Richard Carpenter: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor

Richard Carpenter: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor Artist: Richard Carpenter
Label: A&M
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 731454070324
EAN: 0731454070324
ASIN: B000002GO5


Release Date: 1998-01-27

Richard Carpenter: Pianist, Arranger, Composer, Conductor


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Tracks:

  1. Prelude
  2. Yesterday Once More
  3. Medley
  4. I Need To Be In Love
  5. Sandy
  6. Time
  7. For All We Know
  8. One Love
  9. Bless The Beasts And Children
  10. Flat Baroque
  11. All Those Years Ago
  12. Top Of The Wold
  13. We've Only Just Begun
  14. Karen's Theme

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Richard, please give us more of this music!!.......2007-01-01

I have always been a Carpenter fan. For Christmas, I received this CD. I was so overwhelmed with emotion when I listened to it!!! I am not a musician, just an ordinary person who loves good music, and good music it is!!!! The prelude gave me goosebumps. His talent is magnificent, and I am hopeful that he will produce another cd with other "Carpenter" hits. I will always miss Karen and her pure voice, but Richard clearly stands on his own with this cd. I can honestly say that there have been few musical compilations that have affected me as much as this one has! If you want to listen to quality music, with alot of emotion, and passion, then this cd is for you, and me.

4 out of 5 stars Richard's Symphony.......2006-08-04

When this album was completed almost ten years ago Richard sat for some interviews discussing this album and he stated that he always wanted to do an instumental album of the hits in the vein of Burt Bacharach. This cd fulfilled that dream and although it is a tad indulgent it's not that bad. Sure, it's soft and almost classical in it's approach but what is expected from a guy who's a self-admitted background singer? Richard included the title track "Time" with it's original arrangement on this album because it's an instrumental featuring his multi-tracked backing vocal and included a sample of Karen on backing vocals for the instrumental version of "Sandy" which creeped me out a bit. "Flat Baroque" and "Karen's Theme" are instrumentals revisited and given new arrangements, "Karen's Theme" is completed for this project, it was the title track for "The Karen Carpenter Story" telebio.

Richard is an arranger's arranger. His most recent work was to arrange and conduct strings for a track on faux-lesbian duo T.A.T.U.'s latest album and the song is their next single, "Gomenasai" is the song title and the album is "Dangerous And Moving." Richard is still with A&M and is working on a new album to be released in 2007. It's a holiday album and he states that he'll be releasing a solo album every ten years wether it's needed or not. For those of us who hold out any hope of unreleased material to surface, it's not going to happen. Richard said that outtakes are outtakes for a reason, Karen would have been unhappy if more material was released from her solo album and he regrets releasing "As Time Goes By" because some of the material just wasn't "strong enough." The Carpenters as we know them, are finished.

2 out of 5 stars Richard Without Karen is Empty.......2005-07-22

There is no doubt that Richard Carpenter is an exceptionally talented pianist, composer, and performer; however, without the pure vocals of sister Karen Carpenter, this collection of instrumental Carpenter songs falls flat. It's like having ice tea without the sugar, or Coca-Cola without the fizz - you know something vital is missing. In this case what is missing is Karen's exceptional voice. As a fan of the Carpenters for over 30 years, I of course knew all the songs on this collection, and they are excellent melodies, but I kept expecting to hear Karen's voice break in, the voice that makes these songs complete.

I love the Carpenters, but without Karen's vocals, this collection reminds me of "elevator music".

Die hard Carpenter fans will want this album to compete their collection, but if you are new to Carpenter music, I'd suggest you buy one of their greatest hits collections instead.

Jim Konedog Koenig

4 out of 5 stars Contemporary arrangements.......2004-06-15

Well, at least these arrangements are by the original artist. However, the original was always great. Why try to improve on them. There are no vocals on these pieces which adds a great dimension to them.

Richard Carpenter is a very talented pianists, composer and arranger. I believe this CD is worth buying, especially by teh biggest Carpenters fans.

5 out of 5 stars

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