Demondrae Thurman, a member of the Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet, is one of the nations premiere performers on his instrument and its close cousin, the euphonium. Several of the pieces on this CD were written for him, and he has championed others. Because of his gospel, jazz, R&B and hip-hop background, Thurmans ideas about music are fresh and unique. On this album he is joined by the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chamber Orchestra.
Soliloquies,Doug Bristol,Frederic Goossen,Patrick Schulz,John Stevens,Demondrae Thurman,Summit(Classical),Band,Band Music,Chamber,Chamber Music,Chamber Music & Recitals,Classical,Classical Artists,Symphonic,Symphony
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South Pacific (1996 Studio Cast) (First Complete Recording)
Richard Rodgers , and Oscar Hammerstein II Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000005BGW Release Date: 1997-03-11 |
Tracks:
- Overture - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Dites-Moi - John Matthew Lao/Samantha Raven
- A Cockeyed Optimist - Paige O'Hara
- Twin Soliloquies - Paige O'Hara/Justino Diaz
- Some Enchanted Evening - Justino Diaz
- Finaletto - Justino Diaz/Paige O'Hara/Andre Mutis/Samantha Raven/John Matthew Lao
- Bloody Mary - Men
- There Is Nothin' Like A Dame - Men/Pat Suzuki
- Mary And Lootellan - Pat Suzuki/Sean McDermott
- Bali Ha'i - Pat Suzuki
- Cable Hears Bali Ha'i - Brian Greene/Sean McDermott
- Company Street - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair - Paige O'Hara/Girls
- Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise) - Paige O'Hara/Justino Diaz
- A Wonderful Guy - Paige O'Hara/Girls
- Bali Ha'i - Girls
- Younger Than Springtime - Sean McDermott/Girls
- A Wonderful Guy - Justino Diaz/Paige O'Hara
- This Is How It Feels - Justino Diaz/Paige O'Hara
- Finale Act One - Paige O'Hara/Justino Diaz/John Matthew Lao/Samantha Raven
Tracks:
- Entr'Acte - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Opening Act Two - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Entrane Of Liat - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Happy Talk - Pat Suzuki
- Incidental/Younger Than Springtime (Reprise) - Pat Suzuki/Sean McDermott
- Honey Bun - Paige O'Hara/Company
- You've Got To Be Carefully Taught - Sean McDermott/Justino Diaz
- This Nearly Was Mine - Justino Diaz
- After Emile's Solo - Justino Diaz/Sean McDermott
- Communications Established - NSO/John Owen Edwards/Ron Raines/Justino Diaz
- Communications Discontinued - Paige O'Hara/Girls/Pat Suzuki
- Operation Alligator - NSO/John Owen Edwards
- Honey Bun - Company
- Finale Ultimo - Paige O'Hara/John Matthew Lao/Samantha Raven/Justino Diaz
- Exit Music - NSO/John Owen Edwards
Amazon.com
The only major Rodgers and Hammerstein show not to have had a major Broadway revival, South Pacific receives its first complete recording, capturing 107 minutes of classic songs as well as reprises and underscored dialogue. Given the thankless task of succeeding Mary Martin of the original Broadway cast is the wonderful Paige O'Hara (Disney's Beauty and the Beast, John McGlinn's Show Boat), full of sass and spunk as Nellie Forbush. Although this Emile De Becque, Justino Diaz, isn't actually a Frenchman (but hey, neither was Ezio Pinza), his accent is only a faint distraction from his rich voice. Filling out the cast are tenor Sean McDermott as Lt. Joe Cable and Pat Suzuki (Flower Drum Song) as Bloody Mary. It's a very good recording, and an easy choice for anyone who wants the complete score. The only drawback is that, unlike other JAY Masterworks Editions, this one doesn't include extra songs, such as "My Girl Back Home," a song cut from the original production but restored for the 1958 film. --David HoriuchiCustomer Reviews:
Great complete recording.......2004-07-19
Complete but not Perfect.......2004-07-16
Paige O'Hara, excellent as the voice of Disney's Belle, plays the part a little too twee - yes, I know Nellie is a hick but she goes too far in that direction. Justino Diaz, as Emile, has a good voice that does not cover the lack of a personality. The rest of the cast are equally too note-perfect.
The people who will find this recording the most useful will be people, like myself, who are performers. When performing in a production of South Pacific this CD was very useful, more for the not-available-anywhere-else material than anything else. The dance music and the incidental stuff is useful to rehearse with.
On the whole, a worthy CD for the completist but if you want a more character-driven recording, search out one from an actual stage performance.
Complete Score Recording.......2000-04-11
Complete Score Recording.......2000-04-11
Bali Hai WILL Call You!.......2000-03-18
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South Pacific (2001 Television Soundtrack)
Richard Rodgers , and Oscar Hammerstein II Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005ARDV Release Date: 2001-03-20 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- There Is Nothin' Like A Dame
- A Cock-Eyed Optimist
- Bloody Mary
- Bali Ha'i
- Twin Soliloquies
- Some Enchanted Evening
- Dites-Moi
- Younger Than Springtime
- I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair
- Some Enchanted Evening (Reprise)
- A Wonderful Guy
- This Nearly Was Mine
- You've Got To Be Carefully Taught
- Honey Bun
- Finale Ultimo
- My Girl Back Home (bonus track)
Amazon.com
This soundtrack captures the March 2001 ABC-TV production of South Pacific, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein's musical of passion, danger, and racial intolerance in the Pacific islands during World War II, based on James Michener's book. Somewhat ... mature for the role of Nellie Forbush (the spunky naval nurse made famous by Mary Martin in the original Broadway cast), Glenn Close proves an adequate singer in her renditions of "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" and "A Wonderful Guy."In the men's roles, Rade Sherbedgia's voice lacks sufficient richness for Emile de Becque's ballads "Some Enchanted Evening" and "This Nearly Was Mine," while as Lt. Joe Cable, jazz-pianist-turned-crooner-turned-actor Harry Connick Jr. makes "Younger Than Springtime" suave rather than wide-eyed. Robert Pastorelli and Lori Tan Chinn are fine as Billis and Bloody Mary, respectively, and the grandly romantic score is mostly intact, missing "Happy Talk" but adding a bonus track of Connick and Close singing "My Girl Back Home," which was cut from the original production, restored for the 1958 film, and cut again for this production. If you enjoyed the television film, this might be a useful souvenir, but serious fans of the score can stick to the original Broadway cast or the complete two-disc recording from JAY. --David Horiuchi
Customer Reviews:
Oh dear me!.......2006-12-07
Unfortunately the Amazon affiliate I ordered from made a mistake and sent me this one instead, otherwise, based on poor reviews here, I would never have ordered it. So I though I would show an open mind and give it a spin anyway, but was sorely disappointed right from the get-go and had not even got halfway through the CD, before I was impelled to remove it from the disc drive. I then gritted my teeth and played it all the way through so that I could write a review.
The orchestration is weak, Glenn Close is mediocre as Nelly Forbush, and Harry Connick is really, really feeble in the lead role as Lt. Joe Cable. Quite honestly I did not realise what a weak singer he is until I heard this. I think maybe I could do as well. Rade Sherbedgia as Emile sounds like a second-rate attempt to mimic Maurice Chevalier, but without the charm.
The singing of Bali Hai (in which Juanita Hall's vocals are is so beautifully overdubbed by Muriel Smith in the movie version) was so-so, and to add insult to injury one of my favorite songs, Happy Talk, is omitted altogether.
I very rarely write such a negative review, but clearly if you want a good recording of South Pacific, either the movie soundtrack or the original cast albums are the way to go. I have also listened to the Reba McIntyre version, but in my opinion her whisky-and-cigarettes voicings are quite unsuited to the ingenue role of Nelly.
Perhaps I am a little harsh. After all this album contains plenty of enjoyable listening, but I am assuming that the point of reading reviews is to determine what is the best purchase, and the fact is that this is only a television soundtrack and that it is in competition with two of the most beloved of all stage and screen soundtrack recordings.
If you listened to this without knowing who the performers were, you would just think that it was a cheap cover version.
So even if copies of this are available so cheaply as to be almost free, it is probably worth while to fork out a few dollars more to get one of the definitive versions, parts of which are so beautiful they will bring tears to your eyes. I would get the movie soundtrack.
Mixed feelings.......2005-05-03
Fascinating "introspective" take on SOUTH PACIFIC.......2004-02-08
Though the stage show was one of Rodgers and Hammerstein's biggest hits, the script has not aged well. It is overlong and lacking in subtleness. The 1958 film, despite the beautiful scenery, is played woodenly.
So, in 2000, ABC TV and Glen Close produced a new TB film with a new script that weaves in most of the songs and situations of the original play while at the same time fleshing out the characters and making them more realistic.
Is the film a complete success? Well, no. For starters Glen Close is too old for the role of Nellie. She does act it well, however, and she sings with a characterful chest voice though I do detect some of her high notes might be dubbed. I have just re-watched the movie and don't find her all that objectionable. She sounds like she is having fun cutting loose in "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair" and "A Wonderful guy."
Rade Sherbedgia certainly looks the part of DeBecque but since we are so used to hearing robust Bass singers in the role, his softly sung arias take a good deal of getting used to. Instead of an outpouring of emotion in "this Nearly Was Mine" he offers a more introspective take on the role. It's actually a good idea and might work better with a stronger singer.
Harry Connick Jr acts the part of Cable quite well and shades the characters different emotions. True he is more of New Orleans than Philadelphia, and like the others he tends to pull the big musical moments inward. It is most effective in the scene after he first makes love to Liat and croons a tender "Younger Than Springtime." This is everything that the sung ought to be... passionate, sexy and filled with wonder. This is a young man caught off guard by true love for the first time and Connick communicates that brilliantly. His "crooning" is not wildly out-of-place and certainly in keeping with the types of singers he would have heard at home. Some scenes later he performs a remarkably understated "Carefully Taught" having played the intense anger in the dialogue scene that precedes the song. The result is more a case of Cable realizing what he is saying than just spitting out an angry indictment. It may not be the way it was originally done, but you can't argue with its effectiveness.
In re-writing the screenplay, the scenes and songs were re-arranged from their traditional order. In this new version we see the first meeting of Nellie and Emile at an officers club dance, and the song "A Cockeyed Optimist" is used in this sequence to establish Nellie's outlook. It's part of her charm and clearly attracts DeBecque. The structure also allows the first two scenes of the musical to unfold simultaneously.
Anyone considering a Broadway revival of SOUTH PACIFIC might do well to examine the TV film for its style and construction. There might indeed be a way to make the story work for modern audiences, clearing away some of the hoary old jokes and developing character instead.
As for the CD, well if you do not like the performances in the film you won't like the CD, but if you like the new film you will enjoy the CD which is essentially a straight transfer from the film's soundtrack.
Not the most excellent version but not an abomination.......2004-01-04
Bloody Mary and the one sho sang her did not make me forget Juanita Hall's or Sarah Vaughan's versions of "Bali Ha'i". Vaughan in particular gave an unsurpassable version of "Happy Talk" in the 1987 recording.
Nice album, just the same, but I guess, people should be advised to get the Ezio Pinza-Mary Martin album or the Rosanno Brazzi-Mary Martin album or even the Kiri Te Kanawa-Jose Carreras version first before this.
Some shows DO NOT need a revival or a TV version!.......2003-11-11
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Douglas Hill: The Modern Horn
Manufacturer: Crystal Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000038IBR Release Date: 1996-01-01 |
Tracks:
- Son in E flat: Ruhig Bewegt - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Son in E flat: Lebhaft - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Son in E flat: Sehr Langsam - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Son in E flat: Lebhaft - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Son Notturna: Lento-Allegro-Lento-Brutale - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Son Notturna: Largo-Lento - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Son Notturna: Scherzando-Lento - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Parable - Douglas Hill
- Music - Douglas Hill/Karen Zaczek Hill
- Character Pieces: Whimsical - Douglas Hill
- Character Pieces: Restless - Douglas Hill
- Character Pieces: Quarrelsome - Douglas Hill
- Character Pieces: Foolish - Douglas Hill
- Abstraction - Douglas Hill
- Jazz Soliloquies: 'Laid Back' - Douglas Hill
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South Pacific-original Broadway Cast
ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000FQBCWO |
Product Description
1.overture.2.dites-moi.3.a cockeyed optimist.4.twin soliloquies.5.some enchanted evening.6.bloody mary.7.there is nothin like a dame.8.bali ha'i.9.i'm gonna wash that man right outta my heart.10.a wonderful guy.11.younger than spingtime.12.happy talk.13.honey bun.14.you've got to be carefully taught.15.this nearly was mine.16 finale
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Soliloquies
Manufacturer: Summit(Classical) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B000AMPZLC Release Date: 2005-09-13 |
Tracks:
- Calmly, With Much Expression
- Primitive, Driving
- Maestoso, Freely-Decisio Espressivo, Vivace
- Adagio-Molto Espressivo
- Vivace
- Fantasy For Euphonium And Orchestra
- Cassiopeia
- Eridanus
- Sagittarius
- Gemini
- Scorpio
- Half-Note Equals Ca.92
- Quarter-Note Equals Ca.52
- Quarter-Not Equals 132-138
Album Description
Demondrae Thurman, a member of the Sotto Voce Tuba Quartet, is one of the nation's premiere performers on his instrument and its close cousin, the euphonium. Several of the pieces on this CD were written for him, and he has championed others. Because of his gospel, jazz, R&B and hip-hop background, Thurman's ideas about music are fresh and unique. On this album he is joined by the Alabama Wind Ensemble and the University of Wisconsin-Madison Chamber Orchestra.
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Robert DiDomenica: Three Orchestral Works
Manufacturer: G.M. Recordings ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000DCRJ Release Date: 2001-10-30 |
Tracks:
- Dream Journeys
- Sym: I. Lento Serioso-Allegro Assai
- Sym: II. Lento Di Molto
- Sym: III. Scherzando
- Vars and Soliloquies: I. Vars
- Vars and Soliloquies: II. Soliloquy
- Vars and Soliloquies: III. Soliloquy
- Vars and Soliloquies: IV. Vars
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Thoughtful Wanderings: Compositions by Douglas Hill
Manufacturer: Msr Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00005NF64 Release Date: 2001-07-31 |
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Soliloquies
John Dirac Manufacturer: John Dirac ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000CA9BF8 Release Date: 2005-10-18 |
Tracks:
- Jesus, Joy of Man's Desiring
- Bach Cello Suite: Prelude
- Allemande
- Courante
- Sarabande
- Minuet 1 &2
- Gigue
- Legend
- Recuerdos de Alhambra
- Andante Larghetto
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Soliloquies
Adam Schattschneider Manufacturer: Schatts Productions ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0002UQFFW Release Date: 2004-08-07 |
Tracks:
- Air from Overture in D - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Sinfonia from Cantata No. 156 - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Andante from Sonata in E Minor - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Siciliano from Sonata in Eb Major - Johann Sebastian Bach
- Adagio from Flute Quartet in D Major - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Ave Maria - Franz Schubert
- Contemplation from Songs Without Words - Felix Mendelssohn
- Ave Maria based on Prelude No. 1 by J.S. Bach - Charles Gounod
- Meditation from Thais - Jules Massenet
- Pavanne - Gabriel Faure
- Sicilienne from Pelleas et Melisande - Gabriel Faure
- En Bateau - Claude Debussy
- Gymnopedie No. 3 - Erik Satie
- Vocalise - Sergei Rachmaninoff
- Pavane pour une infante defunte - Maurice Ravel
- In Trutina from Carmina Burana - Carl Orff
- Emmanuel - Michel Colombier
Album Description
"A collection of sixteen beautiful works by some of the most notable composers of the past three centuries beautifully arranged for soprano saxophone with piano accompaniment."Customer Reviews:
More information about Soliloquies and Dr. Schattschneider.......2004-08-26
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Homs: Piano Music
Manufacturer: Marco Polo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00000IMG5 Release Date: 1999-05-11 |
Tracks:
- Variations On A Popular Catalan Theme
- I. Moderato
- II. Poco Piu Mosso
- III. Allegretto
- IV. Con Moto
- V. Larguetto
- VI. Vivace
- VII. Mesto
- Impromptu No.1
- Impromptu No.2
- Impromptu No.3
- Impromptu No.4
- Impromptu No.5
- Impromptu No.6
- Impromptu No.7
- Soliloqui No.1
- Soliloqui No.2
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- Stanley: 11 Voluntaries
- Streichquartett
- Tchaikovsky: Swan Lake Suite/Nutcracker Suite
- Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 3; Capriccio Italien
- The Service of Venus And Mars: Music for the Knights of the Garter, 1340-1440 - Gothic Voices
- The St. Paul's Service And Other Cathedral Music
- Tomkins: Cathedral Music
- Verdi/Strauss: String Quartets
- Weber: Piano Sonatas 2 & 3
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