Marlowe

Marlowe

ASIN: B00065L6ZW

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About the Artist
Jazz composer, arranger and conductor David Berger is recognized internationally as a leading authority on the music of Duke Ellington and the Swing Era. Conductor and arranger for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra from its inception in 1988 through 1994, Berger has transcribed more than 700 full scores of classic recordings including nearly 500 works by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn.

In 1996 Berger collaborated with choreographer Donald Byrd to create the Harlem Nutcracker, a full-length 2-hour dance piece that expands the Tchaikovsky/Ellington/Strayhorn score into an American classic. The 15-piece band assembled to play this show has stayed together and continues to play Mr. Berger's music for listeners and swing dancers all over the United States and Europe. The Sultans of Swing featuring vocalist Aria Hendricks have 3 CD's out on the Such Sweet Thunder label. In addition to concert, club, recording and private work in the NY metropolitan area, upcoming tours include Europe, the West Coast and the South. Berger has written music for television, Broadway shows, including Sophisticated Ladies; films, including The Cotton Club and Brighton Beach Memoirs; dozens of singers, bands, orchestras and dance companies. Beside Mr. Byrd, Berger maintains close, long-term working relationships with Wynton Marsalis and Quincy Jones.

David Berger's jazz compositions and arrangements and transcriptions are played by hundreds of bands every day all over the world. A seven-time recipient of National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, Berger resides in New York City where he teaches at the Julliard School.

Product Description
To get straight to the point, this is some of the best big-band writing and playing you're likely to hear; the best I've heard from a new band since Thad Jones-Mel Lewis. There is a marvelous variety of moods and textures here, and not a note that doesn't contribute to the whole. This is music that one wants to hear again and again; this is not a CD that will gather dust on the shelf. Marlowe is as compelling in his musical incarnation as on the page or screen. Maybe more so, because this piece is as good or better even after you know how it ends. The music David Berger and his dedicated company have brought us here is that rarest of contemporary works of art: the real thing. Hear it well. It's got the message.

Dan Morgenstern, director of the Institute of Jazz Studies at Rutgers University in Newark.

Tracks:

Molly the Moose
The Teasing Bird
Sandwich!
Krinkledinks and Grodsnips
There Once Was a Bagel
All About the Moon
Who You Are
Kangaroo
Joanie and the Genie
The Planets' Song
Picture the World
While You're Sleeping
You Can Be a Robot (And Clean Your Room)

Album Description

Ira Marlowe's first release on Brainy Tunes Records was a winner of the 2006 Parents' Choice Silver Honor. It features 13 songs which are not only full of wonder and imagination, but also challenging and educational. Titles include "Molly the Moose", about a jailbreak from the Bronx Zoo, "The Teasing Bird", in which a nasty bird, weighed down by negativity, finds it can no longer fly, "Krinkledinks and Grodsnips", about tiny monsters who learn to co-exist beneath a bathroom mat, and "There Once Was A Bagel", in which a breakfast staple defies the laws of both gravity and common sense. In addition are highly informative songs such as "Kangaroo", "All About the Moon" and "The Planets' Song". The Brainy Tunes philosophy is to never condescend to kids but rather to challenge them, including bits of material just enough over their heads to trigger questions and curiosity. Above all, we take pride in creating music that parents will want to hear as often as their kids will want to play it.

Customer Reviews:

Great for kids and Mom will sing along too!.......2006-11-24

We love this CD! It's the first CD requested by my two daughters when we get in the car. Even though my 10 year old likes the pop music she has on her Ipod, this CD is her current favorite. These songs are fun and singable while providing some insight/lessons about life. Molly the Moose, Kangaroo and Joanie and the Genie are the big favorites. The musical style varies so it's not boring. I highly recommend this for kids up to the age of 11.

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Bloch: Sacred Service

Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000027M3
Release Date: 1992-07-28

Tracks:

Sacred Service: Part I: Meditation (Prld). Moderato/Ma Tovu. Poco Meno Mosso
Sacred Service: Part I: Borechu. Moderato-Shema Yisroel. Moderato
Sacred Service: Part I: Andante Moderato/Ve'ohavto. Tranquillo-Moderato
Sacred Service: Part I: Mi Chomochoh. Allegro Moderato
Sacred Service: Part I: Tzur Yisroel. Andante Molto Moderato
Sacred Service: Part II: Kedusha (Sanctification): Nekadeish. Moderato
Sacred Service: Part III: Silent Devotion (Prld) And Response. Andante Moderato/Yih'yu Letrotzon...
Sacred Service: Part III: Taking The Scroll From The Ark (Interlude). Quieto/Toroh Tzivoh. Quieto
Sacred Service: Part IV: Return The Scroll To The Ark. Moderato/Gad'lu Ladonoy. Moderato
Sacred Service: Part IV: Eitz Chayim (Peace Song). Molto Quieto
Sacred Service: Part V: Va'anachnu (Adoration). Andante Moderato
Sacred Service: Part V: 'Kaddish' Prayer (Memorial Service, Spoken). Poco Piu Lento/Tzur Yisroel...
Sacred Service: Part V: Yevorechechoh Adonoy (Benediction). Molto Moderato

Tracks:

Song Of Songs: Biblical Cant: I. 'Awake, O North Wind' - Jennie Tourel
Song Of Songs: Biblical Cant: II. 'Come My Beloved' - Jennie Tourel
Song Of Songs: Biblical Cant: III. 'By Night On My Bed' - Jennie Tourel
Song Of Songs: Biblical Cant: IV. 'Set Me As A Seal' - Jennie Tourel
Sweet Psalmist Of Israel: I. David Before Saul. Largo - Sylvia Marlowe/Christine Stavrache
Sweet Psalmist Of Israel: II. Invocation. Molto Calmato E Con Divozione Profunda - Sylvia Marlowe/Christine Stavrache
Sweet Psalmist Of Israel: III. A Song Of Degrees. Con Moto Solenne - Sylvia Marlowe/Christine Stavrache
Sweet Psalmist Of Israel: Vivo-Pesante-Molto Allargando-Animando - Sylvia Marlowe/Christine Stavrache

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This lovely work is a setting of the standard Friday evening Sabbath service, and it will be familiar to Jews everywhere. Of course, all of the tunes are original, though as always with Bloch's Jewish works, there is a strong flavor of the Far East in the cast of his harmony. There isn't very much high quality Jewish sacred music. There have always been plenty of Jewish composers, but until the second half of this century, the circumstances of the Diaspora militated against the security and accumulation of wealth that a large musical establishment operating out of a synagogue necessarily requires. Of all of the more recent settings of the Jewish liturgy, this is the finest, and this performance is also the best it has ever received. --David Hurwitz

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Marlowe
David Berger & the Sultans of Swing
Manufacturer: Such Sweet Thunder
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Doin' the Do
Hindustan
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In the Wee Small Hours

ASIN: B00065L6ZW
Release Date: 2004-10-06

Tracks:

Window on the World
Jihad: The Price Of Oil
Wanted DOA: Osama, Yo Mama
Heroes
Prayer for Peace
The Bait
On The Scent
Too Much Information
Stakeout In The Rain
El Barrio
Back On The Street
Where Am I
Molasses In January
I Got It
Central Avenue Processional
I Ain't Got It
The Big Push

Album Description

To get straight to the point, this is some of the best big-band writing and playing you're likely to hear; the best I've heard from a new band since Thad Jones-Mel Lewis. There is a marvelous variety of moods and textures here, and not a note that doesn't contribute to the whole. This is music that one wants to hear again and again; this is not a CD that will gather dust on the shelf. Marlowe is as compelling in his musical incarnation as on the page or screen. Maybe more so, because this piece is as good or better even after you know how it ends. The music David Berger and his dedicated company have brought us here is that rarest of contemporary works of art: the real thing. Hear it well. It's got the message.

Customer Reviews:

Guido Cantelli -- Another Testament to Greatness.......2004-02-28

The Testament label has generally been associated with high quality reissues of classic mono and stereo performances languishing in the EMI or Decca vaults. However, this 4CD set featuring Guido Cantelli's NBC Broadcast Concerts (from December 1950) is something altogether new. Sure Testament has rescued many of Cantelli's vintage studio recordings from obscurity, introducing him to a generation of classical listeners not even born when the conductor tragically died at the age of 36 in 1956. But this partnership with the Estate of Guido Cantelli will provide connoisseurs with rare recordings for years to come, as many more releases are planned for the future.

But let's get to the title at hand. There are three things that I love about this set. First, because Cantelli left us with so few studio recordings, just hearing him play more music in the first place is a miracle. Second, many of the works featured here are earlier accounts of pieces he later did record in the studio -- Mozart's "A Musical Joke," Haydn's 93rd and Beethoven's 5th Symphonies in this case (though the latter was unfinished). It is delightful to experience Cantelli's multiple accounts of these works, something we take for granted with conductors like Furtwangler, Bernstein or Karajan. Finally, it is great to hear Cantelli tackle such diverse material with the NBC Symphony Orchestra, from baroque composers like Vivaldi, Corelli and Geminiani to modern masters like Milhaud, Schuman and Dallapiccola.

With that being said, there are also three things that keep me from giving this set a fifth star. First, the mono sound is very good, but certainly will not be of a high enough quality to please everyone. Second, each disc has been structured to include one day's broadcast performance, for example the four featured here are December 4, 11, 18 & 25, 1950. The unfortunate result of showcasing each day on its own disc is that they each log in at (comfortably) under an hour. In fact, the broadcasts are short enough to squeeze this set on to three discs, but of course performances from different days would overlap on a given disc. Which brings me to my third and final point, when paying full-price times four discs for this title, surely many of us (yours truly included) would rather pay less and deal with combined sessions on only three discs.

In all, though this is a welcome release and I look forward to the issue of Cantelli NBC Broadcasts from later in the 1950s. In this era of homogenized collections, it is essential for a label like Testament to continue to save the future of classical by rescuing great music from the past.

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Submission Act One
Marlowe
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000SKL9J8

Product Description

1 You Lose 2 Hope 3 Pen to Pad 4 Everybody Wants a Piece 5 Coming to the End 6 Make it Big 7 What is the Meaning of This? 8 Lipstick Mistake 9 Long Story Short 10 Bruised 11 Down Down Down 12 Away I'd Fly 13 Good Day 14 Shade of Gold 15 Submission

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galax.sea

ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000505DQ
Release Date: 1998-10-08

Tracks:

No One fell Asleep
Further Than it Seems
Things You Draw
Starry-Eyed Sugar
Frostbite
Jupiter's Beaches
All the Kings Horses
Lazy
Ordinary Dreams
Estranged
Les Etoiles et la Mer

Album Description

On galax-sea, Marlowe combine richly textured soundscapes with compelling vocal melodies, resulting in a collection of eleven delightfully innovative tunes.

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Verdi: Otello

Manufacturer: Giuseppe Di Stefano
ProductGroup: Classical
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000M8HHBA

Product Description

Opera in 4 Acts.~~~Bonus tracks:~~~Torsten Ralf sings Leoncavallo e Wagner: I Pagliacci, Die Walkure, Siegfried, Die Meistersinger von Nurnberg, Lohengrin.

Radio Shows: Adventures of Philip Marlowe

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Radio Shows: Adventures of Philip Marlowe
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Radio Spirits
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000EJ9VIO
Release Date: 2006-01-23

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Naked Wire
Deborah Marlowe
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
ASIN: B000RDN8Q8

Product Description

1 Reachin' Up 2 Find Me 3 Mirror 4 Something New 5 I Give Up 6 Naked Wire 7 Just Remember 8 Missing 9 Are You Sure 10 Reading the Odyssey 11 After Hours 12 Welcome to Serenity

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