Songs of Our Life

Disc: 1

1. Morning of My Life

2. Freight Train

3. Every Night

4. Deserteur (Monsieur le Président)

5. Lord of the Reedy River

6. Never Grow Old

7. Ma Omrot Einayich

8. Tomorrow Is a Long Time

9. Viva la Feria

10. What Have They Done to the Rain

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Disc: 2

1. Cinderella Rockefella

2. Oh Babe You're Gonna Wonder

3. Bonnie Boat

4. Dirty Old Town

5. Drunten Im Tale (Down in the Valley)

6. Donna-Donna

7. Hora

8. That's My Song

9. Ack Värmeland, Du Sköna

10. Garden of My Home

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Songs of Our Life,Esther and Abi Ofarim,Mercury,Folk-Rock,Israel,Pop,Soft Rock,World Beat,World Music

Average customer rating: Traditional folk - sixties style multilingual feast

Songs of Our Life Esther and Abi Ofarim Manufacturer: Universal/Polygram ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Israel | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Melodie einer Nacht Die Ofarim Story: Welterfolge ASIN: B000008531 Release Date: 1998-02-11

Tracks:

1. Morning Of My Life
2. Freight Train
3. Every Night
4. Le Deserteur (Monsieur Le President)
5. Lord Of The Reedy River
6. Never Grow Old
7. Ma Omrot Einayich
8. Tomorrow Is A Long Time
9. Viva La Feria
10. What Have They Done To The Rain
11. Entende-Tu Le Vent?
12. Ty Pasztoj
13. 900 Miles From Home
14. Un Prince En Avignon
15. Hush-A-Bye
16. Go Tell It On The Mountain
17. My Fisherman My Laddie-O
18. Noch Einen Tanz

Tracks:

1. Cinderella Rockefella
2. Oh Babe You're Gonna Wonder
3. Bonnie Boat
4. Dirty Old Town
5. Drunten Im Tale
6. Donna-Donna
7. Hora
8. That's My Song
9. Ack Veland Du Sk
10. Garden Of My Home
11. My Lagan Love
12. El Vito
13. Wanderlove
14. Le Vent Et La Jeunesse
15. Lonesome Traveller
16. Mi Caballo
17. Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child
18. Sing Hallelujah

Customer Reviews:

Traditional folk - sixties style.......2002-07-29

It is always dangerous to judge anybody's music by one hit, however big, and Esther and Abi Ofarim prove that.

They were an Israeli couple who had a lot of success in Germany in the sixties with their traditional folk music (nicely updated for the sixties, without spoiling it), usually singing in English, but also in other languages. They sang a variety of songs from all over Europe, many of them obscure to me. They also recorded contemporary material, but even when they did, it sounds like traditional folk music.

So, you will find covers of two Bee Gees songs, the obscure Morning of my life (which is on their Best of volume 2) and the really obscure Garden of my home (which I've never heard before), along with Lord of the reedy river (Donovan), Tomorrow is a long time (Bob Dylan), Hush-a-bye, Tell it on the mountain (both Peter Paul and Mary), Dirty old town (Ewan McColl), What have they done to the rain, Freight train and Lonesome Traveller.

The song which they call Bonnie Boat is very famous, but not with that title. It is a traditional Scottish song which begins Speed bonnie boat like a bird on the wing ..... yes, it's really the Skye boat song.

Whatever success they had in Germany (and maybe other countries in mainland Europe), none of this made any impact in Britain. In 1968, they topped the British charts for a month with a novelty dance song called Cinderella Rockefella. A lot of people think this is truly awful, and I can see why, but it's OK by me. It's certainly not as bad as (say) Boom bang a bang (by Lulu, who's best music is pure magic) and it should not put you off buying this, because it's not like the other 35 tracks, which are sensational. It begins CD 2 so it's easy to skip if you wish to.

Esther does nearly all the singing and has a really lovely voice, well suited to the songs and the music. If you like traditional folk with a sixties feel, it doesn't come any better than this.

multilingual feast.......2000-07-04

This CD is a wonderful collection of the music of the Ofarims-- a great selection of their multilingual hits that speak to everyone. Abi's guitar playing is fabulous and so is Esther's voice, they make these songs their own. Their style shows off these traditional folk songs at their best. A great first choice for anyone who may not be familiar with them but loves international folk music.

Average customer rating:

Life of the Worlds: Journeys in Jewish Sacred Music Manufacturer: Five Souls Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Jewish & Yiddish Music | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tuning The Soul: Worlds of Jewish Sacred Music Kabbalah Music: Songs of the Jewish Mystics Sing My Heart Abayudaya - Music from the Jewish People of Uganda Sacred Chants of the Contemporary Synagogue ASIN: B000172L72 Release Date: 2003-12-03

Tracks:

1. Ha'aderet Veha'emunah/LeKhay Olamim - Yemen
2. Le'El Adir Neranenah - Afghanistan
3. Bati Legani - Eastern Europe
4. Kinah Lekhurban Gan Eden - Eastern Europe
5. Sephardi Yerushalmi Khatsi Kaddish - Jerusalem/Spain
6. Navah Tehilah - Afghanistan
7. Hayoshevet Baganim - Yemen
8. Eyn Keloheynu - Morocco
9. Modeh Ani/Elohay Neshamah - Salonica
10. Eli Shema Koli - Morocco
11. Reb Nachman's Niggun - Ukraine
12. Hishtapkhut Hanefesh - Belarus
13. Niggun of the Alter Rebbe - Belarus
14. Ve'erastikh Li - Salonica
15. El Mistater - Poland
16. Ashrey - Eastern Europe/Spain
17. Yemeni Shema - Yemen
18. Grandfather Sang a Song - Eastern Europe

Amazon.com

The modern-day traditional Jewish music revival is filled with artists exploring klezmer's Eastern-European roots, but you'll hear no clarinet and little violin on cantor/educator Richard Kaplan's Life Of The Worlds. Although these are traditional songs, there is a broad range of the Diaspora represented on his second album, including Afghani, Spanish, Moroccan, and Algerian traditions. Kaplan dives into the sacred and the secular, the prophetic and the exultant, finding commonalities amongst different tribes and fusing them together. Musical accompaniment comes in the form of an occasional flute, piano, and violin as well as Moroccan clay drums, oud, dumbek, and other pre-modern-era instruments, but the instrument at the center of each song is Kaplan's voice--his high baritone majestically soars, quavers with sensitivity, and rings out with joy. To hear him sing solo versions of traditional Niggiun is to hear a world-class master savor the multifaceted nuance of each note and transcend the concept of song, turning it into religion and high art. --Tad Hendrickson

Album Description

A remarkable collection of vocal performances of Jewish sacred music from the Middle East, Andalusia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia - songs of exultation, longing, love, and Divine immanence - accompanied by an ensemble of masterful musicians.

Instruments include: oud, ney, kanun, Egyptian accordian, violin, mandolin, dumbek, doira, riqq, Yemenite can, tar, saz, clarinet, mey (Turkish duduk), tilinca (Rumanian shepherd's flute), piano, string bass, balaban (Klezmer drum set), cimbalom, and a chorus of voices.

Among many special songs, the CD features an 'eco-lament' (ecological lament) based on lament melodies for the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. It is called "Lament on the Destruction of the Garden of Eden" (Kinah Lekhurban Gan Eden), and updates the use of these tunes to mourn the wounding of our larger temple, Gaia - Mother Earth.

LIFE OF THE WORLDS contains 18 songs, 77 minutes of music, and contains a 32-page booklet which includes informative song descriptions; all texts are provided in transliteration, English translation, and in Hebrew or Yiddish.

This CD was three years in the making, and presents the first recordings in North America of several songs from the treasure-chest of Jewish sacred music.

Average customer rating: Moving CD with a message Awesome - A Great Surprise For any Serviceman/Servicewoman Keni Thomas Review A true tribute to those who have served.

Flags Of Our Fathers: A Soldier's Story Keni Thomas Manufacturer: Moraine Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: American by God's Amazing Grace Patriotic Country, Vol. 2 Songs About Me Off To Join The World Mark Wills - Greatest Hits ASIN: B0006ZOV8G Release Date: 2005-01-25

Tracks:

1. Flags Of Our Fathers
2. Hero
3. Not Me (with Vince Gill & Emmylou Harris)
4. Send Me (with Shawn Mullins)
5. Gloryland (with Blackhawk)
6. 7 Days (with Michael McDonald)
7. Prove Them Wrong
8. Fight I Couldn't Win
9. Circle On The Cross (with Kenny Rogers)
10. Last Band Of Brothers

Amazon.com

At a time when the fighting in Iraq brings out more pain than patriotism in a majority of vocal Americans, Keni Thomas--a smooth-voiced Georgia musician and former Army member of Task Force Ranger, sent into the Mogadishu of Black Hawk Down--steps forward with a collection of songs that restore the poignancy and eloquence of the good fight. Never bombastic in the vein of Toby Keith nor rabble-rousing à la Darryl Worley, Thomas--who wrote or cowrote all 10 tracks with an ear for classic country and rock--simply tells the stories of the men and women in uniform. "Not Me," which boasts no less than Vince Gill and Emmylou Harris on harmony vocals, is an eloquent and understated paean to leadership and courage, while "Circle on the Cross," featuring a spoken introduction by Kenny Rogers, spotlights a military marking worth remembering. Carolyn Dawn Johnson, Michael McDonald, Blackhawk, and Shawn Mullins also lend their efforts to this surprising, affecting project. (Proceeds partly benefit the Hero Fund and the Special Operations Warrior Foundation, which provide college tuition to the children of Special Ops personnel who die in training or combat.) --Alanna Nash

Album Description

Flags Of Our Fathers is a collection of songs wirtten by Thomas that tell stories inspired by life in the military and those who serve our nation. Working with producers Brent Maher and Mark Selby he uses his unique insight to bring these memorable songs to life and tell a story as only someone who has experienced them can. It's a remarkable album from an equally remarkable artist.

Customer Reviews:

Moving CD with a message.......2007-05-12

I had the good fortune of listening to Keni around Memorial Day. In case you didn't know, Keni was involved in Task Force RANGER that was elegantly presented in "Black Hawk Down" Book and Movie. He is a great story teller and that's reflected in his songs....moving, poignant, and relevant. Great story teller and a great singer/performer.

Awesome - A Great Surprise.......2007-01-08

An awesome album from start to finish. I have already purchased another copy for a friend. Extremely well written songs especially if you have even a single patriotic bone in your body.

For any Serviceman/Servicewoman.......2006-04-15

Having been in the military and served with the Rangers plus being a musician now, anyone who has ever had to go to combat can relate to this CD.
A soldiers story combines mom's apple pie c rations and MRE's all rolled up into one. Keni's voice draws one to listen to the lyrics more so than most singers.

If you have ever been in combat anywhere, anytime...this CD will bring tears to your eyes and make your chest swell with pride. Keni T's been there and done that. And this CD is living proof of the enourmous patriotism our country holds for our Troops in harms way. It's a gut wrenching story and those who have been there........must hear it! RLTW

Joey "Brasso" Welsh
Castroville, TX

Keni Thomas Review.......2006-03-24

Great CD. I saw this performer with an USO tour in Iraq and had to buy the cd. A patriotic must!

A true tribute to those who have served........2006-01-16

This complete CD is a great tribute to all that have served and put country before self. There is not a song on this CD that you will not listen to over and over. To know what Keni Thomas has been through and hear it in his music is great. Everyone should own this, CD even if it only gets played a few times a year on the 4th of July, Veterans Day and Memorial Day. BUY BUY BUY

Average customer rating:

Sibelius: Music for Mixed and Female Choir Manufacturer: Bis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000JF6S Release Date: 1999-09-15

Average customer rating: Simply the Best!!! A Great Collection of Cross-Centered Songs; Half Already Released

Songs for the Cross Centered Life Sovereign Grace Music Manufacturer: Sovereign Grace Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel The Main Thing Humility: True Greatness Living the Cross Centered Life: Keeping the Gospel the Main Thing The Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions ASIN: B00067WGU4 Release Date: 2004-04-01

Tracks:

1. The Gospel Song
2. The Glories of Calvary
3. Jesus, My Only Hope
4. Wonderful Savior
5. The Glory of the Cross
6. This Fathomless Love
7. The Look
8. I Will Glory in My Redeemer
9. Only in the Cross
10. Glory To
11. I Come by the Blood
12. Before the Cross
13. Alas, and Did My Savior Bleed
14. Before the Throne
15. The Gospel Song (reprise)

Album Description

A first for Sovereign Grace Ministries, Songs for the Cross Centered Life is a worship CD inspired by a book. What the book does in print, this CD does in 14 cross-centered songs, five of which are new and nine are updated favorites from earlier recordings. The CD includes a booklet that contains the entire first chapter from The Cross Centered Life, making the project an inspiring reminder of how to preach the gospel to ourselves and equipping us with songs by which to do this.

Customer Reviews:

Simply the Best!!!.......2007-02-04

This is the first collection from Sovereign Grace Music I've purchased, and I'll have to admit that it's one of the most awesome collection of songs on the market, but of course, it's kind of a rare collection in most Christian Book Stores. Usually you have to go to the website or look for it on Amazon or some other site. "I Will Glory in My Redeemer" has to be one of the favorites, but they all stand on their own, from the beginning intro, to the upbeat second song, and all the way to the end. It's kind of like a story which is woven throughout the album, focusing on Christ and His glory through the Cross, and our need for Him alone. I can't recommend this collection enough, and I've just gotten a second collection which I hope to be listening to repeatedly and then reviewing. I must've listened to this dozens of times already, and each time I listen to them, they are fresh and brand new again. Highly recommended. I give it a RESOUNDING TEN!!!

A Great Collection of Cross-Centered Songs; Half Already Released.......2005-09-13

According to my iTunes, Sovereign Grace Music is by far the most-oftened played tracks in my music collection. The songs on Songs for the Cross Centered Life help me do exactly what CJ Mahaney suggests that music do in his book The Cross Centered Life, "Sing about the cross...with songs and hymns that speak of the cross with clarity and power."According to my iTunes, Sovereign Grace Music is by far the most-oftened played tracks in my music collection. The songs on Songs for the Cross Centered Life help me do exactly what CJ Mahaney suggests that music do in his book The Cross Centered Life, "Sing about the cross...with songs and hymns that speak of the cross with clarity and power." My wife lovingly bought this CD for me for my birthday. I was elated and popped it in...the first two songs--"The Gospel Song" and "The Glories of Calvary"--were new and I loved them. I even repeated "The Glories of Calvary" before moving on. The thing is, from there on out there are only 5 more out of the remaining 12 tracks are new. The rest are already in my collection from other Sovereign Grace Music albums. I really wish that some more time had been taken to get some additional songs new songs on the album.

Nevertheless, if you do not own all of the Sovereign Grace Music CDs, this is an excellent place to start. I hope that this CD would quickly rise to a favorite place in your collection as the Words of each and every song truly are cross-centered and are written in a way that I have never seen outside of Sovereign Grace that shepherds your heart into God's presence each and every time you sing them.

Thanks again, Sovereign Grace, for another collection of awesome songs.
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Average customer rating: Okay, but kind of disappointing Not quite what I expected... Some great performances, some not so great... Disappointed Musical Talent at Its Best

The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber Manufacturer: Metro Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Instrumental Pop & Lounge | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Musicals | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Very Best Of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection Swings Cole Porter Reflections From Broadway ASIN: B00005Y47E Release Date: 2002-02-22

Tracks:

1. Any Dream Will Do
2. Close Every Door
3. Heaven On Their Minds
4. Everything's Alright
5. Gethsemane
6. I Don't Know How To Love Him
7. Jesus Christ Superstar
8. Could We Start Again Please?
9. Don't Cry For Me Argentina
10. Another Suitcase In Another Hall
11. Buenos Aires
12. Rainbow High
13. High Flying Adored
14. Memory
15. Jellicle Cats
16. Mister Mistofeles
17. Unexpected Song
18. Last Man In My Life
19. Rolling Stock
20. U-N-C-O-U-P-L-E-D

Tracks:

1. Only You
2. Starlight Express
3. There's Me
4. Pie Jesu
5. Angel Of Music
6. Masquerade
7. Wishing Somehow You Were Here Again
8. All I Ask Of You
9. The Phantom Of The Opera
10. Music Of The Night
11. Love Changes Everything
12. The First Man You Remember
13. Seeing Is Believing
14. As If We Never Said Goodbye
15. Sunset Boulevard
16. With One Look
17. Too Much In Love To Care
18. Half A Moment
19. Whistle Down The Wind
20. Our Kind Of Love

Album Description

Full title, 'Essential Songs Of Andrew Lloyd Webber'. UK budget-price compilation. 40 superlative performances featuring songs from every one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's hit musicals. Guest artists include John Barrymore, Issy Van Randwyck, Dave Willetts, Maria Friedman, Kim Criswell, Graham Bickley and the National Symphony Orchestra. Housed in a slipcase. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Okay, but kind of disappointing.......2006-04-17

This isn't a bad recording, but the tracks are not the actual performances off of any cast recording of any of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musicals. The reditions of the songs on the disc are of varying quality. Some are pretty good. Some are borderline awful.
It is a good collection for inexpensively getting a lot of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most popular songs in one place and having them there to be able to listen to get the idea of what a certain song sounds like and is about. It isn't the collection of definitive recordings for certain roles. In fact in a couple examples, I wonder if the performer fully understood the context of the song he or she was singing &/or what it was about. Overall, the album is good, for the most part, if not excellent.

However, the liner notes for "The Essential Songs of Andrew Lloyd Webber" is another matter. I don't mean to be unkind, but the author of the comments on the different tracks (one Rexton S. Bunnett) is blatantly WRONG in multiple instances. I don't mean just in nit-picky details, but in major plot details/context of songs, like the fact that Bunnett identifies "Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again" as being sung by "our heroine" (who he does not even identify by name as Christine Daae) as she thinks about her lover, not as being sung about Christine's dead father. He also says that the Phantom has found his perfect love and "Angel of Music" in Christine... because HE is the Angel of Music who Christine believes has been sent to her by her dead father, and because although the Phantom is obsessed with Christine, that relationship is far from "loving" (even if Christine shows him compassion. I feel like these (and a couple other mistakes) are major plot points to get wrong. A good amount of the commentary reads as if Bunnett might have written it at the last minute, fudging his way through entries on musicals of which he had little knowledge; like what an essay I might write on a book I never read for my college class but had quickly looked up on Cliff's Notes would sound like. In terms of sheer editing, there are spelling mistakes, run-on sentences and spacing errors ("Any DreamWill Do")in the liner notes. Where was the copy editor?
And the most frightening fact of all, under Bunnett's credentials, it says "Harper Collins has just published his revision and updating of the Collins Book of the Musical."
I am being very critical, but I think that for a widely-released CD it is reasonable to expect the liner notes to be at a professional level, as they were most likely supposed to be.

Not quite what I expected..........2005-04-23

I was looking for a CD of the original performances and this CD doesn't have them. I suppose it was my fault for not looking closer, but the songs just weren't the same. Personally, I was not impressed. If you don't care that they aren't the originals then it is nice to listen to.

Some great performances, some not so great..........2005-04-18

This CD is actually pretty good, considering you get 40 songs for less than $16. Let's evaluate the pros and cons.

Pros:

Two classic songs that are performed excellently are Phantom of the Opera and I Don't Know How to Love Him.

Of course you want to compare Phantom to the classic Michael Crawford/ Sarah Brightman version. Well, guess what? This version is BETTER. The woman has a deeper voice than Brightman, and her singing style is just awesome. The ending of this version (you know, the "Sing, my angel of music, sing for me!") is different, but in a good way... I think.)

And of course, the standard for I Don't Know How to Love Him is Yvonne's version. This version is different, but it grew on me quickly. This version has a country feel to it, almost. Somehow it works and sounds great.

There are a lot of great performances in this collection. My favorites include: Heaven on Their Minds, Everything's Alright, Could We Start Again Please, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Buenos Aires, Rainbow High, Only You, Starlight Express, Angel of Music, Masquerade, All I Ask of You, Half a Moment, and Whistle Down the Wind. I think they're all great versions of their more famous counterparts.

Cons:

First of all, there are some technical problems that are kind of disappointing. A few of the songs have a very echoey sound. Any Dream Will Do, Another Suitcase in Another Hall, Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again, and There's Me are the songs that come to mind that are the worst in this regard. It isn't really bad, just enough to be slightly annoying, more so when the volume is turned way up on your CD player.

A few songs are worthy of skipping over when listening to this collection. In my opinion, Superstar, Sunset Boulevard, and Gethesmane are the biggest disappointments.

Superstar just doesn't cut it for me. The singer really overdoes it, making it overstylized... really makes you yearn for Murray Head. I can't stand listening to it. Just my opinion.

Sunset Boulevard is one of my very favorite musicals, so I was really hoping that the singer would do justice to its title song. Unfortunately I don't think he did. You can't help but compare it to Alan Campbell's fantastic version. This guy has a very choppy way of singing, when I'm used to it being sung so smoothly. Maybe it would grow on me, but I don't think I'll give it a chance to. However, that last note is much stronger than Alan Campbell's. It doesn't make up for the rest of the song, though.

Finally, Gethsemane. The inevitable fact is that NO ONE can sing this song like Michael Ball. This guy tries, he really does. But he doesn't have the right voice or the right style. So please listen to Michael Ball's performance of Gethsemane if you want to know how breathtaking of a song it can be. It's on the Royal Albert Hall DVD, and I'm sure he's got it on one of his CDs.

Anyway, overall, this is a good CD if you like quantity over quality. Don't buy it for the classics, you'll probably end up disappointed with many of them. Buy it for the lesser known songs. You probably won't like every song, especially if you're a big ALW fan, but for the price, it's worth it.

If you want classic versions of classic ALW songs, you might prefer something like "The Very Best of Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Broadway Collection".

Disappointed.......2005-03-11

The singer(s)does not do justice for the lyrics. It was grating to the ears. Save your money for the originals.

Musical Talent at Its Best.......2003-01-03

What a pleasure to hear a collection of Andrew Lloyd Webber's beautiful music from such wonderful voices accompanied by an outstanding symphony. This sensational CD is a treasure to own.

Average customer rating: Another fantasic recording

Music Divine: 1662 Book of Songs for 3-6 Parts Tomkins , and I Fagiolini Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vocal & Song | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Requiems General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: All The King's Horses ASIN: B00007BGXY Release Date: 2003-01-21

Customer Reviews:

Another fantasic recording.......2007-01-16

I Fagiolini is one of those groups where I try to get my hands on every recording they've made. This CD is just another example of why. Great individual voices but the ensemble really comes together well. They make it sound so easy to sing this repertoire. Tomkins is a a master of writing sad laments such as Woe is Me, When David Heard, and I Fagiolini brings out the raw emotion of these pieces. If you are an early music connoisseur, you will love this group. Pick up this CD, and while you're at it, get their Triumphs of Oriana and the two Byrd recordings. You won't regret it.

Average customer rating: A "Sequel" that Surpasses the Original Just Right for Internet Work

Viveza: Encore Manufacturer: Skylark ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Kreisler | Kreisler, Fritz | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Lecuona | Lecuona, Ernesto | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Piazzolla, Astor | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Villa-Lobos, Heitor | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Baroque | Classical | General | Modern & 20th Century | Romantic | Sinfonia | Sinfonia Concertante General | Villa-Lobos, Heitor | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | 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 | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Marches | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Original Dance Music of 1920's & 1930's Jeeves & Wooster - The Complete Series [Region 2] Not Too Late ASIN: B000003Y22 Release Date: 1991-06-01

Tracks:

1. Jeeves and Wooster
2. Melodie
3. The Happy Home
4. None but the Lonely Heart
5. Hungarian Dance #6 in D
6. Songs My Mother Taught Me
7. Serenade Espagnole
8. Danse Espagnole
9. Playera
10. Malaguena
11. Lundu de Marqueza de Santos
12. Nesta Rua
13. Evocacao
14. Mood Indigo
15. Ballad of the Easy Life
16. Tango
17. Moritat (Mack the Knife)
18. Der Glocken Ruf
19. Simplemente... triste
20. Schreib mir einen Brief!
21. Milonga del Angel
22. Alegro Tangabile

Album Description

Viveza, one of the world's favourite salon groups does it again! With "Encore" this Canadian quintet brings alive salon music from Europe and South America with a freshness and vivacity that you have to hear to believe.

Salon music flourished in the 1920's and 30's, especially in the grand hotels. The repertoire of each ensemble was as varied as the patrons who frequented these fabled "palm courts." In an evening at the Ritz one was likely to hear music from Dvorak to Ravel, Lehar to Brahms or gypsy folksongs.

As you will discover with Viveza's Encore, the salon repertoire offers a cornucopia of tasty delights for your listening pleasure.

Customer Reviews:

A "Sequel" that Surpasses the Original.......2006-08-26

This album tops the previous "Viveza, Music in the Palm Court Style". The groups' inventiveness really shines in this CD. From a marimba version of Piazzola's "Milonga del Angel" to an absolutely smashing version of Moritat (Mack the Knife from Threepenny Opera), the selections are superb. I highly recommend this one!

Just Right for Internet Work.......2000-03-21

We have entertained ourselves with the video Jeeves and Wooster for the past two years. Since my wife and I played in classical orchestras, we greatly enjoy the quality and "just right" musical pace of the CD for office internet work stimulation. Now we ordered another copy for home entertainment.

Average customer rating:

Real Life Manufacturer: Sidewindermusic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAGR7S Release Date: 2004-11-02

Average customer rating:

Vaughan Williams: Ten Blake Songs & Linten Lea Manufacturer: Meridian ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Howells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Peter Lieberson: Neruda Songs ASIN: B000003XAG Release Date: 1993-09-18

Tracks:

1. Linden Lea
2. O My Deir Hert
3. Epitaph For Amy
4. Searching For Lambs
5. The Lawyer
6. The Prism Of Life
7. Love For Love
8. The Sky Above The Roof
9. Three Sonnets Of Cecil Day Lewis: For Infants, Time Is Like A Humming Shell
10. Three Sonnets Of Cecil Day Lewis: Our Youth-Time Passes Down A Colonnade
11. Three Sonnets Of Cecil Day Lewis: To Travel Like A Bird
12. How Can The Tree But Wither?
13. Ten Blake Songs: Infant Joy
14. Ten Blake Songs: A Poison Tree
15. The Piper
16. London
17. The Lamb
18. The Shepherd
19. Ah! Sunflower
20. Cruelty Has A Human Heart
21. The Divine Image
22. Eternity
23. Full Moon
24. Sleep
25. Elegy On The Death Of Cock Robin
26. My Own Country

Rock Music:

1. Tékitoi (Who Are You?)
2. Tab Leh
3. The Katurran Odyssey
4. The Rough Guide to the Music of Argentina
5. The Rough Guide to the Music of Haiti
6. The Rough Guide to the Music of Mexico
7. The Sound of OM
8. Tibet Tibet
9. Tributo
10. Un Momento En El Sonido [Import]

Rock Music

rock music

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