Loves Lost & Found

Loves Lost & Found

ASIN: B000001EH4

Editorial Reviews
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The first self-consciously literary lyricist to win acceptance in Nashville, Tom T. Hall opened the door for Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash and other to follow, and his work still holds up today. Character sketches like "Ravishing Ruby" and "Pamela Brown" or narratives like "The Year Clayton Delancey Died" and "Homecoming" are models of how much detail you can pack into a three-minute song if you ruthlessly eliminate every unnecessary word.

Loves Lost and Found is an anthology emphasizing Hall's philosophical ruminations on the topic of love. Unfortunately, it offers only minimal information about Hall's life, recording sessions and chart success. And because of its thematic focus, Loves Lost and Found favors the sentimental side of Hall's work, which is less interesting than his comic and ironic work. Included are a pair of No. 1 country hits: the long list of things "I Love" and a similar list of all the things "Country Is." "Souvenirs" and "We're All Through Dancing" are nicely understated looks at dying love affairs; "Old Enough to Want To" and "Back When We Were Young" examine middle-aged love from comic and sentimental perspectives. "Your Man Loves You Honey" is one of his most complex songs, for it balances a profession of love with a stubborn refusal to change his ways.

Tracks:

Everybody Says Don't
I Wonder What Became of Me?
The Eagle and Me
I Had Myself a True Love
Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Happiness
Loving You
You Could Drive a Person Crazy
Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

Buds Won't Bud
I Got Lost in His Arms
West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
Ice Cream
Send in the Clowns
The Trolley Song
Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

Average customer rating:

Another fine addition to the series

Lost in Boston III
Various Artists - Soundtracks , Cy Coleman , Stephen Flaherty , Frank Loesser , Ralph Martin Hugh / Blane , Richard Rodgers , Harvey Schmidt , Stephen Sondheim , Charles Strouse , Jule Styne , Meredith Willson , Tom Fay , Dan Shaheen , Debbie Gravitte , Dennis Kelley , Gannon McHale , Guy Haines , Harry Groener , Jason Graae , Lindsay Ridgeway , Liz Callaway , Liz Larsen , Lynne Wintersteller , Lynnette Perry , Malcolm Gets , Michele Pawk , Patricia Ben Peterson , Paul Blankenship , Rebecca Luker , Rod Raines , Sal Viviano , Sarah Chapman , Tammy Minoff , Tim Ewing , Walter Willison , and Steve Orich
Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

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Guys & Dolls: Travelin' Light - Malcolm Gets
Meet Me In St. Louis: A Bell Will Ring - Patricia Ben Peterson
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Once On This Island: When Daniel Marries - La Chanze
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Customer Reviews:

Another fine addition to the series.......2001-02-13

After a bit of a slip with the second, this series was back on track with this third CD of songs cut from well-known musicals. As I mentioned in a previous review, just about any successful musical has had songs cut from it, not always because the song wasn't good, but because it no longer fit the show as updated, or a character or scene was cut (the booklet explains why each song was removed from its show). Once again, the songs are all good and the performances are wonderful. My favorites are "Mama's Talking Soft" (cut from Gypsy), "Big Fat Heart" (Seesaw), "Your Own College Band" (Where's Charley?), "When I Go Out Walkin' with my Baby" (Oklahoma!), and "Pick Up the Pieces" (also Seesaw). Bruce Kimmel was smart in using show singers instead of pop singers. I recommend the entire series. This CD features some fine songs that deserve renewed appreciation.

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Loves Lost and Found
Tom T. Hall
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001EH4
Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

Souvenirs
Love Letters In The Sand
I Love
Old Enough To Want To
Back When We Were Young
It's All In The Game
Negatory Romance
We're All Through Dancing
Your Man Loves You, Honey
Do It To Someone You Love
P.S. I Love You
Country Is
One Of The Mysteries Of Life

Amazon.com

The first self-consciously literary lyricist to win acceptance in Nashville, Tom T. Hall opened the door for Lyle Lovett, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Rosanne Cash and other to follow, and his work still holds up today. Character sketches like "Ravishing Ruby" and "Pamela Brown" or narratives like "The Year Clayton Delancey Died" and "Homecoming" are models of how much detail you can pack into a three-minute song if you ruthlessly eliminate every unnecessary word.

Loves Lost and Found is an anthology emphasizing Hall's philosophical ruminations on the topic of love. Unfortunately, it offers only minimal information about Hall's life, recording sessions and chart success. And because of its thematic focus, Loves Lost and Found favors the sentimental side of Hall's work, which is less interesting than his comic and ironic work. Included are a pair of No. 1 country hits: the long list of things "I Love" and a similar list of all the things "Country Is." "Souvenirs" and "We're All Through Dancing" are nicely understated looks at dying love affairs; "Old Enough to Want To" and "Back When We Were Young" examine middle-aged love from comic and sentimental perspectives. "Your Man Loves You Honey" is one of his most complex songs, for it balances a profession of love with a stubborn refusal to change his ways.

Hall never had much of a voice, but he did have a special feel for his own lyrics, giving them the conversational intimacy and disarming cadences which earned him the nickname "The Storyteller." Still, it was his songwriting not his singing which made him a legend, so it's strange that would devote three of its 13 tracks to Hall's versions of other people's songs--especially with so many of his own compositions unavailable on CD. --Geoffrey Himes

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Load of sweet melody but poor recording

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ASIN: B000000718
Release Date: 1997-09-30

Tracks:

Scenes From Childhood: About Faraway Lands And People
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Impromptu In B Flat, Op. 142 No. 3: Andante
For Children: Rose Garden, Op. 42 No. 26
For Children: Lost Loves, Op. 42 No. 3
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Cradle Song, Op. 27, Book II No. 5
A Little Tale, Op. 27, Book I No. 1
Sonata In E, Op. 109: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo
In My Homeland, Op. 43 No. 3
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The Girl With The Flaxen Hair (La fille aux cheveux de lin)
Sonata In F, K. 332: Adagio
Waltz In A Flat, Op. 39 No. 15
Waltz In E Major, Op. 39 No. 2
Intermezzo In A, Op. 18 No. 2
Gymnope No. 1
Song Without Words In D, Op. 85 No. 4
Song Without Words In A, Op. 19 No. 4
Song Without Words In D, Op. 102 No. 2
Song Without Words In E Flat, Op. 67 No. 1
Impromptu In A Flat, Op. 142 No. 2
Impromptu In B Flat, Op. 142 No. 3
Sonata in A, K. 331: Andante grazioso
Sonata in A, K. 331: Menuetto
Sonata in A, K. 331: Alla Turca
Sonata In E, Op. 109: Vivace, ma non troppo
Sonata In E, Op. 109: Prestissimo
Sonata In E, Op. 109: Andante molto cantabile ed espressivo

Amazon.com

This recording is a sequel to pianist Carol Rosenberger's "Perchance to Dream," a compilation of lullabies and other restful, tranquil music. It's nice to have a follow-up on such a warm and professionally presented album, and this does not disappoint. On the first disc of this two-CD set there are a number of simple tunes including themes by Mozart, Schubert, and Beethoven; on the second disc we hear their variations. Once again Rosenberger's playing seems suited to the primary goal at hand: putting children to sleep. Her execution is without edges or unpleasant texture of any kind. While it would possibly come across as slightly bland in a concert hall, this approach is perfectly suited here. -- Gwendolyn Freed

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Customer Reviews:

Load of sweet melody but poor recording.......2001-08-19

The collections itself well deserve the title - lots of sweet, dreaming and classic melodies. However, the bad recording sound has taken away all the goodies created in the album.

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