Heart of Hearts

Heart of Hearts

ASIN: B00004S7ZK

Editorial Reviews
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On Heart of Hearts, tenor and soprano saxist Rick Margitza and mates play with a relaxed, at times jaunty lilt that makes for pleasant, and, on occasion, compelling listening. Not that they don't swing hard and grab the ear, but there's a light crispness here that gives the music a slightly abstract feel. Margitza's tenor has a warm, mature tone, round and expressive, reminiscent of Charles Lloyd's. For most of the album, he melds John Coltrane-inspired phrasing with a light, Stan Getz-like sound that implies assurance and a hint of sentimentality. On the nine-minute "Father John," however, Margitza makes direct sonic references to the Coltrane influence, roaring through the changes with an edgy zeal; inexplicably, the cut fades out unresolved. Throughout, the rhythm section complements Margitza's perambulations in fine fashion, but, make no mistake, this is the sax player's show and he stretches out accordingly. --Wally Shoup

Tracks:

Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Stars of the Morning So Gloriously Bright - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
God Save the Queen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
O Come All Ye Faithful - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

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Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

Tracks:

Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Strife Is O'er the Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

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Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Tracks:

Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Album Description

Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The picture.......2006-12-11

I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.

Heart: These Dreams - Hearts Greatest Hits

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Heart: These Dreams - Hearts Greatest Hits
Heart
Manufacturer: Capital
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000PJESXQ

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1-crazy on you~~~ 2-all i wanna do is make love to you~~~ 3-if looks could kill~~~ 4-never~~~ 5-alone~~~ 6-who will you run to~~~ 7-straight on (acoustic)~~~ 8-magic man~~~ 9-what about love~~~ 10-dreamboat annie~~~ 11-dog and butterfly~~~ 12-nothin at all~~~ 13-heartless~~~ 14-stranded~~~ 15-will you be there (in the morning)~~~ 16-these dreams~~~ 17-barracuda (live)~~~

The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances

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The King's Noyse, dir. David Douglass: Royal Delight: 17th Century Ballads & Dances

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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ASIN: B00099FVD8
Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

The King's Delight
All In A Garden Green
Gathering Peascods
Blew-Cap For Me
Fortune My Foe
Browning
Jog On
Courante - Packington's Pound
Daphne
Huntsuppe
The Lovely Northerne Lasse
Tantz
O Nachbar Roland
Dulcina
As Att Noone Dulcina Rested
Grimstock
Robin Is To The Greenwood Gone
Ricercar - Bonny Sweet Robin
A Light Hearts A Jewell
Child Grove
Easter Thursday
The Beggar Boy
Mr. Isacc's Maggot
The Little Barley-Corne

Tracks:

The Happy Meeting
Boatman
Trip And Go
Barbara Allen's Cruelty
Preludium
Browning My Dear
Hollis Berrie
New Castle
Newmarket
Now, O Now, I Need Must Part
Coockow As I Me Walked
Sing Care Away
Souches Marche
Emperor Of The Moon
Tickle My Toe
I Smell A Rat
Wilson's Wilde
Walsingham
Begone, Sweit Night
Strawberries And Cream
The Queen's Delight
Half Hanniken
Nottingham Ale

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The best ever version
The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte!
The Definitive Recording

Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience
Philip Potter , Kenneth Sandford , Mary Sansom , Jennifer Toye , and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
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Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers

ASIN: B0000041VE
Release Date: 1989-07-21

Tracks:

Overture
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: Still brooding on their mad infatuation
Act One: I cannot tell what this love may be
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: The soldiers of our Queen
Act One: If you want a receipt for that popular mystery
Act One: In a doleful train two & two we walk all day
Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
Act One: When I first put this uniform on
Act One: Am I alone & unobserved?
Act One: If you're anxious for to shine
Act One: Long years ago-fourteen, maybe
Act One: Prithee, pretty maiden-prithee
Act One: Though to marry you
Act One: Let the merry cymbals sound
Act One: Now tell us, we pray you
Act One: Heart broken at my Patience's barbarity
Act One: Stay, we implore you, before our hopes are blighted
Act One: Your maidens hearts, ah, do steel

Tracks:

Act One: Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity
Act One: We've been thrown over, we're aware
Act One: And are you going a ticket to buy?
Act One: Hold! Stay your hand!
Act One: True love must single-hearted be
Act One: I hear the soft note of the echoing voice
Act One: But who is this, whose god-like grace
Act One: List Reginald, whilst I confess a love
Act Two: On such eyes as maidens cherish
Act Two: Sad is a woman's lot who, year by year
Act Two: Silvered is the raven hair
Act Two: Turn, oh turn in this direction
Act Two: A magnet hung in a hardware shop
Act Two: Love is a plaintive song
Act Two: So go to him & say to him
Act Two: It's clear that the mediaeval art
Act Two: If Saphir I choose to marry
Act Two: When I go out of the door
Act Two: I'm a Waterloo House young man
Act Two: After much debate internal, I on Lady Jane decide

Customer Reviews:

The best ever version.......2002-06-07

The wonderful cast transports you to the realms of Gilbert and Sullivan, to make you feel that you are experiencing a first night in 1881! John Reed, as Bunthorne, an aesthetic poet is superb, camp, subversive and a complete fraud. If anyone is not aware, the story of the opera is based upon the idiosyncracies of the Aesthetic movement in England of the 1880's and Gilbert used the public parodies of his friend Oscar Wilde as his major source. The rest of the cast, chorus and orchestra , under the long experienced 'Goddie' are superlative and make for one of the finest line-ups in D'Oyly Carte history. Revel and enjoy, for this is quite the best.

The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte!.......1999-04-13

My wish had always been to see John Reed and the D'Oyly Carte Company in a performance of Patience. My mother had done so, remarking that, 'You'd need patience to watch it', she was coloured in her opinion, since she wanted to see 'The Mikado', but had gotten the wrong tickets! The recording, made in 1961, is superb in every detail. You are with the cast, on stage, in the auditorium, it is such a 'live' performance. The dialogue is delivered exquisitely, whilst the singing is uniformerly of the highest standard. I recently portrayed 'Bunthorne' and throughout my performances, I felt that I was continuing the legacy of Gilbert and Sullivan. All the past history of performers were there. I feel that Patience is a magical Savoy Opera. Do not miss the opportunity to own such a definitive performance. Maybe the subject of the 'Art Nouveau' periodof Victorian England is dated, but as one critic has already stated, every generation 'throws up' its poseures, to be knocked. 'Ah, me! lack aday!' BUY IT!

The Definitive Recording.......1998-12-09

For those who prefer the traditional Savoyard renderings of the G&S canon, this is far and away the best recording of this parody of the cult of celebrity. John Reed leads the cast as a delightful Bunthorne, and the recording contains all of the opera's dialogue. "HMS Pinafore," "The Mikado," and "The Pirates of Penzance" may be better known, but "Patience" is deserving of a wider audience.

A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song
Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005S85Q
Release Date: 2001-12-11

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Favorite
From Becca...best Christmas CD in my collection!!!
The Best
from Solo Piano Publications
For Christmas Spirit, the BEST CD EVER MADE.

Festival of the Heart
John Boswell
Manufacturer: Hearts of Space
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000000X61
Release Date: 1993-02-25

Tracks:

O Come All Ye Faithful
What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
O Come, O Come Emmannuel
Angels We Have Heard On High
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
Festival Of The Heart
The First Noel
It Came Upon The Midnight Clear
Little Drummer Boy
Oh Holy Night
Away In A Manager
Coventry Carol
Fugue (From The Messiah)
Silent Night
Eastern Star

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Largely piano driven, Festival of the Heart showcases John Boswell's delicately warm tones on an hour's worth of seasonal hymns and carols. All but the title cut and the album's closer, "Eastern Star" (both composed by Boswell), are traditionals and classics, many dating back to the 17th century. Mendelssohn's "Hark! The Harold Angels Sing" resounds beautifully in a duet of piano and bells. Other standouts are Handel's English-horn-adorned "Fugue" from the Messiah and a reverent take on "Coventry Carol," the collection's oldest hymn, which dates to 16th-century England. For those for whom Christmas is more enchanted and holy than commercial, Festival of the Heart is true blue. --Paige La Grone

Product Description

1. O Come All Ye Faithful
2. What Child Is This? (Greensleeves)
3. God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
4. O Come, O Come Emmanuel
5. Angels We Have Heard On High
6. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
7. Festival Of The Heart
8. The First Noel
9. It Came Upon A Midnight Clear
10. Little Drummer Boy
11. Oh Holy Night
12. Away In A Manger
13. Coventry Carol
14. Fugue - (G.F. Handel, from "The Messiah")
15. Silent Night
16. Eastern Star

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Favorite.......2007-01-10

My sister gave me this cd for Christmas several years ago and it remains one of my very favorite. I like to give this cd as gifts to friends when giving Christmas music.

From Becca...best Christmas CD in my collection!!!.......2006-12-06

I, too, have played this CD every Christmas for years, and it is my all-time favorite Christmas CD. It's beyond description in terms of its beauty and various arrangements.

The Best.......2001-12-27

I have had this CD for years, and it remains my favorite Christmas collection of music. It is the first CD that I play during the holidays. It was a happy accident that I bought this recording.

from Solo Piano Publications.......2001-11-13

John Boswell's "Festival of the Heart" is one of the best Christmas albums I've ever heard. Primarily a piano album, Boswell adds synth and bells, and is joined on some of the tracks by guitar, percussion, English horn, and flutes. Boswell keeps his treatments of the carols fairly traditional and dignified, but somehow breathes fresh life into all of these songs, making them new again. As a piano teacher, the onslaught of Christmas music everywhere I go, plus listening to carols in all states of wonder and disarray all of my working days for about eight weeks a year have dramatically reduced my enjoyment of holiday music. So, it is a joy to find an album that reminds me of why this music means so much to people and why it continues to endure and enthrall no matter what the world is going through during the holiday season. All of the selections on this album are of more serious nature (as opposed to "Up On the Housetop" or "Frosty the Snowman"), and would provide an elegant backdrop to a holiday dinner or get-together or an evening of tree-trimming. Don't just relegate it to background music, though. This album needs to be savored again and again, allowing it to bring Christmas peace and tranquility. The sixteen tracks include two Boswell originals, and all of them are so good that I can't pick a favorite. Guaranteed to delight!

For Christmas Spirit, the BEST CD EVER MADE........2000-12-30

This recording is a rare jewel that is incredibly worth discovering, experiencing, and sharing with anyone who wants to feel in a true spirit of christmas. Every cut exudes warmth, beauty and serenity. This CD has regularly accompanied the Christmas season in our family for years now and it never gets tired. By the way, everyone who has been turned on to this CD that we know feels the same way we do. If you're going to buy one Christmas CD, I can't recommend enough that it be this one.

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Incredible chant recording!
First rate chant recording

Compline and other chant

Manufacturer: Saydisc
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ASIN: B000004540
Release Date: 2000-09-23

Tracks:

Latin Plainchant: Abbey Bells And Introit - Spiritus Domini (Pentecost) Mode VIII
Latin Plainchant: Alleluia - Emitte Spiritum Tuum (Pentecost) Mode IV
Latin Plainchant: Hymn - Christe Redemptor Omnium (Christmas) Mode I
Latin Plainchant: Hymn - Vexilla Regis Prodeunt (Passiontide) Mode I
Latin Plainchant: Hymn - Veni Creator Spiritus (Pentecost ) Mode VIII
Latin Plainchant: Hymn - Adoro Te Devote Mode V
Latin Plainchant: Hymn - Virgo Dei Genitrix Mode II
Latin Plainchant: Offertory Verse - Ave Maria Mode VIII
Latin Plainchant: Magnificat Antiphon - Montes Gelboe Mode I
Latin Plainchant: Moter: Ave Verum Corpus Mode VI
Latin Plainchant: Psalm 45 - God Is For Us A Refuge And Strength
English Chant: Hymn - Christ Our Saviour, From The Father (Christmas)
English Chant: Psalm 138: O Lord You Examine Me And Know Me
English Chant: Hymn: Into The Silence Of Your Hearts
English Chant: Psalm 137: I Thank You Lord With All My Heart
Compline (Latin)
Compline (English) - The Nuns Of Stanbrook Abbey

Customer Reviews:

Incredible chant recording!.......1999-10-29

This is an incredible recording of English and Latin chant. The Latin and English Offices of Compline are especially noteworthy. The Benedictine Nuns of Stanbrook have produced a remarkable, literate and prayerful English version of Compline. In my book, this is a desert island disc!

First rate chant recording.......1999-09-16

This is a gem. The monks sing very well, and sing with joy and love. The settings of Psalms 45 and 137 are outstanding.

Freedom: Songs from the Heart of America

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One of the Best
Freedom ROCKS!
Freedom ROCKS!

Freedom: Songs from the Heart of America
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B00007FOGP
Release Date: 2002-12-10

Tracks:

I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Nina Simone
America (My Country 'Tis Of Thee) - Washington Men's Camarata
Yankee Doodle - The Broadway Quartet (feat. Charles Harrison)
Because All Men Are Brothers - Peter, Paul & Mary w/ Dave Brubeck
Simple Gifts - The New York Philharmonic
The Star Spangled Banner - Duke Ellington
Amazing Grace - Willie Nelson
Erie Canal - Dan Zanes & Friends (feat. Suzanne Vega)
New River Train - Louise Massey & The Westerners
When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again - Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Dixie - Gil Tanner's Skillet Lickers
Follow The Drinking Gourd - Taj Mahal
Oh Freedom - The Boys Choir Of Harlem
The Battle Hymn of the Republic - Washington Men's Camarata
Johnny Has Gone For A Soldier - Pamela Warrick Smith
Shenandoah Lullabye - Jerry Garcia & David Grisman
Healing Song #1 - Verdell Primeaux,Johnny Mike & Robert Attson
Home On The Range - Gene Autry
America The Beautiful - Keb' Mo'
Can The Circle Be Unbroken - The Original Carter Family
Semper Fidelis - The Goldman Band
Stars and Stripes Forever! - New York Philharmonic

Tracks:

I'm On My Way (Live) - Mahalia Jackson
In My Merry Oldsmobile - Les Brown & His Orchestra
Keep Off The Grass - James P. Johnson
Over There - Arthur Fields
When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine - Bert Williams
The Death Of Mother Jones - Gene Autry
(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue? - Louis Armstrong
Hittin' The Ceiling - Smith Ballew
Brother, Can You Spare A Dime? - Bing Crosby (w/ Lennie Hayton & His Orchestra)
Dancing In The Dark - Ben Selvin & His Orchestra
The Gold Diggers' Song - Dorsey Brothers Orchestra (w/ The Boswell Sisters)12. God Bless America - Kate Smith
On The Trail - Pittsburgh Symphony Suite
This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie & Arlo Guthrie
Union Maid - The Almanac Singers (w/ Pete Seeger & Woody Guthrie)
Strange Fruit - Billie Holiday
Trouble - Josh White
Joe Hill - Paul Robeson
We'll Meet Again - Peggy Lee (w/ Benny Goodman)
Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition - Kay Kyser & His Orchestra
The Freedom Train - Paul Weston Orchestra
Atom And Evil - Golden Gate Quartet
Did You See Jackie Robinson Hit That Ball? - Count Basie & His Orchestra
The Bourgeois Blues - Leadbelly
Fanfare For The Common Man - London Symphony Orchestra

Tracks:

The Times They Are A-Changin' - Bob Dylan
America - Chita Rivera, Marilyn Cooper & Reri Grist
A Change Is Gonna Come - Terence Trent D'Arby & Booker T & The MG's
We Shall Overcome - Mahalia Jackson
Dancing In The Street - Martha And The Vandellas
If I Had A Hammer (The Hammer Song) - Pete Seeger
This Little Light Of Mine (Live) - The Freedom Singers
Chimes Of Freedom (Live) - Bruce Springsteen
People Get Ready - The Impressions
America - Simon & Garfunkel
Ain't Gonna Let Nobody Turn Us 'Round - Sweet Honey In The Rock
Stand! - Sly & The Family Stone
Freedom - Richie Havens
Goodnight Saigon - Billy Joel
Wake Up Everybody - Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
Fight The Power - The Isley Brothers
Song Of The Patriot - Johnny Cash (w/ Marty Robbins)
Hard Times - James Taylor
Open Letter (To A Landord) - Living Colour
Someday We'll All Be Free - Donny Hathaway

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Long annoyed with the dry, dusty nature of American history textbooks, author Joy Hakim set out to create a multivolume narrative that revolved around the deceptively simple idea of freedom. But as her books, the PBS series they spawned, and this, the show's soundtrack, have proven, it's a word whose meanings have been filtered through myriad historical, cultural, and political prisms. The three discs here span some 67 performances across 90 years of recording history, from WWI-era recordings of "Yankee Doodle" (who knew it had so many verses?) and Cohan's "Over There" through a dizzying array of folk, country, pop, R&B, and classical selections. And if it virtually ignores two decades of hip-hop and shortchanges nonvocal jazz (what's "freer" than Monk and Miles?), it's nonetheless an intriguing collection that delivers surprises and musical revelations on every disc.

Hoary American patriotic standards are cast in fresh light, while other worthy performances (a vibrant take on "Erie Canal" by Dan Zanes and Suzanne Vega; Booker T. & the MG's and Terence Trent D'Arby's soulful "A Change Is Gonna Come") are rescued from obscurity in a collection that seems to delight in trashing the narrow-minded marketing philosophy that has largely ghettoized American culture in recent years. Sousa, Seeger, Sly, and Simone are hardly the least of its charms. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

One of the Best.......2005-07-02

If you're going to spend some rather serious bucks on a compilation CD, you could do a lot worse than this! It takes us on a multidimensional, multigenerational trip through some of the plateaus of American music from the first half of the 20th century, on. I guess Columbia is trying to catch up with Sony on these all encompassing compilations, and if so, more power to them. This recording touches so many bases and appeals to so many different sensibilities, fans of different genres, etc. that it would be impossible to cover it in under 2,000 words. I'm far too lazy to attempt that, amyway. Suffice it to say that there isn't a bad cut on the CD and that the compilers actually took some thought into arranging the thing.

As it's nearing 4th of July this year and our country is not in the best of shape (OK, maybe I'm spending too much time looking in the mirror after my showers this summer!), this CD collection should come as a refreshing and fulfilling reminder of what American music is all about, and why we should remember why it's still a vital, freedom loving country, with room for differing styles, tastes, etc!

BEK

Freedom ROCKS!.......2002-12-19

I thought this was going to be yet another predictable compilation of traditional freedom songs.Thankfully,it's not. It's by far the best holiday gift I could ever imagine giving-great songs-great range of artists, doing songs both well known and unknown.I never heard Nina Simone's "I wish I knew how it would feel to be Free" and it's fantastic. Same holds true for Dave Brubeck's version of "Because all Men Are Brothers." In this time of forced patriotis,this compilation offers a creative and memorable collection of songs that are stirring-not sappy, fun and not forced-for listeners of all ages. Where else could you find Duke Ellington,Bruce Springsteen, Suzanne Vega and Mahalia Jackson..Billie Holiday, Woody and Arlo Guthrie,Bob Dylan, Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Johnny Cash and Jerry Garcia?? It's amazing that such great music is finaly put together in one boxed set. I can't wait to see the tv version on which the cds are based.

Freedom ROCKS!.......2002-12-19

Your Cheatin' Heart: Hank Williams' Life Story

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Your Cheatin' Heart: Hank Williams' Life Story
Jr. & the Cheatin' Hearts Hank Williams
Manufacturer: Platinum/Wave
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000026BME
Release Date: 2005-11-08

Tracks:

Your Cheatin' Heart
Long Gone Lonesome Blues
I Saw the Light
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Cold, Cold Heart
Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
Hey, Good Lookin'
Hey, Good Lookin'
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
Kaw-Liga
You Win Again
Ramblin' Man
I Saw the Light [Acoustic Version][#]
Jambalaya (On the Bayou) [Acoustic Version][#]
Kaw-Liga [Acoustic Version][#]
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry [Acoustic Version][#]
Long Gone Lonesome Blues [Acoustic Version][#]
Cold, Cold Heart [Acoustic Version][#]
You Win Again [Acoustic Version][#]
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight [Acoustic Version][#]
I Saw the Light [Acoustic Version][#]
I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) [Acoustic Version][#]
Ramblin' Man [Acoustic Version][#]

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Lanza in (mostly) top form

Serenade / A Cavalcade of Show Tunes

Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Casino Royale (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B0002K0ZTE
Release Date: 2004-08-23

Tracks:

Serenade
Danza
Torna a Surriento
O Soave Fanciulla [La Boh]
Der Rosenkavalier- Di Rigori Armato
Trovatore - Di Quella Pria
Fedora - Amor Ti Vieta
Africaine - O Paradiso
Otello: Dio to Gioconda [Excerpt]
Otello: Dio Mi Potevi [Monologue]
Ave Maria - Mario Lanza,
Arlesiana - Lemento Do Federico
Turandot - Nessun Dorma
My Destiny
Serenade [Previoulsy Unreleased Bonus Track]
Lover, Come Back to Me
I've Told Every Little Star [From Music in the Air]
Donkey Serenade [From Firefly]
All the Things You Are
Giannina Mia [From the Firefly]
Rose Marie [From Rose Marie]
Yours in My Heart Alone (Dein Ist Mein Ganzes Herz) [from "The Land of]
Thine Alone [From Eileen]
Will You Remember? [From Maytime]
Only a Rose
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp! [From Naughty Marietta]

Album Description

UK twofer combines the legendary vocalists 1956 & 1957 albums. BMG.

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Lanza in (mostly) top form.......2004-11-28

This is a "twofer" CD, consisting of the 1955 soundtrack to the movie Serenade and the 1956 Cavalcade of Show Tunes album. Before I go any further, however, I should acknowledge that I was one of the liner note writers for this release. But I have no financial interest in the CD, and am simply reviewing it here because to date no one else has commented on it!

Serenade marked Lanza's return to films after an absence of three years, and revealed a voice that had darkened considerably, while still retaining its brilliant upper register. Stylistically, this is also a much-improved artist in many respects from the sometimes-wayward tenor of the early 1950s. Anyone who compares Lanza's superbly operatic renditions here of Amor Ti Vieta, Lamento di Federico, and O Paradiso with his earlier versions (all featured on the CD Mario Lanza Sings Opera Arias and Duets) will immediately detect the new-found control in his singing.

That's not to say that all of the Serenade material is outstanding. Lanza's renditions of Nessun Dorma, O Soave Fanciulla, Di Quella Pira, and the title song are below par, with the tenor uncharacteristically strained in the upper register and rough in his approach. But redeeming everything are the oustanding renditions of the arias mentioned in the previous paragraph, together with Lanza's sensitive singing of Di Rigori Armato from Der Rosenkavalier, a superb Torna a Surriento, and an unsurpassed Dio! Mi Potevi Scagliar from Otello. Lanza also recorded the Act III duet from Otello with Licia Albanese for this film, but time constraints have reduced it to a brief extract here. (The entire duet, however, can be heard on the aforementioned Arias & Duets CD.)

The other album featured here showcases the romantic side of Lanza. Beautifully recorded, Cavalcade includes passionate renditions of Yours is My Heart Alone, Only a Rose, Will You Remember, and other selections from operetta and musical comedy. Although Lanza may indeed be *too* zestful here for some tastes, vocally at least, he is at the height of his powers. The voice is rich and round - gloriously consistent throughout its registers - and the abundance of effortless B flats, Bs, and even a high C reveal a tenor in formidable form.

Highly recommended.

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