I was looking for a good sleeping/nap time CD for my 1 year old daughter. Actually her sister (she is 3 years old) loves this CD and called "Quiet time" music. So, now we can sit down and relax together with this CD!
Not for driving--coz make you sleepy!!

Average customer rating: Old Fashioned Sincerity One of the worst recordings ever made Pete's Dad

Handel's Messiah Manufacturer: Golden Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00013ND8M Release Date: 2004-02-10

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Comfort Ye My People
3. Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
4. And the Glory of the Lord
5. Thus Saith the Lord of Hosts
6. But Who May Abide the Day of His Coming?
7. And He Shall Purify the Sons of Levi
8. Behold a Virgin Shall Conceive
9. O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings to Zion
10. For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover the Earth
11. People That Walked in Darkness
12. For Unto Us a Child Is Born
13. Pastorale Symphony
14. There Were Shepherds Abiding in the Field
15. Glory to God in the Highest
16. Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter of Zion
17. Then Shall the Eyes of the Blind Be Open'd
18. He Shall Feed His Flock Like a Shepherd
19. His Yoke Is Easy, His Burden Is Light
20. Behold the Lamb of God

Tracks:

1. He Was Despised and Rejected of Men
2. Surely, He Hath Borne Our Griefs
3. And With His Stripes We Are Healed
4. All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
5. All They That See Him, Laugh Him to Scorn
6. He Trusted in God That He Would Deliver Him
7. Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
8. Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
9. He Was Cut Off Out of the Land of the Living
10. But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul in Hell
11. Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
12. How Beautiful Are the Feet of Them
13. Why Do the Nations So Furiously Rage
14. Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
15. He That Dwelleth in Heaven
16. Thou Shalt Break Them With a Rod of Iron
17. Hallelujah - London Philharmonic Chorus
18. I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
19. Since by Man Came Death - For as in Adam, Even So in Christ
20. Behold, I Tell You a Mystery
21. Trumpet Shall Sound
22. Worthy Is the Lamb That Was Slain
23. Amen

Customer Reviews:

Old Fashioned Sincerity.......2006-12-30

This is not the best recording of Messiah but it is by no means a disaster. Susskind was an able conductor with a valid view of this great piece. The recording from the 1950s is more than adequate (there is some roughness in the treble but it is full and clear - though some edits are very obvious indeed). The orchestra is excellent and the choir sing well. The soloists - all of them - are superb, among the very best in any version of Messiah! Susskind's tempos are slow by modern standards but there is good rhythmical bounce and a genuine sense of the greatness of the piece. If you can adjust to the broad tempos and the big scale conception then you will discover important aspects of this masterpiece in this performance - and the set costs next to nothing!

One of the worst recordings ever made.......2006-05-10

This is only my second one star review. And I am rather generous with stars. But this recording is just horrible, especially considering that all of the participants are legendary musicians. First of all, this is extremely old fashioned Handel. The textures are way too heavy for music of the baroque. But worst of all, the performance just sits there like mud on your tires that won't come off. Yes, the price is very low, but whatever you do, do not buy this recording.

Pete's Dad.......2005-12-11

I have had a CD of the London Philharmonic version of the Messiah conducted by Fredrick Jackson for several years and enjoyed listening to it. However, the quality of the recording leaves something to be desired.

Average customer rating: Beautiful Christmas music, relax and sip the eggnog! background notes A Classical Christmas Classic Hark!!!!! weird but wonderful

Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas Arturo Delmoni Manufacturer: John Marks Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Praetorius | Praetorius, Michael | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 2 Rejoice: String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 3 Christmas Goes Baroque Christmas Goes Baroque, Vol. 2 A Festival of Carols in Brass ASIN: B000003Y9D Release Date: 1995-08-24

Tracks:

1. Joy To The World
2. The First Noel
3. Adeste Fideles
4. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
5. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
6. Silent Night
7. Angels From Realms Of Glory
8. Away In A Manger
9. Gaudeamus
10. Deck The Halls
11. Es is ein Ros' entsprungen
12. Angels We Have Heard On HIgh
13. Good King Wenceslas
14. The Goldne Carol
15. Here We Go A-Wassailing
16. Bring A Torch, Jeanette Isabella
17. The Holly And The Ivy
18. What Child Is This?
19. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
20. Coventry Carol
21. Veni, veni, Emmanuel
22. In dulci jubilio
23. O Sanctissima
24. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

Amazon.com

There are, unfortunately, only a handful of truly great holiday CDs for lovers of instrumental classical music. Here's one of them. Violinists Arturo Delmoni and Alexander Romanul join violist Katherine Murdock and cellist Nathaniel Rosen on a blissfully sublime disc of holiday favorites. In addition to the usual suspects ("Joy to the World," "It Came upon a Midnight Clear," "Silent Night"), the string quartet throws some lesser-heard gems into the mix: "The Holly and the Ivy," a hauntingly gorgeous interpretation of "Veni, veni, Emmanuel," and the contemporary chorale piece "Gaudeamus," arranged here for string quartet by composer Antony Hopkins. Throughout, the playing is near perfect, with none of the marketing gloss or sentimental gimmicks found in many holiday CDs. Recorded under audiophile standards, the sound is impeccable and warm. A treat. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Christmas music, relax and sip the eggnog!.......2007-01-10

This is a marvelous group of Boston area musicians who have come together and recorded beautiful arrangements of classic Christmas carols. The blending and intonation of this string ensemble is gorgeous!!

background notes.......2006-11-23

So someone wanted background on the musicians. I can give you some background on the second violinist, Alexander Romanul (you know the one they almost mixed out of this CD). Read it fast before he gets furious with me and tells me to take it down. (Well, I've never actually heard him even raise his voice, but even if he asks me nicely I'll honor his wishes.)

So there's the usual stuff. He was a child prodigy, won the BSO young artists at 13, debuted with some other orchestra at 11 or 12 playing the Mendelsson. Has done lots of solo performances in North America and Europe, played with the BSO a lot of years, yada. yada. A friend of his, who has been concertmaster of a couple New England orchestras once told me, "You understand, don't you, Margaret, that Alexander can really play? It's enough to drive a person completely nuts."

As a young man, he decided to try for the Wieniawski. He locked himself in a room in Germany for 5 months and played scales very slowly without vibrato seeking to play perfectly in tune. He only placed fifth, but the change in him could evidentally be felt and he caused something of a national sensation.

It was then that the process began which he describes as the quest for pure sound, something for which he has sacrificed a great deal. The process has brought him into deep states and he undergoes a constant, tortured struggle to reconcile its lure with the demands of the world. He still sometimes closes himself in a room for long periods of time, coming out only to shower and eat or take an evening stroll.

He claims to have hit a couple home runs in his life, but in my experience, he has never been fully satisfied with anything, so I wouldn't let the fact that he's not satisfied with this CD unsettle you too much. I define a good CD as one which I can listen to four times in a row and then come back to the next day. I think the difference has relatively little to do with the recording quality, the virtuosity, the genre. One can still miss even with technical perfection. It has to do with whether the performers can remain true to the calling and not go up into their heads as a refuge from doubt. I do feel that this music bears on its wings an authentic, "Peace on earth, Goodwill toward men."

Alexander has spent hundreds of hours with my son in tickle fights, swimming in the local reservoir and competing for the best rendition of Disney characters. "Hello, my name is Bruce! I know, why trust a shark?" He reads a lot. Some of his mainstays are Joseph Campbell, Tolkien and Krishnamurti. But at any given moment he might be into an analysis of the stock market or Sir Walter Scott, rammed earth housing, sun spots, Wampanoag Indians or the peculiar behavior of a stray dog in the local police reports. He's articulate and thoughtful and has a sort of zany mischievous sense of humor. He remembers his dreams, likes carnations and Indian food, watches the weather, can identify most of the North American raptors and lepidoptera, plays board games, swims long distances, gets attached to his shirts, makes a mean chocolate chip cookie and drives an old Civic.

A Classical Christmas Classic.......2003-12-11

When the first String Quartet Christmas CD was released a few years ago, it did not immediately catch my attention, until I was stuck in a major traffic jam a few days before Christmas. WCRB, a classical music station in Boston, often plays what they call "classic clusters" of short relaxing classical pieces and one was a holiday cluster with music from this disk. This particular cluster had selections from this CD. Though horns were honking from impatient drivers behind me, I felt relaxed while listening to this soothing music. I later purchased the recording knowing that it would become a favorite part of my Christmas collection.

The concept of this collection is not all that complex. Christmas carols are arranged for string quartet. Most of the arrangements sound like Christmas music of the great classical composers. It makes for wonderful background music for more sophisticated Christmas get together, or a relaxing collection to listen to at the end of a busy day preparing for the holidays. Ideally I imagine a person putting a few logs on the fire, turning down the lights, putting the disc in the player, and simply enjoying the melodious music of the holiday season.

Hark!!!!!.......2002-09-04

Tired of the same old Xmas caroles sung by the same singers I decided to try something a little different. Being a chamber music fan and finding this CD at a book store I purchased it having recognized the name John Marks.This was the best thing I did all year.I listen to this CD all year long. Summer, Spring, Winter and Fall.The artistry of the players is extraordinary as is the sound.5 Stars for each.I did not buy this CD,I invested in it.The dow falls and the music soars.

weird but wonderful.......2002-08-11

One doesn't think about string quartets and Christmas carols, but these folks do--and do a marvelous job of it! If you like "background music" during the Christmas season (let's trim that tree and boil the figgy pudding), this should be part of your collection. Also see the companion CD. Great set. Music well played and artistically arranged in a variety of styles.

Average customer rating:

William Grant Still: The American Scene Manufacturer: Newport Classic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Still | Still, William Grant | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Manhattan Chamber Orchestra | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: William Grant Still: Afro-American Symphony; In Memoriam; Africa (Symphonic Poem) Music of William Grant Still Works By William Grant Still Still: Symphony No. 1; Ellington: Suite from "The River" ASIN: B000003W32 Release Date: 1995-03-28

Tracks:

1. The American Scene: Grand Teton
2. The American Scene: Tomb Of the Unknown
3. The American Scene: Soldier
4. The American Scene: Song Of the Rivermen
5. From The Hearts Of Women: Little Mother
6. From The Hearts Of Women: Mid Tide
7. From The Hearts Of Women: Coquette
8. From The Hearts Of Women: Bereft
9. The American Scene: The Plaza
10. The American Scene: Sundown Land
11. The American Scene: Navaho Country
12. Citadel
13. Phantom Chapel
14. Golden Days
15. Serenade
16. The American Scene: On The Village Green
17. The American Scene: Berkshire Night
18. The American Scene: Manhattan Skyline

Average customer rating: The All Occasion Girft!

Hands of Time Tim O'Neill Manufacturer: O'Neill Brothers ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003XB9P Release Date: 1996-01-01

Tracks:

1. ...Life
2. Birth
3. Pre-School
4. First Piano Lesson
5. Childhood Dreams
6. A Teenager
7. Graduation
8. What Next?
9. Falling in Love
10. The Wedding Day
11. Romance
12. Life
13. Parenting
14. Family Days
15. Crisis
16. Dad
17. An Empty Nest
18. Memories
19. Amazing Grace
20. Life...

Album Description

This album features mostly original tunes, carrying the listener through the various stages of life, from birth to the golden years, and everywhere in-between.

Customer Reviews:

The All Occasion Girft!.......2000-07-29

Stock up on this one so you can pull one out for almost any gift-needing occaision. I've given it many times for baby gifts and always get an immediate response from the recipient - "Where ever did you get that! It's great!" It's also great for weddings or graduations.

Average customer rating: Dream Child-'Reaching The Golden Gate'(Metal Blade) Great Metal From France!!!

Reaching the Golden Gate Dream Child Manufacturer: Metal Blade ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Prophecy Obscure Master Plan World of Ice Nothing Is Sacred Cydonia ASIN: B00000G5BU Release Date: 1999-01-12

Tracks:

1. To Our Dreams
2. Bells Of Nemesis
3. The Search
4. Acalmy
5. Alchemy
6. Fly Again
7. Kadesh Battle
8. Crystal Lady
9. Shade On Your Sun
10. Answers

Customer Reviews:

Dream Child-'Reaching The Golden Gate'(Metal Blade).......2003-12-21

Some really good melodic '80's-style metal here.Reminds me of the likes of Queensryche,Yngwie,Dream Theater,etc.This four piece hails from Annecy,France and has been together for over ten years now.'Reaching The...' is the band's third effort.No trendy frills here,just good old-fashioned hard rock created with passion.Best tunes are the earth-shaking "Alchemy","Kadesh Battle",and "Crystal Lady".Somewhat memorable cuts are "Bells Of Nemesis" and "Fly Again".It's the wailing vocals of Gerard Fois and the blazing guitar work of Dominique Leurquin that makes 'Reaching The...' one of the better metal releases I've heard in sometime now.A true find.

Great Metal From France!!!.......2002-02-22

This is second album from this great band!Killer songs!!!
Killer vocals!!!Buy now,you won't be sorry!!!

Average customer rating:

Laughing With Novikova Manufacturer: Eclectra Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mussorgsky | Mussorgsky, Modest | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Strauss Jr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000DCRO Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

1. The Geisha: 'Song Of The Laugh' - Claudia Novikova
2. Die Fledermaus: 'Mein Her Marquis...' - Claudia Novikova
3. La Pericole: 'Ah, Quel Diner...' - Claudia Novikova
4. La Pericole: 'Que Veulent Dire...' - Claudia Novikova
5. The Merry Widow: 'Vilja-Lied' - Claudia Novikova
6. Boccaccio: 'Isobel's Couplets' - Claudia Novikova
7. Sorochinski's Fair: 'Krivrya's Song' - Claudia Novikova
8. Die Fledermaus: Duet With Gedroitz - Claudia Novikova
9. Holopka: Duet With Gedroitz - Claudia Novikova
10. Waiting - Nadezhda Obukhova
11. I Fell In Love With My Sorrow - Nadezhda Obukhova
12. Speak Not, Oh Beloved - Nadezhda Obukhova
13. A Ser - Nadezhda Obukhova
14. My Dear Mother - Nadezhda Obukhova
15. A Snowstorm Sweeps Along The Street - Nadezhda Obukhova
16. Resignation - Nadezhda Obukhova
17. Don't You Wake Her At Dawn - Nadezhda Obukhova
18. Golden Wheat - Nadezhda Obukhova
19. Garden Grapes - Nadezhda Obukhova
20. Rustle, My Cornfield - Nadezhda Obukhova
21. The Geisha: 'Song Of The Laugh' - Claudia Novikova

Average customer rating:

Golden Child Soundtrack , Meli'sa Morgan , Martha Davis , Marlon Jackson , Michel Colombier , and Ashford & Simpson Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002M5QQE

Product Description

Soundtrack from the movie "The Golden Child", starring Eddie Murphy. Song list: 01. The Best Man In The World -; 02. Deeper Love - Meli'sa Morgan; 03. Love Goes On (Love Theme From The Golden Child) - Ashford & Simpson; 04. Shame On You - Martha Davis; 05. Body Talk - Ratt; 06. (Let Your Love Find) The Chosen One - Marlon Jackson; 07. The Chosen One - Robbie Buchanan; 08. Sardo And The Child - Michael Colombier; 09. Golden Love - Michael Colombier; 10. Confrontation - Michael Colombier; 11. Wisdom Of The Ages - John Barry.

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Rock Music

rock music

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