Love's Deep Ocean

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1. Bagishlamani
2. Shushtar Mugamunda Bastachar Mahnelare (Gäl Gäl)
3. Iraq Täsnifi
4. Mugham Qatâr
5. Räng Shushtar [Instrumental]
6. Ey Encanlar
7. Shirvan Shikästese
8. Raqs (Balaban Solo)
9. Füzuli Ghazel

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Kiri Sings Berlin
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Irving Berlin at his best
  • Get's my vote!
  • Jazzy and Beautiful
  • I love it!
  • Simply Dreadful
Kiri Sings Berlin
Irving Berlin , Jonathan Tunick , Abbey Road Ensemble , and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
Manufacturer: Angel Records
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ASIN: B000002RYP
Release Date: 1998-01-20

Tracks:

  1. Let's Face The Music And Dance
  2. I Got The Sun In The Morning
  3. How Deep Is The Ocean?
  4. What'll I Do?
  5. Blue Skies
  6. It's A Lovely Day Today
  7. They Say It's Wonderful
  8. Say It Isn't So
  9. Cheek To Cheek
  10. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
  11. Always
  12. The Song Is Ended
  13. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
  14. It Only Happens When I Dance With You
  15. Easter Parade

Amazon.com

After several recordings of American popular music, Te Kanawa has become a very effective crooner, phrasing with heretofore missing panache. The easy, jazzy Riddle-like arrangements are bouncy and appealing. But after 15 selections, the mysterious dissatisfaction of eating Chinese food and feeling hungry an hour later remains. Tunick writes in his program notes that "the waltz ballads ... are poignant and moving, but never stray into sentimentality." But why not? A little mushiness would serve this recording well, and also contribute to a desperately lacking variety of interpretation. Still, the voice is consistently gorgeous; it would just be nice to distinguish the happy songs from the sad. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Irving Berlin at his best.......2007-06-26

Kiri's glorious voice interprets Irving Berlin masterpieces beautifully with expression and respect for these American favorites.

5 out of 5 stars Get's my vote!.......2004-04-03

OK. Full disclosure: I'm one of those helpless souls who is just madly in love with the sounds that emanate from Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's vocal chords. I suppose there are many artists who can interpret Irving Berlin's songs with more, what's the word, authenticity?

And I've heard many of them, and I love their work.

But Kiri Te Kanawa is different. She was given one of the most beautiful instruments in the history of sound recordings. Thank God the recording companies figured out what they had and put her in front of a microphone early and often.

We have had a rare opportunity to experience a great artist from almost the start of her career clear through to what now must be it's final stages.

I, for one, feel privileged.

Thank you, Dame Kiri. The world is a little better place because of you.

5 out of 5 stars Jazzy and Beautiful.......2002-09-01

This album exemplifies Kiri's amazing, vast dose of talent for musical interpretation. Though I tend to enjoy mostly classical music, this album has opened doors to a wonderful world of classical-jazz, which I find quite beautiful! Perhaps for some, it is an aquired taste...yet I was hooked the moment I heard track one...and have since become quite the "modern Kiri" fan!~Brava once again~

5 out of 5 stars I love it!.......2002-05-14

If you like Irving Berlin and Kiri Te Kanawa you'll probably enjoy this album as much as I do!

I can imagine Nick and Nora Charles listening to this at one of Nick's favorite dives! It will transport you to a sophisticated time and place that may have never existed except in literature and debutante coming out parties.

Gatsby would have loved it, and surely would have invited Kiri to all his parties!

1 out of 5 stars Simply Dreadful.......2001-01-17

Just terrible! Although her voice has mellowed and is quite beautiful, Ms Te Kanawa has absolutely no instinct or feel for this distinctly American music. She's just lost in her own peculiar Kiwi wonderland. She is not aided but what have to be some of the worst arrangements of this music ever recorded.

Her version of "What'll I do" alone earns her a place on the top ten list of abominable recordings of American music.
Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Musical Wit in an Orchestral Setting
  • A Cabaret Singer Grows Up
  • This cd is about average, it could have been better
  • Fabulously Fantastic!
  • Michael has done it again
Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Michael Feinstein , and Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
Manufacturer: Concord Records
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ASIN: B00005Q6LL
Release Date: 2002-05-07

Tracks:

  1. The Folks Who Live On The Hill
  2. The Best Is Yet To Come
  3. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
  4. By Myself
  5. Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year
  6. Stormy Weather
  7. Laura
  8. On A Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
  9. Love Is Here To Stay
  10. How Deep is The Ocean?
  11. Somewhere
  12. I Won't Send Roses

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If there's a precious tone to Michael Feinstein's interpretations of the American songbook, it probably stems from a fervent dedication to preserving the original context of his material. This is, after all, a musician who spent many of his formative years in personal service to the late Ira Gershwin. This collection further underscores that commitment, with the lush sound of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (augmented by the piano trio of Alan Broadbent, who also provides all but one of the arrangements here) adding considerable dramatic resonance to Feinstein's performances.

While singers from Sinatra and Streisand to Fitzgerald and Bennett have imbued many of these songs with considerable dollops of jazz, blues, and their own strong personas, Feinstein mines melancholy jewels like "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," "How Deep Is the Ocean," and "By Myself" for all their introspective emotion. "Somewhere" pays tribute to Bernstein with glorious, unabashed melodrama, while "Laura" (one of the most recorded songs of all time) gets recast in something approaching its original intent via an arrangement written for this recording by composer David Raksin. Feinstein himself penned the album's notes, paying careful tribute to each composer represented and noting that all were Jews, yet their music came to represent a richly American spectrum that included black and white and encompassed jazz, the theater, and even classics in its scope. There's a lesson herein, and one that spans more than mere history and musical archaeology. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Musical Wit in an Orchestral Setting.......2004-01-04

The one problem a record collector encounters when he has an album too many of one artist, is the tendency of the artist to sing the same songs in succeeding albums/settings. Feinstein, who I consider as the leading proponent in reviving the American Popular Song standards to its unfettered glory is backed by a philharmonic orchestra in this album with the musical direction of conductor Alan Broadbent. And yes, he sang some songs that were sung in sparse and acoustic settings in his previous albums. As usual, just like any cabaret singer who never really sings the same song twice (listen to the grand old dames of cabaret like Julie Wilson and Mabel Mercer), Feinstein delights in the varied ways he can see a song in different contexts. Having said that, I thought he was a bit overly cautious in exploring his rich bari-tenor (sorry for this oxymoron but that is the word to apply to his voice) in soaring the vocal lines of Kern's The Folks Who Live on the Hill. Other than that, he was at his wittiest and conversational (not to mention just plain beautiful) voice when singing I Won't Send Roses and he can revisit the Bernstein/Sondheim Somewhere without evoking the famous version of uber diva Barbra Streisand. If you like good crooning vocals in a grand and orchestral setting, this is the album to listen or give as a gift -- you/they won't regret it.

4 out of 5 stars A Cabaret Singer Grows Up.......2003-03-14

"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is." -Noel Coward

Like Coward, Mr. Feinstein seems to understand the power of popular, romantic song when flung into the void of an apparently cold universe by an all too human, understated voice...I first heard Michael Feinstein sing and play the piano umpteen years ago in the mad, bad '80s. At that time, I found his choice of material from the great 20th Century American composers refreshing & interesting, his skills as a pianist were good, and his diction to be above average. Yet his voice at that time was a bit weak--there was too much bravura nonsense, too much vibrato and he may have been too young for some of the songs that he sang at the time.

Well, we've both matured, (I hope), and Mr. Feinstein has delivered a remarkably smooth, yet heartfelt performance on this album. I'm particularly impressed by his vocal smoothness and emotional restraint, especially on "Love is Here to Stay", "How Deep Is the Ocean", "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year" & "I Won't Send Roses". Mr. Feinstein appears to really understand the depth of feeling that these words and music evoke in him and us. The vibrato is there when needed, but the ripeness of a mature singer is beginning to be heard on his recordings and the Israeli Philharmonic simply gives his singing wings. The only song that doesn't seem to fit is "Stormy Weather"--I kept hearing Lena Horne in my mind's ear, rather than a polished cabaret singer. I hope that Feinstein continues to grow in vocal power and subtlety as he does here. A lovely album for sophisticated romantics.

2 out of 5 stars This cd is about average, it could have been better.......2002-08-18

First I would like to say i'm a Michael fan. I own all his catalog. Even though i'm a fan there are some things about this cd that I find in bad taste. Please let me explain!

I know it is hard to always be creative. There are just so many ideas to go around and then you have to start duplicating others. This is known as copying what others have done.

For this cd I felt like some of the arrangements were too long. For example, Laura as it was performed hear is a six minute song. It really should have been done in two minutes. I'm an engineer and I edited this version of Laura to run two minutes and it is just perfect. Sometimes less is really more. Also, I felt that some of the other songs didn't really have top notch arrangements attached to them. If the arrangements would have been better I whould have had no choice but to bring out the 5 star rating for this project.

To talk a little bit about the voice of Michael is my pleasure. His voice seems to be getting better with age. I have always liked Michael's voice and will continue to do so.

I will give this cd a favorable recommendation!

5 out of 5 stars Fabulously Fantastic!.......2002-07-21

Feinstein has outdone himself with this collection!! He is in fine fettle with songs that only He can do justice! His interpretations and stylings are beyond compare and trust you will not be disappointed with this recording!! Feinstein is simply fabulously fantastic!

5 out of 5 stars Michael has done it again.......2002-07-12

S'Wonderful, S'Marvelous.

If there is one thing you can say about Michael Feinstein it's that he knows how to put over a song. His new cd is absolutely magnificent, these are the only words to describe it.

Somewhere, By Myself, Stormy Weather and the rest of the songs are beyond compare. Do yourself a big, big favour and don't miss out on this cd; you'll love it.
Sing Irving Berlin
Average customer rating: 2 out of 5 stars
  • Doesn't work for me.
Sing Irving Berlin

Manufacturer: Import [Generic]
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ASIN: B00008YGWJ
Release Date: 2003-07-28

Tracks:

  1. Top Hat, White Tie and Tails
  2. How Deep Is the Ocean?
  3. It's a Lovely Day/Isn't It a Lovely Day
  4. Blue Skies
  5. Always
  6. They Say It's Wonderful
  7. No Strings
  8. Song Is Ended
  9. Stepping Out With My Baby
  10. Let Yourself Go
  11. Cheek to Cheek/Let's Face the Music and Dance
  12. Marrying for Love/The Girl That I Marry
  13. What'll I Do
  14. Puttin' on the Ritz
  15. Abraham
  16. Change Partners
  17. Heatwave
  18. I've Got My Love to Keep Me Warm
  19. Count Your Blessings
  20. White Christmas

Album Description

Quality music at a great price, this collection features 20 tracks including 'How Deep Is The Ocean', 'No Strings', 'Puttin' On The Ritz' & 'Heatwave'. The Swingles have, unusually, incorporated electric keyboards, horns and drums into their usually acappella approach, resulting in some thoroughly modern interpretations of Berlin's classics. Castle Pulse. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars Doesn't work for me........2006-05-04

I LOVE the Swingle Singers. The first time I heard them sing Bach back in the 60's I was driving a car and I was so blown away that I had to pull off the road. And I LOVE Irving Berlin's music; his message is simple and direct and tuneful. And therein lies the rub. To me, the jazz vocal styles, the contemporary harmonies and the whimsical utterances of the Swingle Singers go together with Irving Berlin's music like oil and water; they just don't mix. The words and melodies are those of Irving Berlin but the end result isn't Irving Berlin. Admittedly this is one man's opinion, and others might take great pleasure in the Swingle Singers' unfailing virtuosity and inventiveness. But if you anticipate the straighforward tunes and emotional directness in Berlin's music, you are apt to be disappointed.
With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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    With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra

    Manufacturer: Concord Records
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    ASIN: B00009WVRV
    Release Date: 2003-07-22

    Tracks:

    1. Folks Who Live on the Hill
    2. Best Is Yet to Come
    3. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry
    4. By Myself
    5. Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year
    6. Stormy Weather
    7. Laura
    8. On a Clear Day (You Can See Forever)
    9. Love Is Here to Stay
    10. How Deep Is the Ocean?
    11. Somewhere
    12. I Won't Send Roses
    The Neglected Professor
    Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
    • Historic Ragtime
    The Neglected Professor

    Manufacturer: Delmark
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    ASIN: B00004S3A4
    Release Date: 2000-04-18

    Tracks:

    1. Lily Rag #1
    2. Delmar Blues
    3. When Sambo Goes To France
    4. Delmar Rag (Alternate)
    5. The One I Love
    6. Centennial Rag
    7. The Dream
    8. Dicty's On 7th Avenue
    9. Lingering Blues
    10. Carolina Shout
    11. Five Foot Two
    12. St. Louis Blues
    13. 12th Street Rag
    14. Maori
    15. Derby Stomp
    16. Leola (Two-Step)
    17. Lily Rag #2
    18. Brother-In-Law Dan
    19. Delmar Rag
    20. St. Louis Blues (Alt)
    21. When Sambo Goes To France (Alt)
    22. How Deep Is The Ocean
    23. Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night
    24. Tennessee Waltz
    25. Chimes Blues
    26. Lily Rag #3

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    4 out of 5 stars Historic Ragtime.......2001-03-31

    Charles Thompson was a contemporary of Jelly Roll Morton and James P. Johnson, and was one of the leading figues of the second generation of St. Louis ragtime pianists.

    This album, made up of live recordings from the early 1960s, finds Thompson in reasonable form, playing some of his best known pieces plus a few standards. His powers had declined a little from his 1948-49 American Music recordings, but he was still able to play in an entertaining fashion. Many of the performances are rather short, but these are historic recordings by a little known but important figue in ragtime.

    Delmark is to be commended for this release: let's hope they re-issue the rest of the Euphonic back catalogue. Anyone interested in ragtime and early jazz should consider buying this CD.
    Call Me Madam
    Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
    • a fascinating recording
    • A crucial oddity
    • Not essential but useful
    Call Me Madam

    Manufacturer: Flare UK
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    ASIN: B000056NME
    Release Date: 2001-01-30

    Tracks:

    1. Overture - The Orchestra
    2. Mrs. Sally Adams - Chorus
    3. Hostess With the Mostes' on the Ball - Dinah Shore
    4. Washington Square Dance - Dinah Shore
    5. Welcome to Lichtenburg - Paul Lukas
    6. Can You Use Any Money Today? - Dinah Shore
    7. Marrying for Love - Paul Lukas, Dinah Shore
    8. Ocarina
    9. It's a Lovely Day Today
    10. Best Thing for You - Dinah Shore
    11. Something to Dance About - Dinah Shore, Chorus
    12. Once Upon a Time Today
    13. They Like Ike - Pat Harrington, Jay Velie
    14. You're Just in Love (I Wonder Why) - Dinah Shore

    Customer Reviews:

    4 out of 5 stars a fascinating recording.......2003-10-06

    Irving Berlin's CALL ME MADAM appeared on Broadway in 1950. His previous musical, 1949's MISS LIBERTY, was an unqualified flop. MISS LIBERTY was his follow-up to 1947's mega hit ANNIE GET YOUR GUN, starring Ethel Merman.

    Ethel Merman headlined his original cast of CALL ME MADAM, a bouncy musical which told the story of ebullient Sally Adams, who is dispatched as ambassador to the fictional European province of Lichtenburg. The supporting cast included Paul Lukas, Russell Nype (GOLDILOCKS), and Galina Talva as Princess Maria.

    Due to a contractual snafu however, there are two very different recordings of CALL ME MADAM. Ethel Merman was under contract to the Decca label (which had recorded her ANNIE GET YOUR GUN cast album), but the recording of MADAM was to be produced by cast album heavyweight RCA Victor. Decca wouldn't release Merman from her contract, as it was planning it's own CALL ME MADAM release.

    Popular vocalist Dinah Shore stepped in and played Sally Adams on the RCA Victor album of CALL ME MADAM, which featured the entire original cast. Decca released a "studio cast" album of MADAM headed by Ethel Merman, aided and abetted by popular crooner Dick Haymes (STATE FAIR) and a backup chorus. Of these two albums, the Dinah Shore version is the more delightful. She wisely doesn't try to emulate Miss Merman but sails through the songs in her own charming style. Russell Nype and Galina Talva are wonderfully-winning in their performances and Paul Lukas is superb.

    I strongly suggest that you also purchase the Ethel Merman recording as well as the 1995 Encores! cast starring Tyne Daly. CALL ME MADAM is one of the most delightful of classic Broadway musicals.

    4 out of 5 stars A crucial oddity.......2001-02-22

    I'm not sure whether it's stranger that this album has languished in the vaults for so long or that it was recorded in the first place. But we should be grateful that it's here, as it's an important recording, a fun score, and a fascinating piece of theatre recording history.

    Dinah Shore is by no means an ideal substitute for Ethel Merman (who was under contract to Decca Records and not permitted to appear on the official cast album), make no mistake. But Merman made her own album with her own takes on the big songs, so it's perhaps a good thing that RCA went for a dramatically different take here. Shore sings very attractively here -- she's not a tough broad, but a sweet charmer, but the album still works. The show was, of course, a big hit that had plenty of strengths even though it might be too dated to rework today.

    The Merman album was already released on CD once, and will be issued again within the year, but this is still worthwhile for Shore's performance, for the niceties of the show like the other original players, orchestrations and songs that Merman didn't preserve, and for a lengthy appendix of Shore's versions of classic Irving Berlin songs.

    No one will ever claim that Call Me Madam changed their life. Shows didn't used to need to elicit that reaction to be considered successful.

    2 out of 5 stars Not essential but useful.......2001-02-03

    RCA Victor had backed the 1950 musical CALL ME MADAM hoping to get the cast album rights. The star, however, was Ethel Merman and she was under exclusive contract to Decca who planned their own MADAM album. Decca launched the first attack by releasing a 10" Lp with Merman, Dick Haymes and the Gordon Jenkens orchestra and Chorus called "Songs from CALL ME MADAM." RCA responded by recording the full original cast album but signing Dinah Shore to sing the role of Sally Adams. They also re-orchestrated many of the songs and, in a curious move, had Paul Lukas record narration linking the songs. Strangely, they semed to had given up on this approach mid-way as the narration disappears after the first side of the record. Decca's response was to withdraw their 10" Lp and reissue the album on 12" with 5 additional songs (dropping an orchstral medley by the Jenkins orchestra) and placing them in show sequence. Although RCA's album has a more theatrical feel to it, Decca had Merman and therefore created the better selling album. RCA's disc was deleted rather quickly, although briefly reissued in 1977 and now (finally) available on CD... except this isn't an RCA release (!!!!) Is this even released with RCA's permission? I highly doubt it since RCA eventually plans to reissue the remaininder of their show catalogue on CD. Decca's album was reissued on Cd but that disc is now out-of-print. IF you can get both albums and do some creative programming you can combine trcaks and create your own composite original cast album.
    The Civil War
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • Historical Time Capsule
    The Civil War
    Douglas Jimerson
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    ASIN: B00004SU99
    Release Date: 2000-04-18

    Tracks:

    1. Tenting on the Old Camp Ground
    2. Wait for the Wagon
    3. Clari: Home, Sweet Home
    4. Oh! Susanna
    5. The Bonnie Blue Flag
    6. Do They Miss Me at Home?
    7. Yellow Rose of Texas
    8. Goober Peas
    9. When Johnny Comes Marching Home
    10. Aura Lee
    11. Marching Through Georgia
    12. Just Before the Battle, Mother
    13. That's What's the Matter
    14. We are Coming Father Abraham
    15. Gentle Annie
    16. I'll be a Sergeant
    17. Dixie
    18. Tramp, Tramp, Tramp "The boys are coming"
    19. For the Dear Old Flag I Die
    20. Battle Hymn of the Republic
    21. The Battle Cry of Freedom
    22. America
    23. The Bonnie Blue Flag
    24. My Maryland
    25. Yellow Rose of Texas
    26. Woodman, Spare that Tree
    27. Juanita
    28. Green Grow the Lilacs
    29. Lorena
    30. Come Where My Love Lies Dreaming
    31. Rock'd in the Cradle of the Deep
    32. How Firm a Foundation
    33. Blue Bell of Scotland
    34. Storming of Monterey
    35. Joys that We've Tasted
    36. Polly Hopkins and Tommy Tompkins
    37. Drummer Boy of Shiloh
    38. Roll, Alabama, Roll
    39. Weeping, Sad and Lonely
    40. Vaccant Chair
    41. Goober Peas
    42. All Quiet Along the Potomac Tonight
    43. Dixie
    44. Oh! Susanna
    45. Massa's in de Cold, Cold Ground
    46. Old Folks at Home
    47. Camptown Races
    48. Beautiful Dreamer
    49. Nelly Bly
    50. Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair
    51. Gentle Annie
    52. Hard Times Come Again No More
    53. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
    54. Deep River
    55. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
    56. If You've Only Got a Moustache
    57. Old Dog Tray
    58. The Glendy Burk
    59. My Old Kentucky Home, Good Night
    60. Some Folks
    61. When This Dreadful War Is Ended
    62. Was My Brother In The Battle?
    63. Nothing, But a Plain Old Soldier
    64. Battle Hymn of the Republic
    65. America
    66. Barbara Allen
    67. Skip to my Lou
    68. Kathleen Mavoureen
    69. Adam and Eve's Wedding Song
    70. Old Sister Phoebe
    71. Oh! Susanna
    72. Twenty Years Ago
    73. The Ship on Fire
    74. Silver Bell Waltz
    75. Your Mission
    76. Dixie
    77. Go Down Moses
    78. Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen
    79. Free at Last
    80. Martha: Ach, so fromm
    81. Die Zauberflote, K 620: Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schon
    82. Faust: Salut! demeure chaste et pure
    83. Faust: Gloire immortelle [Soldiers' Chorus]
    84. Hail, Columbia
    85. We are Coming Father Abraham
    86. Columbia, the Gem of the Ocean
    87. Taps

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Historical Time Capsule.......2000-08-12

    This is the most comprehensive recording I've found of songs popular during the Civil War period. The performances are a time capsule of Civil War music.
    The String Quartet Tribute to Diana Krall
    Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    • This ought to be illegal!!! Can I give out negative stars??
    • Exellent music
    The String Quartet Tribute to Diana Krall

    Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Jazz | Styles | Music
    Vocal Jazz GeneralVocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music
    TributesTributes | Pop | Styles | Music
    ASIN: B0000CABL3
    Release Date: 2003-09-23

    Tracks:

    1. Hit That Jive Jack - Barbie Sand
    2. Only Trust Your Heart - Barbie Sand
    3. Let's Fall In love - Louis Allen
    4. Devil May Care - Louis Allen
    5. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby) - Barbie Sand
    6. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You - Barbie Sand
    7. Detroit Blues - Louis Allen
    8. How Deep Is The Ocean - Louis Allen
    9. This Can't Be Love - Barbie Sand
    10. Peel Me A Grape - Louis Allen
    11. My Love - Louis Allen

    Product Description

    1. Hit That Jive Jack
    2. Only Trust Your Heart
    3. Let's Fall In Love
    4. Devil May Care
    5. Is You Is Or Is You Ain't (My Baby)
    6. Gee Baby, Ain't I Good To You
    7. Detroit Blues
    8. How Deep Is The Ocean
    9. This Can't Be Love
    10. Peel Me A Grape
    11. My Love

    Format: CD

    Customer Reviews:

    1 out of 5 stars This ought to be illegal!!! Can I give out negative stars??.......2004-09-16

    I'm a To-The-Core Diana Krall fan. While I knew this album wasn't her playing I thought I'd hear some new interpretations of her stuff. The selections are simply AWFUL; poor musicianship, out of tune, don't swing AT ALL, etc. Of course if you look at what this group has also done, such as "String Quartet Tribute to Nine Inch Nails", you realize these folks are just out to make a buck on other people's art without ANY of their own.

    This is one of the worst music purchases I've ever made, (and I've made thousands). It's so bad it's funny but too painful to listen to more than once.

    If you get a chance to listen to this bit of drivel, go ahead but under NO circumstances should you pay money for the privilege.

    5 out of 5 stars Exellent music.......2003-12-23

    This also might have been titled "The String Quartet Plays Standards in Gypsy Swing Style." Although there are no Steppahnne Garapelli's here, and it doesn't come too close to gypsy swing, but it has the flavour of it... it is nice and romantic and swings lightly(however you also need to invest in a Django Reingartd cd or two).
    Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
      Andr Kostelanetz
      Manufacturer: Collectables
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
      Easy ListeningEasy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B00007L8X4
      Release Date: 2003-02-18

      Tracks:

      1. Say It With Music Remember Blue Skies
      2. Top Hat White Tie And Tails How Deep Is The Ocean (How High
      3. This Is The Army Oh How I Hate To Get Up In The Morning Soft
      4. Whatll I Do Always The Song Is Ended (But The Melody Lingers
      5. The Piccolino Cheek To Cheek
      6. White Christmas
      7. The Girl That I Marry Say It Isnt So Mandy
      8. Give Me Your Tired Your Poor God Bless America
      9. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes Yesterdays
      10. Ive Told Every Little Star The Song Is You
      11. The Night Was Made For Love She Didnt Say Yes All The Things
      12. Look For The Silver Lining They Didnt Believe Me Long Ago (A
      13. I Dream Too Much The Jockey On The Carrousel
      14. Why Was I Born The Way You Look Tonight Who
      15. Make Believe Bill
      16. Why Do I Love You You Are Love Ol Man River
      17. Fascinatin Rhythm
      18. Mine
      19. The Man I Love
      20. Embraceable You Soon
      21. I Got Rhythm
      22. Bess Oh Wheres My Bess
      23. S Wonderful
      24. Maybe
      25. Someone To Watch Over Me Oh Lady Be Good
      26. Embraceable You
      27. Strike Up The Band
      28. Begin The Beguine
      29. All Through The Night
      30. I Concentrate On You
      31. I Love You
      32. Night And Day
      33. In The Still Of The Night
      34. Ive Got You Under My Skin
      35. Blow Gabriel Blow
      36. Just One Of Those Things (Bonus Track)
      37. Hallelujah Time On My Hands
      38. Tea For Two
      39. Carioca
      40. Without A Song
      41. More Than You Know
      42. Orchids In The Moonlight
      43. Sometimes Im Happy I Know That You Know
      44. Through The Years Drums In My Heart
      45. Malaguena
      46. La Cumparsita
      47. Mexicana Medley
      48. Yours (Quiereme Mucho)
      49. Siboney
      50. Caminito
      51. Adios
      52. No Taboleiro De Bahiana
      53. The Moon Of Manakoora
      54. Lotus Land
      55. Kashmiri Song
      56. Jamaican Rhumba
      57. Flamingo
      58. Poinciana (Song Of The Tree)
      59. Andalucia
      60. Sweet Leilani (Bonus Track)
      61. Frenesi (Cancion Tropical) (Bonus Track)
      62. Show Boat
      63. South Pacific
      64. Slaughter On Tenth Avenue
      65. An American In Paris
      66. Porgy And Bess

      Album Description

      The multi-faceted Andre Kostelanetz left his mark on the music world as an acclaimed conductor/arranger/accompanist. His most notable contribution is the creation of the Easy Listening genre, done by bridging the gap between Classical and Pop music. Highlights on this 6 CD box set include Irving Berlin's 'Cheek To Cheek', George Gershwin's 'The Man I Love' and Jerome Kern's 'Smoke Gets In Your Eyes'. Includes 3 bonus tracks 'Just One Of Those Things' (Cole Porter), 'Sweet Leilani' (from Waikiki Wedding) & 'Frenesi' (Cancion Tropical). Standard jewel cases housed in a deluxe wooden box w/hinged lid (approx. 6 x 5''). Collectables. 2003.
      The Columbia Albums of Irving Berlin, Vol. 1-2
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        The Columbia Albums of Irving Berlin, Vol. 1-2

        Manufacturer: Collectables
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        General ModernGeneral Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
        MeditationMeditation | New Age | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B0000AHEU8
        Release Date: 2003-09-02

        Tracks:

        1. It's A Lovely Day Today/Blue Skies
        2. Maybe Its Because I Love/I Got Lost
        3. You'd Be Surprised/I'll See You In Cuba
        4. Always/Remember
        5. Shaking The Blues/Play A Simple/Alexander's
        6. Here's No Business/Got The Sun/Girl I Marry
        7. Say It Will Music/Cheek To Cheek
        8. It's A Lovely Day Tomorrow/ Now It Can Be Told
        9. This Year's Kisses/Be Careful! Its My Heart
        10. Lady Of The Evening/ Better Luck Next Time
        11. Steppin' Out With My Baby/ You're Just In Love
        12. Let's Face The Music/Say It Isn't So
        13. How Deep Is The Ocean/I Never Had A Chance
        14. Change Partners/Mandy
        15. You Can't Brush Me/Everybody Step/Waiting At The End
        16. Soft Lights/They Say It's Wonderful
        17. Puttin' On The Ritz/Marie
        18. I've Got My Love To Keep Me/Top Hat
        19. What'll I Do/All Alone
        20. A Pretty Girl/Isn't This A Lovely Day
        21. Lazy/I'm Getting Tired So I Can Sleep
        22. I'm Playing With Fire/Let's Have Another Cup
        23. Heat Wave/Let Yourself Go
        24. The Piccoline/No Strings

        Album Description

        Full Title - The Columbia Albums Of Irving Berlin Vols. 1 & 2. Composer, conductor, arranger Frank DeVol scored more than fifty movies and is best known as the composer for the theme songs for the TV series 'My Three Sons', 'The Brady Bunch' and 'Family Affair'. In the 1940s DeVol was an arranger for Dinah Shore, Tony Bennett, Rudy Vallee, Vic Damone and Doris Day. Frank DeVol received multiple Emmy Awards and Academy Award nominations for his extensive body of work. Irving Berlin's medleys featured are 'Always/Remember', 'A Pretty Girl/Isn't It A Lovely Day' and 'Say It With Music/Cheek To Cheek'. 24 tracks. Collectables 2003.

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