Roads

Symphony No. 2: 1. Andante moderato
Symphony No. 2: 2. Allegro
Symphony No. 2: 3. Adagio cantabile
Symphony No. 2: 4. Lento maestoso
Symphony No. 2: 5. Allegro molto vivace
The Gong On The Hook And Ladder Or Firemen's Parade On Main Street: Allegro moderato
Tone Roads No. 1: Allegro
'A Set Of Three Short Pieces': Hymn: Largo Cantabile
'Three Outdoor Scenes': Hallowe'en
Central Park In The Dark: Molto adagio
The Unanswered Question: Largo molto sempre

Customer Reviews:

The perfect introduction to Ives........2006-08-04

In brief, this may be the best single album to jump start the novice on Ives -- and a great ride for the already converted among us. The comprehensive reviews in this thread say it all; I won't repeat. Let me add this, though: the earlier, excellent recording on Columbia (SONY) coupled with the 3rd Symphony, has a cut in the 4th movement, which Lenny opens up in this more recent recording. So, if you have the earlier recording this one is still something of a 'must have.' Buy it for that 'alternate' library of special recordings, like the Tatrai set of Bartok Quartets, Furtwangler's Beethoven Symphonies from the war years, Toscanini's recordings of OTELLO and FALSTAFF -- and Benny Goodman live at Carnegie Hall, 1938.

An Answer to the Unanswered Question.......2006-03-14

Often faced with the question from friends who are just beginning a classical music collection and want to try the 'American school' - the question being which of the many Ives recordings is a solid groundwork for understanding and appreciating Ives' importance - this is the recording I recommend. Despite the now gratefully multiple recordings of all of the works on this CD (especially the Symphony No. 2), this collection surveys Charles Ives well.

Leonard Bernstein was a champion for Ives performances both in this country and abroad. This recording shows why. His approach to Ives' work is not only diligent in his preparation of the orchestra, but it also programs a spectrum that allows each of the works to enhance the others. Here the Symphony No. 2 begins the survey, finding within the work the humor and nostalgia that abounds. And as if to recapitulate Ives' thoughts, Bernstein follows with the quirky 'The Gong on the Hook & Ladder or Firemen's Parade on Main Street', the 'Tone Roads No. 1, for chamber orchestra', a perfectly infectious 'A Set of 3 Short Pieces, for string quartet, double bass & piano',
Hallowe'en, for string quartet, piano & optional drum, the luminous 'Central Park in the Dark', and of course ends with the now American iconic 'The Unanswered Question (I & II).'

This recording may be dated in sound, but the performances remain definitive. And as for a fine introduction to both the well-known side of Ives as well as the slightly esoteric aspect of the genius' music, this well curated selection fits the bill. Highly Recommended. Grady Harp, March 06

brilliant idiosyncrasies.......2004-05-20

Ives was an uncommon, refined distillate. Much like Wallace Stevens, another Connecticut Yankee insurance specialist thoroughly out of step with his environment, Ives's structural and thematic advances foretold radical new worlds. Many liner notes to recent Ives releases talk about his work as if it were like most other orchestral offerings--in reality, few touch upon how cataclysmic and inventive his realizations were.

Bernstein, conversely, grasps Ives in totality and advances the cause of this frighteningly bold new music, both in practice and in writing at length about these scores and the Protean imagination that engendered them. Bravo, Lenny.

Great Performances Of Ives From Bernstein And the NYPO.......2003-09-02

Towards the end of Leonard Bernstein's career he made several distinguished recordings of 20th Century American classical music for Deutsche Grammophon featuring the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. This splendid recording of Ives's 2nd Symphony, several other orchestra works and chamber pieces is yet another remarkable testament to Leonard Bernstein's empathy and understanding of 20th Century American classical music composed by such distinguished composers as Charles Ives, and, of course, Aaron Copland. No other conducter truly understood 20th Century American music as well as Bernstein. Here he leads the New York Philharmonic in one thrilling performance after another, starting with Ives's 2nd Symphony in a swaggering, convincing interpretation. He follows with a hauntingly beautiful "Central Park in the Dark" and ends with an appropriately brooding "The Unanswered Question"; between the symphony and these orchestral works are sandwiched some fine chamber pieces too. Although these were recorded at live performances, the sound quality is that from a studio. Absolutely a necessary CD for admirers of Charles Ives, Leonard Bernstein, the New York Philharmonic and anyone interested in 20th Century American classical music.

Uniquely American Ives Recordings.......2002-08-09

This is great American music in the truest sense. I was nurtured on movie soundtracks and scores from the likes of Bernard Herrmann, Dimitri Tiomkin, Alex North and others. As we have lost many of these composers and music that they may have left us through the years, I have been methodically looking at American "Twentieth Century" composers from the "classical" arena to fill that void from that great era. I discovered Charles Ives after reading up on Aaron Copland and his foray into many diverse areas of musical composition. One thing leads to another. Ives' Symphony No. 2 seems to have come up very frequently. It certainly doesn't have the melodic quality of Copland yet it does seem to have roots resulting in American musical motifs very strangely orchestrated resulting in some twisted profoundness. What attracts me is how the music almost seems as if it were composed for film. The technical qualities of this recording are marvelous. Leonard Bernstein's intuitive and vibrant interpretation of this music is effectively felt.

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Pooibly his best??!!
Awesome as Always
Collin Raye is Fearless

Fearless
Collin Raye
Manufacturer: Country Roads Ger
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ASIN: B000GFKU90
Release Date: 2006-12-05

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Fearless
As Young as We're Ever Going to Be
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Something to Say
Forever Starts Right Now
My Way
House of the Rising Sun

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Pooibly his best??!!.......2007-05-17

I think it is a great cd! It could possibly his best work yet! he only song i did not care for was the last one,

Awesome as Always.......2007-03-10

After listening to Collin Raye's Fearless CD I can certainly understand why his career has endured so long. Whether he's doing an original song or a remake he does it with style and sincerity. Every original song on this CD is standout Collin. The remakes, My Way (which was definitely done his way - and very well!!!) and The House of the Rising Sun (not one of my most favorite songs when it was originally released) are both creditable versions of the originals. I am anxiously looking forward to his next release.

Collin Raye is Fearless.......2007-02-04

At first review, I heard a "new" Collin Raye - a new style, more of the serious musician. There's almost a flavor of days gone by with a new twist. The more I listen, the more it grows on me. It's still Collin Raye on the leading edge, not following in anyone's shadow. "Too Hot to Sleep" is a more traditional Collin sound and his rendition of "House of the Rising Sun" portrays his vocal versatility well. I haven't been able to pick a favorite yet on this CD!

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As innovative and indispensable today as it was back in the 1970s
Fantastic grass

Different Roads
The Seldom Scene
Manufacturer: Rebel Records
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Slidin' Home
A Hundred Miles or More: A Collection
15th Anniversary Celebration
Old Train
Act 3

ASIN: B000NIIUR4
Release Date: 2007-04-03

Tracks:

Different Roads
Old Train
Walk Through This World With Me
Gardens And Memories
Wait A Minute
Rebels 'Ye Rest
Last Train From Poor Valley
I've Lost You
Keep Me From Blowin' Away
Reason For Being
If That's The Way You Feel
Easy Ride From Good Times To The Blues
Pictures From Life's Other Side
Pan American

Album Description

The Seldom Scene were the trailblazing originators of "urban bluegrass," taking a music that was largely rural and Southern in scope, and making it accessible to a much wider and diverse audience. Their first seven albums are considered masterpieces and influenced a generation of roots-based musicians, including Emmylou Harris, Linda Ronstadt and Ricky Skaggs. This new collection culls fourteen of their classic recordings, pulled from those landmark albums.

In a way this new compilation could be considered another "Best Of" collection, with three of their most requested songs--"Wait A Minute," "Old Train," and "Easy Ride From Good Times To The Blues" --featured here along with their fine treatment of the Norman Blake classic "Last Train From Poor Valley." This disc also gives us a new look at a few lesser known yet equally powerful performances including Starling originals, "Gardens And Memories" and "Different Roads," both featuring his distinctive, rich and soulful voice. In contrast, John Duffey's superb tenor is heard leading "I've Lost You," "Rebels `Ye Rest," and "Reason For Being."

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As innovative and indispensable today as it was back in the 1970s.......2007-05-02

Playing Time - 41:29 -- When the Seldom Scene first formed in the Washington, D.C. area in 1971, they chose their name because they planned to stay close to home and only play once or twice a week. Their first gig, The Rabbit's Foot bar, was a short-lived engagement because the bartender refused to turn down the television. Then, the band built a solid reputation by playing weekly at venues like Red Fox Inn (Bethesda, Md.) and Birchmere (Alexandria, Va.) All the while they were recording and releasing albums on the Rebel label. "Different Roads" is a compilation of 14 songs from three of their early albums (Act Two, Old Train, The New Seldom Scene Album) that were put out in 1973-1976. The core band included John Starling (guitar, vocal), John Duffey (mandolin, vocal), Ben Eldridge (banjo), Mike Auldridge (Dobro, vocal) and Tom Gray (bass). On this CD, Eldridge also plays Dobro-banjo on two numbers. Paul Craft's guitar is also in the mix on "Different Roads" and "Wait A Minute." Craft composed the piece entitled "Keep Me From Blowin' Away." Ricky Skaggs plays viola on "Different Roads" and fiddle on "Old Train." Mike Cuff's drums are heard on "Easy Ride From Good Times to the Blues" that also features Mike Auldridge's pedal steel. From a historical perspective, that cut, while not my favorite, still illustrates their ability to be a country band if they wanted to.

John Duffey once said, "I don't see anything wrong with trying to put new things into the music and upgrade and update it, which has been one of my ambitions. Something for years that I've tried to do is to bring new things into the music-- keep the music moving with the times rather than just lying stagnant." John's father had sung with the Metropolitan Opera, and Duffey's greatest mark was undoubtedly his soaring tenor vocals and distinctive stamp on the band's vocal arrangements. This collection offers about an equal amount of Starling's and Duffey's lead vocalizing. Besides some of their own original material (Different Roads, Gardens and Memories, Reason for Being), there are songs from the pens of Hank Williams, Ralph Stanley, Earl Scruggs, Norman Blake and others.
Canadian songwriter Pauline Beauchamp's tale of a band on the road, "Rebels `Ye Rest," mentions burning eyes, lonely hours, and stormy weather. By 1976, the band was probably experiencing more of these undesirable things during their travels further afield. Herb Pedersen wrote Old Train, Wait A Minute, and Easy Ride From Good Times to the Blues. The band's smart execution is what really set them apart.

The Seldom Scene's formula was to find strong contemporary material, as well as put their own personalized stamp on older songs.
I always liked what they did with the Blue Sky Boys' "Sweetest Gift" (unfortunately not sampled here). Their material always exhibited considerable creativity, and their recordings had high sound quality. One could always argue about which 14 cuts to select from the three albums sampled, but these are Rebel Records President Dave Freeman's choices. I might've lobbied also for Paradise, Hello Mary Lou, Big Rig and their driving bluegrass rendition of "I Haven't Got the Right to Love You." There was also probably some business or financial reason that one of two cuts from the "Old Train" LP with Linda Ronstadt didn't make it into this set. Between "Old Crossroads" and "Bottom of the Glass," I would've suggested the former be included. Finally, it might not have hurt to include an instrumental like "Smokin' Hickory" or "Laura" too. My point is that I prefer to see compilation albums run about an hour, but then a fan might not feel compelled to go out and purchase the three albums sampled, right? There are plenty of great songs on all three of them that didn't make it onto this "Different Roads" project.

If you don't already own the three seminal albums that these songs are drawn from, "Different Roads" serves as a good introduction to the early and dynamic Seldom Scene. You'll quickly realize that the band sounds as innovative and indispensable today as they did back in the 1970s. Their creative approach has certainly contributed a great deal to the entire bluegrass "scene." (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

Fantastic grass.......2007-04-13

If you enjoy sophisticated and dead-on harmony singing in the bluegrass tradition, Seldom Scene is a group you will no doubt love. The group recorded 7 albums for Rebel Records in the 1970s and this CD re-releases 14 tracks from 3 of those albums: ACT 2, OLD TRAIN, and THE NEW SELDOM SCENE ALBUM. These early sides are superb examples of the "new" sound of harmony singing brought into bluegrass back then and the advanced, even jazz influenced (to my ears) solo and obbligato playing of the instrumentalists; the use of dobro is a tremendous advancement. The tunes DIFFERENT ROADS, REBELS YE REST, AND KEEP ME FROM BLOWIN AWAY are instant attention-getters, but just about every song here is a real gem. (Only EASY RIDE FROM GOOD TIMES TO THE BLUES is a misstep, mainly because of the employment of drums.) This CD contains a tremendous amount of great, great stuff; definitely grab it when you can.

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"The living daylights"
AAAA- ha , we shall meet agaaain.....
James Bond, nostalgia, and love songs
A good album but nowhere near my favorite.
Smart pop

Stay on These Roads
a-ha
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Tracks:

Stay On These Roads
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This Alone Is Love
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Customer Reviews:

"The living daylights".......2005-12-01

This is a great addition to the first 2 A-ha albums. I love the James Bond "The living daylights" pop version on this album a lot more than the movies'. I can listen to this kick a*ss tune over and over again and never get tired. The only reason I don't give "Stay on these roads" 5 stars is because Their first album "Hunting high and low" gets my 5 stars. "The living daylights" and "Stay on these roads" are the highlights of this album.
Two thumbs up for the Norwegian "Pretty boys" :)

AAAA- ha , we shall meet agaaain............2005-09-11

I built this review title from the title song where it says: " stay on these roads, we shall meet , I know..."
This is the first entire A-ha album (1988)I listened in my life. I bought its LP only for 86 american dollar cents nearly (calculated from the brazilian money) this week. Luckily, this record was well preserved.
It was far from being a waste of time: Despite the weaker tracks,this one has very few mistakes, enough to be considered masterpiece.
Looking at the sleeve,we can see that this norwegian trio had the appearance of a " boy band" like Backstreet Boys or New Kids on the Block. But they don't all that chorographies or playbacks as typical group of this genre.
A-ha proved it: this cd has lots of keyboards (this habit makes me remember Roxette), soft and enjoyable vocals in addition , many beautiful melodies ( on tracks 2, 1 ,6 ,7 and 8).

It may attract you: tracks 1, 3 and 9 were radio friendly. I used to listen them when I was a child without knowing what A-ha was.
In Hurry Home,the topic is a woman that doesn't earn money sufficiently coming back home after a hard day's work. This track is good too. Touchy! (the only song with a guitar solo that made me remember David Murray's style, from Iron Maiden)and You are the one are typical love themes talking about attraction, fascination.

Tracks 6 and 7 (some vocals made me remind Ice House, who sing a piece called No promises, an 80's hit)are pretty good for relaxing. I liked track 7 so much that I repeated it several times (very sweet and elegant).

The songs that have more "filler" attributes are You'll end up crying and This alone is love ( however,I like the chorus. The band used the musical note rise in the end, just like Stratovarius in "The kiss of judas" ,the Bee Gees in "You win again", Garbage in "Run baby run" etc.)

Yeah, like I said in the title: A-ha ,we shall meet again in other album. You convinced me.

James Bond, nostalgia, and love songs.......2005-09-11

One of my three favorite a-ha CD's! The other two are "Hunting High and Low" & "Scoundrel Days." At any rate, the up-tempo highlight of this CD is the James Bond theme, "The Living Daylights". I was so disappointed that the film makers used a different rendition of this song for the movie - the one on the CD is a MUCH better version, hands down! The two slow songs, "This Alone is Love" and "There's Never a Forever Thing" are absolutely beautiful, in my opinion - wonderful vocal range for Morten Harket. The rest of the songs don't shine as much as these three, but they are all wonderful.

I have all the a-ha CD's and while their newer music includes some wonderful songs, the older CD's, as a whole, hold more interest for me - maybe it's because they make me feel nostalgic and take me back to the end of my high school days. Who knows, but one thing's certain: a-ha's music is a refreshing breath of fresh air in these times of spoiled teenage pop divas who only shake their "assets" and haven't a lick of musical talent, and profanity-laced, roaring guitar rock (not that I don't like some of that stuff, but whenever I want to chill and get a little musical perspective, a-ha ends up in my player).

A good album but nowhere near my favorite........2005-08-21

This is a good CD, and there are some very solid tracks on it.

I don't think that the overall album is as good as their "Hunting High and Low" album (if you have not already, you should definitely pick that one up).

The vocals are great, and there is some musical depth that was not heard on the aforementioned album. Still, the songs are less catchy, the flow from one to another could be better (random play seems to be an improvement in most cases), and the album as a whole is just not that cohesive.

Although you will not regret picking this one up, it is not likely to make the list of your favorites.

Smart pop .......2005-08-14

By the time this album came out in 1988, my interest in A-ha was a bit on the wane. I had been a diehard fan, loved every single song in their first album and one of my favorite songs of all time is in their second ('The Swing of things'). By then I was playing football and being "tough", moving into harder (and more "manly") Metal. Yet, while A-ha's symphonic synthetizers and passionate lyrics still beaconed, somehow the release of this album failed excite me at all; I remember reading with disinterest of the release of the first single, Stay on These Roads, in a local Sunday paper and thought I had moved on.

A few weeks later I happened to hear the song in the radio. I wasn't blown away, it was better, it moved me deeply; it is lush, panoramic and intoxicating. I couldn't disagree more with a previous reviewer who advises to "skip it", Stay on hese Roads is one of the most moving songs I've ever heard. I purchased the tape a few months later and it became a staple in my walkman.

Yes, A-ha was getting more mature, but there were hints of it in their previous albums. For a band that was influenced, first and foremost by The Doors, A-ha had somehow, deliberately or not, turned into a poppish band. As a digression, there is a video on the net of the very first release of 'Take on Me' (not the cool MTV video) and by golly it is just a step above Wham! in the bubble-gum chart. Of course, that made them appealling to a much younger audience; a few years later I found an article-review of a concert from this album, and most of the comments were made by 12-14 year old girls. The benefit to them is that as A-ha tours Europe today, they sing to mostly to 28-30 year old women (far thinking Norwegians!). There was however, an edge to their music that they refused to hide, and an undeniable caliber of talent. That is where this album comes in.

SOTR was different; 'The Blood that Moves the Body' is a mature and somewhat troubling song (as so many others penned by Pal). Yet it is VERY well arranged and constructed. 'This Alone is Love' showcases the band's awesome musical abilities, it is a controled and passionate song; it goes beyond the length of a regular song without falling victim to musical over-ambitiousness. Here, Mags' keyboard creativity makes the song soar. The same can be said -to a slightly lesser degree- about "Out of the Blue Comes Green', yet in this one, it is Morten's voice that sells the song.

'Hurry Home' is a song I can listen to all day, despite some of the layered yelps in the background. It is a great song.

'The Living Daylights' written originally for the Bond movie by the same title, sounds much better than the original version released with the movie a year before. If you ever feel playful, listen to it while driving.

'There's Never a Forever Thing' is in a way the opposite of 'This Alone is Love'; it is shorter than usual and surprisingly simple. A bit sappy for my taste these days, but a beautiful song nevertheless.

"You'll End Up Crying' is the odd duck. It is extra short and just... odd. It's sung by -I've always thought- all three of them. Very nuanced in its arrangements, listen for the only time a tuba ever sounded good in a song! I absolutely love this one.

'Touchy' and 'You Are the One' I left for last. These songs are hard to listen to today, at least for me. For a while I thought that 'Touchy' needed to be figured out, like it had a hidden message or something. The answer is no; the song doesn't really say anything, and here the band comes dangerously close (but not quite) to bubble gum pop. And while today I'd feel like ducking the album a star for them, I have to be fair to the teenager in me and admit that there was a time in which I enjoyed them shamelessly.

The art of the album really fits it; there is a blue, delicate and wet quality to it, a winterish vibe, if that makes sense.

This is perhaps a little gem that may have gone unnoticed by you in the 80s. With very minor exceptions it is something worth picking up today. It is superbly produced and put together, magnificently performed and intelligently written. Questionably A-ha's best album, we only wish more pop was this sophisticated.

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Where Are You My Brothers
songs of courage, loneliness, patriotism
The most beautiful male voice there is

Where Are You, My Brothers?

Manufacturer: Delos Records
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ASIN: B0000C3I8K
Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

Somewhere Far Away (Gde-To Daleko (Pesnya O Dalekoy Rodine))
Dark Is the Night (Tiomnaia Noch)
Unexpected Waltz (Slutchaynyy Val's)
Where Are You, My Brothers? (Gde Zhe Vy Teper', Druz'ya-Odnopolchane)
On a Nameless Hill (Na Bezymiannoy Vysote)
Roads (Dorogi)
Soldiers Are Coming (Vot Soldaty Idut)
Cranes (Zhuravli)
In the Trenches (V Zemlianke)
Sacred Stone (Zavetnyy Kamen)
Katyusha (Katyusha)
Cossacks in Berlin (Kazaki V Berline)
My Moscow (Moia Moskva)
Road to the Front (Dorozhka Frontovaia (Pesenka Frontovogo Shofiora))
Hills of Manchuria [Na Sopkakh Mandzhurii]
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Last Battle (Posledniy Boi)

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Where Are You My Brothers.......2005-08-04

Dmitri Hvorostovsky's voice is at its amazing, beautiful, passionate best. He seamlessly moves from silken pianissimo to forte, conveying all the tragedy and futility of life lost through war, the false hope and despair of soldiers who have trudged too far and seen too much death, destruction and experienced too much pain, fear and hunger.

songs of courage, loneliness, patriotism.......2004-08-02

Of my nearly 20 Dmitri Hvorostovsky albums, this one is in the Top 3, which has Dmitri singing in quite a different style than what he is most famous for, as one of the great operatic singers of our era, and this CD is far from the "opera singer does crossover CD" type of recording, which can sometimes be quite awful, but sings softly and with intense passion and sincerity, his dark honey toned baritone perfect for these melodious, gorgeous songs.
Though the focus of the songs is WWII, some were written as early as 1905 ("The Hills of Manchuria"), to the wonderful "Cranes" from 1969, and "Somewhere Far Away" was the title for a TV series ("17 Moments of Spring"), about a Russian spy in Nazi Germany, that was shown in 1973.

Some songs are more sublime than others, like "Unexpected Waltz" and "On a Nameless Hill", but there isn't a single composition that isn't filled with beauty and performed to perfection. Hvorostovsky has a voice that is a gift of God, with the technique of a master, and the soul of a true artist.
He is backed brilliantly by Constantine Orbelian and the Moscow Chamber Orchestra, the folk group Style of Five, and the rousing sound of the Spiritual Revival Choir of Russia.
The booklet insert is excellent, with liner notes, bios, lyrics in English and transliterated Russian; the sound is good and total playing time is 57'28.

The most beautiful male voice there is.......2003-12-26

The sound of very beginning phrase of it's first song "Somewhere Far Away" grabbed me. This title song for TV series was sung in his natural voice rather than operatic singing. I found it absolutely beautiful. Have you ever heard Dmitri's speaking voice? Renee Fleming quoted "Dmitri has the most beautiful male voice I've ever heard". Well I must say many of us have to agree with her. This album is a good collection of war time songs that indicate harsh reality of soldier's life and emotional state. He expressed them very eloquently. Text has translations but you can feel the depth without it. These songs are melodious and tuneful, I liked his flexible singing of forte to exquisite pianissimo. This is not just sell out for Russians but to everyone. As a Japanese, we grew up in Russian folk songs were heard everywhere. It's nice he introduced us to further extension of Russian materials. Evidently his colaboration with his father and Orbelian worked well. I also appreciate the lightness of "Katyusha" is a nice bonus. I thoroughly enjoyed this and I recomend it to everyone. I hope I get to hear these in his recital someday.

I attended his recent opera(War and Peace /Onegin) and recital in Tokyo. This was his first public performances in Tokyo, yet he was extremely popular here. He received mountain of flowers and presents, and for autograph session, nobody seemed to left the house. His high quality of vocal art, stylish and expressive singing and at most striking impact on his stage presence were overwelming. I hope he'll come back again.

Many More Roads
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Not the most well-known Marley, but Ky-mani's the most skilled vocalist

One of the best from the Marley children

The Best Marley Son

Keeping with tradition

Best Reaggae Album After Bob Marley

Many More Roads
Ky-Mani Marley
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