Sunset & Vine [Import]
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1. High Time
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2. Open Your Heart
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3. Soul Searching
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4. Where Is the Love
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5. You Could Be Dreaming
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6. Dont Jump the Gun
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7. First Love
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8. I'll Be Home Tonight
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9. Walk Through Fire
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10. Slowly
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Product Description
With the Brillian and Powerful Vocals of Tony Mills, Shy is Back! Having their Previous Release Mastered by Queensryche/Enertia Producer Neil Kernon, this is a Masterful Follow Up of Great Aor Material.
Sunset & Vine,Shy,MTM Music & Publish,Hard Rock,Heavy Metal,Rock
Sunset & Vine [Import]
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- Topol is best as the Papa
- Love it
- CP as Grandmother Tzeitel
- Never Ending Joy!
- Great a classic
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Fiddler on the Roof
Jerry Bock , Sheldon Harnick , and Topol
Manufacturer: Capitol
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ASIN: B00005OB07
Release Date: 2001-10-09 |
Tracks:
- Prologue/Tradition/Main Title
- Matchmaker
- If I Were A Rich Man
- Sabbath Prayer
- To Life
- Miracle Of Miracles
- Tevye's Dream
- Wedding Procession
- Sunrise, Sunset
- Wedding Celebration/The Bottle Dance
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- Entr'acte
- Do You Love Me?
- Far From The Home I Love
- Chava Ballet Sequence
- The Rejection Scene
- Anatevka
- Finale
- Any Day Now
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This new version of the Fiddler on the Roof soundtrack coincides with the movie's 30th anniversary (which is also celebrated by a special edition DVD). The CD is notable for several instrumental tracks by John Williams, as well as for "Any Day Now," a previously unreleased song performed by Perchik/Paul Michael Glaser (better known for his starring role in TV's Starsky and Hutch). The soundtrack is often compared unfavorably with the original 1964 cast album, in which Zero Mostel played the part of Tevye (here performed by Topol, who had been in the 1967 London production). But this CD has a lot going for it, including glossy remastering and, of course, Isaac Stern as the fiddler. In the end, whatever version you decide to pick up, Fiddler remains one of the most enduring musicals of all time. --Elisabeth Vincentelli
Customer Reviews:
Topol is best as the Papa.......2007-07-15
I have other versions of CDs of "The Fiddler of the Roof" but Topol is the best and this is one of the best CDs with Topol. As far as "The Fiddler On the Roof" goes, that is a thumbs up 5 star anytime story and songs.
Love it.......2007-05-16
I had looked everywhere for this CD. I am so happy to have found the "real" Fiddler on the Roof!
CP as Grandmother Tzeitel.......2007-03-30
At first, I thought this musical was weird but then I grew to like it. It has a sad ending but the thems in the movie are really interesting. Life really is like being a fiddler on the roof. In a musical coming up at my school, I am playign the part of Grandmother Tzeitel in Tevye's dream. I am excited to play the part and I think our musical will go very well!
Never Ending Joy!.......2006-11-22
The music from Fiddler on the Roof is exciting, fun, interesting and funny! This CD is mixed with humor, music from different cultures and a wide mix of different songs. Each song is so different that I can listen to it for hours. I was surprised how enjoyable and pleasent it really is. Although...it is easy to get this music stuck in your head!
-Christian Fobian, Author of Why Christ?
Great a classic.......2005-11-08
Totally enjoyable. After a few listens you can't help but sing along.
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- Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V)
- Not one of his bests, but very close
- John Williams' finest work
- A Great Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy
- Williams is slumming it
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Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000850IS6
Release Date: 2005-05-03 |
Tracks:
- Star Wars and The Revenge Of The Sith
- Anakin's Dream
- Battle Of The Heroes
- Anakin's Betrayal
- General Grievous
- Palpatine's Teachings
- Grievous and the Droids
- Padme's Ruminations
- Anakin vs. Obi-Wan
- Anakin's Dark Deeds
- Enter Lord Vader
- The Immolation Scene
- Grievous Speaks to Lord Sidious
- The Birth Of The Twins and Padme's Destiny
- A New Hope and End Credits
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John Williams' lovely and moving score for the sixth Star Wars film brings thirty years of collaborating on George Lucas' beyond-popular intergalactic franchise to a close. (Is this really the end of Star Wars? Can't Lucas and Williams work together on a prequel to these prequels? Let us hope so, and that Jar Jar Binks is nowhere near it.) As this music accompanies the most exciting Star Wars film in many a moon, the soundtrack itself is more fun, more evil, more nasty and bumpy. Many of the heroic, anthemic themes woven throughout Episode Three: Revenge of the Sith will necessarily be familiar to any fan of the series, from the "Imperial March" to the main theme. It's remarkable how stirring the latter can be, no matter how many times you've heard it, and even for those who do not have all their money invested in S.W. memorabilia. There is a lot of new music here, and the lush, extensive range of both Williams and the London Symphony Orchestra is on display, most notably in the menacing, percolating "General Grievous" and the rousing "New Hope" end theme. --Mike McGonigal
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Customer Reviews:
Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V).......2007-06-21
product: Star Wars: A Musical Journey (2005) (V), included as bonus disc in Episode III soundtrack.
The bonus dvd with this soundtrack was the reason I purchased. I enjoy film soundtracks, and science fiction, but this dvd was a real highlight for me. I got the soundtrack cd out of the local library. The cd was missing from the case, but I found this wonderful dvd instead that I went out to purchase later.
With optional segments of dialog from Ian McDiarmid, this film is a stunning visual and musical overview of the full epic story of episodes I-VI of Star Wars. For those of us who felt that eps. IV-VI fell short of our expectations, this film presents them well as parts of the whole story. The Musical Journey also stands as a summary of the entire SW opus for someone who is not familiar with the Star Wars characters and plot. Highly recommended.
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Not one of his bests, but very close.......2007-05-21
The Episode III soundtrack is very good. Not great, but very, very good. You can tell that Williams is getting old, but he still manages to weave together a very memorable score.
My favorite tracks are "Battle of the Heroes," "Anakin's Betrayal," Palpatine's teachings, "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan," and the "Immolation Scene."
The others are very good as well, but these are especially nice. "Battle of the Heroes" is Dual of the Fates for Revenge of the Sith. "Anakin's Betrayal" is a very sad track that is, in my opinion, one of William's most powerful pieces. "Palpatine's Teachings" is really, really neat. It's very dark and moody, a perfect piece for the evil emperor. The only weird thing is the end. "Anakin vs. Obi-Wan" is the action piece that plays during the battles of Anakin and Obi-Wan, and Yoda and the Emperor. Finally, "The Immolation Scene" is another sad piece, even more so than "Anakin's Betrayal."
Although I really like this CD, there are some things that are missing (as usual). First, the whole sequence where the droids are looking for Obi-Wan after he was shot. You see Obi-Wan in his ship with Senator Organa on the Hologram (or whatever it is), and Obi-Wan says that his clones turned on him. That was some pretty awesome music that OF COURSE was left out of the CD. Then there was Dual of the Fates in the movie, but completely absent from the CD. And probably the most annoying was that whole piece of music before Obi-Wan and Anakin fight. It was so touching and sad and I CAN'T BELIEVE THEY LEFT IT OUT! Absolutely amazing. Also, did anyone notice that some little bits were cut out? For example, in Anakin vs. Obi Wan, they cut out about a second or two of choir. What?! What the heck is with that? It's when Anakin is running on the long thing and jumps on the droid on the lava. Also, there was some pretty cool drumming when you see Yoda and the Emperor fighting, and you can see the whole stadium (the big room). There's also drumming in "Enter Lord Vader" that is muted in the soundtrack.
Oh well...if I'm going to collect movie scores, I'm going to have to get used to the fact that in almost all cases there's not going to be every bit of music. I've experienced this in both Pirates of the Caribbean, Jurassic Park I (there was very little left out on this score), and almost everything else. At the moment, I'm just waiting for the 22nd, for the Pirates of the Caribbean 3 soundtrack. It's gonna be amazing.
See Yu
John Williams' finest work.......2007-04-20
There is little more I can say that hasn't already been said about the soundtrack to Episode 3, especially what Amazon contributor Dan Mohr wrote in his review of the soundtrack on 2/2/2006. His review captured almost all the thoughts, feelings, and emotions I had when I first listened to the soundtrack, and was, IMO, the best review of John Williams' greatest masterpiece.
Having said that, I will say that few soundtracks have ever so perfectly captured the underlying emotional currents of their respective movie; in the case of ROTS, the contemporaneous tragedies of Anakin's fall to the Dark Side, the extermination of the Jedi, and the rise of the oppressive Empire. The listener is confronted with the depth and totality of the evil that has beset the entire galaxy to a degree that the film could not reach in only 2 hours.
Bravo, Dan Mohr, and BRAVO John Williams!
A Great Conclusion to the Prequel Trilogy.......2007-04-07
This is a great work of art. I rank it 4th among Star Wars soundtracks after A New Hope, The Empire Strikes Back and The Phantom Menace. I had a hard deciding which I thought was better, The Phantom Meance or Revenge of the Sith, but I decided that The Phantom Menace lays the foundation for so much that is in this soundtrack and is thus the more masterful work. But that doesn't mean that this score still isn't great. Every piece is a thrill to listen to and pace never lets up. "Battle of the Hereos" is an amazing piece and the rendition of the "Funeral Theme" from Episoded I captures the film's tragety magnificently. Also I do not think John Williams could have portrayed the Jedi's extinction more perfectly than he did in "Anakin's Betrayal". This is without a doubt the best score of 2005 and one of the best of the decade.
Williams is slumming it.......2007-04-01
Williams's score for Revenge of the Sith is almost entirely overbearing, lacking any emotional subtlety. The music is overcomplicated and even a bit confusing, especially in the tracks that correspond to action sequences in the movie. His overuse of choral tracks and vocals is too bombastic and irritating to be listened to without the explosions and laser blasts of the soundtrack to soften them. (Yes, this music is actually softened by the sounds of warfare.) Worst of all, much of the music has simply been lifted from earlier scores. At times his self-imitation was so blatant that I actually wondered whether the editor who had complied this score had made a mistake and I was listening to The Empire Strikes Back or A New Hope. Also suffers from not including the entire score, in some cases cutting out musical segues in obvious and awkward ways.
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- Excellenté!
- Wolf Parade is radical...
- More than a side project...
- Rivals the Arcade Fire's "Funeral" in terms of beauty
- My top release of 2006
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Shut Up I Am Dreaming
Sunset Rubdown
Manufacturer: Absolutely Kosher
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ASIN: B000F8DB9E
Release Date: 2006-05-02 |
Tracks:
- Stadiums And Shrines II
- They Took A Vote And Said No
- Us Ones In Between
- I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been In The Grave
- Snakes Got A Leg III
- The Empty Threats Of Little Lord
- Swimming
- The Men Are Called Horsement There
- Q-Chord
- Shut Up I Am Dreaming Of Places Where Lovers Have Wings
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Sunset Rubdown's music is lo-fi, shell-shocked, dissonant, and very reminiscent of David Bowie/Brian Eno's post-apocalypse fixation, circa Station to Station. The images and music that singer Spencer Krug has put to tape tell of futility and disconnectedness through his warbled, pained singing--a style that almost distracts too much from the music. It's similar to the way that Conor Oberst's rawness sometimes overwhelms Bright Eyes. However, there are standouts like "I'm Sorry That I Sang on Your Hands That Have Been in the Grave," where a weirdly gorgeous meditation over a click-track coughs up a glimmering loneliness. On "The Men Are Called Horsemen There" glam and drama are dialed all the way up and mixed with a heavy Spectorian wall of sound. "Shut Up I Am Dreaming of Places Where Lovers Have Wings" swirls with tension, then opens into an '80s New-Romantic sad dance party. Employing unusual instruments, off-kilter arrangements, and an all-around herky-jerky feel, the album is intriguing and unsettling, not unlike Krug's other projects, Frog Eyes and Wolf Parade. --Gabi Knight
Customer Reviews:
Excellenté!.......2007-07-09
I love this album. If you like Wolf Parade, then I highly recommend this album as its complement.
Wolf Parade is radical..........2007-05-14
If you like wolf parade you'll like this album...I like spencer's voice, I don't know why but it reminds me of david bowie.
More than a side project..........2007-03-27
I found out about this group the same way that many others most likely have: I listened to Wolf Parade, wanted more and realized that singer/songwriter/keyboardist Spencer Krug had another band.
That band is Sunset Rubdown and while it is quite different than Wolf Parade (it's softer and more musically sparse), it still contains the unmistakeable love-or-hate vocals that Krug supplies for both groups. But if you loved Krug's somewhat-strained delivery on Wolf Parade's Apologies to the Queen Mary then you'll likely enjoy this side project of his.
The album does need quite a few listens for it to really grow on you but I instantly loved such tracks as "Us Ones In Between" with it's cryptic and poetic lyrics and it's simple piano melody. "I'm Sorry I Sang On Your Hands That Have Been in the Grave" has a wonderfully eerie, carnival-like, music-box esque charm to it that makes it stand out from the rest of the album. And finally, "The Men Are Called Horsemen There" and "Snakes Got a Leg III" give the album its most musically intense moments.
I have to mention that Sunset Rubdown also has an LP and an EP that were released prior to this. I absolutely love the EP. I highly recommend trying to find it and if you do - buy it! It has 5 tracks and they are all fantastic. I especially love "Three Colours". While "A Day in the Graveyard" parts I and II are probably the two best songs written and recorded by the band.
Rivals the Arcade Fire's "Funeral" in terms of beauty.......2007-01-09
Simply put, this is a beautiful album. For the longest time, the Arcade Fire's "Funeral" stood on its own as the most beautiful album in my collection. Sure, many albums have beautiful songs - even several beautiful songs, but no albums until "Shut up I Am Dreaming" have struck me as comparable to "Funeral", and that's saying a lot.
I'd now like to address the spotlight reviewer. Musicans/ artists (esp. good ones) create from their heart. Sometimes a lot of people like their contribution and they are recognized i.e., fame, and sometimes their contribution never catches on. However, it is insulting to insinuate that this is "music for the scenesters" like spencer championed them as his key demographic. I am 26 and far from a scenester kid, yet I enjoy this music very much. It's like insinuating that pink floyd made music for drug users. The fact that scenesters may (or may not) like this album is just a side-effect; scenesters weren't the impetus for its creation.
This is an album for anyone that appreciates a beautiful piece of work, be it a scenester, a stoner, or a conservative, etc.
My top release of 2006.......2006-12-22
I cannot state more emphatically that Sunset Rubdowns album is my pick for album of the year, not just for how surprisingly good it is to anyone that enjoyed Wolf Parade's incredible debut but because it is simply inspiring from start to finish. As a whole this is the most delightful kind of album, the one you wish everyone's side-band would put out to keep the enthusiasm going. The fact that it will remain under almost everyone's radar is not entirely bad, as it leaves it open for discovery many, many years down the road.
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- I wish I could give it 10 stars!
- Best Anime CD in awhile
- Greatest CD ever!
- A Must Have For Bleach Fans
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Bleach the Best
Manufacturer: Sony
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ASIN: B000J4OYVI
Release Date: 2006-12-25 |
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I wish I could give it 10 stars!.......2007-04-30
I bought Bleach the Best for the CD alone. The CD is wonderful!!!! My children and I love the songs and have a great time. In the car or doing dishes at home, this CD has music that gets you pumped to watch the series! The CD songs are the openings and closings for the show and it is great to hear them in their true form. The CD set I purchased from Amazon came with the DVD for Region 2 or for Japanese DVD players, pin-ups of the captians and Renji along with a booklet with the lyrics of the songs in Japanese. As far as I am concerned, it is worth every penny!
Best Anime CD in awhile.......2007-04-19
I love this CD! I watched the first 118 episodes of the show and grew to LOVE the theme songs. I wanted them so bad but Amazon has too high a price for this cd, so I bought it used from one of the sellers. I got the cd in perfect condition for half the listed price for a new one, and just wanted to comment on one of the previous feedbacks about the DVD issues.
First off, this listing is for the CD ONLY, at least for the used copies. There is another listing with the CD/DVD combo here on Amazon. So if you want the DVD as well, make sure to look at both listings carefully or you will pay the same price and only get half of the packege, unless you buy used.
But I do say that the price is worth it to fans of the show who are farther along then the english dubbed episodes, because many of the theme songs are from later episodes. Hope this helps anyone interested in the CD.
Greatest CD ever!.......2007-04-05
I love this CD so much. It's all I listen to right now. I play it in the car on the way to work and then put it into my computer and listen to it alla day at work. The artwork on the cover is very cool too. Well worth the price!
A Must Have For Bleach Fans.......2006-12-20
I managed to pick this up in Japan the day after it was released. What a great find! The CD contains MOST of the openers & closers to the Bleach Episodes that have been aired in Japan (they're well past Episode 100 there). The DVD (Region 2 DVD) has the accompanying "clean" opening and closing anime set to the music. Also included is a set of pin-ups and a book with Lyrics, Credits, and messages from Noriyuki Abe and Tite Kubo (all written in Japanese). A brief warning about Region 2 DVDs... they won't play in a regular DVD Player purchased in North America. You can play them on a computer's DVD-ROM reader, but be careful! You can only change the Region of a DVD-ROM reader 4 or 5 times before the setting becomes permanent.
Song Titles & Artist by Track:
1. Asterisk by Orange Range
2. Life Is Like A Boat by Rie fu
3. Thank You by HOME MADE KAZOKU
4. D-tecnoLife by UVERworld
5. "Comet" by Younha
6. happypeople by Skoop On Somebody
7. "Flower of one wheel" by HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR
8. LIFE by YUI
9. "My Pace" by SunSet Swish
10. TONIGHT, TONIGHT, TONIGHT by BEAT CRUSADERS
11. HANABI ("Fireworks") by IKIMONO GAKARI
12. MOVIN!! by TAKACHA
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- Andrew LLoyd Webber - Gold Hits
- The Gold By Andrew
- The best of Webber
- THE BEST OF LLOYD WEBBER MADE FOR THE AMERICAN AUDIENCES
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Gold: The Definitive Hits Collection
Andrew Lloyd Webber
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ASIN: B0000657XY
Release Date: 2002-05-07 |
Tracks:
- Superstar - Murray Head w/ the Trinidad Singers (Jesus Christ Superstar)
- As If We Never Said Goodbye - Barbra Streisand (Sunset Boulevard)
- The Phantom Of The Opera - Sarah Brightman & Michael Crawford (The Phantom Of The Opera)
- You Must Love Me - Madonna (Evita)
- Any Dream Will Do-Donny Osmond (Joseph & The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat)
- Memory - Betty Buckley (Cats)
- Pie Jesus - Charlotte Church (Requiem)
- The Music Of The Night - Michael Crawford (The Phantom Of The Opera)
- I Don't Know How To Love Him - Yvonne Elliman (Jesus Christ Superstar)
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina -Patti Lupone (Evita)
- Love Changes Everything - Michael Ball (Aspects Of Love)
- All I Ask Of You - Sarah Brightman (The Phantom Of The Opera)
- The Perfect Year - Glenn Close & Alan Campbell (Sunset Boulevard)
- The Vaults Of Heaven - Tom Jones & Sounds Of Blackness (Whistle Down The Wind)
- No Matter What - Boyzone (Whistle Down The Wind)
- Oh What A Circus - Mandy Patinkin (Evita)
- Whistle Down The Wind - Sarah Brightman (Whistle Down The Wind)
- Amigos Para Siempre (Friends For Life) - Sarah Brightman & Jose Carrerras (1992 Olympics Theme)
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The critical debate over Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical legacy will no doubt rage for decades. Is he the shrewd populist composer who almost single-handedly revived the moribund stage musical--or a crass, Barnum-esque showman (who almost single-handedly revived the moribund stage musical)? This 18-track anthology chronicles the high points of Sir Andrew's enduring songcraft and the irrefutable impact it's made across a remarkably disparate swath of tastes and genres, from Broadway to Top 40 radio and even the classical repertoire.
If some have accused Lloyd Webber's songs--like "The Music of the Night" (from Phantom of the Opera) and the title tune from Whistle Down the Wind, included here--of having all the melodic and lyrical sophistication of a children's lullaby, that's likely the very element that's made them so appealing to a mass audience. If nothing else, it's a compelling argument for that old notion about it being "the singer, not the song." Indeed, there are few contemporary composers whose music could entice divas from Streisand ("As If We'd Never Said Goodbye" from Sunset Blvd.) to Madonna (Evita's "You Must Love Me") and Charlotte Church ("Pie Jesu" from Requiem) to cover it, let alone forge the very careers of artists like Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford. And if there's any substance to that other criticism of Lloyd Webber lifting the melodic ideas of composers from Verdi to John Williams (we swear that's the theme to Jurassic Park bubbling up in Tom Jones's camped-up take on Whistle's "The Vaults of Heaven"), at least, like virtually every major composer, he's stolen--er, borrowed--from the best. --Jerry McCulley
Customer Reviews:
Andrew LLoyd Webber - Gold Hits.......2007-07-13
I sent this CD to my parents and they love it! It is nice to preview the songs on-line instead of with greasy headphones in a music store! The shipping is always speedy and makes sending gifts across the country so much easier.
The Gold By Andrew.......2007-04-23
This cd is a must have for any Webber fan. It has many great songs from his most sucsessful musicals. But something I don't like about this cd is that some of the singer how sings some of the songs arn't the onse that sings the originals. Like "The Phantom Of The Opera" and "Love Changes Everything". Witch is so sad. Couse the original songs are so much better.
But besides that this cd is very good. With manye nice and difficult songs (I've sung some of the myself in siningclass).
So if you like Andrew's music this most sertanly is a most have.
The best of Webber.......2005-09-12
Although I like Andrew Llloyd Webber and his music very much, this collection earns only 4 stars and it's not because of the quality of the music but the level of performers. If a best of collection is made it should contain the best version ever done and this time it's not true. I could write the same review for the European edition (labeled import here) because the blend of the two would be a perfect best of.
Some examples: this version contains Memory sung by Betty Buckley while the Elaine Page version is light years better. Then it contains Patti Lupone's version of Don't Cry For Me Argentina. Even though Madonna wasn't the best Evita, she definitely sung Argentina in a way no-one could before or will ever. Whistle Down The Wind is represented with 3 songs - the place of the Tom Jones song is not here (the same could be said of Tina Arena's song o the European edition). Instead of the TJ song they could have included Take That Look Off Your Face by Marti Webb - one of the best songs by Webber. Pie Jesu from the Requiem is much better sung by Sarah Brightman. These are the faults.
What about the rest? Pure joy and material worth of 6 stars. Superstar, Phantom Of The Opera, Music Of The Night, I Don't Know How To Love Him, All I Ask Of You, No Matter What, Oh What A Circus - wonderful songs and wonderful performers. My all-time favorite from Webber will always be Music Of The Night and the version included here is the mesmerizing adaptation of Michael Crawford.
I don't advise anyone not to buy this album - it's good material, however it's far from being perfect.
THE BEST OF LLOYD WEBBER MADE FOR THE AMERICAN AUDIENCES.......2005-01-31
There are numerous compilations out on the market full of Andrew Lloyd Webber's music. As most people know, Lloyd Webber is the most successful musical composer of all time and many of his songs became standards not only in the theatre history, but also as tops on the charts. Even though he's British, his influence on the shape of the modern musical theatre expanded over the West End boundaries long ago and has thus made an enormous impact on Broadway. Two of his shows ("Cats" and "The phantom of the opera") hold the record as two the longest running shows in the history of Broadway. He has also been the only composer to have three of his shows running at Broadway concurrently. This compilation captures some of the best songs he has ever written, he personally supervised it and it is the best thing to have if you can't afford his five-CD compilation called "Now and forever", which was selected and supervised by him as well. You should bear in mind, however, that there are two compilations called Gold out there: The one made for the European and the British market, and this one, made for the American buyers. Some of the songs on both of them are the same, the others are performed by different artists and some can be found only in one of the two. This one here was issued later and it is digitally remastered. Therefore you should check your favourites and buy accordingly, or, if you can, buy them both, since both of them contain interesting songs and performers.
So here are my thoughts about the tracks in this one:
1. "Superstar" and "I don't know how to love him" are both from the concept album of "Jesus Christ Superstar". They sound wonderful as ever, although the orchestrations may seem a bit dated by now.
2. "Sunset Boulevard" is marked here with two songs. Barbra Streisand's powerful voice shines all the way through in "As if we never said goodbye"; it's a shame she never played Norma Desmond on Broadway, since Patti LuPone wasn't allowed to take her Norma to New York, and Glenn Close butchered the role. Her limited vocal abilities were hardly suited for the material, as it is shown by the second Sunset song, "The perfect year", performed by Close and Alan Campbell. They both lack a decent singing voice, so this is the one song I skip regularly. The song itself sounds much better in its single version with pops orchestration, as can be heard on the European version of this compilation, where it is performed by Dina Carroll. This version here can hardly be considered a gold one.
3. "The Phantom of the Opera" is represented by three songs. Michael Crawford and Sarah Brightman performance in the song of the same title is amazing. They were both born to play their roles in this show and their voices fit together perfectly. Sarah can hit the high notes in the end like no other Christine. Cliff Richard and Sarah sing the lovely ballad "All I ask of you" with passion, and Cliff has a wonderful warmth in his voice. Finally, Michael Crawford gives his unique and mesmerising interpretation in "The music of the night".
4. The 1996 movie version of "Evita" is Madonna's best role to date and it brought an Academy Award for Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice, who wrote "You must love me" especially for the big screen. This is another wonderful ballad with the haunting cello and piano solo. It just proves that Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice were the best collaborators. They really should do another musical together.
5. "The Joseph and his amazing Technicolor dreamcoat" was Webber's first musical and the signature song "Any dream will do" is performed here by Donny Osmond, who also appeared in the video version. I find his rendition even better than London's Jason Donovan, since Donny isn't strictly bound by the notes and so sings it more casually. A wonderful pop piece.
6."Memory" from "Cats" is probably the most famous of all Webber's songs, recorded by numerous artists. This version is sung by Betty Buckley, who was Broadway's Grizabella. Although Betty's performance can't be considered bad, I prefer Elaine Paige, who sung the song first, in the London production. Elaine has a note of sorrow in her at times husky voice, which I found very intriguing. Her performance can be considered definite, as heard on "Cats" DVD or in her latest two-disc compilation, "Centre stage: The very best of Elaine Paige", issued in May 2004. Still, those who prefer Ms. Buckley or who saw her on stage in this role won't be disappointed.
7. "Pie Jesu" is the best known song from Webber's "Requiem", written in 1985 to commemorate the death of his father. I'm not too keen on the version included here, performed by Charlotte Church, because her voice isn't as pretty as Sarah Brightman's on the original recording and the tempo is somewhat faster here.
8. "Don't cry for me Argentina" is among my all-time Lloyd Webber's favourites. I like all the ladies who performed "Evita" on the stage and on the screen (Julie Covington, Elaine Paige, Patti LuPone and Madonna), but on this disc is the version I am most satisfied with, since it is sung by Patti LuPone. Ms. LuPone has a very powerful voice with an amazing range and she deserved her Tony Award for this role. She was able to sound both vulnerable and decisive while singing this, whereas the other leading ladies emphasized one or the other in their interpretation. Mandy Patinkin's "Oh what a circus" is not the best, the orchestration is a little bit weak and his voice sounds thin to me. David Essex on the London cast recording is more suitable.
9. "Aspects of love" boast here with its top song, "Love changes everything", performed wonderfully by Michael Ball. It was his #1 hit and is probably one of the most beautiful love anthems ever written.
10. Three songs come from "Whistle down the wind". The studio release of the same title is one of the reasons I bought this compilation, although I already have the European one. It is performed by Sarah Brightman with Lloyd Webber playing the piano and a symphonic orchestra who nicely takes the lead of the main melody. Sarah voice is angelic; she sings it like a little bird. Very charming. Boyzone's "No matter what" was a huge pop hit in the charts. Again, we have a song with the suitable orchestrations and vocals. And lastly, Tom Jones' deep voice in combination with the back vocals of "The Sounds of Blackness" gives a rocking rendition of the church hymn "The vaults of heaven". It can't be found on the European version and Tom's voice shows it hasn't aged. Way to go.
11. For the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Webber wrote, together with his long-time lyricist Don Black, this last song, "Amigos para siempre or Friends for life". It's a nice duet between Sarah Brightman and Jose Carreras, their voices sore when bound together. The melody itself is neat, especially when the orchestra takes the lead.
Besides the fact that some of the performers here were not the best for my taste, there is also the fact that some of Lloyd Webber's shows are omitted in this version, most notably, "Tell me on a Sunday". Also, unlike its European counterpart, this compilation isn't aligned chronologically, so we have 1970 Superstar being the first song, 1993 Sunset Blvd comes the second, followed by The Phantom from 1986 and so on. None the less, this CD is excellent as an introduction to Lloyd Webber's music and one can continue with his cast recordings from there. It's also very handy as a single disc compilation for the American fans.
Super good CD.......2004-12-31
The songs on this CD are great. If you also play piano, the book of the same title goes perfectly with the CD. You can following along with the music and learn the songs on the piano.
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ASIN: B000003FGZ
Release Date: 1993-05-11 |
Tracks:
- Billy The Kid: Suite: Introduction: The Open Prarie
- Billy The Kid: Suite: Street In A Frontier Town
- Billy The Kid: Suite: Mexican Dance And Finale
- Billy The Kid: Suite: Prairie Night: Card Game
- Billy The Kid: Suite: Gun Battle
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Astounding "Canyon"; "Rodeo" Rivals NYP.......2007-01-05
Close your eyes and be transported to the Canyon. In this remastering of a 1960 recording, Morton Gould shows his chops as a superlative conductor and interpreter of this Grofe classic. The work itself is wonderful, but Gould and his orchestra provide nuances that absolutely delight. Of the five movements of "Grand Canyon Suite", the final, "Cloudburst", ceases becoming music and is elevated to pure sensory experience. It is no longer notes on a page finely executed; it IS the sky, the wind, the sheets of rain (a sheer, shimmering slide of sound), the thunder, and it is perfect. The four prior movements are nearly as excellent, with the second, "Painted Desert", casting an eerie shadow over the listener's mind with spellbinding brush strokes. This is a performance delivered with painstaking care.
Gould's treatment of Copland's works, recorded three years earlier, were of great personal interest, as one of my earliest exposures to "serious" music was the great Bernstein recording of "Rodeo", and "Buckaroo Holiday" in particular. Surprisingly, Gould and company give the NYPO a run for its money. They are just as energized, brash and even raw (hear the horns, and it's fitting) as New York; ditto the "Gun Battle" episode of "Billy". Gould threw himself into Copland's scores and whipped his musicians into a frenzy when called for, and the results place Gould's readings of these two pieces of Americana right behind Bernstein.
This CD - beautifully remastered - is a bargain.
Superb recordings of American classics........2004-04-27
I thoroughly agree with all other reviewers (though I wish some would spell Copland's name right!) Morton Gould conducts with great verve and sensitivity. "Rodeo" is terrific and it also includes the seldom heard "Honky-Tonk Interlude" which is a delight in itself.
The Grand Canyon Suite is a highlight with its marvellous orchestration and melodic richness. Although the score is influenced by a number of composers such as Dukas, Ravel, Respighi and even Richard Strauss, it nevertheless feels entirely
original. "On the trail" is beautifully rhythmical,one can really feel the trotting
of the donkeys, and the sound effects are pure joy. Note the
ee-ah-ing of the donkeys, so superbly part of the music. (somewhat reminescent of Mendelssohn's Midsummer Night's Dream overture.) The Cloudburst is a sonic triumph.
This recording comes from 1957, but digitally remastered. Sound is demonstration quality. Still probably the best available, highly recommended.
Copland and Gould - LSC-2195.......2004-02-12
I've heard Copland conducting these two works on recordings and I've heard the famous NYPO/Bernstein's 1960 recording of these two works on Columbia Records, yet Gould and his Orchestra fills in the blank spaces that was left out in previous and recent recordings.
He takes his troup to NYC to Manhatten Center, in Oct of 1957, and have the legendary RCA producer, John Pfeiffer and Lewis Layton, produce and engineer this recording session to be encaptured on 3-track tape (where the "Billy the Kid" was released on RCA "New Orthophonic tape recording" - the BCS-130), then to eventual vinyl (LM/LSC-2195). Gould, being somewhat of an arrangement conductor in the 50's, manage to pull the stops out in how these two Copland pieces are to be presented-to where the listener can feel that they themselves are back in the Wild, Wild West of the 1880's. He doesn't rush through these two pieces like some other conductors do. Gould takes his time trying to tell the story within the music. He uses emphasis, emotion, tempo and dynamics where it should be per each chapter in a story. Excellent listening for all!
This BMG "Living Stereo" release of the LSC-2195 Copland/Gould is a faithful reproduction as it can be of the original vinyl release.
Gould conducts Copland and Grofe.......2003-11-21
It may surprise some to discover that American composer/conductor Morton Gould conducted such fine performances of other American composers' music. These RCA Victor "Living Stereo" recordings are vivid, excellent proof that Gould was a really fine conductor and not just of his own music.
The performances of the suites from Copland's ballets "Billy the Kid" and "Rodeo" are among the best ever recorded. They benefit not only from Gould's wonderful sensitivity and appreciation but from excellent playing by the "pickup" orchestra and the still remarkable "Living Stereo" recording process, in which RCA used only three microphones and advanced mastering techniques.
Ferde Grofe's "Grand Canyon Suite" was a "labor of love" as the skilled composer/arranger spent considerable time carefully depicting his impressions of one of the greatest natural wonders of the world. Grofe had been a very successful arranger for Paul Whiteman and is still remembered for the very first orchestration of George Gershwin's "An American in Paris," premiered by Gershwin at the piano with Whiteman conducting in New York's Aeolian Hall in February 1924.
Grofe composed a number of original orchestral works in later years and the "Grand Canyon Suite" is probably his best. It contains memorable melodies and is skillfully orchestrated throughout. It so impressed Arturo Toscanini that he recorded it in 1945 for RCA Victor, under the supervision of the composer. Grofe himself conducted a recording of the suite for Everest Records in 1960. Gould's recording is excellent. The final movement, depicting a spectacular thunderstorm, is absolutely awesome. I think this recording may surpass an earlier favorite, also recorded for RCA Victor, by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston "Pops" Orchestra.
This is all very fun and very exciting American music.
Superlative performance of Copeland.......1999-12-26
Billy the Kid & Rodeo were both etched in my soul when as a young boy I listened along with my mother. This performance by Morton Gould remains for me above any other that I have heard and I have heard many given my love for them. This is a re-issue of an original 3 microphone/3 track TRUE stero recording made by RCA in their 'Living Stero' series and originally recorded in 1957. A must have for Copeland listeners. It is a bonus that it also contains 'Grand Canyon Suite.'
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Tracks:
- Strength Through Wounding
- Porphyria
- Exsanguination
- Malleus Maleficarum
- Narrative Of Soul Against Soul
- Clove Smoke Catharsis
- The Prayer Position
- No Poetic Device
- Weathered Tome
- The Last Kiss
- At A Glance
- God Called In Sick Today
Album Description
1999 release on Nitro for this raw and powerful East Bay hardcore punk band. 12 tracks including 'Strength Through Wounding', 'Exsanguination', 'Clove Smoke Catharsis', 'God Called In Sick Today' and more.
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Wow.......2007-04-22
I was introduced to AFI through Decemberunderground. The first song I heard by them was Love Like Winter. My friends (sell-out fans) told me that the new stuff was horrible, and that their old stuff was great.
When I got this, I was shocked. Davey...his vocal style is so...different is an understatement. And does he, like, have a lisp or something? Is that from the lipring? It's weird.
I'm not saying this album is bad; it's not. It's just so incredible different from their new stuff.
This is the title. It means nothing. Please procede........2007-02-04
You know what? In many ways "Black Sails in the Sunset" is probably the perfect AFI record. That's not to say that it's their best but whatever phase of AFI you like---the early hardcore stuff, the middle period goth punk stuff or the current arena ready stuff--- you can find something to like and admire on this album.
This was the first AFI record I heard when a friend played it for me back in the spring of 2000 and I immediatly knew I loved it as it blends two of my favourite types of music, eighties goth like the Cure and Joy Division, with hardcore, and does so perfectly. Although they would build on this template and improve it on their followup releases "All Hallows" and the nearly flawless "The Art of Drowning", "Black Sails" will always have a special place in my record collection.
Now, as one of the few earlier AFI fans who doesn't believe that they have recently sold out(rather they have been given the finincial means to expand on their influences, and this isn't as a bad thing as both "Sing the Sorrow" and it's followup "decemberunderground" are excellent records), I am not feeding you some purists nonesense when I tell you that if you are an AFI fan then you need "Black Sails". Where there earlier hardcore records were typical east bay hardcore, "Black Sails" builds on the template. The songs have more crashing dynamics than anything that came previous, while upping the melody and allowing Davey Havok room to write more insteresting lyrics and expand his vocal range. The songs all feature the same chant along choruses that have taken AFI to the top of the charts lately, only this time they're dellvered with a far more breakneck speed.
What's surprising to hear, or at least to me, how much sense the bands newer stuff sounds when you listen to "Black Sails". The playing is strong and the melodies are easily digestable without being easy and obvious. The production of the record at time can be a little same sounding, thought each song has it's own distinctive features and ebbs and flows that you know exactly what you're listening to every given second.
Again "Black Sails" is not the best AFI record in my opinion(that really has to be "Art of Drowning"), whatever you like about AFI is here on this record in spades. Crushing hardcore, melodic breakdowns, excellent lyrics and vocals and even the requisite power ballad("God Called in Sick Today", still one of the bands best songs), and for those reasons alone that should make this record an essential in every AFI fans collection.
That and every sing is pretty great. What more could you ask?
AFI's Darkest Hour; Suffering.......2006-10-23
'Through our bleeding, we are one!'...
...so begins AFI's fourth, and controversially their best.
This is one emotionally upsetting album to listen to, let me tell you. But in a good way. It's like reliving someone else's nightmare of the pain, suffering, and horror that is everyday life.
This is Davey Havok at his darkest and most poetic edge. Just listen...
'When daylight forms blinding walls where do we go? Days, arid are scorching all. When daylight forms blinding, binding walls, where do we go? The darkness calls.'...
...and...
'We all begin to burn. Autumn's flame dances in my eyes. Set alight for all we've learned. My ashes falling. My skin is singed but it heals my heart and with growing pride I'll wear my scars.'...
...brilliant!
And that's not the end, but I can't fit every good lyrical quote in this review, because the WHOLE ALBUM is like this!
Is it AFI's best? In one way, but in my opinion, all AFI is good, for different reasons. This is like a gourmet steak dinner, but you don't always feel like a steak dinner. Too filling. That's where AFI's latter career comes into play.
See also AFI-The_Art_Of_Drowning, and AFI-Sing_The_Sorrow, lighter fare when you don't want to feel like ripping something's head off from listening to this disk.
PS- For people who like dark music in general, see The_Cure-Pornography. Also highly recommended.
not what i was hoping for.......2006-09-20
i bought this album after reading the "rave" reviews on here about it...what a let down. im still giving it the benefit of the doubt with 3 stars even though i didnt think it deserved that, notice i said i, its only my opinion. the songs all sound alike. before i could leave the mall parking lot i looked down and my player said song 4. i was like what the heck? i just popped it in and i couldnt even tell when the last song had ended and the next one began.
Be Prepared For The Goth ( :
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This is no doubt a great CD. It's AFI at their goth point, so be prepared for some dark music. Especially if you only have AFI's first few CD's.
1.Strength Through Wounding
4.5/5 Holy crap, what an intense intro! THROUGH OUR BLEEDING WE ARE ONE!!!
2.Porphyria Cutanea Tarda
3.5/5 It's fast, it's good. It didn't really catch my intrest though.
3.Exsanguination
4/5 It better. But still not much compared to what's next.
4.Malleus Maleficarum
5/5 $#!+, this has got to be one of the best(if not THE best) songs on the CD! It's like a metal song or something! AFI truly did a great job on this song. The first masterpeice of the album!
SIDE NOTE:Soemone postted earlier that Porphyria Cutanea Tarda, Exsanguination, and Malleus Maleficarum were latin terms for vampirism or something. He's wrong about that. Porphyria is a desease which forbids you to go out into the sun; Exsanguination is a process that removes blood from the body; and The Malleus Maleficarum is a book about with burning. Just to clear up some confusion.
5.Narrative Soul Against Soul
5/5 I freakin love this song so much. Especially the chorus, and the part before the chorus where Davey wails "todaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyyyyy" It gets me every time.
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6.Clove Smoke Catharsis
5/5 Forget about God Called In Sick Today, Clove Smoke Catharsis is my favorite slow song of the album. I love how it goes from a very heavy intro to a soft, clean guitar melody. This song could've easily gotten twice the popularity GCIST recieved if it got the chance.
7.Lower It(vinyl only track)
5/5 Easily the most "punk" track on Black Sails. Deffidently a keeper.
8.The Prayer Position
5/5 Another metal song. It's awesome.
9.No Poetic Device
4.5/5 Cool. I really like the chorus.
10.The Last Kiss
5/5 How can you not love this song?
11.Weathered Tome
4/5 Once again, I absolutely love the chorus!
12.At A Glance
4.5/5 Boy, this album has some great choruses. I love it. It's kind of like a mix between The Last Kiss and The Despair Faction.
13.God Called In Sick Today
4.5/5 Although it is very overated, I still love it!
XXXMidnightSun
6/5 This is really my favorite song on the album. It a gothic metal song with forces yet to be reckoned with. It also has arguably the greatest breakdown AFI has ever done(along with Coin Return ( :)
Well, this review might not've been so helpful, but that's not the point. The point is, you have to buy this now.
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- Fabulous for any Broadway-lover
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Release Date: 2004-10-19 |
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- Give My Regards To Broadway- Joel Grey
- Swanee- Al Jolson
- When The Moon Shines On The Moonshine- Bert Williams
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- My Man- Fanny Brice
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- You're The Top- Ethel Merman
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- September Song- Walter Huston
- My Heart Belongs To Daddy- Mary Martin
- It Never Entered My Mind- Shirley Ross
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- Once In Love With Amy- Ray Bolger
- Wunderbar- Alfred Drake,Patricia Morison
- Some Enchanted Evening- Ezio Pinza
- Lost In The Stars- Todd Duncan
- Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend- Carol Channing
- Luck Be A Lady- Robert Alda,Guys
- Getting To Know You- Gertrude Lawrence
- Who Cares?- Jack Carson,Betty Oakes
- Stranger In Paradise- from " Kismet" Doretta Morrow,Richard Kiley
- Ballad Of Mack The Knife- Gerald Price
- Hey There- from "The Pajama Game" John Raitt
- Whatever Lola Wants- Gwen Verdon
- I Could Have Danced All Night- Julie Andrews
- Standing On The Corner- from "The Most Happy Fella, 1956" Shorty Long,John Henson,Alan Gilbert
- The Party's Over- Judy Holliday
- Glitter And Be Gay- Barbara Cook
- Tonight- Larry Kert, Carol Lawrence
Tracks:
- Seventy-Six Trombones- Robert Preston
- I Enjoy Being A Girl- from "Flower Drum Song, 1958" Pat Suzuki
- Everything's Coming Up Roses- Ethel Merman
- My Favorite Things- from "The Sound Of Music" Mary Martin
- Put On A Happy Face- from "Bye Bye Birdie" Dick Van Dyke
- Try To Remember- Jerry Orbach
- Camelot- from "Camelot" Richard Burton
- Love Makes The World Go 'Round- Anna Maria Alberghetti
- I Believe In You- Robert Morse And Co.
- The Sweetest Sounds- Diahann Carroll,Richard Kiley
- Comedy Tonight- Zero Mostel
- What Kind Of Fool Am I?- Anthony Newley
- As Long As He Needs Me- Georgia Brown
- Hello, Dolly!- Carol Channing,Cast
- People- Barbra Streisand
- Anyone Can Whistle- from "Anyone Can Whistle" Lee Remick
- If I Were A Rich Man- Zero Mostel
- Night Song- Sammy Davis, Jr.
- The Impossible Dream- Richard Kiley
- If My Friends Could See Me Now- Gwen Verdon
- Open a New Window- from Mame Voice
Tracks:
- Willkommen- from "Cabaret" Joel Grey
- Let The Sunshine In- James Rado,Lynn Kellogg,Melba Moore,Cast
- I'll Never Fall In Love Again- Jill O'Hara,Jerry Orbach
- The Ladies Who Lunch- from "Company" Elaine Stritch
- Tea For Two- Roger Rathburn,Susan Watson
- I'm Still Here- Yvonne De Carlo
- I Don't Know How To Love Him- Yvonne Elliman
- We Go Together- Adrienne Barbeau,Barry Bostwick,Walter Bobbie,Cast
- Corner Of The Sky- John Rubinstein
- Send In The Clowns- Glynis Johns
- Ease On Down The Road- Stephanie Mills,Tiger Haynes,Ted Ross,Hinton
- One- from "A Chorus Line" Cast
- All That Jazz- Chita Rivera,Ensemble
- Tomorrow- Andrea Mcardle
- Don't Cry For Me Argentina- Patti Lupone
- Come Follow The Band
- Lullaby Of Broadway- Jerry Orbach
- And I'm Telling You I'm Not Going- Jennifer Holliday
- The Bells Of St. Sebastian- Raul Julia
Tracks:
- Memory- Betty Buckley
- I Am What I Am- George Hearn
- Move On- Bernadette Peters,Mandy Patinkin
- Do You Hear The People Sing?- Michael Maguire,Cast
- The Music Of The Night- Michael Crawford
- You're Nothing Without Me- James Naughton,Gregg Edelman
- The American Dream- Jonathan Pryce,Cast
- Doctor Jazz- Gregory Hines,Company
- With One Look- Glenn Close
- On Broadway- Adrian Bailey,Frederick B. Owens,Ken Ard,Victor Trent Cook
- Le Jazz Hot- Julie Andrews,Ensemble
- Seasons Of Love-
- Hakuna Matata- Max Casella,Tom Alan Robbins,Scott Irby-Ranniar,Jason Raize
- I Wanna Be A Producer- Matthew Broderick,Ensemble
- Dancing Queen- Louise Plowright,Jenny Galloway
- Good Morning Baltimore- Marissa Jaret Winokur
- Movin' Out- Michael Cavanaugh,Band
- I Go To Rio- Hugh Jackman,Company
- Defying Gravity- Kristin Chenoweth,Idina Menzel
Customer Reviews:
Fabulous for any Broadway-lover.......2007-01-30
Packs into 5 CD's a sampling of Broadway tunes from the 20's thru (almost) today, mostly from original cast recordings. Includes not just well-known hits, but also some lesser-known gems. Sound quality is first rate, booklet is informative too. Have given this as a gift to several friends with rave reviews.
Top Shelf.......2007-01-04
This is THE definitive collection of Broadway hits. I have other collections, and none of them measure up. A great deal of care was obviously taken in compiling and presenting this box set. It covers a lot of ground, starting with some long-forgotten but still very enjoyable hits from the days of yore, and finishing with present-day favorites. To the best of my knowledge, the recordings are by those who made them famous. You won't be disappointed.
TERRIFIC CD'S.......2006-03-23
THESE BROADWAY MUSICALS CD'S ARE A BROADWAY LOVERS DREAM. WITH EACH SONG, MEMORIES COME FLOODING BACK. BOTH THE FAMILIAR AND THE FORGOTTEN SONGS ARE A TRUE LISTENING PLEASURE. IF YOU LIKE BROADWAY, YOU'LL LOVE THIS SET.
Great Collection of Broadways greatest Songs .......2005-06-14
This Collection was perfectly made it has almost all the most famous Broadway songs on this 5 cd set. The Music is great and has Broadways greatest treasures like "Memory""People""With One Look""Give my regards Too Broadway" just to name a few of this numerous cd set with over 100 songs. This is a great buy if you like musicals or The music of Broadway
Great Compilation!.......2005-01-17
If you are a fan of the Broadway Musicals, this is a collection that you should purchase. Since I got the 5 disc set I've enjoyed listening to it. The majority of the songs are done by the original singers. The collection is priceless considering that you will have over 100 songs from popular musicals since the beginning of Broadway
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- Patti LuPone barely manages to salvage this wretchedly directed and orchestrated "glorified highlights album."
- Sunset Boulevard (1993 original London Cast)
- The Definative Recording of Sunset
- Such Silliness
- This sun has set but let's remember the music. It's some of Webber's best.
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Michael Bauer , Daniel Benzali , Meredith Braun , Gerard Casey , Nicolas Colicos , Anita Louise Combe , Don Black , Christopher Hampton , Patti LuPone , and Kevin Anderson
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ASIN: B000001E3D
Release Date: 1996-06-10 |
Tracks:
- Act I: Prologue
- Act I: Let's Have Lunch
- Act I: Sheldrake's Office
- Act I: On The Road/The House On Sunset
- Act I: Surrender
- Act I: With One Look
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- Act I: The House On Sunset
- Act I: The Perfect Year
- Act I: Dialogue After The Perfect Year
- Act I: Artie Green's Apartment
- Act I: This Time Next Year
- Act I: The House On Sunset
Tracks:
- Sunset Boulevard
- Act II: The Perfect Year
- Act II: Journey To Paramount
- Act II: As If We Never Said Goodbye
- Act II: Surrender
- Act II: Girl Meets Boy
- Act II: Eternal Youth Is Worth A Little Suffering
- Act II: Too Much In Love To Care
- Act II: New Ways To Dream
- Act II: Sunset Boulevard
- Act II: The Greatest Star Of All
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Certain moments in Sunset Boulevard may convince you that it's Andrew Lloyd Webber's most satisfying score. The dark opening theme recalls Franz Waxman, while throughout the lush strings perfectly evoke old Hollywood, occasionally broken by wonderfully jazzy interludes. The melodies of the two big songs, "With One Look" and "As if We Never Said Goodbye," wind their way into your brain in the best Lloyd Webber way (even if the latter, Norma Desmond's ode to her fans, is a little too reminiscent of "Don't Cry for Me, Argentina"), "The Perfect Year" is a lovely, stately dance, and "Too Much in Love to Care" is a nice romantic duet between Kevin Anderson and Meredith Braun. On the other hand, the music seems repetitive even by Lloyd Webber standards, with fewer than a dozen themes recycled over the set's 96 minutes, and the lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton are passable at best, predictable at worst. In the London cast of this adaptation of Billy Wilder's 1950 film, Patti LuPone gives a strong lead performance, coloring her big voice with supreme self-importance. She was under contract to fill the role in the subsequent U.S. premiere, but was dropped in favor of Glenn Close, reportedly at the insistence of the show's backers. The booklet includes photos, full lyrics, and an edited version of the dialogue. --David Horiuchi
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Patti LuPone barely manages to salvage this wretchedly directed and orchestrated "glorified highlights album.".......2007-06-22
No matter what some bitter and pretentious pseudo-intellectuals say, "Sunset Boulevard" happens to be one of Andrew Lloyd Webber's most beautiful, haunting and most accomplished works. This remarkably faithful adaptation of the timeless Billy Wilder film-noir about the evils of Hollywood and it's media hype is probably the definitive "jazz opera" with some of the most jaw droppingly innovative and groundbreaking production design. So, why the low rating on my part? Well, technically, this has nothing to do with the score and the show itself, but rather this particular album.
Where to begin? There are just so many things horribly wrong with this recording, but I think that the orchestrations themselves are a good place to start. Unlike what can be heard in the American, German, and even the lackluster Canadian recording, the music on this album is horribly disorganized and in some parts the instruments go completely out of tune. This is especially painfully obvious in "This Time Next Year" and "Eternal Youth is Worth a Little Suffering." At one point, poor Daniel Benzali actually goes completely flat due to the botched orchestration of "The Greatest Star of All." It is truly mind boggling that a production of such scope would allow for this absurd unprofessionalism.
My next big gripe comes with the afterword by Andrew Lloyd Webber, where he claims that some of the score on the recording had to be "edited for time in places." Well, that sure is putting it mildly. Over an astonishing forty minutes have been hacked off of this recording for some unknown reasons, since the album is on two discs; which means that no corner cutting was neccessary. I have strong suspicions that this happened because someone decided to save some money by using the audio cassette master for the CD release, but that is just a theory of mine. The cuts are horrible, leaving the basic plot of the musical nearly incoherent and with some jaw droppingly awful cuts, like the painful jump cut in the middle of Schwab's Drugstore scene. All of these cuts reduce this alleged "World Premiere Recording" to a pathetically glorifed highlights album.
However, what completely killed this recording for me was the horrible direction of the entire affair, which is apparent from the less-than-subpar perfomances. Everyone seems to be high on valium and bored to tears, but there are some "joyful variations." Kevin Anderson sounds whiny and raspy (in a bad way) with all the emotional range of a chair. What a waste, since Mr. Anderson has proven himself to be a fine dramatic actor. Daniel Benzali seems to be doing some sort of a lame Michael Crawford impression for "Forbidden Broadway" and the botched musical score isn't doing him any favors (see above.) However, the most butchered number in the entire recording is the group ensemble "Eternal Youth is Worth a Little Suffering." The song, already damaged by a badly out-of-tune orchestra and horrific jump cuts, seems to be sung by what only can be described as "Ritalin addicted Zombie Women of Planet Monotone." Such utter shame; since it's a wickedly comic and hilariously disturbing number that appears as a mere shadow of itself on this album.
There are however two people that rise above all this travesty. They are the wonderful Meredith Braun, who brings youthful energy and sweet innocence to character of Betty Schaefer with her lovely young soprano voice and the majestic Patti LuPone, giving a powerhouse vocal perfomance as the tragic Norma Desmond. Miss LuPone is one of very few people who did not require the complex score's key to be lowered, and boy, does it make a difference in "With One Look" and "As If We Never Said Goodbye." It's too bad her perfomance is mangled on this album with the horrific direction and numerous incomprehensible cuts made to various crucial scenes and songs. I do agree that Patti LuPone was a tad too young and "gentle" sounding for the role back in 1993, but if there's to be a revival of "Sunset Boulevard" in the near future, she would be one of my top choices to headline the show as Norma. Sadly, this will never happen, since Miss LuPone is too busy planning Andrew Lloyd Webber's untimely demise together with Faye Dunaway.
Aside from the great perfomances by Patti LuPone and Meredith Braun and the awkwardly hammy portrayal of Max by Daniel Benzali, the one other reason to get this wretched cast recording is the novelty to hear some alternate renditions of various familiar music numbers. The most interesting are a drastically different number during the Schwab's Drugstore scene (which is sadly cut to ribbons), an alternate finale to "New Ways to Dream" and a different, albeit a very abrupt, final sequence.
All in all, this has got to be one of the absolute worst "original cast recordings" ever unleashed on the unsuspecting public. The only worth of this album are the perfomances of the two leading ladies and the interesting alternate renditions of various numbers that have been drastically (and not so drastically) changed for other productions.
Sunset Boulevard (1993 original London Cast).......2007-06-12
Patti Lupone is brilliant in this recording - makes all subsequent Norma Desmonds seem very lightweight.
All the excitement and enthusiasm of an original recording is contained within.
The Definative Recording of Sunset.......2006-08-07
It's quite interesting to take a project and with time rewrite it to be sufficiently worse. Well Lord Lloyd Webber did this when he rewrote Sunset Boulevard before taking it to America.
First off, let me say I am not ALW's biggest fan. I am however a strong proponent of Evita and Sunset Boulevard. I think that both are incredibly satisfying musically and dramatically. However, I did not realize how incredibly satisfying this score was until I heard Patti LuPone, Kevin Anderson, et. all perform it. (The only voice worth listening to on the US Version is George Hearn)
Instead of the incessant screaming Glenn Close and Alan Campbell provide, LuPone & Anderson "Sing" their rolse and also provide the lyrics with justice. Now anyone who knows these lyrics knows they are far from fabulous, but they do tell the story, and you can understand the story when LuPone & Anderson tell it.
The score has far better orchestrations, and has more dialogue. My biggest problem with the US version is since almost everything is sung, it seems as though nothing needs to be sung. The orchestration provides more countermelodies, etc. Some of the most beautiful and powerful orchestrations were removed by the time the show hit the US and the orchestra here, sounds arguably, like what a Broadway rendition of a film score should sound like.
The cast is just more musical overall and the tempi are more natural. "Let's Have Lunch" finally sounds like the down and dirty sort of atmosphere we associate with the old studios. Too Much in Love to Care doesn't seem forced and rushed. With One Look brilliantly soars and doesn't have the akward key changes Glenn Close needed to sing the role.
Overall, this is "the" Sunset to get.
Such Silliness.......2006-03-22
The silliness and misinformation surrounding this unfortunate show continues to amaze and amuse.
The simple fact is, regardless of what the sadly misinformed have to say, Patti LuPone (who did NOT, as one reviewer claimed, "create" "Evita") was personally triumphant in her British run of "Sunset". However, she and Mr. Webber had major artistic differences over the concept of the total show. He felt, for better or worse, that La Patti was not "on board" with his concept of the show, which in fairness to LuPone, was in a state of flux. She was simply not engaged for the New York run. Glenn (not Glen) Close auditioned with Webber several times. He liked her dramatically, while realizing she would be unable to sing parts of the role as had been originally written. He altered the songs to fit her voice ("Just One Look" is the most obvious example). Her interpretation is more fragile, for lack of a better word, and, it seems, more in line with what Webber wanted by the time the U.S. production was ready. The financially crucial Los Angeles/Touring production was to star Faye Dunaway, but, word has it, Webber accepted her unheard on the word of others who said she could sing the Close version of the role. He learned in L.A. rehearsals that Dunaway was unable to sing ANY version of the role, and he fired her. She sued and they quickly settled out of court. Close continued in the role for a brief period and the U.S. show closed, at Webber's insistance, without a touring company and deeply in debt.
For those who want to spend the money, BOTH recordings are well worth owning. LuPone is, well, LuPone. And that is always fun. Close is the more incisive, dramatically, and the U.S. recording is much more complete.
This sun has set but let's remember the music. It's some of Webber's best........2006-01-07
The film this Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on is considered by many as one of the greatest film's ever made. The character of Norma Desmond is as legendary as the woman who portrayed her, Gloria Swanson. Andrew Lloyd Webber took a big chance in taking this classic material and turning it into a musical. For many, it was a colossal failure but for others, it was an astounding success.
The story centres around the tragic figure of Joseph Gillis (Kevin Anderson). A starving Hollywood writer who accidently stumbles upon Norma Desmond (Patti Lupone), a forgotten silent screen star who for years has been planning a "come-back". Norma Desmond then falls madly in love with Joe and she convinces him to help her write an epic motion-picture that she is to star in to cement her super-stardom once again. She is completely oblivious to the fact that cinema has changed and there is no room for an aging silent screen "has-been" in the Hollywood the "talkies" gave birth to.
Other colourful characters are Norma Desmond's bleak but likable Butler Max, Joe's best buddy Artie and his gal-pal Betty Schaeffer. Anyone who has ever seen the film knows that it ends tragically.
This is a great story and I think Andrew Lloyd Webber did a fantastic job musically in capturing the essence of Hollywood in the 1950's. The music is glamorous, tragic and deeply moving and it spawned 2 huge musical theatre numbers- the haunting "With One Look" and "As If We Never Said Good-bye". But these two songs are far from being the only good songs in the bunch.
The musical opens with the clumsy "Let's Have Lunch". Despite the repetitive lyrics the song features energetic performances and an infectious melody. The mood is brought down to a depressing level when Norman Desmond is introduced. Singing an emotional lullaby called "Surrender" to her dead chimp, we're immediately struck by her forceful personality and deeply moved by her vulnerability. "Surrender" is almost immediately followed by the epic "With One Look" where Lupone shows off her big voice.
Another musical highlight is the simple but intensely moving "New Ways To Dream". The song features gorgeous orchestrations and another heart-felt performance by Lupone.
There are still huge debates as to who is better, Patti Lupone or Glen Close (the U.S Norma Desmond). Dramatically speaking, I like both women because they both give strong, solid performances but vocally, I prefer Lupone. Her voice has changed a bit since she originated the role of Eva Peron in the U.S production of EVITA back in 1979 but it is still quite strong and it's still able to achieve moments of great beauty.
Glen Close's voice is an acquired taste. Her tone is rather harsh and unconventional. It's all a matter of opinion.
Kevin Anderson is also given a few moments to shine. The memorable title tune sung by Joe opens the second act and the lovely duet between Joe and Betty Schaeffer, "Too Much In Love To Care" is another gem.
Like Webber's previous works, the orchestrations in SUNSET BLVD are lush and if you're one of his many fans, they're extremely pleasing to the ear. Although SUNSET BLVD is not my personal favourite Webber score (PHANTOM OF THE OPERA and EVITA take the crown) it's still a compelling and well-executed piece. Combining a classic character with some stylish and harmonious songs, this morality tale set to music should not disappoint.
Highly recommended.
NOTE:
This 1993 version is not the complete recording of the stage play. Some changes to the score and book were made when the musical transferred to the U.S in 1994. If you would like a more complete and updated edition, then I recommend getting the American Premiere Recording with Glen Close. However, keep in mind that there are differences in the way Close and Lupone sing and act their parts. Like I mentioned earlier, I prefer Lupone's voice and interpretation.
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Havana Sunset: The Best of Govi
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Release Date: 2005-03-29 |
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Havana Sunset is a collection of 11 previously released tracks (60 minutes' worth) selected from the German-born guitarist's four Higher Octave recordings: Saffron & Silk, Mosaico, Andalusian Nights, and Seventh Heaven. As one would expect, it's an easy-on-the-ear showcase for Govi's unerringly pleasant flamenco stylings--warm, graceful, and sanguine. Govi clearly does not create music for flamenco purists; instead, he targets listeners who enjoy the gentler side of flamenco's cheery colors, and he obliges by creating smooth, catchy, midtempo selections that are imbued with refined playing and a nonblistering pace. It is what it is: Nice, undisruptive background music well-suited for a patio party ("Persuasion" sets a particularly attractive mood) or a top-down cruise along an oceanfront highway. Put Govi in approximately the same league as Johannes Linstead (though Linstead's melodies and arrangements can be more complex) or Oscar Lopez (a skilled player who often favors a more spirited flamenco sound). --Terry Wood
Customer Reviews:
Love Govi & Glad To Have Found Mehdi .......2006-04-01
I've always enjoyed Govi and this album is no exception, but while reading some of the customer recommendations posted on this site I discovered a group by the name of Mehdi (pronounced meddie). After an online search I found their site (SoothingMusic - Com) and listened to the samples...
I was instantly blown away by the quality of this music and so I gave it a try and now that I have listened to these CDs several times I really must say that although I'm still a fan of this music I also find Mehdi to be a great addition to this CD. I have them both in my multi-disc CD player and love the way they compliment each other. I highly recommend that you give this artist a try or atleast just go listen to the samples, I have a feeling you'll be glad you did.
A wonderful listening experience.......2006-02-05
I initially heard this cd in a clothing store & immediately asked what it was. Great background music for a dinner party or gathering. I've enjoyed it during yoga practice & find each track a treat for the ears. Enjoy - you won't be disappointed.
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