At His Best

Track Listings

1. Keep on Truckin'

2. He's a Friend

3. Skippin' Work Today

4. Girl You Need a Change of Mind, Pt. 1

5. Shoe Shine Boy

6. Boogie Down

7. Intimate Friends

8. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)

9. Can I

10. It's So Hard for Me to Say Good-Bye

At His Best,Eddie Kendricks,Motown / Pgd,Disco,Motown,Pop,R&B,Smooth Soul,Soul,Soul/Reggae/Rhythm & Blues

At His Best

Tracks:

Funiculi Funicula
Dicitencello Vuie
Maria Mari
Voce 'E Notte
Canta Pe' Me
O Surdato 'Namurato
Comme Facette Mammeta?
Santa Lucia Luntana
Fenesta Che Lucive
Tu Ca Nun Chiagne
'Na sera 'e maggio
Passione
Drinking Song
Some Day
Love Me Tonight
Only A Rose
Tomorrow
Nocturne
Song Of The Vagabonds
Finale

Customer Reviews:

Few Could Sing Neapolitan Songs like Lanza.......2007-03-13

Neapolitan music is very special and unique. It requires singing from the soul and heart and a voice that articulates the language and its many nuances

Mario Lanza was not Neapolitan but he mastered the dialect and the music and the lyrics in a way that few have been able to articulate. As always, Lanza gives a wonderful performance on this album which does not need or deserve the pieces from the Vagabond King.

The greatest voice of this century and the twentieth century comes out in this splendid work. Just having the Neapolitan songs sung by Mario is worth the cost. I recommend it highly for lovers of the best and brightest, like Lanza was.

Canto Neapolitane.......2006-02-08

This was the last album Lanza recorded in which he was able to muster all his vocal splendor and create what remains perhaps the most passionately interpreted set of Neapolitan songs ever recorded by any tenor in history ( a close second being recordings by di Stefano, Corelli and Sergio Franchi).

Lanzas diction is uncannily Neapolitan, which is no mean feat considering that the Neapolitan dialect is all but impossile to duplicate by anyone not born and raised in the region. Even such greats as Corelli and del Monaco had problems with it and the much over-rated Pavarotti never even came close.
Lanza nailed it!

The song selection is great with the exception of Funicula...that song doesn't work no matter who sings it.
My personal favs are Dichitenchello Vuie, Voce la Notte, and Passione...Canta'p'me being a close second.
Lanzas gift for pouring his every emotion into his singing really comes forth on these songs. Moreso even than on any of his operatic selections which are peerless in their own right.
However; in my mind, Lanza always did his best work on the Neapolitan songs.

The songs from the soundtrack of the film "The Vagabond King" are about as lame as can be. They are right along the usual line of Hollywood junk which Lanza recorded too much of in his short career.
Thus the 4 star rating. I turn the CD off once the Neapolitan stuff is over with.

The only other major distraction here is not due to anything Mario could have controlled or done differently. It's in that that RCA decided to release this album in this then newly discovered "stereo surround" format, which was nothing more than overblown reverb effects. This worked well for a thin voiced Elvis, but it didn't fare to well with this type of material or Marios larger than life voice.

In the end, this is, and always will be a collection of the finest sung Neapolitan songs ever recorded.

Bravo Commendatore Lanza! Bravo!

GREAT!!!!!.......2005-11-26

If your gong to get one Mario Lanza CD or CD Set get the Mario Lanza Collection, But if you want to get one more, get this one, Mario Lanza At His Best. This is one CD (not a set like the collection) which contain many beautiful Italian folk songs and then competes with the songs from Lanza's Movie, The vagabond king. Lanza sings wonderful renditions of Funiculi Funicula, Dicitencello Vuie (just beautiful), Maria Mari (my Grandmothers favorite song), Voce e' Notte, Canta pe' Me, O Surdato Namurato, Comme Facette Mammeta?, Santa Lucia Luntana, Fenesta Che Lucive, Ta Ca Nun Chiagne, 'Na Sera 'e Maggio, and Passione (Which is just beautiful. Then the CD moves to the songs form the vagabond King; Drinking Song, Some day, Love Me Tonight, only A Rose, Tomorrow, Nocturne, Song of the vagabonds and Finale all well done. Judy Rasking sings with Mario on Some day, Only A Rose, Tomorrow, and Finale.

world's greatest tenor.......2005-10-29

Mario Lanza was a singer who possessed an absolutely glorious voice. soaring and beautiful, with a deep rich tone. He sings exclusively in his native Italian language on these recordings and the record is in two parts. the first 12 songs are more operatic in structure, containing moody, solemn passages in which Lanza's voice excels in the passion and romantic solitude that this kind of music is so well at expressing. the remaining eight tracks are a series called The Vagabond King and it's song structures are a little bit more of the old Hollywood variety, beginning with the cheery "Drinking Song" (which was a high rated hit in the u.s.). Mario is joined by soprano Judith Raskin on 4 of the songs and his singing is in English for these songs. this is a great introduction to the world of this fabulous singer.

I've fallen in love again.......2003-01-12

I had this as a LP record many years ago, and was absolutely thrilled to find the CD. I had always loved Lanza's voice, but I now realize that he was without a doubt one of the best tenor voices of the century. His ability to sing so many different types of songs is astounding. His voice is strong, filled with emotion and in some of the songs you can hear that he is hugely enjoying himself. What an incredible pity that he died at such a young age and was never able to fulfill all that he could have been.

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Excellent sound
Major improvement over the 1995 cd release. A must-have for every Lanza fan!
The best reproduction of Lanza's finest album.

Mario! Lanza at His Best

Manufacturer: Be My Love
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ASIN: B000E1NWHI
Release Date: 2006-02-07

Tracks:

Funiculunicul
Dicitencello Vuie
Maria Mar
Voce 'e Notte
Canta Pe' Me
O Surdato Namurato
Comme Facette Mammeta?
Santa Lucia Luntana
Fenesta Che Lucive
Tu Ca Nun Chiagne
'Na Sera 'e Maggio
Passione
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Vagabond King; Only a Rose
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Vagabond King; Huguette Waltz - Mario Lanza, John Raskin
Vagabond King; Song of the Vagabonds
Vagabond King; Finale

Customer Reviews:

Excellent sound.......2007-07-28

I agree with previous posters that the audio quality on this CD is far better than I expected given the age of the recordings. I've heard other Lanza CDs that sounded terrible. This one is excellent.

Major improvement over the 1995 cd release. A must-have for every Lanza fan!.......2006-03-08

The difference in sound quality between this and the 1995 cd (which sounded good before I got this one) is astounding. I have only listened to the cd layer of the new hybrid SACD. Both the low and high frequencies have improved, as is the reproduction of Lanza's voice. This one sounds rich and full, the former cd weak and fragile compared to it. Also the hiss that was apparent in the 1995 cd is gone. You will not need a high end hi-fi system to hear the difference.

This is also Lanza's best album ever, I think. Every Lanza fan should get this cd. It is well worth the price, even if you own the older cd. Many thanks to BMG for this amazing release!

The best reproduction of Lanza's finest album........2006-02-24

This "hybrid" Super Audio CD (SACD) can be played on both conventional CD players and SACD systems. I've only heard it on the former, and was simply blown away by the beautiful reproduction of Lanza's singing on the 12 tracks that constitute the tenor's 1958 "Mario!" album of Neapolitan songs. For once, the balance between singer and orchestra is perfect, and with the exception of one track (the slightly muted Comme Facette Mammeta), I have never heard this album in better sound. Unlike the 1995 conventional CD version of this release, Lanza is no longer overly forward at the expense of Franco Ferrara's superbly conducted orchestra, and the sandy quality that marred many of the tracks on that earlier disc has all but disappeared. The sound is simultaneously richer and brighter.

(For a detailed review of Lanza's singing here, see my review of the conventional CD of the same name elsewhere on Amazon.)

As with the 1995 CD, the great Mario! album is coupled here with The Vagabond King, recorded in July, 1959 - seven months after the earlier album. Although not in the same class as the Mario! album - either vocally or soundwise - this is also the best I've ever heard this recording. The highlights (Drinking Song, Love Me Tonight, Nocturne, etc) belie Lanza's failing health, and offer overwhelming proof that just three months before his death, the old romantic magic was still intact. This CD also includes a previously unreleased reprise of the lovely Nocturne.

All in all, then, this is a magnificent release, and one that whets the appetite for further SACD Lanza couplings. Top on the list of deserving recordings would be a "twofer" of the 1958 For the First Time soundtrack coupled with the 1959 Mario Lanza Sings Caruso Favorites, both of which are Living Stereo releases sorely in need of decent sound reproduction. How about it, BMG/Sony?

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And His Best Is Pretty Damned Good
I wonder (why!)
A mysterious classic
awesome cd
pure genious

At His Best
Sixto Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
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Album Description

1993 compilation for obscure American folksinger/songwriter with a large following in South America & Australia. 11 tracks. RCA.

Customer Reviews:

And His Best Is Pretty Damned Good.......2005-11-30

That ought to be four and a half stars, actually, but sadly such subtleties are impossible here. In any case, the brevity of most of the other reviews on this page speaks volumes about the brief and obscure nature of Jesus (Sixto) Rodriguez's recording career. Two largely ignored LPS at the very start of the seventies (the first of which, COLD FACT, has been reissued on CD) were later pared down still further into this compilation for release in Australia and other lands where the American singer/songwriter's name is not completely unknown. The quality of the material, however, shines right through the mist, making both AT HIS BEST and COLD FACT more than worthwhile additions to the collection of anyone, anywhere, with an interest in the folk/pop/rock nexus which so dominated the early seventies music charts.
In its forty minutes, AT HIS BEST covers a fair bit of musical terrain, pairing gritty and surprisingly intelligent social commentary with arrangements that hint at mainstream pop, pseudoclassical sentiment, Latin groove and folk minimalism. The lack of liner notes is rather frustrating, as we're left to wonder just who else was involved here and how; but then again, the mystery of the whole thing does add to its already-considerable appeal.
Though his take on the singer/songwriter oeuvre is quirky and distinctive, Rodriguez basically falls into the post-Dylan school of his era, his melodies spare and catchy, his lyrics at once ruminative and caustic. AT HIS BEST opens with a tuneful and slightly cynical self-projection into the New Testament, "Crucify Your Mind," then offers us a wailing hymn to a dope peddler, "Sugar Man." Both showcase Rodriguez's gifts as a songsmith and vocalist, and both manage (as does the material in general) to slip in and out of the dated. "Sandrevan Lullabye" is where things start to get unsparing, with the longer running time giving the singer a chance to catalogue the modern American sorrows of 1970 - which are, of course, still fully relevant thirty-five years later. The pleasant, loping melodies of "Inner City Blues," "Can't Get Away," "I'll Slip Away," "I Wonder" and "Street Boy" bring a slightly brighter and poppier sensibility to their essentially minor-keyed tales of urban blight and failed love, and all would have made quite passable singles. Perhaps the highlight of the whole collection, however, is "Cause," a wrenching five-and-a-half-minute indictment of contemporary society written and sung in a manner worthy of, and perhaps even darker than, Dylan or Neil Young at around the same time. "Jane S. Piddy" is a nice breezy folk-rocker, and "Establishment Blues," as its title suggests, brings things to a close with the same admixture of whimsy and woe that so distinguishes the album as a whole.
Whether the lack of material under Rodriguez's name is the reason for his obscurity or vice versa, what little we have available serves as a poignant reminder of the accidence of fame. No doubt about it, musicians of lesser talent were selling a lot more records than this guy even in the more artistically-minded days of 1970. But ironically, the very obscurity of the singer and his small body of work is no small part of its pleasure. Were AT HIS BEST a remastered compendium drawn from a dozen albums released over fifteen or twenty years to varying levels of artistic and commercial success, one could never approach it with the ever-fresh perspective and sense of wonder that is so refreshingly possible here; and that makes listening to Rodriguez, wherever one may choose to place him within or without the rock music pantheon, in some respects a more rewarding and personal experience than merely reexamining that pantheon for the umpteenth inevitable time.

I wonder (why!).......2005-11-22

I am from Canada and I discovered Rodriguez during a business trip in South Africa. Turns out he is an American singer totally unknown in his own country, but HUGE in South Africa and Australia...

It is a mystery why his music has never made its way in North America. IT IS SO GOOD! Anybody will love "I wonder" the first time they hear it, but so many beautiful songs are on this album. You gotta buy it, really. If you love Dylan or Jim Croce, it is impossible that you do not love Rodriguez.

A mysterious classic.......2004-02-09

It is often the case that the best artists, teachers, poets and musicians go unnoticed by the masses. This may be because they are visionary and perhaps not into self promotion. They paint, teach, write and perform simply for those who they love and who love and appreciate them. Rodriguez is one of those shining examples and At His Best is a compilation of eleven of his amazing repertoire.
When I first heard his voice in Australia in the early 80's, I was drawn in. His lyrics often address the darkness of American society as well as celebrate love and the lightness of being. Let this man's kind clear voice and take you back, forward and make the present one of sublime joy. I recommend his earlier and even lesser known "After the Fact" CD which is available at One World.com in South Africa. The recording is not as polished but the songs are oh so sweet. I like best kept secrets and I also hope more people come to know the brilliance of Jesus Rodriguez.

awesome cd.......2001-08-16

it is true that this is one of the alltime best folk/rock albums ever, his lyrics are amazing and composition incredibly original. I highly recommend this album to anyone who is a Dyllan lover.

pure genious.......1999-12-20

quite simply this album would be one of the best I have heard. Lyrics, orchestraion, arrangement is just amazing. This man is just to good to be missed. It is such a shame that for so many years he has gone by unnoticed by so many. People talk of Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and so on, obviously that haven't listened to this album. "Stunning" is inadequate phrase to use. Simply listen and be enlightened to to one of the worlds premier talents."At His Best" is precisely that, THE BEST!

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3 1/2 stars-This IS Phil's Best!
One of the greatest entertainers
Classic Phil Harris Entertainment

At His Best
Phil Harris
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Release Date: 2006-08-29

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Customer Reviews:

3 1/2 stars-This IS Phil's Best!.......2007-07-12

The reason I bought this CD is because I finally found a Phil Harris compilation that actually lives up to its' title.
Contained herein are in my oppinion most of his most essential recordings.There is no CD on the general market that contains such a great list of Harris titles but this one.Other CD compilations will contain some of these tunes,or alot but not all.
Especially hard to come by up until now are Harris standards like "Row,row,row,","The Old Master Painter","The Persian Kitten" & "Is it true what they say about Dixie".The only tune not here that would make this a perfect release would be "Muskrat Ramble".
Harris' patter/singing style is an art that goes way back in musical history.A popular arena of its' use in more recent times was the English Music Halls in England and its' North American equivalent Vaudeville.And one of Vaudeville's most famous exponents of this form was Bert Williams of whom Harris was a big fan of.In fact he does a cover version of Williams' "Somebody Else-Not me" on this CD,accent and all.Lovely to hear.
Now the makers of this CD (Rex) is yet another English company specializing in releasing artist compliations that are hard to find and obtain.And as is the custom with these releases they use records from private collections,clean them up and digitalize them.This release it says has had the CEDAR process used on it which certainly has helped.There has also been obvious equalizing and reverb used in re-recording these pieces but its' usage has generally been done quite judiciously.Overall it's not too bad and certainly could have been alot worse but just remember their sources and realize the sound will not be up to the crispness and immediacy of the original masters owned by Sony/BMG.
Overall though this release is a pretty good catch for novice fans wanting to learn more about this great entertainer or for veteran Harris fans who've been looking for some sides that have never been available up until now.The sound is pretty good and the price is defintely right!

One of the greatest entertainers.......2007-05-13

For those of us from this time period will remember the songs of Phil Harris as I had forgotten how geat he was not only as an singer but actor, comedian and a great example of one of our greatest people in Hollywood.........................WM JONES

Classic Phil Harris Entertainment.......2007-03-30

The CD is of great sound quality, and Phil makes me laugh like he did when I was a kid.

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At His Very Best
Stanley Holloway
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Ennis and his duck and his 300 flies....funny
At His Best
Can I watch Froofie the Dog?
At His Best~Bill Cosby
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

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Customer Reviews:

Ennis and his duck and his 300 flies....funny.......2006-07-31

This recording has some great one-liners and funny concepts but is lacking as a total performance. His skits do not flow into one another as well as in some of his other performances. If you are a Bill Cosby collector then buy this CD but if you want Bill at his best - then go for "Wonderfulness" or "Himself."

At His Best.......2004-11-22

Bill Cosby at his best! I really like the younger Bill live on stage, if you do to this ones for you!!!

Can I watch Froofie the Dog?.......2004-11-14

I wouldn't say this is Bill Cosby "at his best". It's more like a collection of random routines from the early '70s. Which is not to say it isn't funny. The material here is indeed funny, if not necessarily his "best". "Froofie the Dog" and "Track and Field High Jump" are probably the best routines here. It should also be mentioned that "Grover Henson Feels Forgotten" is not a comedy routine. It is a serious spoken word piece set to music, told from the point of view of a lonely soldier with no family. It was released as a single, but it only reached #70 on the pop charts. Fans of Cos should enjoy this CD.

At His Best~Bill Cosby.......2003-01-30

This was Bill Cosby's best hit yet! I loved "Froofie The Dog" so much, I cried(literally)!It's so funny that if the whole world was listening to it,someone in a galaxy far,far away would hear all of the laghing. I have alot of Bill Cosby albums,but "Bill Cosby At His Best" is the best of all. I also recommend "Bill Cosby Himself" and "To Russell,My Brother,Whom I Slept With". If you want to actually see Bill Cosby, buy the movie "Bill Cosby Himself",which is more extended than the album. The movie is funnier than the album.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA.......2001-11-10

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA... oh in case you didn't notice it this album is funny, I'm 14 and I even loved it, The track and field track is hillarious this cd does not get old.. BUY IT

Death Row: Snoop Doggy Dogg at His Best [Unreleased]

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Not That Great
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Chuck D of Public Enemy once prophesized that if artists didn't own their masters (tapes), the masters will own the artists. Well, hip-hop's fave gangster CEO Suge Knight owns most of his former high-profile label mates' master tapes and continues to issue collections of dated works by Tha Dogg Pound, Dr. Dre, and now Snoop. Originally entitled Dead Man Walking to scare the willies out of Snoop, this release comes with a big fat greasy caveat emptor. Sure, this is a ghetto fab collection of the Doggfather's finest pre-No Limit and Doggystyle Records moments dating back to his brilliant cover of Biz Markie's "Vapors" on Tha Doggfather album. That said, Snoop wants nothing to do with this release because he won't receive any proceeds from it and has urged his fans not to buy it. Contractual shenanigans aside, this release is off the hook and contains most of Snoop's finest career headbangers, from "Gin and Juice" to "Who Am I (What's My Name)." A great purchase if you can live with your conscience. --Dalton Higgins

Customer Reviews:

Not That Great.......2006-05-30

Now this is by far the worst greatest hits I've ever seen. First off Suge Knight is stealing money off Snoop by realeasing stuff like this. Most of the unreleased songs shouldn't have seen the light of day, well I like Eastside Party and Midnight Love but the rest are totally wack. It also is missing some of the hits like Snoop's Upside Ya Head, Dre Day, 2 Of Amerikaz Most Wanted, Wanted Dead Or Alive, Tha Doggfather and Lil Ghetto Boy. I suppose Suge is planning to come back with a volume 2 greatest hits with a whole lot more crappy unreleased tracks. They could have beefed up Dead Man Walkin but Suge is gonna get as much money off Snoop as he can. It does have really good classics but this is not Greatest Hits seeing half of them are unreleased and some classics are omitted.

Anyway my ratings for the songs are
1. Nuthin But A G Thang 10/10 Classic with Dr Dre, great beats
2. Head Doctor 9/10 One of the best tracks from Dead Man Walkin
3. Gin And Juice 10/10 Classic, my favourite famous song from Doggystyle
4. Eastside Party 10/10 Snoop in all verses and Nate Dogg in the chorus, this was worth releasing
5. Murder Was The Case Remix 10/10 I'm not sure which I like better, this or the original version. Their both great
6. Ain't No Fun (If The Homies Can't Have None) 9.5/10 Even though some of the lyrics are a bit purverted its still great with bangin beats
7. Doggfather Remix 6/10 Don't like this, it has no business being on here and Tha Doggfather original version should be on here instead
8. Midnight Love 10/10 Another unreleased that was definitely worth releasing. My favourite unreleased track with Eastside Party being my second
9. Eastside 6/10 I don't think that this song was meant to ever be released
10. Who Am I? (What's My Name?) 10/10 Classic, my second favourite famous song from Doggystyle
11. Doggy Dogg World 10/10 My third favourite famous song from Doggystyle, the beats are good and relaxing
12. Too High (Poly High) 7/10 Another song that shouldn't have seen the light of day
13. Vapors 10/10 Bangin beats, solo where Snoop talks about the lives of all the members of Tha Dogg Pound
14. Usual Suspects 8/10 This songs alright, but its still not top quality
15. Keep It Real 1/10 Hate this song, definitely shouldn't have been released. Snoop doesn't even have one verse on this
16. Snoop Bounce Roc N Roll Remix 5/10 This song is wack! Where's Snoop Bounce original version.

hold up this aint fair........2006-05-09

na na this aint right suge is just taiking money from snoop though i did want to here the unreleased tracks so do what i did and download it but dont actually buy it cuzz then you'll just be givin money to suge which should go to snoop.

Half and half.......2006-03-06

Includes 16 songs of which I liked 8: These are "Nuthin' but a 'G' thang", "Head doctor", "Gin and juice", "Eastside party", "Ain't no fun", "Midnight love", "Who I am" and "Doggy dogg world" These are. I don't care about the rest, because Snoop isn't my favorite rapper. Anyways he's a gifted man and I think he could do better things.

Pretty Good.......2006-01-28

This album was released by former Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight without the consent of Snoop Dogg himself. It contains all the hit singles from Snoop's 2 Death Row albums: "Doggystyle" and "The Doggfather". Included are the G-funk era classics like "Nuthing But A G Thang" (originally from Dr. Dre's "The Chronic"), "Murder Was The Case (Remix)", "Ain't No Fun" and of course, "Gin & Juice", "Doggy Dogg World" and "Who Am I (What's My Name)". In order to fill out the album, many previously unreleased vault recordings are also included. The best of these are Timbaland's remix of "Doggfather", the slinky late-night romp "Midnight Love" and the summer anthem "Too High (Poly High)". Some of the other vault recordings sound dated, and pale in comparison to the classics, making the album sound rather inconsistent in quality. Nonetheless, if you are looking for all of Snoop's Death Row era hits on one disc, this is probably the best sampler for you. Overall, this is a pretty good "Best Of" from Snoop, considering he has switched labels several times, and it is near impossible to get a comprehensive compilation of his music anywhere. RECOMMENDED for Snoop's casual fans, as well as hardcore fans who want to get their hands on a few good remixes.

good album But could have been better.......2005-01-05

This is a really good album but for a greatist hits It's a little bit disapointing especialy considering that it's made by Snoop Dogg who is a West Coast legend. Although this album isn't as good as it should be it still has some classic songs like "murder was the case", "It aint no fun", "Gin and Juice", "Who am i(whats my name)" and of course "nuthin but a G thang". But Unfortunately most of the other songs on the album dont live up to those songs I just mentioned. The main reason why this album isn't as good as it should be is because That death row records only had 2 albums by Snoop to use to create his greatist hits. This album is worth gettin but your probably better of just buying "Tha Dogg"

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Fine reissue of a classic set

Purcell: Theatre Music

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music

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General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music

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Odes | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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ASIN: B0001Y4JHA
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

Fine reissue of a classic set.......2006-05-24

Think about the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays.

This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been long out of print. That's a pity, since Purcell spent a good deal of his short professional life in the theatre, either writing the incidental music contained on these CDs, or the music for his larger works, the semi-operas (King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and the like). Almost all of these works are enjoyable gems; certainly, they represent a pinnacle of English 17th century music. Purcell had a genius for spinning musical gold out of the most leaden lyrics (check out his Odes and Welcome Songs on Hyperion if you don't believe me), and he does the same with the song texts in these plays.

Hogwood and the AAM offer clean, listenable performances, and the sound on these old analog discs has been cleaned up and brightened--although they were pretty good, even in the late 70s. As with most Hogwood, emotional extremes are kept to a minimum, so the "otherworldly" nature of late 17th century music, so often emphasised in more recent Baroque performances, doesn't come across here. It would be interesting to see what a group like The King's Consort would do with this music, but this set fills the major gap in the Purcell canon quite nicely.

My only beef with the reissue, as with many reissues, is that the liner notes are rather thin for a 6-cd set--the lyrics to the songs, for example, are especially missed. Still, it's a worthwhile set, and a must for fans of Purcell, English Baroque music, or anyone who just wants to experience a taste of the last days of the Restoration stage.

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Beautiful Victor Herbert
Beautiful Victor Herbert
Beautiful Victor Herbert

Victor Herbert: The American Girl

Manufacturer: Arabesque Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000000T6L
Release Date: 1992-10-26

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The American Girl Two-Step
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Customer Reviews:

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This recording (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discovered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19

This (Arabesque Z6561) is one of three CD recordings of Victor Herbert's music by Don Hunsberger and the Eastman School of music produced in the early 1980's. (The others are Arabesque Z6529 and Z6547) All are superbly recorded using the original orchestra arrangements from a composer who was gifted in the art of orchestration. We get a sampling of marches, selections from operettas, humor songs, and a selection from his opera Natoma. Teresa Ringholt sings with the orchestra on a few songs and her sweet soprano voice is perfect for the part. We need more of Victor Herbert's beautiful music to be discoivered and performed in the way Herbert intended it to be performed. The authenic Victor Herbert may be the next discovery in the same way the authenic Scott Joplin has been discovered by the public.

Beautiful Victor Herbert.......1999-05-19