Gréco [Original recording remastered] [Import]

1. Si Tu T'Imagines - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gréco

2. À la Belle Étoile - Juliette Gréco

3. C'est À S'aimer Que le Temps Passe - Juliette Gréco, Michel Legrand & His Orchestra

4. Je Hais Les Dimanches - Juliette Gréco

5. Dieu Est Nègre - Juliette Gréco,

6. Valse des Si - Juliette Gréco,

7. Chandernagor - Juliette Gréco

8. Coin de Rue - Juliette Gréco

9. Il N'Y a Plus d'Après - Juliette Gréco,

10. C'était Bien le P'tit Bal Perdu - Juliette Gréco,

11. Jolie Môme - Juliette Gréco,

12. Gros Lulu - Juliette Gréco,

13. Cuisine - Juliette Gréco,

14. Accordéon - Juliette Gréco,

15. Sur le Verbe Aimer - Juliette Gréco

16. Belphégor - Juliette Gréco

17. Marions-Les - Juliette Gréco

18. Petit Poisson, un Petit Oiseau - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gréco

19. J'Ai le Cœur Aussi Grand - Juliette Gréco

20. Dieu Que Ça Lui Ressemble - Juliette Gréco

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Gréco,Juliette Gréco,Polygram Int'l,France,French,French Pop,Int'l & World Music,Pop,Vocal Pop,World Music

Average customer rating: If you liked the original soundtrack, you will love this one! Excellent Listen Best soundtrack I've listened to. Great music! Love the music--can't decide to buy

The Bourne Supremacy Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Bourne Identity (Score) The Bourne Ultimatum The Italian Job Collateral Mr. and Mrs. Smith ASIN: B0002IQI3I Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

1. Goa
2. The Drop
3. Funeral Pyre
4. Gathering Data
5. Nach Deutschland
6. To The Roof
7. New Memories
8. Berlin Foot Chase
9. Alexander Platz/Abbotts Confesses
10. Moscow Wind Up
11. Bim Bam Smash
12. Atonement
13. Extreme Ways

Amazon.com

Novelist Robert Ludlum's amnesia-plagued, tough-as-nails spy/assassin Jason Bourne again proves that success begats sequels, be they literary or cinematic. As he did for the saga's initial big screen installment, composer John Powell concocts an electro-orchestral fusion score that seasons its tense, bristling rhythms with dollops of melodicism, synth-atmospherics and staccato string figures. Those welcome touches hearken back to composer's similar work on the '03 action-thriller The Italian Job, with Powell initially evoking the film's exotic locales by employing a savory synth pop-meets-Eastern European palate. The tension-building rhythms and percussion flourishes familiar from Powell's other action-centric scores are the score's musical pulse -- even if they eventually upset the finely honed balancing act by boiling over into the familiar explosive cliches of all too many thriller scores. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

If you liked the original soundtrack, you will love this one!.......2007-05-31

I wrote a very positive review of the soundtrack for "The Bourne Identity"...I was right to do so. This soundtrack; however, is even better!

What can I say...the wonderful musial selections to this great movie are all here...I suggest buying a copy now...if you are a Bourne fan.

One other note of interest...this sound track included Moby's song, "Extreme Ways" this time...an obvious oversight corrected from the last soundtrack

Excellent Listen.......2006-02-15

I enjoyed this soundtrack immensely. Having heard the background themes to the Bourne movies from the movie, I knew right away that I would like the soundtrack.
The soundtrack is mainly a combination of electronic and orchestral themes except for the last song by Moby, "Extreme Ways". Instead of basing the soundtrack on one or two main riffs, the pieces rely on multiple riffs. While in some respect I wished that John Powell could have expanded some of the pieces (like Gao), I was satisfied that there was enough genuinely unique material throughout.
Regarding the song-content on this album, there is mainly orchestral pieces as mentioned earlier. I did some research on-line and found that the song in the chase-scene of the first Bourne series, The Bourne Identity, is by Paul Oakenfold - 'Ready Steady Go'. Also, the club music in the second Bourne series, The Bourne Supremecy, is by Mocean Worker - 'IntoThinAir'. Two great artists that I hardly knew about before the Bourne series.

Best soundtrack I've listened to........2006-01-16

I listen to this album on my five-hour drives between home and college. You'd think I'd get tired of the songs, but I don't. The time goes very fast when listening to this album. However, several of the songs make me want to imitate the car chase sequence in the film. So, although this album is truly wonderful, drive carefully while listening to it.

Great music!.......2005-10-28

I have never bought a soundtrack before. This is my first. I just love this music! I can't get it out of my head!

Love the music--can't decide to buy.......2005-10-11

Does anyone know if the music from early in the film where Matt Damon is running on the beach is on here? Really want to find the artist/song name. Any help is appreciated.

Average customer rating: The best cut is missing!!! Looking for Oxidados Very good soundtrack Just to counter-balance the idiocy of "John Q. Public" Question about score

Mr. and Mrs. Smith Manufacturer: Lakeshore Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mr. & Mrs. Smith Mission Impossible 3 (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack) Sahara The Italian Job X-Men: The Last Stand (Original Motion Picture) ASIN: B0009Y25Z0 Release Date: 2005-06-28

Tracks:

1. Bogota
2. The Bedroom
3. Playing House
4. Assignments
5. His And Her Hits
6. Office Work
7. Desert Foxes
8. John And Jane's Identity
9. Dinner
10. Hood Jump
11. Mutual Thoughts
12. John Drops In
13. Tango De Los Asesinos
14. Two Phone Calls
15. Kiss And Make Up
16. Minivan Chase
17. Shopping Spree
18. Dodging Bullets
19. The Next Adventure

Album Description

John Powell's score for the blockbuster movie! A sexy, action-packed thrill ride about a bored married couple who discover they are enemy assassins. John & Jane Smith are an ordinary suburban couple with an ordinary, lifeless marriage. But each of them has a secret--they are actually both legendary assassins worrking for competing organizations. When the truth comes out, John & Jane end up in each other's cross hairs.

Customer Reviews:

The best cut is missing!!!.......2006-09-04

The best musical cut of the whole movie is when Jane and John are drunk and sensuallly dancing at the beginning of the movie. This cut is played again when Jane is trying to let go of her memories of John as she is preparing to kill him. Does anyone know the name of that cut and the artist who performed that instrumental? It keeps playing hauntingly thru my head.

Looking for Oxidados.......2006-01-07

Oxidados by Plastiling Mosh Latin EMI was lsted in the credits but I cannot find this music anywhere. Anyone have any ideas. Great cut.

Very good soundtrack.......2005-12-08

This soundtrack is very good. It has 19 tracks. It all mixed with highs and lows. For example, for track 5, it is a bomb. After the kind of "romance" start, it gets real bumpy in the second half of the music. It does happens the same when I listened tracks and tracks in it. So, it will make me soft or rock. So, quite mixed but it is a totally a bomb in this soundtrack.

Just to counter-balance the idiocy of "John Q. Public".......2005-10-15

The film was extremely fun and the music complimented it perfectly.

Question about score.......2005-09-25

Can anyone tell me the name and artist of the music that plays at the end when the main credits begin to roll? It is also the music that plays when Angelina Jolie in the dominatrix outfit jumps out the window. Very mission impossible sounding.

Average customer rating: Perfect The Best version there is! Finally! The quintessential WSS recording. Some really great songs. . . Wonderful!

West Side Story (1997 Studio Cast) (First Complete Recording) Stephen Sondheim Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast) West Side Story The Making of West Side Story (The Great Broadway Musicals) West Side Story West Side Story (Vocal Score) ASIN: B000005BHB Release Date: 1997-08-26

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Prologue
3. Jet Song
4. Something's Coming
5. The Dance At The Gym: Blues/Promenade/Mambo/Cha Cha/Jump
6. Maria
7. Balcony Scene
8. America
9. Cool
10. One Hand, One Heart
11. Tonight (Quintet)
12. The Rumble

Tracks:

1. Entr'acte
2. I Feel Pretty
3. Ballet: Intro To Ballet/Transition To Scherzo/Scherzo/Somewhere/Procession And Nightmare/Andante
4. Gee Officer Krupke
5. A Boy Like That
6. I Have A Love
7. Taunting Scene
8. Finale
9. Something's Coming
10. America
11. Officer Krupke
12. Somewhere

Amazon.com

In the well-known recording which Leonard Bernstein himself made in his final decade, one intention was to more fully reveal the "operatic" dimension of West Side Story through big-name opera singers, as well as the symphonic complexity of its beloved score. With this JAY recording--part of the label's Original Masterworks Editions series--you get a similarly completist view of the work, but with a youthful, more "Broadway"-sounding cast that sounds plausibly--and movingly--close to the age of the actual characters. There's of course a good deal more musical material, along with underscored dialog, than what's presented on the OBC recording (let alone the film soundtrack). This West Side Story even includes some music not found on the Bernstein recording: the "Overture" and the alternative motion-picture versions of four songs. It was recorded at Abbey Road Studios following 1992's Leicester Haymarket Theatre revival (a successful venture markedly contrasting with the disastrous, passionless 30th-anniversary New York revival). The fine surround-sound captures a detailed performance percolating not just with the necessary energy but with lots of orchestral detail and color as well. Some of the British accents inevitably begin to emerge (mostly in moments of chorus), while the New York accents can seem a bit overdone; but these are minor quibbles over an otherwise stirring vision of West Side Story. Even with his smallish voice, Paul Manuel is an involving Tony thanks to his vocal acting, and he mixes magically with Tinuke Olafimihan's touching Maria. It's easy to visualize the ballet in the chorus's deft vocalizing, and Caroline O'Connor's over-the-top Anita is memorably feisty. Do note that this set unfortunately does not include the libretto or lyrics. --Thomas May

Customer Reviews:

Perfect.......2004-05-09

This record is perfect beyond compare, which justifies its price.
Caroline O'Connor as Anita is wonderful ("a voice like a Porsche", as sb said).
If you have survived the London cast, you will happily recognize the caracters in this recording.

However, I do not share the opinion that
Riff's 'COOL' be lacking of vocal style
and Maria be even "ridiculous" in 'SOMEWHERE'.

The symphonic dances have their own unique style
different from the Bernstein recording with Los Angeles Philharmonic.

The Best version there is!.......2004-03-06

If your looking for a Complete version of West Side Story - a version with everything, including all the dances at the Gym, the Overture and the complete Nightmare Ballet - get this one! At $37.00 it a little pricey, but you won't be sorry. The orchestra is excellent and the vocalists are perfect! This version is WAY better then Bernstein's one with Kanawa and Carreras. It is also better than the new Naxos version. That is also a great recording, but I'm not terribly fond of the soloists. Maria, Tony and Anita are much better in this version.
If you've ever seen this show and have been looking for a complete recording, look no further. Don't hesitate and buys this while its still in print!

Finally! The quintessential WSS recording........2003-02-14

I don't know what took me so long to order this terrific recording. This is the best recording of West Side Story to date. The casting is perfect, unlike Jose Carreras's and Kiri Tekanawa's version. I also enjoyed the bonus tracks, which are ideal versions for a Broadway anthology compilation. Grab this while you still can, you won't regr this great experience of one of the best-loved musicals of all time.

Some really great songs. . ........2001-02-01

This is a good version of West Side Story. The quality is excellent, and has wonderful orchestration. Caroline O'Conner makes a great Anita. Her version of "A Boy Like That" is fantastic. I was dissapointed, however, with Paul Manuel's version of Riff. His voice seemed to crack and "Cool" was lacking in vocal style. Tinuke Olafimihan is a wonderful vocalist, but her operatic style didn't seem to fit with the rest of the ensemble. It was still worth hearing her version of "I Feel Pretty" which was delightful on it's own. Overall a worthy purchase.

Wonderful!.......2000-09-06

I am a huge West Side Story fan and I just love this recording. This is definitely the one to buy, because even if you like some of the movie versions of the songs, hey, they're right here too! I don't know what they're talking about when they say Paul Manuel has a "smallish" voice. He blew me away throughout this whole recording, especially that inconceivable high note during "Maria." Anyone who's heard this recording knows what I'm talking about. Caroline O'Conner was great, the orchestra was great, the cast in general was great. I only have one minor quibble and that is, while Tinuke Olafimihan is a fantastic singer, she does sound a little ridiculous in some of the acting scenes, particularly at the beginning of the "Somewhere" ballet. But other than that, this is darn near perfect and should be the only recording anyone ever really needs of this incredible play.

Average customer rating: VINTAGE JUJU

Je Suis Comme Je Suis: Les Plus Belles Chansons Juliette Gréco Manufacturer: Universal International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Plus Grandes Chansons Juliette Greco L' Master Serie, Vol. 1 Aznavour: Ses Plus Grands Succes The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf ASIN: B0000084KP Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

1. Je Suis Comme Je Suis - A. Grassi & Son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
2. Sous le Ciel de Paris - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
3. Feuilles Mortes - Juliette Gr,
4. Je Hais Les Dimanches - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
5. Enfants Qui S'Aiment - A. Grassi & Son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
6. Fiancdu Pirate - Jean-Michel Defaye, Juliette Gr
7. Dames de la Poste - A. Grassi & Son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
8. Va (Le Diable) - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
9. Coin de Rue - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
10. Chanson de Margaret - Juliette Gr, , Michel Legrand & His Orchestra
11. Chanson Pour l'Auvergnat - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
12. Fourmi - Juliette Gr,
13. Si Tu T'Imagines - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
14. Guinche - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
15. Valse Brune - Juliette Gr,
16. Chandernagor - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
17. Qu'on Est Bien - Freddy Balta, Juliette Gr, Henri Patterson
18. Bonjour Tristesse - Juliette Gr,
19. Doux Caboulot - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
20. N'Y a Plus d'Apr- Juliette Gr,
21. Paris Canaille - Jean-Michel Defaye, Juliette Gr
22. Rue des Blancs-Manteaux - Jean-Michel Defaye, Juliette Gr
23. Paname - Juliette Gr,

Tracks:

1. Javanaise - Jean-Michel Defaye, Juliette Gr
2. Parlez-Moi d'Amour - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
3. Accord - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
4. Jean de la Providence de Dieu - Jean-Michel Defaye, Juliette Gr
5. Mon Homme - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
6. On N'Oublie Rien - Juliette Gr,
7. Clopin Clopant - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
8. Pingouins - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
9. Marions-Les - Claude Bolling, Juliette Gr
10. Petit Poisson, Un Petit Oiseau - Alain Goraguer et son Orchestre, Juliette Gr
11. Jolie M- Juliette Gr, Henri Patterson
12. Dabillez-Moi - Juliette Gr,
13. Je Suis Bien - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
14. Fille de Londres - Juliette Gr,
15. Chanson des Vieux Amants - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
16. Trois Petites Notes de Musique - Juliette Gr, Grd Jouannest
17. J'Arrive - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
18. Ame des Pos - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
19. Embellie - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
20. Lelluia - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber
21. Mon Fils Chante - Juliette Gr, Frans Rauber

Album Details

Double CD Box Set from Mysterious and Tormented French Diva from the 60's.

Customer Reviews:

VINTAGE JUJU.......2002-05-05

What have in commun BREL,BRASSENS,BÉART,GAINSBOURG,FERRÉ,CARCO,MaCORLAN and many others?They have all had songs recorded by JULIETTE GRÉCO,one of FRANCE's true lasting monument.BREL and GAINSBOURG were virtually unknowns when JULIETTE choose their songs for recordings.This overview of her career that span more than 50 years hits home.If you were a young composer or lyric writer in the fifties and the sixties,you simply had to ring her bell.With the deaths of CHARLES TRENET(he is also present here)and GILBERT BÉCAUD,GRÉCO is now the surviving legend of FRENCH music along with AZNAVOUR.In her autobiography JUJU,JULIETTE said this:I always missed my mother's lack of love towards me.She was somehow in a way adopted by the fans.

Average customer rating:

Juliette Greco Juliette Gréco Manufacturer: Epm Musique ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: La Belle Vie Je Suis Comme Je Suis: Les Plus Belles Chansons L' Master Serie, Vol. 1 Half the Perfect World Suite Francaise ASIN: B000EAVAKK Release Date: 2006-06-13

Tracks:

1. Si Tu T'Imagines
2. La Fourmi
3. Rue Des Blancs Manteaux
4. Amours Perdues
5. La Belle Vie
6. Embrasse-Moi
7. Sous Le Ciel De Paris
8. Je Hais Les Dimanches
9. Il Y Avait
10. Les Enfants Qui S'Aiment
11. Les Feuiles Mortes
12. A L a Belle EToile
13. Je Suis Comme Je Suis
14. La Chanson De Catherine
15. Romance
16. Les Dames De La Poste
17. Barbara-Song
18. La Fiancee Du Pirate
19. L'Ombre
20. Les Croix

Album Description

Collects twenty of Gréco's popular tunes! Juliette Gréco's career was played out against a backdrop of existentialism in the glittering café society of the post-war years. In the heyday of Paris's buzzing Left Bank, Gréco rose to fame as the face of France's New Bohemianism. Liner notes in French & English.

Average customer rating: very hip and percussive...! A model children's score

Robots: Original Motion Picture Score Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Robots Antz: Original Film Music Madagascar Chicken Run: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2000 Film) Shrek 2 ASIN: B0007PALDO Release Date: 2005-03-15

Tracks:

1. Robots Overture
2. Rivet Town Parade
3. Bigweld TV/Creating Wonderbot
4. Wonderbot Wash
5. Train Station
6. Crosstown Express
7. Wild Ride
8. Madam Gasket
9. Chop Shop
10. Meet The Rusties
11. Bigweld Workshop
12. Phone Booth
13. Gathering Forces
14. Escape
15. Deciding To Fight Back
16. Attack Of The Sweepers
17. Butt Whoopin'
18. Homecoming
19. Dad's Dream

Customer Reviews:

very hip and percussive...!.......2005-06-13

As it should be, this score has every metallic sound available, but in a very exciting and rhythmic format, The long, crying, chord progressions of Hanz Zimmer gets old in no time, but this score has everything - of course you would expect nothing less from a cartoon featuring robots. I collect scores, and this is one of my favorites. Right on John Powell, more Blue Man Group. yea baby! Something different!

A model children's score.......2005-03-16

John Powell's score for Robots is an entertaining one, even if very bit by-the-numbers. Powell, in the course of forty-five minutes, manages to squeeze a little bit of nearly every musical genre into the score, reflecting the film's manic, cartoonish pacing. There a moments of tenderness, excitement, action, wonder, darkness, weirdness, and quirkiness, most of these moments coming and going in the span of no more than a minute or two. Powell was given a massive ensemble to work with, including a large orchestra, percussion from Blue Man Group, and a full choir. He uses all of these, as well as tossing bits and pieces of everything else, such as twenty seconds of surfing music here, and an Irish bagpipe tune there. The only real flaw here is that this score seems to be cobbled together from "Chicken Run", "The Road to El Dorado", "Shrek", and even "Paycheck", all of which Powell wrote or co-wrote. The one thing that gives "Robots" it's own personality, however, is the use of odd percussion and sound effects in places. On certain cues, you can hear screwdriver and other various mechanical sounds zipping around in motion to the music. There's a lot of cartoonish underscore that flaunts itself all over the album, but there's a good ten or fifteen minute suite of music just waiting to be compiled from this score. If you have enjoyed the scores to Dreamwork's and Pixar's computer-animated film, you'll likely enjoy this one. A fun, if a bit unoriginal, album.

Average customer rating: Stunning and Somber: Listen While Viewing El Greco's Art Fails to convey the same emotions... Magical... 6 stars? Deep Dark but Ingenious...Eternal Music Epitomizes "Thinking Man's Music"

El Greco Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vangelis | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music House | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Voices The City 1492: Conquest of Paradise - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Oceanic Music From Koreyoshi Kurahara's Film Antarctica ASIN: B00000HY5L Release Date: 1999-01-19

Tracks:

1. Movement I
2. Movement II
3. Movement III
4. Movement IV
5. Movement V
6. Movement VI
7. Movement VII
8. Movement VIII
9. Movement IX
10. Movement X (Epilogue)

Amazon.com

Somber, stately, and reverent, the nine untitled movements (and concluding seven-minute epilogue) presented by keyboardist-composer Vangelis convey the mood of a requiem. These 10 lengthy works form a tribute to the respected native of Crete (1541-1614) whose religiously minded paintings (many created in near isolation in the Spanish city of Toledo) are notable, among other reasons, for their singular cross-pollination of Byzantine, Venetian, and Spanish influences. (The artist's nickname, El Greco, is in fact a linguistic merger of Spanish and Greek.) Musically, the recording dwells in a near-classical atmosphere that only occasionally offers any hints of rhythmic progression or ethereal expansiveness. Instead, the music conveys a more formal, classically rooted seriousness that at times features the operatic embellishments of soprano Montserrat Caballe and tenor Kostantinos Paliatsaras. Perhaps the recording's loveliest moments reside in the fifth movement, where Vangelis adorns the sustained earnestness of his work with some gently evocative piano runs. This, however, is an exception to an otherwise weighty musical endeavor. --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Stunning and Somber: Listen While Viewing El Greco's Art.......2007-03-04

Certainly one of Vangelis' moodiest works since `Mask', 'El Greco' nevertheless has a few light moments in movements III and V. HOWEVER, instead of just listening to 'El Greco' and judging it strictly on what it conveys musically, I would encourage listeners to view the works of El Greco while listening to Vangelis' tribute to this 16th-century artist.

I was initially not overly impressed with Vangelis' 'El Greco.' However, on a recent trip to Spain, my traveling partner and I were fortunate to be among the first few tourists to enter the little Church of Santo Tomé in Toledo, the location of El Greco's masterful mural, the 'Burial of the Count of Orgaz'. I had put Vangelis' 'El Greco' on my iPod, and for 30 minutes on that wonderful morning we stood there, nearly alone with the painting, and listened to movement III over and over again as we stared in awe at the ethereal beauty of El Greco's subjects (I was particularly struck by his depiction of St Augustine). It was a sublime experience; how often does great art get its own soundtrack?

Listening to Vangelis' 'El Greco' in the presence of one of the painter's finest pieces, I was completely overwhelmed at how Vangelis was able to convey the spirit of the artist's work in music. (I was, I think, in the presence of two masters.) 'El Greco' has since become one of my favorite of Vangelis' compositions.

Fails to convey the same emotions..........2007-02-06

I am a die-hard Vangelis fan. But I can also acknowledge where his emotions are not as powerful, and "El Greco" is one of those cases. The album, while interesting, fails to engage the listener in the same way other classics by the Greek legend do, such as Bladerunner, Antarctica or Opera Sauvage. I recommend those before checking this one out.

Magical... 6 stars?.......2006-01-22

This is absolutely one of Vangelis' best works, a cross between classical and new age. Soothening, mysterious and passionate. A must for collectors!!!

Deep Dark but Ingenious...Eternal Music.......2004-12-06

Maybe the best and most introspective of Vangelis..
You must listen to "El Greco" twice or thrice in order to understand the deeper atmosphere it emerges from this masterpiece.. Not for easy listening. It requires proper mood and proper environment in order to enjoy it..

I agree it is dark sometimes but each track is a pure pleasure for all audiophiles out there.. Technically, melodically, inspirationally, harmonically, emotionally, spiritually, is perfect...Few pieces of music, can create in the mind what I call "presentiment of eternity", a fusion of your mind with great dramatic things that you have never lived but you feel so intense as you were there !!!

And if you are Greek and have certain ethnic backgrounds, you will appreciate this CD more. Because there is inside, what we call Byzantine Greek feeling.. Especially one melody reminds me of the famous byzantine hymn "Tin Ipermaho ta nikitiria" that starts with 3 "C" notes...!!

Epitomizes "Thinking Man's Music" .......2004-10-15

I have been a Vangelis fan for over 20 years and have all of his
recordings(except the compilations). I listen mostly to classical
and jazz but Vangelis by and far is the artist who's work I
listen to the most. His ability to fuse electronic and classical
music is nothing short of sublime. He is a living legend and
perhaps after his passing will the world begin to REALLY
appreciate the man's work.

"El Greco" is nothing short of a masterpiece. I too have been to
Toledo and have seen the environment in which El Greco worked and
must say that Vangelis has created a highly evocative aural
characterization of the artist and his art.

The dark elements are actually a positiver thing and something
that I've used in contrasting ways. For example, I don't put this
recording on when I am feeling down, per se; or in the evening,
or in a dark room with headphones. Doing those things would
accentuate the darkness to an unbearable state. Instead, I play
this recording on bright, sunny days. Specially when it's
snowing, or after it's snowed. BUT, I try to play it only when I
am by myself. This is not one that you want to have folks
engaging in conversation with you while you are listening to it.

I would absolutely NOT qualify this one as "space music" or
symphonic electronica, as we would Albedo or Spiral. This is more
along the lines of Opera Sauvage, but MUCH darker. The tonal
elements are similar to Opera, but the reverberation is deeper
and much wider, giving this recording a cavernous quality that no
other Vangelis recording has demonstrated.

As for those who don't care for the dark personality of this
recording I would say that you are missing the gist of what the
artist tried to do; and perhaps do not even understand what
Vangelis is all about. Vangelis is about NOT following tried and
true musical forms. If any one thing, perhaps his reneging to
follow classical forms is what's made him a significant artist.

Someone mentioned in an earlier review that he/she is still
waiting of Vangelis to surprise him/her. Well, the fact that you
don't like this album(after the initial listen) is testimony
enough that he has indeed surprised you!!!

I must concede that I am not often in the mood for this
recording, since it requires the proper environment and
circumstances that are not always available to me. But I am
more than grateful that there is music like "El Greco".
Music that targets a specific mood(s) and stimulates thinking
that otherwise would not happen while listening to more
"conventional" music forms.

Average customer rating:

El Greco Ennio Morricone Manufacturer: Gdm Italy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Soundtracks | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000RPDZBE Release Date: 2007-07-02

Tracks:

1. Exultate Deo
2. Invocazione
3. Festa
4. Angoscia E Ricerca
5. Nascondersi
6. Festa (# 2)
7. Rituale
8. Angoscia E Ricerca (# 2)
9. Un Suono Lontano
10. Angoscia E Ricerca Ii
11. Festa (# 3)
12. Invocazione Seconda
13. Alleluia Alleluia
14. Per Archi
15. Asperges Me
16. Nascondersi (# 2)
17. Angoscia E Ricerca (# 3)
18. Greco (Quartetto)
19. Canti (1a Parte)
20. Canti (2a Parte)
21. Unus Et Trinus (Conclusione)
22. Un Suono Lontano (# 2)
23. Angoscia E Ricerca (# 4)
24. Follia E Amore
25. Discesa

Album Description

2007 Deluxe Edition pressing of Morricone's score for the 1964 film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Mel Ferrer, Rosanna Schiaffino, Adolfo Celi and Fernando Rey. Symphonic score by a young Morricone, but is still rich with all the musical elements typical of the author's later works. This complete CD is digitally remastered and restored using the original stereo master tapes. Booklet with eight pages in colour enriched with archives stills.

Album Details

Deluxe Issue of this 1964 Film Directed by Luciano Salce, and Starring Mel Ferrer, Rosanna Schiaffino, Adolfo Celi, and Fernando Rey. Digitally Remastered Using the Original Stereo Tapes and Eight Page Booklet.

Average customer rating: Juliette Greco: an expressive voice!

Plus Grandes Chansons Juliette Gréco Manufacturer: Olivi ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music French Pop | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Je Suis Comme Je Suis: Les Plus Belles Chansons The Voice of the Sparrow: The Very Best of Edith Piaf Aznavour: Ses Plus Grands Succes La Belle Vie ASIN: B00005J8YE Release Date: 2001-03-15

Tracks:

1. Dabillez-Moi
2. Si Tu T'Imagines
3. Jolie M
4. Petit Poisson, Un Petit Oiseau
5. Temps des Cerises
6. Paris Canaille
7. Trois Petites Notes de Musique
8. Non Monsieur Je N'Ai Pas 20 Ans
9. Je Suis Comme Je Suis
10. Accord
11. On N'Oublie Rien
12. Parlez-Moi d'Amour
13. Pingouins
14. Il N'y a Plus d'Apres
15. Feuilles Mortes

Customer Reviews:

Juliette Greco: an expressive voice!.......2004-07-10

Juliette Greco established as one of the great singers in this decade in which Piaf signed her style. However Greco owned a magic voice , warmth and deeply suggestive ; Parlez d'amour , soul les ciel de Paris (to me is the best version in the market) ; you'll never get tired about her charisma , her velvet touch and her sensual inflexions , loaded with feeling and sincerity.

Average customer rating:

L'Organo Napoletano nel XVIII Secolo Manufacturer: Arts Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cimarosa, Domenico | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hasse | Hasse, Johann Adolf | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Jommelli, Niccolò | ( J ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Paisiello | Paisiello, Giovanni | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pergolesi | Pergolesi, Gio Battista | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Domenico Scarlatti | Scarlatti, Domenico | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Toccatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chaconnes | Variations | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Organ | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000005AO4 Release Date: 1997-01-14

Tracks:

1. Mascara Son E Ballata
2. Aria in C
3. Aria in C K. 287
4. Son in D K. 288
5. Son in g
6. Toccata in A
7. Son in F
8. Ov E Ciaccona in E flat
9. Sinf in D
10. Son in C
11. Son in E Flat
12. Sinf in C
13. Son in D
14. Largo in c
15. Allegro in E flat
16. Son in B flat
17. Son Sesta in D: Prld - Rondo
18. Son in g
19. Son in Re

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