Land Where I Was Born [Import]

Land Where I Was Born [Import]

Land Where I Was Born [Import]

ASIN: B00006ILN7

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. I'm a Happy Go Lucky Cowhand
2. Will I Meet Old Faithful Up Yonder
3. Range in the Western Sky
4. Texas Lil
5. Old Log Cabin on the Mountain Trail
6. Sound Effects Cowboy
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Disc: 2
1. Green Mountains
2. Curio of Marrabelle
3. Ooleera (Mighty Mountain of the West)
4. On the Murray Valley
5. Cullenbenbong
6. New Wabash Cannon Ball
See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3
1. Pass the Billy Round Boys
2. Kid with the Rip in His Pants
3. Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again
4. Lad with the Laughing Eyes
5. Lords of the Weddin' Range
6. Married by the Bible Divorced by the Law
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Smoky Dawson's Musical Career Began in Australia in 1934 When He Formed a Western Group and Soon Became a Household Name in Australia Through a Regular Radio Show. Smoky Recorded with the Columbia Gramophone Company and Performed in all the Top Shows in Every Australian Capital City with Great Success. In 1951, the Dawsons (Smoky Married Dot in 1944) Moved to the USA Where Smoky Obtained a Contract with Acuff Rose and Performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. A Long and Distinguished Recording and Performing Career Followed, Added in 1978 to the Country Music Roll of Renown, and Presented a Mbe (For Services to Country Music) in 1983. Smoky Still Performs and Records to this Day; This Latest Release Summing Up the Man, the Legend, in a Triple CD Set. EMI. 2005.

Land Where I Was Born,Smoky Dawson,EMI,Country,Country/Bluegrass
Handel - Messiah / Augér, von Otter, Chance, Crook, Tomlinson, English Concert, Pinnock
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Ladies & gentleman: The Lord'n Savior, God Almighty
  • So Fashionable, and So Disappointing
  • A nice combination of period nad tradiitonal
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  • La mas bella y fidedigna interpretacion que se pueda obtener
 Handel - Messiah / Augér, von Otter, Chance, Crook, Tomlinson, English Concert, Pinnock
George Frideric Handel , Arleen Auger , Anne Sofie von Otter , Trevor Pinnock , The English Concert & Choir , Michael Chance , Howard Crook , and John Tomlinson
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ASIN: B0000057DB
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Messiah: Part One - 1. Sinfony (Grave - Allegro moderato)
  2. Messiah: Part One - 2. Accompagnato : Comfort Ye My People
  3. Messiah: Part One - 3. Air : Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted
  4. Messiah: Part One - 4. Chorus : And The Glory Of The Lord Shall Be Revealed
  5. Messiah: Part One - 5. Accompagnato : Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts
  6. Messiah: Part One - 6. Air : But Who May Abide The Day Of His Coming
  7. Messiah: Part One - 7. Chorus : And He Shall Purify
  8. Messiah: Part One - 8. Recitative : Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive
  9. Messiah: Part One - 9. Air and Chorus : O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings
  10. Messiah: Part One - 10. Accompagnato : For Behold, Darkness Shall Cover
  11. Messiah: Part One - 11. Air : The People That Walked In Darkness
  12. Messiah: Part One - 12. Chorus : For Unto Us A Child Is Born
  13. Messiah: Part One - 13. Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
  14. Messiah: Part One - 14. Recitative: There Were Shepherds Abiding In The Field - Accompagnato: And Lo, The Angel Of The Lord - 15. Recitative: And The Angel Said Unto Them - 16. Accompagnato: And Suddenly There Was With The Angel
  15. Messiah: Part One - 17. Chorus : Glory To God In The Highest
  16. Messiah: Part One - 18. Air : Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion
  17. Messiah: Part One - 19. Recitative : Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind
  18. Messiah: Part One - 20. Air : He Shall Feed His Flock
  19. Messiah: Part One - 21. Chorus : His Yoke Is Easy, His Burthen Is Light
  20. Messiah: Part Two - 22. Chorus : Behold The Lamb Of God
  21. Messiah: Part Two - Air : 23. He Was Despised

Tracks:

  1. Messiah: Part Two - 24. Chorus : Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs
  2. Messiah: Part Two - 25. Chorus : And With His Stripes We Are Healed
  3. Messiah: Part Two - 26. Chorus : All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray
  4. Messiah: Part Two - 27. Accompagnato : All They That See Him
  5. Messiah: Part Two - 28. Chorus : He Trusted In God
  6. Messiah: Part Two - 29. Accompagnato : Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart
  7. Messiah: Part Two - 30. Arioso : Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow
  8. Messiah: Part Two - 31. Accompagnato : He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land
  9. Messiah: Part Two - 32. Air : But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul
  10. Messiah: Part Two - 33. Chorus : Lift Up Your Heads, O Ye Gates
  11. Messiah: Part Two - 34. Recitative : Unto Which Of The Angels
  12. Messiah: Part Two - 35. Chorus : Let All The Angels Of God Worship Him
  13. Messiah: Part Two - 36. Air : Thou Art Gone Up On High
  14. Messiah: Part Two - 37. Chorus : The Lord Gave The Word
  15. Messiah: Part Two - 38. Air : How Beautiful Are The Feet
  16. Messiah: Part Two - 39. Chorus : Their Sound Is Gone Out
  17. Messiah: Part Two - 40. Air : Why Do The Nations So Furiously Rage
  18. Messiah: Part Two - 41. Chorus : Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder
  19. Messiah: Part Two - 42. Recitative : He That Dwelleth In Heaven
  20. Messiah: Part Two - 43. Air : Thou Shalt Break Them
  21. Messiah: Part Two - 44. Chorus : Hallelujah
  22. Messiah: Part Three - 45. Air : I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
  23. Messiah: Part Three - 46. Chorus : Since By Man Came Death
  24. Messiah: Part Three - 47. Recitative : Behold, I Tell You A Mystery
  25. Messiah: Part Three - 48. Air : The Trumpet Shall Sound
  26. Messiah: Part Three - 49. Recitative : Then Shall Be Brought To Pass
  27. Messiah: Part Three - 50. Duet : O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
  28. Messiah: Part Three - 51. Chorus : But Thanks Be To God
  29. Messiah: Part Three - 52. Air : If God Be For Us
  30. Messiah: Part Three - 53. Chorus : Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain --- Amen

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This is a terrific performance of Messiah. Not only are the soloists all superb, but Trevor Pinnock completely contradicts the image of many period instrument performances as small-scale, scrappy affairs. Indeed, he invests the choruses with as much genuine Handelian pomp as Beecham at his most extravagant. The trumpets really blaze, and the timpani thunder, and everyone simply has a great time. A joyous performance, just right for the holiday season. --David Hurwitz

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Trevor Pinnock meets with mixed success in this account of the Messiah with the English Concert & Choir and soloists Arleen Auger, Anne Sofie von Otter, Michael Chance, Howard Crook, and John Tomlinson, recorded and released in 1988. Its strengths are the strengths of the early-music movement in general. The size and distribution of the instrumental and vocal forces are optimal, which means that textures are clear and balances apt. Rhythms are nicely pointed, though often, in Pinnock's case, not quite well enough sprung. Tempos are well chosen; for example, "All we like sheep"--which turns out to be one of the set's best numbers--is a real bourré, and Pinnock animates it in just the right way. But the performance often seems workmanlike and unemotional, weighed down in too many instances by the humdrum work of the chorus. The alto section in particular, which is half male and half female, sings timidly and is constantly swallowing its entrances. Bass soloist John Tomlinson is a further drag on the effort. He has the right idea--that there's an Italian opera hiding behind all this biblical imagery--but his cottony sound is out of place, a misguided attempt to mimic Nicolai Ghiaurov. His usable range is less than a tenth (he croaks the low G's and F-sharps), and his diction is horrible. "Thus spake the Lord" is strangled, and when, in "The trumpet shall sound" Tomlinson gets to the words "we shall be changed," one can't help wishing that he had been changed too, right before the sessions started. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ladies & gentleman: The Lord'n Savior, God Almighty.......2007-06-13

Handel's Messiah is my favorite piece of classical music. Of the two versions that I had I only have left this one, and it is not the best (the other had been a cheap recording whose author's name I forgot too). This version seems to lack a little enthusiasm from the voices; too melancholic. Anyway, this is the first review of any music that I write, and probably will be the last too, so I just want to leave my impression of how I feel when I hear these solemn and heavenly sounds. One feels so raised to the heavenlies... I can almost sense the presence of the Lord Almighty up yonder among the clouds, and me being carried in solemnity to meet Him. Far away are the buzzing sounds of earthly chores. The air is fresh and clean as we are raised above the valleys, and we come to meet God's elected amid the singing, stronger and stronger. Jubilant, bathed in the glorious rays of the Savior's Light, we come together and sing: Glory to God, glory to God, praise and glory for He is coming...

2 out of 5 stars So Fashionable, and So Disappointing.......2007-02-01

This would be a great 21st Century Reader's Digest version of Messiah, if such a thing existed any more. Handel did as much as he could, but really, the performers still have to do something besides posture, which, by the way, seems to me to characterize many performances these days. Fashionable, but musically deficient.

Specifically: John Tomlinson sings like he thinks he IS God, instead of singing about Him. Heavy, cumbersome, and overblown. May I add boorish?

Arleen Auger has a very sweet voice. And??

Despite the program notes insisting that certain segments of this Messiah are given to "the contralto", Anne Sofie von Otter is NOT a contralto. Not even close.

The male alto can barely sustain a legato line - why he insists upon throwing in those complicated, badly-performed embellishments I can't figure. Well, I can, but I'd really rather not say.

Wake up, choristers!! It's 'For Unto Us A Child Is Born," not "Oy, I have to go to the grocery store today."

Boy do I regret having spent almost $40 on this one. Thank goodness I have the Colin Davis to console me.

4 out of 5 stars A nice combination of period nad tradiitonal.......2006-12-17



This 1988 recording sits between the euqally English, euqally period-ifnluenced Hogwood and Garidner. Of the three, Hogwood sounds more 'authentic' because it uses boys in the chorus and singers schooled period practice. By comparison, Pinnock's soprano, Arleen Auger, and mozeeo, Von Otter, are essentially modern singers--gorgeous ones, of course, Gardiner is far more anemic in his conducting and uses a scrwny-sounding orchestra, so if that's more authentic, so be it. Of the three, Pinnock gives us more traditional music values in his emotional expression and instrumental timbres.

The competiiton is mushc stiffer now than in 1988, but Pinnock's reading has survived the test of time. He is not a genuinely inspired conductor--sadly, Messiah has become a cottage industry that excludes most big-name talents--but neither are Gardiner and Hogwood. (For sheer musicality, I tend to put my money on Andrew Parrott, Robert King, Marc Minkowski, Niklaus Harnoncourt, and Rene Jacobs.) But he's certainly good eough. The reason I haven't given five stars is that the male soloists aren't first-rate, and in particular the Wotan voice of John Tomlinson sounds cavernous in the bass arias. Add to that Pinnock's tendency toward tepidness, and what you end up with is a very good but not great performance.

5 out of 5 stars Wait! Before you buy..........2006-05-28

... This Messiah has recently been re-released at a much cheaper price. Go back and look for the DG "The Originals" release, which is being sold new for under $12.

5 out of 5 stars La mas bella y fidedigna interpretacion que se pueda obtener.......2004-12-29

Soy uno de los mas fanaticos seguidores de Handel y de su obra El Mesias... He escuchado muchas versiones de esta genial e impresionante obra del maestro Handel y, sencillamente no me queda mas que recomendar esta interpretacion, bajo la batuta del maestro Trevor Pinnock. Se nota la exigencia con que esta version se interpreto, dentro el contexto del arte barroco y la magnificencia de la pronunciacion del ingles de la epoca. La orquesta se luce impresionantemente desde la obertura... y le da a cada movimiento, toda aquella fuerza y a la vez delicadeza requerida en el sentimiento que aplica en cada uno de los textos biblicos escogidos por el guionista Jennens. El Coro del English Concert es arrebatador y demuestra maestria en la interpretacion de cada una de las arias que le corresponde. La soprano Arleen Auger, la puedo definir como un angel cantando y resulta ser una caricia a los oidos, a la vez que es capaz de arrancarle a uno las lagrimas por lo excelso de su magia interpretativa. El tenor Crook, aunque no es un tenor con tesitura para canto barroco, es realmente habil y agil al momento de interpretar los melismas caracteristicos de este brillante periodo musical. El contratenor Michael Chance, es fenomenal y quiera Dios que yo tenga el honor de conocer a este genio del canto: "But who may abide..." interpretado por Chance en esta version, es como para caer en extasis. La contralto Anne Sophie von Otter..., tiene una voz oscura y redondeada..., tambien resulta una caricia a los oidos y su "If God be for us..." es desbordante, capaz tambien de hacerle a uno derramar lagrimas por su belleza interpretativa. El bajo Tomlinson..., es barbaro!!! (Soy bajo-baritono en el Coro de la Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional de Costa Rica...) A pesar de su voz tan oscura, es tremendamente agil cuando le toca cantar los melismas y es genial al alcanzar la tonalidad brillante en las partes de notas altas y agudas...; por ejemplo: "The people that walked in darkness..." y "Why do the nations..." Tengo seis años de experiencia, interpretando musica coral y tengo que decir que espere esos seis años, desde 1999, para felizmente cantar esta obra "El Mesias". Ha sido fantastico finalmente lograr este objetivo..., la espera valio la pena y debo admitir que mi inspiracion ha sido sin duda alguna, la version que puede usted encontrar en este disco compacto. Doy gracias a todos los que intervinieron en esta grabacion (al maestro Trevor Pinnock, al English Concert and Choir y a los solistas ya mencionados), en nombre mio y en nombre del maestro Handel.
Life Upon the Wicked Stage
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    		Life Upon the Wicked Stage
    Carole Cook , Jerome Kern , Grant Geissman , David Stout [trombone] , Dan Fornero , John Fumo , Brock Peters , James Anderson , Jane Lanier , Lauren Kennedy , Linda Michele , Marissa Jaret Winokur , Melissa Errico , Reece Holland , Robert Morse , Rod McKuen , Roger Rees , Ronnie Franklin , and Steve Orich
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    ASIN: B0000658H9
    Release Date: 2002-05-07

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    1. The Song Is You - Jamie Anderson
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    Handel - Messiah / Vyvyan · Sinclair · Vickers · Tozzi · Royal PO · Beecham
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    George Frideric Handel , Sir Thomas Beecham , Jennifer Vyvyan , Monica Sinclair , Royal Philharmonic Orchestra , Jon Vickers , and Giorgio Tozzi
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    Tracks:

    1. Messiah: Overture - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
    2. Messiah: Recit: Comfort Ye, My People (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
    3. Messiah: Air: Every Valley Shall Be Exalted (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
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    14. Messiah: Recit: There Were Shepherds Abiding (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
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    17. Messiah: Chorus: Glory To God In The Highest - John McCarthy
    18. Messiah: Air: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
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    Tracks:

    1. Messiah: Chorus: Behold The Lamb Of God - John McCarthy
    2. Messiah: Air: He Was Despised (Contralto) - Monica Sinclair
    3. Messiah: Chorus: Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs - John McCarthy
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    5. Messiah: Chorus: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - John McCarthy
    6. Messiah: Recit: All They That See Him (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
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    8. Messiah: Recit: Thy Rebuke Hath Broken His Heart (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
    9. Messiah: Air: Behold, And See If There Be (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
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    11. Messiah: Air: But Thou Didst Not Leave (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
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    13. Messiah: Air: How Beautiful Are The Feet (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
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    17. Messiah: Recit: He That Dwelleth In Heaven (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
    18. Messiah: Air: Thou Shalt Break Them (Tenor) - Jon Vickers
    19. Messiah: Chorus: Hallelujah! - John McCarthy
    20. Messiah: Part III - Air: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan
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    22. Messiah: Recit: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery (Bass) - Giorgio Tozzi
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    8. Messiah: Air: If God Be For Us (Soprano) - Jennifer Vyvyan

    Amazon.com essential recording

    Sir Thomas Beecham's Messiah has become notorious among baroque purists (like this writer) for embodying the worst excesses of pre-1960 Handel performance: ponderous tempos, stentorian opera singers, huge lumbering choruses and orchestras, crashing cymbals, clanging triangles.... Well, we'll need a new straw man: this performance is WONDERFUL. Jon Vickers and Giorgio Tozzi negotiate Handel's writing surprisingly well; Jennifer Vyvyan takes to it naturally. The chorus and orchestra (yes, including trombones, tuba, triangle, and cymbals) may obscure the part-writing, but they fill the music with power, grandeur, and faith. If Mozart could re-orchestrate Messiah, why not Beecham? This may not be Handel's Messiah as such, it may even be a period piece itself--but it's magnificent. --Matthew Westphal

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    3 out of 5 stars Beecham's noisy Messiah.......2006-12-23

    Here's the famous Messiah from Thomas Beecham and forces that uses crashing cymbals, enhanced timpani and brass to make it sound like a collusion between classical forces, a rock band and Canadian Brass. Listen to second CD excerpt from "Hallelujah!" for the opening cymbal crash to get an idea of what's going on.

    This performance has been debated for 40 years as to whether it is musically adept, musically correct, an exemplar of the English choral tradition, or just a big old batch of fun at Handel's expense. I first owned this during a time when I also owned a recording Handel's "Royal Fireworks Music" featuring 40 woodwinds. The two made roughly an equal amount of noise.

    There isn't much question this performance is completely out of step with the way Handel is performed in most venues today. Check out the wonderful Jon Vickers' highly operatic opening aria, "Comfort ye", then compare that to any leaned-out period group you've heard. You'll get another idea of the dimension of Beecham's project.

    While not on the agenda of the Flat Earth Society, the only real interest in a performance like this -- especially having to endure it on three CDs when just about everyone else puts it on two -- is nostalgia or history, whichever happens to be the case for you.

    My personal favorite version is in the 4-CD box of "Messiah" and "Israel In Egypt" where Andrew Parrott leads his Taverner Choir & Players and some of the best early music singers including Emma Kirkby, Emily van Evera, Margaret Cable, David Thomas, and Joseph Cornwall. HIs Messiah isn't perfect -- it uses a countertenor for a bass in one aria -- but it is more moderate than most PPP recordings and has a wonderful romantic edge to most of the score. It comes with a top notch recording of "Israel in Egypt" and still costs less than the Beehcham.

    5 out of 5 stars The Big Victorian Handel 'Messiah': Indulge Yourself!.......2006-12-16

    We live in an era when purity of intent and respect for composers' works is at an all time high. Not only are we blessed with superb 'authentic' performances on period instruments and with small choruses and countertenors and state of the art bel canto singers for Handel's evergreen "Messiah", there are many superlative recordings that are as polished as any one work on current recordings. Supposedly we are hearing Messiah the way Handel envisioned it. Perhaps so, but who is to say that had Handel the resources available today he wouldn't have jumped for joy at the drama of the old British Choral Societies version that Sir Thomas Beecham conducts on this anything but dusty recording from many years ago. The 'Old School' had its good points.

    Beecham goes all out with an orchestration, while attributed to Sir Eugene Goosens is also probably some of Beecham's own inimitable tinkering, that adds instruments not only in numbers but also in color and depth of sound. Winds double strings, percussion includes the full battery instead of just tympani, the big cello and viola sound stand equally with the big violin sound, etc. The chorus is huge, and while this allows the big dramatic moments to be intense, the fine diction Beecham demanded remains solidly intact.

    The soloists are in an operatic class of their own. Jennifer Vyvyan and Monica Sinclair were major singers when this recording was made and their singing is big and well ornamented. Jon Vickers and Giorgio Tozzi bring Verdi into the room and he is a welcome visitor to Beecham's vision of this work.

    For this listener, who prefers the 'correct, authentic' performance, this recording and others even older that celebrate the BIG Messiah are a delight. And that just proves that performance standards, no matter the interpretation of the conductor, are paramount: Beecham gives a solid, convincing interpretation to the operatic Messiah. It is lush, and huge, and absolutely wonderful to hear again! Grady Harp, December 06

    5 out of 5 stars Comfort Ye!.......2006-10-30

    If your not familiar with "Messiah" don't let the reviews scare you - this is certainly a great choice for your first or only recording. There is a lot of feeling in the playing and singing, and i feel it is quite respectful not only of the composer, but the subject matter. It includes a booklet with all the lyrics, and an essay by Beecham himself about the piece. It is a complete recording, with a "bonus cd" of extra verses not usually performed (as explained in the essay). The audio quality is great for the time it was recorded. Its much more worthy to be listened to and contemplated than to be put on as backround music at Christmastime. The price is certainly reasonable in light of the quality of the performance.

    3 out of 5 stars Familiarity hasn't bred much affection.......2005-11-02

    I first became acquainted with this recording at the tender age of 12 when I received the original Soria edition as a Christmas gift. I remember being intensely disappointed at what seemed to me then as more circus than music. Time has mellowed that negative reaction and gives a more balanced assessment of Beecham's achievement - I bought the CD reissue after all. It still doesn't inspire much affection in yours truly although I can appreciate the soloists' contributions, particularly Tozzi. The lamented Vyvyan was in better voice with Boult. Here she has a rapid vibrato and a curious way of articulating the high notes. The orchestrations seem to maintain more of the clarity of the writing by concentrating on the bass and the top without clogging up the middle voices in the manner of the Victorians. There are three pieces where it just doesn't work at all to these ears: the brassy "All we like sheep," "Hallelujah" (which summons visions of Fucik's 'Entry of the Gladiators' every time I hear it), and the disintegration of the obbligato trumpet into flute noodlings in "The trumpet shall sound," in a lightweight performance that is at odds with the grandeur of the text. I'll also admit that the splashy brilliance of "For unto us a Child is born" and the surging drama of "Surely, He hath borne our griefs" are very satisfying.

    In the forty some recordings I own (and the many performances I've attended) there's no best and no definitive. This is one I respect but don't care to hear very often.

    3 out of 5 stars Thanks to Jon!.......2005-03-08

    This recording is worth having first of all beacause of the credible singing of Jon Vickers! Yes, he really sings on the words. The "Comfort Ye" and "Every valley..." have a knew dimension after Jons reading of the score. Of course I know that in tradition we want a very much more lyrical voice to this masterpiece. But he's not alone here, and now we are already into the problem; the choir! It's just terrible, yes terrible!
    I'm just ending up with "Thanks to Jon!"




    Handel: The Masterworks (Box Set)
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      Haendel: Saul [Hybrid SACD]
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        1. Handel: Messiah [Hybrid SACD]

        ASIN: B000A169OK
        Release Date: 2006-01-10

        Tracks:

        1. Symphony: Allegro - Larghetto - Allegro - Andante Larghetto
        2. 1. Chorus: How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord
        3. 2. Air (Soprano): An Infant Raised By Thy Command - 3. Trio (Alto, Tenore, Basso): Along The Monster Atheist Strode
        4. 4. Soprano, Alto, Tenore, Basso: The Youth Inspired By Thee, O Lord - 5. Chorus: How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord
        5. 6. Recit & 7. Air (Michal): He Comes, He Comes! - O God-Like Youth! - 8. Recitative (Abner, Saul, David): Behold, O King, The Brave, Victorious Youth
        6. 9. Air (David): O King, Your Favours With Delight - 10. Recitative (Jonathan): Oh Early Piety!
        7. 11. Air (Merab): What Abject Thoughts A Prince Can Have! - 12. Recitative (Merab): Yet Think, On Whom This Honour You Bestow
        8. 13. Air (Jonathan): Birth And Fortune I Despise!
        9. 14. Recitative (High Priest): Go On, Illustrious Pair! - 15. Air (High Priest): While Yet Thy Tide Of Bood Runs High
        10. 16. Recitative (Saul, Merab): Thou, Merab, First In Birth, Be First In Honour - 17. Air (Merab): My Soul Rejects The Thought With Scorn - 18. Air (Michal): See, With What A Scornful Air - 19. Air (Michal): Ah, Lovely Youth, Wast Thou Designed
        11. 20. Symphony: Andante Allegro - 21. Recitative (Michal): Already See The Daughters Of The Land - 22. Chorus: Welcome, Welcome, Mighty King!
        12. 23. Accompagnato (Saul): What Do I Hear? - 24. Chorus: David His Ten Thousands Slew - 25. Accompagnato (Saul): To Him Ten Thousands - 26. Air (Saul): With Rage I Shall Start Burst His Praises To Hear
        13. 27. Recitative (Jonathan, Michal): Imprudent Women! - 28. Air (Michal): Fell Rage And Black Despair Possessed
        14. 29. Recitative (High Priest): This But The Smallest Part Of Harmony - 30. Accompagnato (High Priest): By Thee This Universal Frame
        15. 31. Recitative (Abner): Racked With Infernal Pains - 32. Air (David): O Lord, Whose Mercies Numberless
        16. 33. Symphony: Largo - 34. Recitative (Jonathan): 'Tis All In Vain, His Fury Still Continues
        17. 35. Air (Saul): A Serpent, In My Bosom Warmed - 36. Recitative (Saul): Has He Escaped My Rage?
        18. 37. Air (Merab): Capricious Man
        19. 38. Accompagnato (Jonathan): O Filial Piety! - 39. Air (Jonathan): No, Cruel Father, No!
        20. 40. Air (High Priest): O Lord, Whose Providence - 41. Chorus: Preserve Him For The Glory Of Thy Name
        21. 42. Chorus: Envy! Eldest Born Of Hell!
        22. 43. Recitative (Jonathan): Ah! Dearest Friend - 44. Air (Jonathan): But Sooner Jordan' Stream, I Swear
        23. 45. Recitative (David, Jonathan): Oh Strange Vicissitude! - 46. Air (David): Such Haughty Beauties Rather Move

        Tracks:

        1. 47. Recitative (Jonathan): My Father Comes - 48. Recitative (Saul, Jonathan): Hast Thou Obeyed My Orders
        2. 49. Air (Jonathan): Sin Not, O King, Against The Youth - 50. Air (Saul): As Great Jehovah Lives - 51. Air (Jonathan): From Cities Stormed, And Battles Won
        3. 52. Recitative (Jonathan, Saul): Appear, My Friend - 53. Air (David): Your Words, O King, My Loyal Heart - 54. Recitative (Saul): Yes, He Shall Wed My Daughter!
        4. 55. Recitative (Michal): A Father's Will Has Authorised My Love - 56. Duet (Michal, David): O Fairest Of Ten Thousand Fair - 57. Chorus: Is There A Man
        5. 58. Symphony: Largo - Allegro
        6. 59. Recitative (David): Thy Father Is As Cruel - 60. Duet (David, Michal): At Persecution I Can Laugh
        7. 61. Recitative (Michal, Doeg): Whom Dost Thou Seek - 62. Air (Michal): No, No Let The Guilty Tremble
        8. 63. Recitative (Merab): Mean As He Was, He Is My Brother Now - 64. Air (Merab): Author Of Peace, Who Canst Controul
        9. 65. Symphony: Allegro
        10. 66. Accompagnato (Saul): The Time At Length Is Come - 67. Recitative (Saul, Jonathan): Where Is The Son Of Jesse?
        11. 68. Chorus: Oh Fatal Consequence Of Rage
        12. 69. Accompagnato (Saul): Wretch That I Am - 70. Recit - Accompagnato (Saul): 'Tis Said, Here Lives A Woman
        13. 71. Recitative (With, Saul): With Me What Would'st Thou - 72. Air (Witch Of Endor): Infernal Spirits
        14. 73. Accompagnato (Samuel, Saul): Why Hast Thou Forced Me From The Realms Of Peace
        15. 74. Symphony: Allegro
        16. 75. Recitative (David, Amalekite): Whence Comest Thou? - 76. Air (David): Impious Wretch, Of Race Accurst!
        17. 77. March: Grave
        18. 78. Chorus: Mourn, Israel
        19. 79. Air (High Priest): Oh Let It Not In Gath Be Heard
        20. 80. Air (Merab): From This Unhappy Day
        21. 81. Air (David): Brave Jonathan His Bow Never Drew - 82. Chorus: Eagles Were Not So Swift As They
        22. 83. Air (Michal): In Sweetest Harmony They Lived! - 84. Solo (David And Chorus): O Fatal Day! - 85. Recitative (Abner): Ye Men Of Judah, Weep No More!
        23. 86. Chorus: Gird On Thy Sword, Thou Man Of Might
        Handel: Messiah
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        • Finally a Messiah with fervor!
        • Great recording!
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        ASIN: B00002R16A
        Release Date: 1999-11-30

        Tracks:

        1. Messiah: No. 1 Overture
        2. Messiah: No. 2 Arioso For Tenor
        3. Messiah: No. 3 Air For Tenor
        4. Messiah: No. 4 Chorus
        5. Messiah: No. 5 Recitative For Bass
        6. Messiah: No. 6 Air For Bass
        7. Messiah: No. 7 Chorus
        8. Messiah: No. 8 Recitative For Alto
        9. Messiah: No. 9 Air For Alto And Chorus
        10. Messiah: No. 10 Arioso For Bass
        11. Messiah: No. 11 Air For Bass
        12. Messiah: No. 12 Chorus
        13. Messiah: No. 13 Pifa (Pastoral Symphony)
        14. Messiah: No. 14a Recitative And No. 14b Arioso For Soprano
        15. Messiah: No. 15 Recitative For Soprano
        16. Messiah: No. 16 Arioso For Soprano
        17. Messiah: No. 17 Chorus
        18. Messiah: No. 18 Air For Soprano
        19. Messiah: No. 19 Recitative For Alto
        20. Messiah: No. 20 Air For Alto And Soprano
        21. Messiah: No. 21 Chorus
        22. Messiah: No. 22 Chorus
        23. Messiah: No. 23 Air For Alto
        24. Messiah: No. 24 Chorus
        25. Messiah: No. 25 Chorus
        26. Messiah: No. 26 Chorus

        Tracks:

        1. Messiah: No. 27 Arioso For Tenor
        2. Messiah: No. 28 Chorus
        3. Messiah: No. 29 Recitative For Tenor
        4. Messiah: No. 30 Air For Tenor
        5. Messiah: No. 31 Recitative For Tenor
        6. Messiah: No. 32 Air For Tenor
        7. Messiah: No. 33 Chorus
        8. Messiah: No. 34 Recitative For Tenor
        9. Messiah: No. 35 Chorus
        10. Messiah: No. 36 Air For Alto
        11. Messiah: No. 37 Chorus
        12. Messiah: No. 38 Aria For Soprano
        13. Messiah: No. 39 Chorus
        14. Messiah: No. 40 Air For Bass
        15. Messiah: No. 41 Chorus
        16. Messiah: No. 42 Recitative For Tenor
        17. Messiah: No. 43 Air For Tenor
        18. Messiah: No. 44 Chorus
        19. Messiah: No. 45 Air For Soprano
        20. Messiah: No. 46 Chorus
        21. Messiah: No. 47 Recitative For Bass
        22. Messiah: No. 48 Air For Bass
        23. Messiah: No. 49 Recitative For Alto
        24. Messiah: No. 50 Duet For Alto And Tenor
        25. Messiah: No. 51 Chorus
        26. Messiah: No. 52 Air For Soprano
        27. Messiah: No. 53 Chorus
        28. Messiah: Amen

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Finally a Messiah with fervor!.......2005-10-20

        I've hunted a thrilling performance of The Messiah through 240 versions so far. This is the best I've found. Some are self-conscious, dutifully singing as instructed. Some are almost childish in their lilt. Some are overblown with so much bombast that you can barely hear the heart of the music. Some are concentrated on faithfulness to the original instruments. If you want a performance that will make you shiver with the power and joy of the music, this is the one. The singers are singing about GLORY. They sound as if they are ecstatic. The musicians are at one with the music and they create a virtual cathedral wherever this CD is played, just close your eyes. Or, let your own imagery, be it celestial, or of great oceans...carry you away.

        5 out of 5 stars Great recording!.......2003-09-22

        There are so many performances of the Messiah out there that it is very difficult to point to a difinative one, but I'd put this in the catagory of the "very good" ones. As other reviewers have said, every performance is different and has its own character. Each has stronger and weaker points. Here the conductor and musicians have made good, solid musical choices. There is an amazing attention to detail which is not so obvious the first listen through but which makes the piece shine. The tempos seem to be right on, and there is no frivolous over-embellishment by the soloists. There is no attempt to be showey. The dramatic dynamics in the first section of the overture are interesting, but seem to work after you hear it a few times. This performance also includes sections which are often omitted (Second half of "He shall feed his flock," "Thou art gone up on high," "Great was the company of the preachers," and "Death where is thy sting"). I prefer the more intimate quality of a small ensemble of musicians to the mega-performances by the London Philharmonic, Vienna State Opera Orchestra, etc.. As with this performance, the smaller group lends a clarity to the music, where the larger ensembles can get a little "muddy" at times. Just my personal preference. Overall, this is a very good performance, and certainly the low price (being on the Naxos lable) makes this a clear choice.

        2 out of 5 stars Good and Bad.......2000-04-09

        I was more interested in "The Messiah" for the religious content than as a music critic, but this was too much. The strings are tinny. The orchestra is plodding. The soloists and choir are thankfully very good and seem to understand the meaning of the words. It is a shame the sound mix is uneven. The male parts come across loud and clear, but the poor women. For instance, No. 9 Oh thou that tellest..., the soloist sounded like she was singing in an echo chamber far from the mike. This is one of the most disappointing versions of "The Messiah" I have heard in a long time.

        4 out of 5 stars This is a great recording!.......2000-02-11

        I was really surprised with the new that the Messiah's New World premiere was held at Trinity Church in October 1770, twenty-eight years after it was written. This fact only will make one proud in having this CD among his collection.

        Anyhow, this is nothing more than a historic detail and would not count if this recording had not an outstanding first-rate ensemble of singers. Without doubt there is no definitive version of Messiah. Each one has its own distinctive touch and feeling and exploring it is always a pleasant journey through imagination.

        As stated by the conductor: "we must concede that performing Messiah with twenty singers and an appropriately balanced instrumental ensemble represents, at best, an imperfect comprimise", it will be easy to understand that this recording does not stand among the greatest and will probably carry some imperfections. I will mention two that kind of disppointed me a little bit. The Overture and the Chorus Worthy is the Lamb, for some reason misses the habitual vigor and strenght. Everything else is great and this is definitely a worth buying.
        Messiah
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          		Messiah

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          Tracks:

          1. Sinfoina (Overture) No. 1
          2. Recit Comfort My People No. 2
          3. Air Ev'ry Valley Shallbe Exalted N0.3
          4. Chorus , And The Glory Of The Lord N0. 4
          5. Recit Thus Saith The Lord N0.5
          6. Air But Who May Abide The Day The Day Of His Coming? N0.6
          7. Chorus And He Shall Purify No. 7
          8. Recit Behold, A Virhin Shall Conceive N0. 8
          9. Air And Chorus O Thou That Tekkest No. 9
          10. Recit For Behold Darkness No. 10
          11. Air The People That Walked In Darkness No. 11
          12. Chorus For Unto Us A Child Is Born
          13. Pifa Pastoral Symphony No. 13
          14. Recit , There Were Shepherds No. 14a
          15. Recit , And Lo , The Angen No.14 b
          16. Recit , And The Angel No. 15
          17. Recit , And Suddenly There Was With The Angel No. 16
          18. Chorus , Glory To God No . 17
          19. Air, Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion No. 18
          20. Recit, Then Shall The Eyes Of The Blind No . 19
          21. Air , And He Shall Feed His Flock No . 20
          22. Chorus. His Yoke Is Easy, And His Burden Is Light No. 21
          23. Chorus , Behold The Lamb Of God No. 22
          24. Air, He Was Despised And Rejected No . 23

          Tracks:

          1. Chorus, Surely He Hath Borne Our Griefs No .24
          2. Chorus, And With His Stripes We Are Healed No . 25
          3. Chorus, All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray No . 26
          4. Recit, All They That See Him No . 27
          5. Chorus, He Trusted In God No . 28
          6. Recit , Thy Rebuke Bath Broken His Heart N0 . 29
          7. Air Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow No. 30
          8. Recit. He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land No . 31
          9. Air , But Thou Didst Not Leave His Soul No .32
          10. Chorus, Lift up Your Heads O Ye Dates No . 33
          11. Recit , Unto Which Of The Angels No. 34
          12. Chorus, Let All The Angels No. 35
          13. Air. Thos Art Gone Up On High No . 36
          14. Chorus. The Lord Gave The Word No . 37
          15. Air, How Beautiful Are The Feet No . 38
          16. Chorus. Their Sound Is Gone Out No. 39
          17. Air, Why Do The Nations? No . 40
          18. Chorus Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder No . 41
          19. Recit, He That Dweleth In Heaven No. 42
          20. Air, Thous Shalt Break Them No . 43
          21. Chorus , Hallelujah No . 44
          22. Air, I Know That My Recteemer Liveth No . 45
          23. Chorus, Since By Man Came Death No . 46
          24. Recit, Behold I Tell You A Mystery No . 47
          25. Air, The Trumpet Shall Sound Mo. 48
          26. Recit, Then Shall Be Brought To Pass No . 49
          27. Duet O deatdh Where Is Thy Sting No. 50 Chorus , But Thanks Be To God No. 51
          28. Air If God Be For Us No . 52
          29. Worthy Is The Lamb That Was Slain
          30. Amen Mo . 53
          Handel - Messiah / I Solisti Veneti · Scimone [Highlights]
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            		Handel - Messiah / I Solisti Veneti · Scimone [Highlights]
            George Frideric Handel , Claudio Scimone , Patricia Schuman , Lucia Valentini-Terrani , I Solisti Veneti , The Ambrosian Singers , Bruce Ford , Gwynne Howell , and John McCarthy
            Manufacturer: Arts Music
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000005AQA
            Release Date: 1997-09-16

            Tracks:

            1. No.3: Ev'ry Valley Shall Be Exalted - Bruce Ford
            2. No.4: And The Glory Of The Lord - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            3. No.7: And He Shall Purify - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            4. No.8: Behold, A Virgin Shall Conceive - Lucia Valentini Terrani
            5. Np.9: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings - Lucia Valentini Terrani
            6. No.12: For Unto Us A Child Is Born - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            7. No.18: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - Patricia Schuman
            8. No.21: His Yoke Is Easy - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            9. No.24: Surely He Hath Born Our Griefs - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            10. No.25: And With His Stripes We Are Healed - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            11. No.26: All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            12. No.30: Behold, And See If There Be Any Sorrow - Bruce Ford
            13. No.31: He Was Cut Off Out Of The Land - Bruce Ford
            14. No.32: But Thou Didst Not Leave - Bruce Ford
            15. No.33: Lift Up Your Heads - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            16. No.34: Unto Which Of The Angels - Bruce Ford
            17. No.35: Let All The Angels Of God - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            18. No.37: The Lord Gave The Word - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            19. No.40: Why Do The Nations So Furiously - Gwynne Howell
            20. No.41: Let Us Break Their Bonds Asunder - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            21. No.44: Hallelujah - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            22. No.47: Behold, I Tell You A Mystery - Gwynne Howell
            23. No.48: The Trumpet Shall Sound - Gwynne Howell
            24. No.49: Then Shall Be Brought To Pass - Lucia Valentini Terrani
            25. No.50: O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?/No.51 But Thanks Be To God - Lucia Valentini Terrani/Bruce Ford
            26. No.52: If God Be For Us - Patricia Shuman
            27. No.53: Worthy Is The Lamb - The Ambrosia Singers/John McCarthy
            Collection: Say It With Music (Dlx)
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              		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.
              Land Where I Was Born
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                		Land Where I Was Born
                Smoky Dawson
                Manufacturer: EMI
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
                CountryCountry | Imports | Stores | Music
                ASIN: B00006ILN7
                Release Date: 2005-07-11

                Tracks:

                1. I'm a Happy Go Lucky Cowhand
                2. Will I Meet Old Faithful Up Yonder
                3. Range in the Western Sky
                4. Texas Lil
                5. Old Log Cabin on the Mountain Trail
                6. Sound Effects Cowboy
                7. Old Cockatoorali
                8. Stockman's Story
                9. Never Been to Gundagai
                10. Cob the Corn
                11. Mother Please Open the Door
                12. My Little Old Log Cabin
                13. Just a Sprig of Golden Wattle
                14. Where the Waterfall Leaps in the Gully
                15. Cowboy's Round-Up Song
                16. You Left Me and Now I Feel Blue
                17. Yearning for Over the Range
                18. Riding Down the Dream Trail
                19. My Heart Is Where the Roper Flows Tonight
                20. On the Old Singing Trail
                21. Lights of Cobb and Co.
                22. When I Was a Single Man
                23. Last of the Kellys

                Tracks:

                1. Green Mountains
                2. Curio of Marrabelle
                3. Ooleera (Mighty Mountain of the West)
                4. On the Murray Valley
                5. Cullenbenbong
                6. New Wabash Cannon Ball
                7. Hills of the Golden West
                8. Man from Never Never
                9. Smoky (That Wild Stallion Grand)
                10. Overlander's Song
                11. Matilda Waltzes On
                12. Kookaburra Yodel
                13. There's a New School Teacher at the Old School Now
                14. I'm Happy in the Land Where I Was Born
                15. Starlight Rides Again
                16. Wild Colonial Boy
                17. Riding with a Smile and a Song
                18. Jindawarrabell
                19. Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again
                20. Hillbilly Fever
                21. Mr. Moon
                22. Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart
                23. Save the Mail

                Tracks:

                1. Pass the Billy Round Boys
                2. Kid With the Rip in His Pants
                3. Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again
                4. Lad with the Laughing Eyes
                5. Lords of the Weddin' Range
                6. Married by the Bible, Divorced by the Law
                7. On the Banks of the Reedy Lagoon
                8. You Better Not Go
                9. Crazy Arms
                10. Don't Push Me Too Far
                11. Stolen Moments
                12. Grannies Song at Twilight
                13. Ghost of Ben Hall
                14. I'm Lonesome for You Caroline
                15. Friendship (Golden Friendship)
                16. Call Me Back Pal O'Mine
                17. Treasure
                18. In the Valley Where the Bellbirds Sing
                19. Stone Outside Dan Murphy's Door
                20. Song of the Inland
                21. Only a Leaf
                22. Be Careful

                Album Description

                Smoky Dawson's Musical Career Began in Australia in 1934 When He Formed a Western Group and Soon Became a Household Name in Australia Through a Regular Radio Show. Smoky Recorded with the Columbia Gramophone Company and Performed in all the Top Shows in Every Australian Capital City with Great Success. In 1951, the Dawsons (Smoky Married Dot in 1944) Moved to the USA Where Smoky Obtained a Contract with Acuff Rose and Performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. A Long and Distinguished Recording and Performing Career Followed, Added in 1978 to the Country Music Roll of Renown, and Presented a Mbe (For Services to Country Music) in 1983. Smoky Still Performs and Records to this Day; This Latest Release Summing Up the Man, the Legend, in a Triple CD Set. EMI. 2005.

                Album Details

                Smoky Dawson's Musical Career Began in Australia in 1934 When He Formed a Western Group and Soon Became a Household Name in Australia Through a Regular Radio Show. Smoky Recorded with the Columbia Gramophone Company and Performed in all the Top Shows in Every Australian Capital City with Great Success. In 1951, the Dawsons (Smoky Married Dot in 1944) Moved to the USA Where Smoky Obtained a Contract with Acuff Rose and Performed at the Grand Ole Opry in Nashville. A Long and Distinguished Recording and Performing Career Followed, Added in 1978 to the Country Music Roll of Renown, and Presented a Mbe (For Services to Country Music) in 1983. Smoky Still Performs and Records to this Day; This Latest Release Summing Up the Man, the Legend, in a Triple CD Set.

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                6. More of Country's Most Wanted
                7. More Songs of Love & Murder
                8. My Town
                9. My Wife...My Life
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