The Heart of a Legend

The Heart of a Legend

ASIN: B00000K0XU

Editorial Reviews
From Jazziz
"He put the big band in clave," says producer Todd Barkan of Chico O'Farrill, the Cuban composer and conductor behind Heart of a Legend. "I would put him right there at the top of the list of modern Latin-jazz pioneers." Barkan says this new record was made, in part, to present the entire spectrum of O'Farrill's work. Naturally, it includes a version of Dizzy Gillespie's "Manteca," which O'Farrill arranged as a four-movement suite in 1954. Our featured track, "Guaguasí," is a mambo, with solos by some distinguished Latin-jazz stars: trombonist Gary Valente, trumpeter Chocolate Armenteros, and alto saxophonist Paquito D'Rivera.

Tracks:

The Longest Day
Attack On The Iron Coast
Band Of Brothers-Prelude
Band Of Brothers-Theme
Battle Of Britain
The Battle Of The Bulge
The Blue Max
Das Boot
The Bridge At Remagen
The Bridge On The River Kwai
A Bridge Too Far
The Caine Mutiny
The Captive Heart
Casablanca

Tracks:

Coastal Command
The Cruel Sea
The Dambusters
The Diary Of Anne Frank
The Eagle Has Landed
Empire Of The Sun
The English Patient
Fear And Desire
Force Ten From Navarone
Gallipoli
The Great Escape
The Guns Of Navarone

Tracks:

Hanover Street
The Hindenburg
In Harm's Way
Is Paris Burning?
King Rat
Lawrence Of Arabia
Lifeboat
Macarthur / Patton
Malta G.C.
Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence
Midway
The Mountain Road
1941

Tracks:

The Naked And The Dead
The Night Of The Generals
Paradise Road
Paths Of Glory
Pearl Harbor
Saving Private Ryan
Schindler'S List
Sergeant York
The Sharkfighters
Sink The Bismarck!
633 Squadron
Where Eagles Dare
The World At War
The Longest Day

Customer Reviews:

These are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks.......2007-01-21

I was disappointed that these are not the same arrangements as the original movie soundtracks. For example, in Colonel Bogey, the countermarch from the movie soundtrack is not included in the arrangement on this CD. Don't get me wrong, the songs are good, but I would have preferred the same arrangements as the original movies.

An outstanding compilation.......2006-08-25

This compilation is superb and a real must-buy. From Band of Brothers to A Bridge Too Far: every war movie theme is represented here. An all time classic.

The really good ones are missing........2005-07-18

While this compilation has some masterpieces such as the theme from The Great Escape and Is Paris Burning, it's missing some of the finest tracts ever written. Where is the theme from Victory and Ernest Gold's stirring epic from Cross of Iron? The closing theme from Inchon was also a feast for the ears, but it's not here. It was written by Jerry Goldsmith, one of the foremost soundtrack composers of our time. Instead we're subjected to the likes of Hanover Street and The English Patient. I'll admit Inchon and Victory weren't Academy Award winning movies, but their soundtracks were second to none. As John Stossel would say," Give me a break"!!!

"many were winners by the Academy for best scores".......2004-05-26

Silva America presents the essential in film music during the period of World Wars ~ "Longest Day:Ultimate World War Movie Theme", featuring some long forgotten cues, 53 to be exact that sent chills and thrills into the pulses of world events ~ selections from a limited collectors edition that would make any "film-score-buff" green with envy.

Released to commemorate the sixth Anniversary of D-Day, never has there ever been such a tribute compilation package from any other label and Silva comes to the forefront ~ featuring The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra (Paul Bateman, Nic Raine Tony Bremner and Carl Davis as conductors), The Philharmonia (Kenneth Alwyn, Jerry Goldsmith, Mario Klemens and Paul Bateman as conductors) and also the world renown Crouch End Festival Chorus (David Temple as choir master) ~ what a gathering of talented musicians and singers fill this collection supreme.

The lineup of composers is a Who's Who in the world of film music ~ John Addison, Tomaso Albinoni, Kenneth J. Alford, Paul Anka, John Barry, Arnold Bax, Elmer Bernstein, Eric Coates, Carl Davis, Klaus Doldinger, Antonin Dvorak, Benjamin Frankel, Gerald Fried, Hugo Friedhofer, Jerry Goldsmith, Ron Goodwin, Bernard Herrmann, Maurice Jarre, Michael Kamen, Jerome Moross, Alfred Newman, Clifton Parker, Alan Rawsthorne, Ryvichi Sakamoto, Lalo Schifrin, Gerard Schurmann, David Shire, Max Steiner, Dimitri Tiomkin, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Williams, Gabriel Yared and Hans Zimmer ~ set the stage for compositional human drama while exploring the deepest troves of musical emotion ~ one masterpiece after another, each cue manages to display both a convincing authenticity of the times and places ~ experience every tracks passion and skill for striking the exotic orchestral colors, explosive power and spectacular works of full large scale orchestral arrangements previal at every turn.

We are grateful to James Fitzpatrick (producer), Reybnold da Silva (executive producer), Rick Clark (associate producer/album sequence), Marion Garden (associate producer) and the whole gang at Silva America who have resurrected many of the soundtracks for the "film-score-buffs" in all of us.

Tracks:

Warsaw Concerto
Serenata d'Amore
Dream of Olwen
Legend of Glass Mountain
Story of Three Loves [Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini - Rachmaninov]
Cornish Rhapsody
My Foolish Heart [From My Foolish Heart]
Unchained Melody [From Unchained]
Over the Rainbow [From The Wizard of Oz]
Summertime in Venice [From Summer Madness]
Intermezzo [From Escape to Happiness]
Three Coins in the Fountain [From the Coins in the Fountain]
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing [From Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing]
Laura [From Laura]
High Noon [From High Noon]
Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo
September Song [From September Affair]
Theme [From Limelight]

Customer Reviews:

The All-time Best Selling Mantovani LP is now on CD!.......2005-03-11

When the LP entitled Film Encores Volume I was released in stereo in 1957, Mantovani was already established as one of the world's best selling recording artists. Film Encores, however, became the maestro's most successful recording in the United States, reaching number one and remaining on the Billboard charts for two years. Now you can hear this phenomenal gold record in its entirety on CD and you will understand why it ranks #32 in the top 100 LPs of the 1950s. Many of these tracks have appeared on several CD compilations over the last few years, but songs like My Foolish Heart, Intermezzo, Laura, and Hi Lili Hi Lo are making their first appearance. Coupled with this best seller is another of Mantovani's historic LPs, Music from the Films, which was his first recorded originally in stereo sound. It represents a more classical, movie soundtrack genre, but is equally well orchestrated and performed with twin pianos. Each CD in this recent Vocalion set of grand romantic melodies and popular film music is worth listening to and enjoying repeatedly, as they were listened to and enjoyed by a war weary generation in the 1950s who bought millions of his sophisticated easy listening recordings. In this centennial year 2005 of Mantovani's birth, the release of these time honored albums on CD is a fine tribute to the late maestro and a good fortune to the endless audience desiring more of the peaceful, cathedral-like sounds of his string-laden orchestra.

Nelson Eddy: Operatic Arias and Concert Songs

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Nelson Eddy-Operatic Arias & Concert Songs
Eddy Sings Opera!...Mozart...Haydn...Wagner..and More!..Fabulous Find For Fans
Nelson Eddy's operatic recordings
Nelson Eddy : The Opera Years

Nelson Eddy: Operatic Arias and Concert Songs

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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Ah Sweet Mystery of Life: Anthology (1931-1938)

ASIN: B00004WZTF
Release Date: 2000-11-28

Tracks:

The Marriage Of Figaro: Non Piu Andrai
The Marriage Of Figaro: Se Vuol Ballare
The Creation: Rolling In Foaming Billows
The Creation: Now Heaven In Fullest Glory Shone
Die Meistersinger: Jerum! Jerum! (Cobbler's Song)
Tannhauser: Evening Star
Allerseelen (All Souls' Day)
Zueignung (Devotion)
Schwannengesang No.4: Ser (Standchen)
Ave Maria, Op.52 No.6
Faust: Song Of The Flea
The Nursery, No.5: Child's Evening Prayer
Hopak
Legend: Christ Had A Garden, Op.54 No.5
Pilgrim's Song: O Bless You Forests, Op.47 No.5
None But The Lonely Heart, Op.6 No.6
Don Juan's Ser, Op.38 No.1
Danse Macabre
Herodiade: Vision Fugitive (Fleeting Vision)
Carmen: Chanson Du Toreador

Customer Reviews:

Nelson Eddy-Operatic Arias & Concert Songs.......2006-08-22

A very good sampling of Nelson Eddy's operatic and concert work.
DVD in good condition.

Eddy Sings Opera!...Mozart...Haydn...Wagner..and More!..Fabulous Find For Fans.......2006-07-20

Fans of Nelson Eddy's classic musical films, will be in heaven when they hear his golden tones on this collection of the Operatic Arias and Concert Songs recorded between 1939 and 1944.
Eddy was not what you would call a booming Baritone, but wow, what a voice. Sweet, smooth, breathtaking. Gorgeous!

His masterful rendition of the Arias, and Concert Songs in Italian, English, German and French are impeccable. Whatever the emotion, sadness, joy, etc, Eddy captures it. You will feel the story in the words.Some are very solemn and moving, others are upbeat and will leave you smiling. Enjoy 2 from Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"(Non Piu Andrai/Se Vuol Ballare), Haydn's "The Creation",2 from Wagner("Jerum! Jerum"/"Evening Star") ,Moussorgsky, several from Tchaikovsky including "Don Juan's Serenade. You can see the complete list of 20 tracks in the buying info, but some of the other highlights, I thoroughly enjoyed are Schubert's "Serenade" and "Ave Maria", "Chanson Du Toreador", Bizet(from Carmen)and "Hopak"(Moussorgsky).

The original recordings are over 60 years old. This CD is a wonderful digital transfer. The album will give you over 70 minutes of enjoyment. It also come with a nice little bio booklet, detailing the singing career of Nelson Eddy, and the track listings, with the composer and the year Eddy first recorded it. The only thing it is missing, is the credits for the fine orchestras and musicians accompanying Eddy. I would have liked to have known who they were. None the less a fabulous and 5 star find for fans of Nelson Eddy, and a nice taste of some familiar Operatic pieces.

Enjoy....Laurie

Nelson Eddy's operatic recordings.......2004-01-07

This CD contains all of Nelson Eddy's recordings of classical music. However, given that he recorded over 200 songs, this is a small amount of his recorded legacy. Also note that, other than the Mozart (Italian), the Strauss (German), and the last 4 selections in French, the rest of these selections were recorded in English, although Eddy could and did sing them in the original languages. Despite what the previous reviewer said, these recordings are not from "the early years", when Nelson Eddy was an opera singer. These recordings are from the 1940's. Nelson Eddy had performed in his last operas in 1935, and he was almost never associated with actual opera on film. He performed yearly in concerts, solely of classical repertoire, from before his national fame, until the early 1950's. He was a very popular radio performer in the 1930's and 1940's. He sang many more operatic pieces/classical songs on radio (usually in their original language) which he never recorded. I, for one, regret that he did not record more from his classical repertoire, because that essential part of appreciating his art is mostly gone forever. My point is, that these songs do not give a full sense of the wide range of Eddy's work in the non-popular areas of song.
The liner notes are pretty good, although there are some errors in them.

Nelson Eddy : The Opera Years.......2001-10-01

Ah Sweet Mystery. A trip back in time. Is there any music medium Nelson Eddy did not excel in? First opera, concerts, movies, radio, tv, nightclubs. He was the master of them all. This is a great introduction to the early years when he was opera's leading and most exciting baritone.

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The Very Best of Boris Christoff

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

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German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

General | Folk | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0006VYEIC
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

Skorbit Dusha!
Yeshcho Odno Poslyedneye Skazanye
Nye Syetuy, Brat
Kak Vo Gorode Bylo Vo Kazane
Dostig Ya vyshey Vlasti
Uf! Tyazhelo!
Prosnulsa Ya... Oh/Dushno!
Zvon! Pogrebal Ny Zvon!
Nateshilsya Li Knyaz?
O Net, Net, Drug
U Lyudey-To V Domu'
dlya Beregov Otchizni Dal'Noy
Song Of The Viking Guest
Prince Yuri's Aria
Prince Gremin's Aria
Song Of The Volga boatmen
Mephistopheles' Song Of The Flea

Tracks:

Le Veau D'or Est Toujours Debout
Siegneur, Daignex Permettre
Qu'Attendez-Vous Encore?... Vous Qui Faites L'Endormie
Decidesti Il Suo Destin... Con Le Mie Guardie... O Tu La Cosa Mia Piu Cara
Uldino! Non Hai Veduto?... Mentre Gonfiarsi L'anima
Ella Giammai M'Amo!
Son Lo Spirito Che Nega
Berceuse, Op.16 No.1
None But The Lonely Heart, Op.6 No.6
Along The Petersky
I. With Nanny
II. In The Corner
III. The Beetle
IV. With The Doll
V. At Bedtime
I. Trepak
IV. The Field-Marshal

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Not the tribute Chico deserves
LATIN JAZZ AT IT'S BEST
A great legend in afro-cuban jazz
A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz
A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz

The Heart of a Legend
Chico O'Farrill
Manufacturer: Milestone
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music

Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Latin Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music
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Cuban Blues: The Chico O'Farrill Sessions
Pure Emotion
Original Mambo Kings
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ASIN: B00000K0XU
Release Date: 1999-08-24

Tracks:

Guaguasi
Momentum
La Verde Campina
Sing Your Blues Away (For Neca)
Guaguasi Abstracto
Trumpet Fantasy (For Wynton)
Chico's Cha Cha Cha
Te Quiero
Manteca
Locos De La Habana
Sin Tu Amor
Pure Emotion
Fin De Siglo
The Journey

Customer Reviews:

Not the tribute Chico deserves.......2000-02-22

This disc is patently inferior to Chico's earlier recordings -- be sure to check the Verve anthology, "Cuban Blues," for Chico and his own bands at their best. "The Original Mambo Kings" is another terrific starting point -- several of the most important pieces that he composed for Machito's Afro-Cubans can be found there, including "The Afro-Cuban Jazz Suite" and the famous Cubop standard, "Gone City."

LATIN JAZZ AT IT'S BEST.......2000-01-20

I can not get tired of listen to this CD. Excellent production and top guest artists such as Paquito D'Rivera, Arturo Savoval, Cachao. This should have been nominated for this year Grammy. Great piano work by Arturo O'Farrill.

A great legend in afro-cuban jazz.......1999-11-07

In this big band format, Chico O'Farrill brings to his fans more beatiful tracks. "Guagasi" is the base of two anthology themes: "Te Quiero", is a good motive to the brightness solo of Gato Barbieri's tenor sax; and, the beatiful balad "Sin tu Amor" with the sensual voice of Vivian Ara. In my opinion, the top moment in this Chico's CD to be enough in the "Trumpet Fantasy" suite, dedicated to Wynton Marsalis, one of the more brillant music friends of that legendary director and composer in afro-cuban jazz music.

A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz.......1999-11-07

In his big band historical format, Chico O'Farrill brings to the latin jazz fans -equal at the "Pure Emotion" Grammy nominated- more beatiful tracks. Guagasi is the base of two anthology themes: first, "Te quiero", is a good motive to the brightness guageo of Gato Barbieri's tenor sax; second, the beatiful balad "Sin tu Amor" with the sensual voice of Vivian Ara. In my opinion, the top moment in the Chico's music to be enough in the "Trumpet Fantasy" suite, dedicated to Wynton Marsalis, one of the more brillant music friends of that legendary director and composer in afro-cuban jazz music.

A great legend in Afro-Cuban Jazz.......1999-11-07

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Rebirth of Mothra 3

Manufacturer: Adv Films
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DFZYW
Release Date: 2003-10-28

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Eerie Swarm of Meteors
Strange Meteorite
Mothra Song
Second Coming of the Greatest Foe
Appearance of Mothra
Meeting With Mothra
Sound of the Blade of Sadness
Setting Off on Our Journey Through Space and Time
Haora Mothra [Moll Version]
One Last Request
Soaring High 130 Million Years Ago
Strange Dome
Cretaceous Period Battle 1
Risk Your Life
Cretaceous Period Battle 2
Haora Mothra [Lora Version]
Requiem
Return of King Ghidorah
Tragic Battle
Appearance of the Armored Warrior
Last Battle
Last Metamorphosis
Power of the Legend
Ending/Touch My Heart

Gould: Spirituals; Fall River Legend Suite; Barber: Medea Suite

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Get Mercury Living Presence Before Its Dead

Gould: Spirituals; Fall River Legend Suite; Barber: Medea Suite

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music

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Prokofiev: Romeo & Juliet Suites No. 1 & 2; Moussorgsky: Night On Bald Mountain
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ASIN: B0000057KY
Release Date: 1991-02-08

Tracks:

Spirituals In Five Movements: 1. Proclamation
Spirituals In Five Movements: 2. Sermon
Spirituals In Five Movements: 3. A Little Bit Of Sin
Spirituals In Five Movements: 4. Protest
Spirituals In Five Movements: 5. Jubilee
Fall River Legend ( Ballet Suite): 1. Prologue And Waltzes
Fall River Legend ( Ballet Suite): 2. Elegy
Fall River Legend ( Ballet Suite): 3. Church Social
Fall River Legend ( Ballet Suite): 4. Hymnal Variations
Fall River Legend ( Ballet Suite): 5. Cotillion
Fall River Legend ( Ballet Suite): 6. Epilogue - 1. Eastman - Rochester Orchestra
Medea ( Ballet Suite): Parodos
Medea ( Ballet Suite): 2. Choros. Medea And Jason
Medea ( Ballet Suite): 3. THe Young Princess. Janson
Medea ( Ballet Suite): 4. Choros
Medea ( Ballet Suite: 5. Medea
Medea ( Ballet Suite: 6. KAntikos Agonias
Medea ( Ballet Suite: Exodos

Customer Reviews:

Get Mercury Living Presence Before Its Dead.......2003-07-05

When I first started collecting classical CDs, I only had a few Mercury Living Presence (MLP) titles. In my quest to get the absolute best, or at least a definitive recording, of the major works of the standard repertoire, MLP discs rarely topped the critics' lists. In fact, only three MLP recordings have been earmarked as "Essential Recordings" by Amazon.com -- Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture, Byron Janis performing Rachmaninov's 2nd & 3rd Piano Concertos, and Yehudi Menuhin performing Bartok's 2nd Violin Concerto, all three with Antal Dorati as conductor. It is also safe to say that three other titles are equally essential for their historical value alone. They are Tchaikovsky's Swan Lake by Dorati (the first recording of the complete ballet), Janis performing Liszt's Piano Concertos (the first recordings made in the Soviet Union by American technicians, musical staff and equipment), and Kubelik's Chicago Symphony performance of Pictures at an Exhibition (one of, if not the single best mono recording ever, and the one that led the New York Times critic to coin the phrase "Living Presence," from which the label named its series). But how does a CD line go from having a half-dozen must have recordings, to being this reviewer's all-time favorite classical label?

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An American sampler.......2006-06-21

My wife and I often eat at a local restaurant that offers what it calls an "American sampler" of shishkabob, Hawaiian chicken and Louisiana Gulf shrimp. I liken that plate to this collection by the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra and longtime conductor-director Howard Hanson. Based on the quality of much of this music, I think the title could more readily have been "Howard Handson Conducts An American Sampler" rather than American masterworks, for the quality of some of this music is arguable in that respect.

Hanson was not only a composer and conductor, he was a great champion of American music in the 1950s, when its profile and exposure were much less than today. Many of the compositions included in this anthology have since been recorded in DDD in the Maxos American music series. Others have been recorded on other labels in newer, sometimes better, recordings. This does nothing to diminish these recordings or to dampen the memory of Hanson and his band.

However, many of the more well known recordings in this set have been re-done either more artistically and/or in better sound since these recordings first appeared the better part of 50 years ago. In particular, Barber's Capricorn Concerto and Medea suite, Ives's Third Symphony & Three Places in New England, Piston's Incredible Flutist and Schuman's New England Triptych have all been recorded many times in the intervening years. The recordings here sometimes magnify the thin and wiry sound coming from the Eastman-Rochester Orchestra. Some are simply not very well played, either.

That said, there are still five decade old gems to be located here. Among my favorites are William Bergsma's "Gold and Senor Commandante" ballet suite, a delightful nine-movement ballet suite that is clearly meant for the concert hall and not the stage. I also enjoy Morton Gould's "Sprituals" and George Whitfield Chadwick's "Symphonic Sketches" that merges British stoicism with American melody-making.

Best for me is the performance of Peter Mennin's Symphony No. 5. This 1962 recording was probably the first of a Mennin symphony and it still stands up well to competition. The dramatic three movement edifice is completely engaging. Its syncopated rhythm on an ostimato E-F-G-F sharp-A-E theme in the closing movement is catchy and stays long in memory.

Another important and rarely recorded piece is Johann Friedrich Peter's "Sinfonia in G". Peter was an early American composer from the Classical period; he was born 1746 and died 1813. The sinfonia mimics the CPE Bach crossover from Baroque to Classical early symphony with modular thematic development in each of its four movements.

There are other memorable chunks of Americana on this collection and everything sound wonderful, captured in ultra-clear and well-defined three channel tapes (produced here in stereo and not SACD) from the 1950s and early 1960s. The notes are very helpful and the bookelt details the origin of each recording. There is a very high level of nostalgia evident in this grouping that adds much to its appeal.

I think this collection is best suited to people that want to recapture the nostalgia of these great old recordings. Today's DDD technology has nothing on these fine sounding CDs even though Mercury missed an opportunity to release these as three channel SACDs. Perhaps that is coming in the future?

Another group of listeners that will most appreciate this collection are people that want exposure to many American composers and don't want to pay a lot to get it. The modest list price for this five CD collection is usually reduced by 40-50 percent when purchasing used from an Amazon vendor. I bought mine for about $20, the cost of less than three new Naxos CDs. This set is certainly worth more than that. Even veteran collectors (who didn't buy the original LPs or individual CDs) will probably find something new and different here.

Hanson's MLP Gems Are Back!.......2005-06-09

Those familiar with my reviews on Amazon know of my great love for the Mercury Living Presence series. Equally great is my disgust that so many of these brilliant recordings have been deleted in the last few years! Thankfully, some of these legendary performances are resurfacing as SACD hybrids. However, they are unfortunately now being sold at full-price, despite a competing Living Stereo hybrid series on RCA/BMG being available at midline. In spite of the added expense, I hope this MLP reissue trend will continue, and maybe we'll even see a few items receiving their CD debut in this series.

These performances of American Masterwoks by Howard Hanson are in most cases definitive accounts of rarely recorded pieces by many of our country's too often neglected composers -- Barber, Chadwick, Piston, Moore, Carpenter, Rogers, MacDowell, etc. While three of these recordings continue to be available in their original CD incarnations, the remaining two discs featuring Ives and Gould have been out-of-print for some time. Now with this box set they are deservedly restored to the catalog. Even better is the fact that the 5CD box sets being reissued have been reasonably priced because they are not SACD Hybrids. This set and three others (see my reviews) have a total cost cheaper than the original single issue CDs! Once again, Mercury Living Presence lives!

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Jump Into My Heart

Manufacturer: 3JVL Productions, Inc.
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Rock | Styles | Music

Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FTBPVE
Release Date: 2006-07-01

Tracks:

Hold Me Forever
Baby, You're the One
Ivonne De Leon
Golden Angel
No Questions Asked
Jump Into My Heart
Boy, You Did Me Wrong
Maldita Primavera
Abrazame Fuerte
Baby, Tu Eres Para Mi
Hold Me Forever (Radio Version)
Golden Angel (Radio Version)
La Traidora (Reggaeton Version)

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Legend Vegas second album, Jump Into My Heart, is a fiery Urban mix of Pop, Rock, and R&B served up with a contemporary Latin twist. Fans say that Legend combines the Latin sexiness of Shakira, the powerful voice of Mariah Carey, and the spicy musical style of Ricky Martin, in a fresh and totally unique way. Legends music ranges from high tempo dance/club music (Baby Youre the One) and classic rock (Boy You Did Me Wrong) to Romantic Ballads (Hold Me Forever). Her music features classical Latin undertones like Salsa rhythms as well as hot new Reggaetn (Latin Hip-Hop) material. Fans who like Legend also like the music of: Shakira, Christina Aguilera, Jennifer Lopez, Beyonc, Mariah Carey, Destiny's Child, Jessica Simpson, Britney Spears, Kelly Clarkson, Ciara, Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, and Marc Anthony.

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Greatest Voices of Bolshoi

Manufacturer: Melodiya
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 1996-11-12

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