Roger Smalley: Kaleidoscope [Import]

Roger Smalley: Kaleidoscope [Import]

ASIN: B00019PCJE

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Released for the 60th birthday of this major Australian composer, this is a CD of his important orchestral works conducted by the composer himself. The oboe concerto and the cello concerto are considered amongst his greatest works. The ten Scriabin poems are lovingly orchestrated homages to smalley's favorite composer. ABC Classics. 2003.

Tracks:

A Song For All Seas, All Ships - Andante Maestoso - London Symphony Chorus
On The Beach At Night, Alone - Largo Sostenuto - London Symphony Chorus
Scherzo: The Waves - Allegro Brillante - London Symphony
The Explorers - Grave E Molto Adagio - London Symphony Chorus

Tracks:

Lento: Allegro Risoluto
Lento
Scherzo (Nocturne)
Andante Con Moto; Maestoso Alla Marcia; Allegro; Lento; Epilogue
Allegro Pesante - James Oliver Buswell IV
Adagio - James Oliver Buswell IV
Presto - James Oliver Buswell IV
Overture

Tracks:

Molto Moderato - Douglas Cummings
Lento Moderato - Douglas Cummings
Moderato Pesante - Douglas Cummings
Lento - Douglas Cummings
Allegro
Andante Moderato
Scherzo: Allegro Molto
Finale Con Epilogo Fugato: Allegro Molto

Tracks:

Preludio: Moderato
Scherzo: Prestso
Romanza: Lento
Passacaglia: Moderato
Explorer
Poet
Queen
Allegro Moderato - John Fletcher
Romanza: Andante Sostenuto - John Fletcher
Finale: Rondo Alla Tedesca - John Fletcher

Tracks:

Allegro
Moderato
Scherzo: Allegro Vivace
Epilogue: Moderato
Moderato Maestoso
Andante Sostenuto
Scherzo: Allegro Pesante
Andante Tranquillo

Tracks:

Spoken Introduction - The Ambrosian Singers
Prelude: Andante Maestoso - The Ambrosian Singers
Spoken Introduction - The Ambrosian Singers
Scherzo: Moderato; Poco Animato - The Ambrosian Singers
Spoken Introduction - The Ambrosian Singers
Landscape: Lento - The Ambrosian Singers
Spoken Introduction - The Ambrosian Singers
Intermezzo: Andante Sostenuto - The Ambrosian Singers
Spoken Introduction - The Ambrosian Singers
Epilogue: Alla Marcia Moderato (Ma Non Troppo) - The Ambrosian Singers
Fantasia (Variazioni Senza Tema)
Scherzo Alla Marcia (Per Stromenti A Fiato)
Cavatina (Per Stromenti Ad Arco)
Toccata

Customer Reviews:

A Great First Buy on Ralph Vaughan Williams........2007-06-05

Up until recently, I was only vaguely familiar with the music of British composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. After reading the reviews and noticing the lower than usual price for this set, I thought I'd give it a listen. I'm definitely glad I did as this is some very beautiful music indeed.
All nine of Vaughan William's symphonies are included here along with four bonus pieces, the Concerto Accademico for Violin, the Bass Tuba Concerto, "Three Portraits from the England of Elizabeth" and the overture for the stage play "The Wasps".
Conductor Andre Previn definitely brings these works to life in a mighty way. The "Sea Symphony" is a real standout with its beautiful choral arrangements and orchestrations. Other standouts are the "Pastoral" third symphony and the dramatic Stravinsky-esque fourth symphony.
Indeed, all of the music here is something special and I'm very satisfied to have this set as my introduction to the music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Like other reviewers have stated here, this is definitely a must-have collection and I can't think of a better way to start a Vaughan Williams library than with this.

A small footnote: After listening to the first movement of "A Sea Symphony", it may be quite possible that John Lennon sampled a small section of it for "Revolution 9" on the Beatles' White Album. The section in question occurs roughly 12 minutes into the first movement. It's very brief but it immediately stuck out once it was heard.

Vaughan Williams' wonderful music at last..........2007-04-21

Ralph Vaughan Williams was in my opinion one of the very greatest composers of music. Never content with what he had just written, but nevertheless staunch in his principles, over his lifetime he created a series of amazingly vital and original pieces. I could write many pages about these works, so will just say a little about my favorite of all, the incredible Symphony No 8 in D minor. Written at the extraordinary age of 86, the sheer musical inventiveness of this truly unbelievable piece is without equal and I include here all the "great" classical composers such as Beethoven, Brahms and the like. The first movement "Variations in search of a theme" is serious, thought-provoking and modern, yet unmistakably RVW. Its one of the most original first movements ever written ( owing nothing whatsoever to the classical tradition) and though asking more questions than it answers, is a movement even if you have never listened to any of RVWs music before demands attention and absolutely requires you to listen more. The second movement "Cavatina" is one of the most ghostly-beautiful slow movements ever written. The only thing I can really compare it with is RVWs own "The Lark Ascending" though for me this is a far more complex and challenging piece. I have listened to Barber's famous " Adagio for Strings", written at about the same time as this,and for me, this is an even greater and more moving piece - well Barber hadn't written the so-called "Pastoral" Symphony for practice had he ? The third movement is a typically gruff RVW scherzo. I can just see the old geezer galumphing round his garden complaining about his musicians, modern taxation, life in general... It's really funny and whenever can you say that of Mozart, Beethoven , Brahms and company...?The fourth movement is is ...how on earth do you describe this absolutely extraordinary finale. Part village band, part religious apotheosis, this is music truly not of the everyday earth which we inhabit, but something much more glorious, more astonishing... In this movement RVW uses just about every musical instrument known to man - he must have had enormous fun composing it... but the first entry of the celeste is the moment you all need to listen for.

André Previn has chosen some of the very finest of RVWs works to record on this set and for me this is his greatest testament as a conductor. His sheer (and somewhat amazing in itself as a jazz musician) love for RVWs music comes out tops here. A great recording and an absolutely tremendous bargain.

Previn & Vaughan Williams: An Excellent Coupling.......2007-01-10

I have some of these recordings on RCA Red Seal LPs from the late 1960's. I think it is one the best of three symphony cycles in my possession. The other two are Colin Davis/Sibelius and Herbert Blomstedt/Nielsen. Some of my RVW LPs are Adrian Boult and some are Andre Previn. I prefer Previn. Previn really digs into this music. My three favorites: #2 (London), #3 (Pastoral) and #5. It gives me goose bumps being able to listen to them without rice krispies in the background. Kudos to RCA for re-releasing these gems.

Can't get any better.......2004-07-19

If you've ever thought of getting all of the RVW symphonies but haven't, because of cost or what not, there are no more excuses. This is the best set ever. Previn and the LSO had a magical relationship 30 years ago, and no one has ever done these symphonies better. If you find some of them tough nuts to crack, don't worry; RVW isn't easy music, but it is well worth it. It's not supposed to be simple. The only caveat: analog sound. Now RCA was capable of great sound in the 1970's, and the sound is frankly better than the newer RCA series with Slatkin. But if superb digital sound is paramount, you won't go wrong with Handley's set with Liverpool. It's another top notch cycle. Still, I rate Previn tops in this music. RCA is to be commended for releasing this set, as well as the others in the series...check them out!

Comprehensive and Impressive Collection.......2004-04-07

Listen to the bold beginning of Ralph Vaughan Williams' A Sea Symphony, and you've captured the essence of VW at his best. This is the first of 9 symphonies by a composer who is surely England's greatest Symphonist. His essays in the form span the first half of the twentieth century, but include few of its radical elements. Vaughan Williams was a traditionalist throughout, and surely it was that conservative outlook that drew him to the symphonic form in the first place.

Listening to his second symphony, A London Symphony, one hears typical Vaughan Williams-almost entirely melodic in its conception, with lots of diatonic, modal or pentatonic writing, and a touch of chromatic harmony to flavour the melody. It's beautiful, and the music spans a wide emotional gamut from intense introspection to joyous celebration. Only in the 4th Symphony does VW really open himself to a more contrapuntal and dissonant style, and the consequence is that the composition becomes quite reminiscent of Prokofiev or Schostakovich, the two other great Symphonists of the time. Following the 5th Symphony, however, I feel that VW's artistic output suffers. The later pieces, with the exception of the 7th Symphony, Sinfonia Antarctica-based on music he'd composed for the film Scott of the Antarctic--lack the vigor and excitement of the earlier works. They're more introspective, perhaps as befits an older composer, but they don't speak to me as strongly as, say, the later symphonies of Mahler or Schostakovich. Perhaps it is that VW was resistant to change in his basic musical outlook, but by the 1950's, the diatonic/pentatonic ideas he frequented had become increasingly irrelevant. That VW was brilliant and a master craftsman is unquestionable, but he seemed to need new fuel for his compositional fires and was unwilling to consider the atonality of Schoenberg and his followers, the rhythmic vitality of Stravinsky and Bartok, or even the orchestral colours and dramatic juxtapositions of Gustav Mahler. There are still many moments of brilliance, but as a whole the later works move me less.

Tracks:

'Not While I'm Around'
The Sound Of Music: 'Edelweiss'
'Wiegenlied'
'Gestilte Sehnsucht'
'Geistliches Wiegenlied'
'Wiegenlied (Wie sich der Auglein)'
'Sandmannchen'
The Consul: 'Mother's Aria'
'Brezairola' (Berceuse)
Chants d'Auvergue: 'Oi Ayai'
'Ar hyd y nos' (All Through The Night)
'Sehnsucht nach dem Fruhling'
'Lass mich schlummern, Herzlein, schweige'
Siete Canciones populares espanolas: 'Nana' (Berceuse)
'Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito'
'The Little Horses' (Lullaby)
'Cantiga de Ninar' (Baby's Goodnight Song)
'Susse, susse Sommernacht'
'Wiegenlied' (Schlafe, schlafe, holder susser Knabe)
Into The Woods: 'Stay With Me'

Amazon.com

This record is most notable for its performances. Kirchschlager's singing is ravishingly beautiful and deeply expressive; the pianists and other instrumentalists are all first rate. Its content seems designed less for consistent musical quality and a balanced program than for variety and popular appeal. Yet the predominantly slow songs induce a certain monotony, and Mozart and Menotti, Brahms and Broadway musicals make strange stylistic bedfellows. However, many gems stand out in the mix: the two Brahms songs with viola, in which the renowned Yuri Bashmet is unfortunately almost inaudible; two Schubert Cradle Songs, one famous, one unknown; several enchanting Spanish songs; a Haydn arrangement of a Welsh lullaby better known as "All through the Night"; a lovely romantic song by Zemlinsky; and a lush, soaring one by Miguel Kertsman written for Kirchschlager and just right for her expressively inflected voice. She identifies with every idiom and pours so much care and affection into each song that one can well imagine a loving mother singing to her child, and indeed the record is dedicated to her little son. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

Gentle crossover that gets a bit sleepy.......2006-06-01

When Sony's artist executives were German, they tried to promote the young Austrian mezzo Angelika Kirchschlager, but because of her difficult name (I am guessing) and the slackening classical music market, she never caught on. Today Kirchschlager is a star in Europe, and one sees her name on the Met roster. This, her second CD, is a gentle recital of lullabies, made more varied by adding Broadway tunes into the mix and bringing in star musicians like John Williams on guitar and Yuri Bashmet on viola.

The result is winning and thoroughly professional. Kirchschlager sings especially well in English, with a hybrid British-American accent but almost no German mannerisms. The closest comparison in terms of high mezzos would be with von Otter, and Kirchschlager's voice is at least as beautiful. But she lacks von Otter's imaginaiton, and after a while everything sounds a bit too square and placid--after all, these songs may be for babies, but the intended audience is also adults who go to lieder recitals, isn't it?

An Example of When Crossover Works.......2006-01-09

Angelika Kirchschlager is well known on the operatic stage and in chamber and orchestral programs where her forte is Mozart and Bach. Hers is a voice creamy rich and produced with incredible intelligence. She is also a communicator - in recital, in opera, in anything she does. It comes as no surprise then that an artist of this caliber (or her agent....!) is able to set the standard for the now ubiquitous 'crossover album' that most of the major singers find it necessary to make to gather in more admirers.

Selecting a wide variety of lullabies with varying settings feels so natural in Kirchschlager's elegant mezzo-soprano voice. Other artists have produced recitals of lullabies: Dawn Upshaw and Richard Goode immediately come to mind. But in this album, though not all of the works are of genius quality, Kirchschlager gives each her considerable talent and the result is a little night music that is equally as lovely for adults as for the intended audience of children (and of course their parents...).

With fine support from the London Metropolitan Ensemble, pianists Roger Vignoles and Helmut Deutsch, guitarist John Williams and violist Yuri Bashmet among others, Kirchschlager offers a rich variety of songs from Mozart, von Weber, Haydn, Brahms, Schubert, Canteloube, de Falla, Copeland, Sondheim, Rogers and Hammerstein and Zelimsky. And no matter the language or the setting they all work. This is an album to cherish and share and raises the respect for Angelika Kirchschlager even higher. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

Lullabies for All Ages.......2005-07-13

I bought this CD as a gift for my first grandchild to introduce her to the world of classical music. But when I played it, it enchanted me and my grandchild's parents even more than it did the baby. Angelika Kirschlager is a young Austrian mezzo-soprano who had previously been unknown to me. She sings these simple songs with a beautiful round warmth of tone.

The twenty selections on this CD include Brahms famous lullaby together with two lesser-known songs of Brahms accompanied by piano and viola. Schubert's two lullabies are included, and they are melting. There is a Mozart song (the theme of which he used in the third movement of his final piano concerto) and a Haydn arrangement of the Welsh folk -song "All Through the Night", which features an accompanying trio of violin, cello, and piano.
Aaron Copland's arrangement of "All the Pretty Little Horses" will delight young listeners, and there are songs by Richard Rogers, Steven Sondheim, C.M. Von Weber, and others to fill out an enchanting CD of music and dreams. Ms Kirschlager's singing is the highlight of this CD. She is accompanied well by a variety of pianists and by performers on the guitar, violin, cello, and flute. Texts and translations for the songs are included in the liner notes.

Although I bought this CD for my granddaughter, others dear to me have expressed interest, and I will be buying another copy.

Thanks to my Amazon friend Scott Morrison for recommending this CD and to the other perceptive reviewers of this lovely music.

Robin Friedman

A Wonderful Gift for a Baby!.......2005-02-15

Our family has just been blessed with a new grandson and one of my very thoughtful friends had the brilliant and generous idea to send the baby a copy of this wonderful collection of lullabies and nightsongs done so stunningly by the marvelous German mezzo, Angelika Kirchschlager. I am happy to report that the very first selection, Schubert's 'Wiegenlied' ('Cradle Song'), seemed to make him smile, even at his tender age. This bodes well for his developing discriminating musical taste because Ms Kirchschlager is a terrific singer. Her various accompanists provide sensitive support for her lovely and perfectly managed voice. She sings with impeccable diction in several languages and even in English I don't pick up any accent at all.

I must point out, however, that Amazon has listed the contents of this disc in an order different from that on the CD, but the musical samples they provide do match the titles listed.

Scott Morrison

Voice of an Angel.......2000-05-02

I was first introduced to Ms. Kirchlager three years ago and was instantly impressed. Her sumptuous voice and incredible beauty make her a delight to listen to, time and time again. When Night Falls, is only the most recent of what promises to be a long and impressionable career. From the ever popular "Edelweiss" to the easily recognizable "Wiegenlied", Ms. Kirchschlager approaches each song with the same heart-felt emotion as if she were singing to her own child. I have often listened to her CD late at night to help myself fall into my own sweet dreamland of "The Little Horses".

Average customer rating:

Parent's blessing!
A Real Snooze...
WONDERFUL - if only it was available
Get two so you can give one as a gift...
Beautifully performed soothing, calming music

Lullaby

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000419U
Release Date: 1996-02-13

Tracks:

Song for Baba
Kinderszenen, Op.15: No.7 Traumerei
Wiegenlied, D.498
Cancion de cuna para dormir a un negrito (Cradle Song)
Shepherd's Lullaby
Wiegenlied
Gipsy Melodies, Op.55 No.4: Songs My Mother Taught Me
Dream Sequence: a. Baby Let Me Take You Dreaming, b. Sleepyhead, c. Welcome To My Dream
Slumber Song
Lullaby, Op.57 No. 2
Slumber Song
Where Go The Boats
Chants d'Auvergne: Brezairola
A Little Song
Alice
Histoire de Babar le petit elephant: Lent at melancolique
Gentle Dreams
Mary's Lullaby
Dolly Suite: Berceuse
Wiegenlied, Op. 49 No. 4
Nursery Suite: Rock-a-bye, Baby/ Rocking Carol/ Golden Slumbers

Customer Reviews:

Parent's blessing!.......2004-01-02

I have two of these cd's. My kids are 2 and 4 and I bought the first cd when my daughter was a newborn. These have been a true blessing and most evenings, put ME to sleep along with my daughter as I'm getting her settled and to sleep. SOO soothing and relaxing.......just beautiful. The original cd had gotten a scratch on one song so I'm here on Amazon trying to buy yet another one. Great just to play when the kids are wound up just to sooth them.

A Real Snooze..........2002-10-24

This compilation of songs is most restful for both the young and old. I received this CD as a gift years before the birth of my daughter and I used it's calming effect while studying calculus.

While working in a daycare this CD had twenty 3-5 year old children fast asleep within minutes. Very cool!

I just purchased a new copy of this CD as the old one is scratched and worn out. I now look forward to sharing this soothing music with my newborn baby girl. ****I highly recommend this CD for putting your little one to sleep.****

WONDERFUL - if only it was available.......2002-08-19

As a highly active amateur cellist, this is my signature baby gift to all friends and family - all have commented at it's soothing effect when played at naptime or bedtime. This is a wonderful collection, well-played - BUT IT'S NEVER AVAILABLE. I'm now on a constant search to find used copies. I can only hope that they get back on the ball and restart production on this CD - so that all of you can enjoy it!!

Get two so you can give one as a gift..........2001-11-07

This CD is made up of instrumental cello renditions of popular lullabyes.

My wife and I have given several of these CD's to parents of young children in the US and abroad. Without exception, the soothing cello tunes help mother and child alike to relax at the end of a busy day.

Webber performs sensitive interpretations of these long-beloved classics, including Braham's Lullabye and Rock a Bye Baby. The cuts provide wonderful comfort to a stressed world. My wife and I listen happily while reading and sitting in front of the crackling fire.

We love this album and are ordering 6 so we have some on hand for gifts to new mothers.

Beautifully performed soothing, calming music.......1999-03-19

Julian Webber performs masterfully in this relaxing collection of peaceful lullabies. His technique is superb, and this CD will leave you snoring soundly if you play it at night, like I do.

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A FINE SOUNDTRACK.
Great
Better as Background Music
surprising score from a multitalented man
Captures the Times

Flags of Our Fathers

Manufacturer: Milan Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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Flags of Our Fathers (Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B000IOM1TG
Release Date: 2006-10-17

Tracks:

The Photograph
I'll Walk Alone - performed by Dinah Shore
Knock Knock - (Kyle Eastwood, Michael Stevens, Andrew McCormack, Graeme Flowers)
Wounded Marines
The Thunderer - (John Philip Sousa)
Armada Arrives
Goodbye Ira
Symphony In G Minor, 3rd Movement - (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)
String Quartet Opus #6, 2nd Movement - (Joseph Haydn)
Inland Battle
Flag Raising
Any Bonds Today? -(Irving Berlin)
Summit Ridge Drive - performed by Artie Shaw and His Gramercy Five
Vic'try Polka - (Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne)
The Medals
Platoon Swims
Washington Post March - (John Philip Sousa)
Flags Theme
End Titles Guitar
End Titles

Amazon.com

As if delivering Oscar-winning films were not enough, Clint Eastwood is one of the few directors to also compose much of his movies' soundtracks; even more impressive is that he's able to work within distinct genres, from jazz to country to Hollywood-style neoclassical. With help from orchestrator Lennie Niehaus, Eastwood creates a compelling soundtrack to the WWII drama Flags of Our Fathers, combining Eastwood originals (including son Kyle's contribution on "Knock Knock") with Philip Sousa marches; classical pieces by Mozart and Haydn; and period-defining pieces by the likes of Dinah Shore ("I'll Walk Alone"), Irving Berlin (a new recording of "Any Bonds Today?"), and Artie Shaw ("Summit Ridge Drive"). These are fairly minimal but it's nice to see them eschew the usual war-movie tropes--like the movie itself. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

Flags of Our Fathers tells the life stories of the six men who raised the American flag at the Battle of Iwo Jima, a turning point in WWII. The film is based on the bestselling book of the same name, written by James Bradley and Ron Powers, which chronicled the battle of Iwo Jima and the fates of the flag raisers and some of their brothers in Easy Company.

Customer Reviews:

A FINE SOUNDTRACK........2007-02-12

The soundtrack to "Flags of our Fathers" is a fine recording of music from the Oscar-nominated film. The strength of the album lies in the period songs, which are arranged beautifully by the artists who perform them. Clint Eastwood's orchestral score is another matter. It's got some fine moments (Like in "Wounded Marines," "Inland Battle," and the theme), but is a let-down overall. It's hard to know who to recommend this to. If you've enjoyed Clint's soundtracks before, then you'll probably like it.
Grade: B+

Great.......2007-02-01

I don't see how this album could possibly get lower than a 4. It's melody is haunting and emotional. Sure, there is a lot of era-filler music, but those pieces are good too. Clint's actual score is great, especially "wounded marines" and "end titles."
My mother almost comes to tears every time she hears the music, and I've often heard her humming it when she thinks no one is around.
All in all, it is a magnificent cd, keep up the good work Clint.

Better as Background Music.......2006-11-22

While this is an interesting mix, it works better as part of the film experience. To listen to the music, without the film accompanying, causes it to lose much of the impact. One thing film makers almost never get right is the spirit of the vocals in movies about the 1930s and 1940s. The female trio, in the war bond drive scenes, sounds like a contemporary imitation of the vocalists from that era. They don't sound authentic and I have heard many vocalists (solo or mixed voices) from the 1930s and 1940s on compact disc. This happens with orchestras attempting to recreate that era even when playing those arrangements. One orchestra that gets it absolutely right is the Dutch orchestra The Beau Hunks. So it can be done. Check them out on Amazon.

surprising score from a multitalented man.......2006-11-01

In addition to being a talented filmmaker,Clint Eastwood is an accomplished musician,and this score shows it.There have been several other posters here lambasting Mr.Eastwood for scoring his own pictures and screaming "He's no(insert composer name here)".Don't pay any attention to them.While he may not be in the class of John Williams or others as a composer,this is a melodic and highly effective score that fits the film and is well-performed under the brilliant baton of Lennie Niehaus.The main piano theme is memorable.This is a great companion to
his "Mystic River" and "Million Dollar Baby".

Captures the Times.......2006-10-26

This soundtrack is a very good integration of director Eastwood's music with traditional patriotic music and music of the WWII era. Overall, this soundtrack captures the time and place and the lives affected by events. As a soundtrack album of the film, this CD works effectively.

Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies; Job (Box Set)

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RESTORES ONE'S FAITH IN HONEST MUSIC MAKING
Excellence throughout

Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies; Job (Box Set)

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ASIN: B00006J3LP
Release Date: 2002-11-06

Tracks:

A Sea Symphony
A London Symphony
Symphony No. 8 In D Minor
English Folk Song Suite
A Pastoral Symphony
Symphony No. 4 In F Minor
Flos Campi
Oboe Concerto In A Minor
Symphony No. 5 In D
Symphony No. 6 In E Minor
Symphony No. 9 In E Minor
Fantasia On "Greensleeves"
Serenade To Music
Partita For Double String Orchestra
Sinfonia Antartica
Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
Five Variants Of Dives And Lazarus
Job - A Masque For Dancing

Customer Reviews:

RESTORES ONE'S FAITH IN HONEST MUSIC MAKING.......2007-03-29

Thank God for Tod Handley. I vividly recall a year or two back, feeling particularly jaundiced after a succession of glitzy, superficial concerts by conductors far starrier and younger, having my faith in real music making restored by a Handley concert which included a scintillating Schubert Little C Major and a profoundly moving VW Sea Symphony.

That work, of course, is the springboard for this cycle of complete VW symphonies. And a very satisfying journey through this inspiring canon of nine it is, too. Handley's affinity with English music needs no reiterating, but his relationship with Vaughan Williams in particular is a special one. More than most, he is alive to the changing and developing nature of the different symphonies through Vaughan Williams life - from the rich Romantic panoply of the 1st, taking in the influence of study with Ravel in the 3rd, the violence of Nos.4 & 6 and the idealisation of his Pilgrim music as well as that of his beloved Tudor composers in the Fifth, right through to the exploration of new sonorities and form in 7, 8 and 9. Throughout the cycle, this is music making that is honest, perceptive, communicative and frequently illuminating and inspiring.

Handley's Sea Symphony has terrific sweep in the opening movement, ideal rhythmic crispness in the scherzo and real depth in the long, questing Finale. Its one drawback is perhaps the somewhat cramped acoustics of Liverpool's Philharmonic Hall compared to, say, the fuller sound of the Kingsway Hall in Boult's second recording. His London Symphony is as fine as any, though I do now miss the passages opened out in Hickox's recording of the Original Version.

I'm inclined to think this the best Pastoral of any on disc: it finds Handley very sensitive to all the overtones of VW's experiences of the Great War that lie behind its overt pastoralism - Flanders Fields as much as English ones. This is followed by a stunning Fourth, matched only by the composer's own performance. The grinding dissonances of its motto motif, the bounce of the jazzier rhythms, the dark Beethovenian transition to the Finale are all perfectly realised: "I don't know if I like it, but it's what I meant" in VW's famous phrase and I feel sure Handley's performance is just what he meant.

The Fifth finds fierce competition from Boult (twice), Barbirolli (twice) and Haitink (most purely symphonic of all). But Handley strikes a fine balance between the Pilgrim's Progress antecedents of much of the material and the `absolute music' arguments to which it is subjected. This disc is almost worth it for the glorious horn counterpoint at the climax of the first movement alone, picked out by Handley as by no other conductor in my experience. His Sixth is another blistering reading to set beside that of his mentor, Boult, in mono for Decca. Handley's pp final movement here is too mystical to be mistaken for the post-nuclear landscape it's often compared to - it seems closer to VW's great friend, Holst's, Neptune. Pacing and colour are the strengths of this Antarctica, but only Haitink really succeeds in making it sound truly symphonic. And No.8 was always the domain of its dedicatee, `Glorious John' Barbirolli, who seemed to have the secret of its somewhat obtuse Variations without a Theme opening movement, its Bartokian Strings only and Wind only inner movements and the clangour of its Finale with `all the phones and spiels know to the composer'. However the elusive 9th is one of the best of Handley's set. He really seems to understand its deep, dark, Hardyesque mysteries, grounded as those novels seem to be in the very earth and land of England, as well as its further explorations of intriguing sonorities with the use of flugelhorn and saxophones.

The fill-ups from the original discs are here as well, including a fine Job and a superb Flos campi, another elusive work that seems to speak of secrets that are not to be found in the VW biographies. These are all considerable performances that reflect Handley's long-standing empathy with and authority in this music. And all at a bargain price.

Excellence throughout.......2004-10-16

On balance, this is probably the best set of Vaughan Williams symphonies out there today. Vernon Handley was a protege of Adrian Boult and you can hear a likeness in the way the two approach the music of their countryman. Boult may have had an advantage, being alive at a time Vaughan Williams was composing and premiering a number of the symphonies after they were composed.

The passage of time has left us two outstanding sets of Vaughan Williams symphonies by Boult, including a latter stereo version. I have heard both sets and they are wonderful. I prefer this one, however. Handley does things with some of the lesser played Vaughan Williams scores that, I believe, gives him an edge as the best of today's interpreters.

His version of the "Sea" Symphony No. 1 -- which is not a favorite of mine -- stacks up with anything out there. It avoids the bombastic approach taken by some conductors that do not completely understand the music or Vaughan Williams style. Even the new Atlanta Symphony version of the "Sea" Symphony does not exceed the vigor, loveliness and fine singing on parade under Handley's baton.

Handley also does wonderful things with the lesser known Symphonies 8 and 9, which some critics went wow over when Bernard Haitink recorded them together on one CD a few years back. Personally, I never heard the message of the dramatic 8th Symphony until I listened to this set.

Handley is hardly at a loss in the more well-known symphonies, either. His renditions of the "London" Symphony 2, "Pastoral" Sympony 3, Symphony 4 and "Antarctica" Symphony 7 are up with the best versions ever recorded. Handley's version is the first time I ever heard the chimes of Big Ben in the "London" symphony. His trip to Antarctica in Symphony 7 is probably the best one out there today and rivals the famous mono version Boult did 50 years ago, less the spoken tracts at the beginning and between sections.

Handley is equally fine in Vaughan Williams two violent symphonies, Nos. 4 and 6. In Symphony 4, he is especially visionary, understanding that the composer was not really writing about the impending world war when he penned the symphony in the late 1930s. Vaughan Williams said it was more about human interaction and communication and you hear this from Handley, who eschews much of the needless violence other conductors put into the score.

It is only the Symphony No. 5 where I find a clear preference to versions by Andre Previn in either of his stereo versions. Previn's 1988 Telarc recording also includes "Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis", perhaps Vaughan Williams' best-known melody. This is preferable to Handley's Symphony 5 diskmate, the "Flos Campi" Suite, which provides another moment for the Liverpool Philharmonic Choir to shine. Previn endows the wonderful symphony with more romance and emotion than Handley.

That's not to say Handley's recording is a dog. Hardly! His is an exquisite recording of some of the world's most beautiful music. It lacks little and competes with the best out there. All told, this is a five star set with beautiful and, when appropriate, powerful and visceral playing from the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Orchestra.

There are other fine Vaughan Williams set extant -- both Boult sets, the exceptionally well-recorded Thomson on Chandos, various recordings by Previn & Hickox and those by Bakels on Naxos -- but no complete set quite captures Ralph Vaughan Williams as three dimensionally as this one. My only complaint is Classics for Pleasure could have mated Handley's equally brilliant version of "Job: A Masque for Dancing" with one of the shorter symphonies and did not.

Arleen Auger - Love Songs / Dalton Baldwin

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Arleen Auger and Dalton Baldwin-Love Songs
Voice of experience
Auger at her best
Hidden Treasure
Gorgeous, sensitive music

Arleen Auger - Love Songs / Dalton Baldwin
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Release Date: 1992-05-22

Tracks:

Love Songs: Pastorale
Love Songs: Del Cabello mas sutil
Love Songs: Azulao
Love Songs: Standchen
Love Songs: Selige Nacht
Love Songs: Fleurs
Love Songs: Stornello
Love Songs: Music, When Soft Voice Die
Love Songs: Je t'aime
Love Songs: Love's Philosophy
Love Songs: Widmung
Love Songs: Du bist wie eine Blume
Love Songs: Das Rosenband
Love Songs: Liebst du um Schonheit
Love Songs: Cantares
Love Songs: How Do I Love Thee?
Love Songs: I'll Follow My Secret Heart
Love Songs: Serenade
Love Songs: Liebe Schwarmt auf allen Wegen
Love Songs: Love Went A-Riding
Love Songs: Why, No One to Love
Love Songs: O del mio amato ben
Love Songs: The Salley Gardens
Love Songs: Heart, We Will Forget Him
Love Songs: Before I Gaze at You Again

Customer Reviews:

Arleen Auger and Dalton Baldwin-Love Songs.......2007-01-29

A lovely collection -very varied. Arleen Auger has a beautiful voice and Baldwin's accompaniment is wonderful. The 3rd track, by Jayme Ovalle, is, as it says in the accompanying notes, bewitching, and is actually the reason I bought the CD.

Voice of experience.......2006-01-28

There isn't much I can add to the praise bestowed on this album by earlier reviewers. I do think though that a special poignancy is undeniable since Auger's voice, while still beautiful, clearly is not that of a young singer. Her maturity makes her interpretations of these love songs all the more touching. I've probably played this CD a dozen times through the years, far more than any other in my collection. It remains consistently and deeply satisfying.

Auger at her best.......2005-04-26

This is a disc that I recommend to my graduating seniors/graduate students who are pursuing a graduate degree or career options in Vocal Performance.
From the standpoint of technique, Auger is practically flawless---"harsh" is not a word I equate with Ms. Auger's singing. She and Dalton Baldwin are impeccable performers on this disc. All the material was wisely chosen and presented, including one of the slowest "O del mio amato ben's" and one of the slowest "Salley Gardens", indicative of the beautiful breath control this artist had. I have to take exception to one of the comments made by one reviewer, of the "lack of sesitivity to the music that most classical singers possess". This is plain ignorant. This reviewer clearly does not understand the great artistic endeavor that classical singers have to have with Song literature---only a non-singer could have said this. Our finest classical singers of memory have all been outstanding musicians. They also have texts to interpret in many languages. I, as a singer-performer-teacher take great umbrage at comments like this which serve only to degrade the richness of so much repertoire.
I too hated the untimely passing of this fabulous singer. She is one of four famous women singers who all died at the age of 53. I think this disc was recorded not to long before she passed away and does reflect her "goodbye" to her audience. However the disc will remain as timely as the repertoire in it.
Marcia M.Baldwin, Gig Harbor, WA.
Professor Emeritus, Eastman School of Music, Rochester,NY

Hidden Treasure.......2003-11-04

This recording is possibly one of the best examples of beautiful singing one will ever find. The repertoire, the artfulness, the line and the sheer beauty of Miss Auger's voice is a rare find. I've just recently purchased another copy as I loaned mine to a friend who begged to keep it! One note on the cover - this new cover art seems to imply this CD is some light version of 1970's Montovani romance music. Nothing could be further from the truth. Though the previous jacket (a photo of Miss Auger on pale pink) did look dated, I hope the next pressing of this (& I'm sure they'll be many more to come!) will give this collection the class packaging it deserves. This is a collector's item. Enjoy!!

Gorgeous, sensitive music.......2001-06-15

So first of all, ignore the cheesy cover art and album title. This is a beautiful collection of songs, beautifully performed. Since I concur with the other reviews that laud Auger's performance (though don't forget the accompanist Dalton Baldwin, who is also outstanding), I'll add only the comment that there is a certain melancholy surrounding a lot of the songs and performances that (a) I find haunting and appealing, and (b) you would never know simply from looking at the album.

Tracks:

Hexentanz
Chant Polonais No. 1 In G 'Maiden's Wish'
The Crimson Petal
The Fuchsia tree
Capriccio In F Minor, Op. 28 No. 6
Minuet In G, Op. 14 No. 4
Nocturne, In B Flat, Op. 16 No. 4
Etude In A-Flat Major, Op. 1 No. 2
Melodie In E
Caprice-Burlesque
My Favorite Things
Kashmiri Song
Music Box
The Swan
Papillons
The Gardens Of Buitenzorg- (From 'Java Suite', Book 3)
Waltz In A, Op. 2
En route, Op. 9
Sicilliano, Op. 42 No. 2
Caprice espagnol, Op. 37

Tracks:

Variations Brillantes Op. 14
The Enchanted Nymph
Der Kontrebandiste
Melody In F
Gargoyles, Op. 29: I. Presto
Gargoyles, Op. 29: II. Adagio semplice, ma con molto rubato
Gargoyles, Op. 29: III. Allegro moderato
Gargoyles, Op. 29: IV. Presto feroce
The Musical Snuffbox
The Musical Snuffbox
Etude de style, Op. 40 No. 1 'Agilite'
Till I Wake
Weep You No More
March Of The Siamese Children
Valse mignone
Serenata, Op. 15 No. 1
Bourree (From Violin Sonata No. 2)
Erinnerungen (Triakontameron No. 25)
Adagietto (From 'L'Arlesienne')
Ungarishe Zigeunerweisen

Customer Reviews:

Good, not great........2002-05-22

I got this double cd, since a fellow reviewer of Hamelin's Kaleidoscope said he couldn't fully endorse that disc, since this cd would be so much better. Wrong again, sewer boy!

Thanks to Arthur Schnabel complete recordings of Sonatas, Concertos and Variation Works have become the mainstay of the recorded piano repertoire. Nowadays, it is hard to imagine that this has not always been the case. Yet, just have a look at the complete Rachmaninov recordings on RCA to see that even this giant mostly recorded little trifles, since the record buyers of his time prefered snacks over meals.

This generous and economic double cd contains a compilation of mostly romantic smaller scale works, that Rachmaninov's clientele would have enjoyed. Some are obscure, others e.g. Ljadov's snuff box and Taussig's Gypsy tunes are pretty well known.

Hough-a man from the splendid 1961 vintage, just like Hamelin and your's truly- is a highly accomplished pianist. His playing is good, yet not up to the Hamelin standards. The repertoire, however, started to bore the hell out of me after a while. I admit, that there are true exceptions like the Liebermann Gargoyles, but for me this set was simply too much of a good thing.

The interpretations vary from decent to good. I used to own an lp of the French virtuoso Setrak, that contained both the Ljadov and Taussig mentioned above and believe you me those interpretations dwarfed what we get here.

In conclusion, a generous compilation of smaller scale pianoworks. Good clean piano playing and more than adequate recordings.

Incredible!.......2001-01-12

I am a pianophile and longtime record collector, and this is one of the most awe-inspiring recordings I have ever heard. Stephen Hough's pianism - and I don't mean to be hyperbolic - simply exhausts all adjectives one might try to use to describe it. This is the kind of album to listen to not so much for the music (though these are charming and now-rarely heard pieces) but for the artistry of the performer. For stunning virtuosity, listen to the final measures of the Moszowski piece or to the MacDowell; for rich tone and melting legato listen to Hough's own transcriptions of the two Roger Quilter songs. Out of hundreds of CDs I have heard, this is one of my absolute favorites - and a steal at the price. Stephen Hough is the modern day Cortot, Gieseking, Rachmaninoff, and Joseph Levine, for he has it all - drama, precision, color, intellect, raw strength, and yes - delicacy. I rarely make recommendations like this, but you absolutely must hear this recording.

overly rich nostalgic pieces and particles of the piano.......2001-01-06

This is music that seems to have lapsed into a forgotten time warp, like when you open that old wood truck in the attic to find odd bits and particles,objects,dolls and photographs that immediately transports you into another fantasia place. That's what this music does. Hough has selected for the most part fast filigreed,rapid cascades and ribbons of pieces. Each however has its own narrative,its own special tale to reveal, a special musical texture,an endearing melody. Needless to say most of the composers here are those you've never heard before,like Ignaz Friedman, whose "Music Box" is not what you think, yes it has that timbre of forever moving tickly tones,for a ballerina popping out of a ceramic box. But there is a large pallette of sophistication here as well with the unique timbre of the piano. Every piece does this admirably. The Hexentanz of MacDowell (arr.Liszt) is a helter-skelter piece never stopping,scaling the upper regions of the keyboard,and this would be an encore work. It keeps you on the edge of your upholstered chair.Leoplold Godowsky is not an unfamiliar name,he is a specialist in the art of the arragement trying to capture a timbre, and here in Camille Saint-Saens forever memorable "Swan"the final days of post-romantic Louis Napoleon the Third era is handled with just a few more ripples in the pond than before almost imperceptible.

Tracks:

Don't Take Your Time - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
With a Little Help from My Friends - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Don't Go Breaking My Heart - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
I Can See Only You - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Snow Queen - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Love So Fine - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Kinda Wasted Without You - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Just Beyond Your Smile - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
I'll Be Back - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Cocoanut Grove - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Didn't Want to Have to Do It - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Can I Go - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Our Day Will Come [*] - Roger Nichols
Love Song, Love Song [*] - Roger Nichols
Just Beyond Your Smile [*] - Roger Nichols
I'll Be Back [*] - Roger Nichols, Small Circle of Friends
Let's Ride [*] - Roger Nichols
Drifter [*] - Roger Nichols
Trust [*] - Roger Nichols
St. Bernie the Sno-Dog [*] - Roger Nichols

Album Description

Essentially the very holy grail of L.A. soft pop, this 1968 album is a must own for fans of this highly collectible genre. 20 remastered tracks. Rev-Ola. 2005.

Album Details

Produced by the Legendary Tommy Lipuma, the Album was Largely Co-written by Roger with Paul Williams (His Future Co-writer on Scads of 1970's Megahits) and Tony Asher (Fresh from his Collaboration with Brian Wilson on "Pet Sounds") with a Couple of Selected Cover Versions, a Rare Take on Carole King's "Snow Queen", which She was to Record with her Short Lived Band the City Standing Out in Particular Sung by Roger with Murray and Melinda Macleod Backed by a Virtual Who's who of California Pop of the Time, the Likes of Lenny Waronker, Van Dyke Parks, Bruce Botnick and Randy Newman.

Customer Reviews:

Small Circle of Friends.......2007-03-26

Perhaps you will take my 5 star rating and review with a grain of salt but, as co-writer with Roger of "I Can See Only You" I was thrilled when I first heard the Small Circle of Friends version. As an old songwriter, it is one my favorite works, as is the whole CD. So, all I can say is, "Give it a listen and decide for yourself."
The entire CD is a kind of soft-jazz/pop Classic, from the selection of songs to the arrangements and vocalizations of Roger, Murray and Melinda.
Murray and I, ("Smokey Roberds"), with Jerry Riopelle, also wrote and recorded together, as The Parade, with Sunshine Girl, and others. What a blast from the past.

A Gem.......2006-09-16

I believe this originally came out in early 1968. Roger Nichols went on to collaborate successfully with Paul Williams but before that came this teaming with siblings Melinda & Murray MacLeod. Produced by Tommy LiPuma, arranged by Bob Thompson, Nick De Caro, Marty Paich and Mort Garson, this is music immaculately made. Their languid, oh so sexy version of "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" does Bacharach & David proud. I'm sure Carole King also stood proud with "Snow Queen", one of her early compositions. The group Swing Out Sister used elements of "I Can See Only You" for their song "When the Laughter is Over". Their version of the Lovin Spoonful's "Didn't Want To Have To Do It"(which Jackie De Shannon also recorded, magnificently) is exquisite, sad & beautiful. The liner notes and history (by Steven Stanley) are informative. Tommy LiPuma produced many great, tuneful LP's in the late 60's. This is one of them, a true, lost gem.

wonderfull.......2005-10-05

wonderfull music and songs, including the good version of "with a little help from my friends". Incredible songs, incredible production. I was listening the cd and thinking of "pet sounds".

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Beware: Look at the older boxed set first
"M-G-M Musicals from 1929-1957 - That's Entertainment"
Wow, so many classic songs in one place!

That's Entertainment

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Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

Overture [From That's Entertainment!]
Singin' in the Rain [From Hollywood Revue of 1929/Speak Easily 1932
Main Title (That's Entertainment) [From That's Enterteinment!]
Broadway Melody [From the Broadway Melody]
Indian Love Call [From Rose Marie]
Pretty Girl Is Like a Melody [From the Great Ziegfeld]
Begin the Beguine [From Broadway Melody of 1940]
Song's Gotta Come from the Heart [From It Happened in Brooklyn]
Honeysuckle Rose [From Thousands Cheer]
Take Me out to the Ball Game
Thou Swell [From Words and Music]
Varsity Drag [From Good News]
Aba Daba Honeymoon [From Two Weeks with Love]
It's a Most Unusual Day [From A Date with Judy]
On the Atchison, Topeka, And the Santa Fe [From Harvey Girls]
Gotta Feelin' for You [From Hollywood Revue of 1929]
Easy to Love [From Born To Dance]
Puttin' on the Ritz [From Idiot's Delight]
Dear Mr. Gable/You Made Me Love You (I Didn't Want to Do It) [From ...]
Babes in Arms (Includes Excerpt from "The ...)" [From Babes in Arms]
They Can't Take That Away from Me [From The Barkleys of Broadway]
I Guess I'll Have to Change My Plan [From The Band Wagon]
Dancing in the Dark [From The Band Wagon]
I Wanna Be Loved by You [From Three Little Words]
Be My Love [From the Toast of New Orleans]

Tracks:

I've Gotta Hear That Beat [From Small Town Girl]
Make 'Em Laugh [From Singin' in the Rain]
Ol' Man River [From Show Boat]
By Myself [From The Band Wagon]
New York, New York [Extended Version]
Worry Song [From Anchors Aweigh]
Singin' in the Rain [From Singin' in the Rain]
Over the Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz]
But Not for Me [From Girl Crazy]
Trolley Song [From Meet Me in St. Louis]
Boy Next Door [From Meet Me in St. Louis]
Under the Bamboo Tree [From Meet Me in St. Louis]
Get Happy [From Summer Stock]
Going Hollywood [From Going Hollywood]
Well, Did You Evah? [From High Society]
True Love [From High Society]
Hallelujah! [From Hit the Deck]
Barn Dance (Bless Yore Beautiful Hide) [From Seven Brides for ...]
Gigi [From Gigi]
American in Paris Ballet [Extended Version]

Tracks:

Overture [From That's Entertainment, Pt. 2]
That's Entertainment (Main Title) [From The Band Wagon]
For Me and My Gal [From for Me and My Gal]
Fascinating Rhythm [From Lady Be Good]
I've Got a Feelin' You're Foolin' [From Broadway Melody of 1936]
I Wanna Be a Dancin' Man [From the Belle of New York]
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo [From Lili]
Be a Clown [From The Pirate]
From This Moment On [From Kiss Me Kate]
All of You [Extended Version]
Lady Is a Tramp [From Words and Music]
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes [From Lovely to Look At]
Easter Parade [From Easter Parade]
Temptation [From Going Hollywood]
Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart [From Listen Darling]
Taking a Chance on Love [From "Cabin in the Sky"]
Swingin' the Jinx Away [From Born To Dance]
Lover Come Back to Me [From New Moon)]
Wedding of the Painted Doll [From the Broadway Melody]
Inka Dinka Doo [From Two Girls and A Sailor]

Tracks:

I Got Rhythm [Extended Version]
Manhattan [From Words and Music]
Good Morning [From Singin' in the Rain]
Triplets [From Band Wagon]
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas [From Meet Me in St. Louis]
Steppin' out with My Baby [From Easter Parade]
Ten Cents a Dance [From Love Me or Leave Me]
I Got Rhythm [From an Americn in Paris]
Ol' Man River [From Till the Clouds Roll By]
You're Sensational [From High Society]
I Fall in Love Too Easily [From Anchors Aweigh]
I Begged Her [From Anchors Aweigh]
Girls, Girls, Girls! [From The Merry Widow]
Last Time I Saw Paris [From Till the Clouds Roll By]
Love Is Here to Stay [From An American in Paris]
(I'll Build A) Stairway to Paradise [From An American in Paris]
Couple of Swells [From Easter Parade]
Now You Has Jazz [From High Society]
There's No Business Like Show Business [From Annie Get Your Gun]
I Like Myself [From It's Always Fair Weather]
I Remember It Well [From Gigi]
Bouncin' the Blues [From The Barkleys of Broadway]
That's Entertainment Finale [From That's Entertainment, Pt. 2]
End Credits [From That's Entertainment, Pt. 2]

Tracks:

Overture [From That's Entertainment! III]
Good Morning [From Babes in Arms]
Three B's [From Best Foot Forward]
Just One of Those Things [From Panama Hattie]
Hollywood Party [From Hollywood Party]
Shakin' the Blues Away [From Easter Parade]
Pass That Peace Pipe [From Good News]
Heather on the Hill [From Brigadoon]
I Wish I Were in Love Again [From Words and Music]
You Are My Lucky Star [From Singin' in the Rain][Outtake]
Swing, Mr. Mendelssohn [Extended Version]
Lady Loves [From I Love Melvin]
Baby, You Knock Me Out [From It's Always Fair Weather]
Thanks a Lot But No Thanks [From It's Always Fair Weather]
Who? [From Till the Clouds Roll By][Excerpt]
You Stepped out of a Dream [From Ziegfeld Girl]
March of the Doagies [From The Harvey Girls][Outtake]
Stereophonic Sound [From Silk Stockings]
Shakin' the Blues Away [From Love Me or Leave Me]
Jailhouse Rock [From Jailhouse Rock]
That's Entertainment (Finale) [From The Band Wagon]

Tracks:

Swing Trot [Extended Version, Partially Unused]
Lock Step [From the March of Time][Outtake]
Poor Little G-String [From the March of Time][Outtake]
Fly Away to I-Oway [From Hollywood Party][Outtake]
Buds Won't Bud [From Andy Hardy Meets Debutante][Outtake]
Let's Pretend It's True [From Vacation from Love][Outtake]
It's Fun to Be in Love [From Meet Me in Las Vegas][Outtake]
Weekend at the Waldorf [From Weekend at the Waldorf][Demo Version]
Golly Me [From Torch Song]
You Won't Forget Me [From Duchess of Idaho][Outtake]
Too Beautiful to Last [From Ziegfeld Girl][Outtake]
I Have a Dream [From Jupiter's Darling][Outtake]
And There You Are [From I Love Melvin][Outtake]
Message from the Man in the Moon [From a Day at the Races][Outtake]
Baby Doll [From Take Me out to the Ballgame][Outtake]
Some of These Days [From Broadway Melody ...][Version]
Woman Without a Man [From Cairo][Outtake]
Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please [From Panama Hattie][Outtake]
You Belong to My Heart [From Sombrero][Outtake]
Something's Gotta Happen Soon [From Ice Follies of 1939][Outtake]
Deep in My Heart, Dear [From the Student Prince][Demo Version]
Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man [From Show Boat][Demo Version]
My Man [Complete Version]
I've Told Ev'ry Little Star/The Song Is You [From Till ...][Outtake]
End Credits [From That's Entertainment! III]

Album Description

The classic Hollywood movie musical-a genre defined by MGM with its films from the 1920s through the 1950s-is among America's most important contributions to popular culture. The timeless music these films delivered wasn't only the sound of Hollywood, but the cornerstone of the great American popular songbook. In 1974 MGM marked its 50th anniversary with That's Entertainment!, a film compilation of its greatest musical moments that allowed longtime fans to re-experience movie music magic on the big screen and introduced new generations to Judy Garland, Gene Kelly, Frank Sinatra, Fred Astaire and other legendary stars. That's Entertainment, Part 2 ('76) and That's Entertainment! III ('94') followed, further mining MGM's peerless archives. That's Entertainment! is an essential 6-disc audio companion to these cinematic treasures, presenting the original soundtrack versions of the beloved songs featured in all three films, plus a full CD of previously unissued rarities.

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Beware: Look at the older boxed set first.......2007-05-05

Yes, there are 6 CDs in this new set, as there were in the last one. However, there are selections missing in the new set that were included in the old one. If that weren't bad enough, there are selections from the double LP of the first "That's Entertainment" that are missing from the first boxed set. In this new set, they've taken selections from the more famous movies (or, movies whose soundtracks have been released separately, like "Show Boat" and the Garland/Rooney musicals) and trimmed those back. One might miss them--I know I do. Some rarities from the first boxed set, like selections from "The Opposite Sex" and Nancy Walker's "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet" song--among several others--are not in the new set. If this new set is being marketed as a 'complete' anthology of all three movies, that's terribly misleading--because it's not. I haven't had time to go disk by disk to discover exactly what's missing, but newly-published music on disk 6 clearly comes at the expense of other selections. (Why couldn't this have been 7 disks then?) I only listened once to all the selections of the "new" set to learn if they're worth having in place of the old selections, and it's a judgment call to decide which is more valuable to have. My anger stems from the fact that consumers of this specialty item even have to consider making that decision. Potential purchasers need to be warned that they may want to check very carefully the contents of each boxed set and decide from there. The old set is likely to be available for some time from used vendors, and for people who have an interest in music history, it may turn out to be a collector's item. This new set does not preserve the previous work of saving, remastering, publishing, and annotating; that seems rather ironic in a specialty item that centers around that very idea. This dampens my enthusiasm for the otherwise fine preservation work that everybody did for this set. I wonder whose decision it was not to make it as complete as it clearly should and could have been, because it's very disappointing to have selections disappear without any warning to the consumer.

"M-G-M Musicals from 1929-1957 - That's Entertainment".......2006-06-02

Rhino Records and Turner Classic Movies Music present - "THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT - THE ULTIMATE ANTHOLOGY OF M-G-M MUSICALS", some of the long ago musicals and stars that will never be forgotten...a 6-CD-Set --- a comprehensive guide to classic performances from the great Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer musicals and a celebration of the Motion Pictures Documentaries --- from 1929 -1957 with many of the show stoppers of that time --- some rare moments from entertainers that you haven't heard or thought of in sometime --- with 135 selections all in one neat package --- "That's Entertaiment" --- "That's Entertainment, Part 2" -- "That's Entertainment III" --- plus addtional rarities from the M-G-M Musical Dream Factory.

The lineup is fantastic and gives the listener a variety of what musicals were all about in the "Golden Age of the Hollywood Musicals"
India Adams, June Allyson, Arnet Amos, Kay Armen, Louis Armstrong, Fred Astaire, Ann Blyth, Ray Bolger, Ralph Brewster, Fanny Brice, Jack Buchanan, Jim Burroughs, Louis Calhern, Bobbie Canvin, Leslie Caron, Carleton Carpenter, Cyd Charisse, George Chakiris, Maurice Chevalier, Ruth Clark, Jud Conlon, Joan Crawford, Eugene Cox, Bing Crosby, Dan Dailey, Vic Damone, Doris Day, Barrett Deems, Yvonne DeCarlo, Gloria DeHaven, Rex Dennis, Jimmy Durante, Nelson Eddy, Cliff "Ukelele Ike" Edwards, Trudy Erwin, Nanette Fabray, Mel Ferrer, Connie Francis, Lee Gotch, Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Jimmie Garland, Judy Garland, Hermione Gingold, Dolores Gray, Kathyrn Grayson, Georges Guetary, Ed Hall, Hal Hopper, Lena Horne, Betty Hutton, Dorothy Jackson, Jerry the Mouse, Louis Jourdan, Howard Keel, Gene Kelly, Elva Kellogg, Grace Kelly, Billy Kyle, Betty Jaynes, Allen Jones, Johnny Jonston, Charles King, Marjorie Lane, Mario Lanza, Peter Lawford, Bill Lee, Oscar Levant, Alice Ludes, Betty Lynn, Jeanette MacDonald, Marjorie Main, Claude Martin, Tony Martin, Judy Matson, Dorothy McCarty, Joan McCracken, Douglas McPhail, Ann Miller, Mary Moder, Ricardo Montalban, Polly Moran, Jules Munshin, Loulie Jean Norman, Margaret O'Brien, Virginia O'Brien, Donald O'Connor, Page Cavanaugh Trio, Janis Paige, Charles Pavalato, Jane Powell, Elvis Presley, Debbie Reynolds, Carol Richards, Ralph Rlane, Pete Roberts ,Ginger Rogers, Mickey Rooney, Kenneth Rundquist, Connie Russell, George Sanders, Arvell Shaw, Winifred Shaw, Dinah Shore, Frank Sinatra, Harry Dean Stanton, Jimmy Stewart, Robert Taylor, Kay Thompson, Sophie Tucker, Nancy Walker, William Warfield, Ethel Waters, Lee Wiley, Dorothy Wilkerson, Esther Williams, Dooley Williams, The Williams Brothers , Keenan Wynn and Trummy Young.

On Disc Six: 25 Outtakes from M-G-M Musicals - all tracks never before released in the order they appear on this CD:

1. Swing Trot {From the Barkleys of Broadway - 1949)
Extended Version, Partially Unused - MGM Studio Chorus

2. The Lock Step {From the March of Time - 1930}
Outtake - performed by The Dodge Twins

3. Poor Little G-String {From the March of Time - 1930)
Outtake - performed by Bing Crosby

4. Fly Away to I-Oway {From Hollywood Party - 1934}
Outtake - performed by Jimmy Durante and Polly Moran

5. Buds Won't Bud {From Andy Hardy Meets Debutante - 1940}
Outtake - performed by Judy Garland

6. Let's Pretend It's True {From Vacation from Love - 1938}
Outtake - performed by June Knight and Male Chorus

7. It's Fun to Be in Love {From Meet Me in Las Vegas - 1956}
Outtake - performed by George Chakiris, Dan Dailey and Betty Lynn

8. Weekend at the Waldorf {From Weekend at the Waldorf - 1945}
Demo - performed by Kay Thompson

9. Golly Me {From Torch Song - 1953}
Outtake - performed by Joan Crawford

10. You Won't Forget Me {From Duchess of Idaho - 1950}
Outtake - performed by Lena Horne

11. Too Beautiful to Last {From Ziegfeld Girl - 1941}
Outtake - performed by Tony Martin

12. I Have a Dream {From Jupiter's Darling - 1956}
Outtake - performed by JoAnn Greer (for Esther Williams) and
George Sanders

13. And There You Are {From I Love Melvin - 1953}
Outtake - performed by Howard Keel

14. A Message from the Man in the Moon {From a Day at the Races - 1937}
Outtake - performed by Allan Jones

15. Baby Doll {From Take Me Out to the Ballgame - 1949}
Outtake - performed by Gene Kelly

16. Some of These Days {From Broadway Melody of 1938)
Unused Complete Version - performed by Sophie Tucker

17. A Woman Without a Man {From Cairo 1942}
Outtake - performed by Ethel Waters

18. Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please {From Panama Hattie 1942}
Outtake - performed by Ann Sothern

19. You Belong to My Heart {From Sombrero 1953}
Outtake - performed by Yvonne DeCarlo and Bill Lee (for Vittorio Gassman)

20. Something's Gotta Happen Soon {From Ice Follies of 1939}
Outtake - performed by Joan Crawford

21. Deep in My Heart, Dear {From the Student Prince 1954}
Demo - performed by Jane Powell and Vic Damone

22. Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man {From Show Boat 1951}
Demo - performed by Lee Wiley

23. My Man {From the Great Ziegfeld 1936}
Complete Version - performed by Fanny Brice

24. I've Told Ev'ry Little Star/The Song Is You {From Till the Clouds Roll By - 1946)
Outtake - performed by Kathryn Grayson and Johnny Johnston

25. End Credits {From That's Entertainment! III - 1994}
Finale - performed by The Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
conducted by John Mauceri

It was once said by the songwriters of that era - "There are two artists you want perform your songs on the big screen, they are Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, they sing it just the way we wrote it, for which you will have a guaranteed hit on your hands" --- well, this collections certainly has some merit to that statement --- because with Judy Garland and Fred Astaire performing more songs in this ultimate deluxe edition, there must be something to it.

This collection of musicals still has the magic that we remember from those bygone years --- but as long as we have the labels and networks who play and show these wonderful films of yesteryear, they will never be forgotten --- hats off to Rhino Records, George Feltenstein (producer) and Doug Schwartz (engineer) and Turner Classic Movies for sharing newly updated with 25 remastered tracks and an entire disc of previously unused, never-issued outtakes material appearing on CD for the very first time, plus major upgrades in sound quality --- celebrating decades of the tunes and artists that gave it their all...from what it commonly called "The Hollywood Dream Factory" --- The Golden Age of Hollywood Musicals is still among us --- and "That's Entertaiment", gotta love it!

Total Time: 6-CD-Set ~ Rhino Records 73192 ~ (4/25/2006)

Wow, so many classic songs in one place!.......2006-05-11

I got this box set for my birthday from my daughter and was so eager to open it up and start listening. i have most of these sings but on old vinyl records, they sound so good on CD remastered. I'm really happy i have the collection in one place and the liner notes are fabulous. So many interesting tidbits from my era. The reason to buy this set is also because of the outtakes and demos. it's really cool to hear the raw versions of these songs. I can't praise this enough, i think i'm going to get it for my mother for her birthday.

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marvelous countertenor voice

The Best of Andreas Scholl

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2006-11-20

Tracks:

Ombra Mai Fu
Che Faro Senza Euridce?
Ad Te Clamamus
Dove Sei, Amato Bene?
Stabat Mater
Cum Dederit Dilectis Suis Somnum
Lidia, Il Sonno Sai Cos'e?
Cara Sposa
Blow The Wind Southerly
The Salley Gardens
Ar Ri Rang
How Sweet The Moonlight
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Amarilli Mia Bella
La Pieta Che Ancor Non Trova
Va Per Le Vene Il Sangue
Aure, Deh, Per Pieta
Al Lampo Dell'armi

Customer Reviews:

marvelous countertenor voice.......2006-12-10

many people say andreas scholl has a non-expressice voice for opera and that the beauty of his voice gets him by. well after listening to the choice of his best i argue that. his "dove sei" is beautiful as well as his "ombra mai fu," a peace he made his own.over all a very nice selection. a must for all andreas scholl fans and those who enjoy a musical diversity.

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