Let's Do French

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Suddenly you are at a charming, Parisian sidewalk cafe, courtesy of the great French composers. Features works of - Ravel, Debussy, Bizet and others.

Let's Do French, Music, Chabrier, Bizet, Faure, Debussy, Saint-Saens
Abide With Me
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Inspirational!
  • hymns we sang in church
Abide With Me

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. The Music of St. Paul's Cathedral

ASIN: B000024236
Release Date: 1996-06-10

Tracks:

  1. Praise, My Soul, The King of Heaven - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  2. Christ Is Made the Sure Foundation - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  3. All Glory, Laud and Honour - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  4. When I Survey the Wondrous Cross - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  5. Day of Resurrection - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  6. O God, Our Help in Ages Past - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  7. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  8. Praise to the Holiest in the Height - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  9. Praise to the Lord - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  10. Church's One Foundation - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  11. Crown Him With Many Crowns - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  12. Love Divine, All Loves Excelling - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  13. Holy, Holy, Holy! Lord God Almighty - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  14. Now Thank We All Our God - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  15. Abide with Me - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  16. O Praise Ye the Lord - Choir of King's College, Stephen Cleobury
  17. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  18. Glory Be to Jesus - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  19. There Is a Green Hill Far Away - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  20. According to Thy Gracious Word - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  21. Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  22. Glory to Thee, My God, This Night - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  23. Day Thou Gavest, Lord, Is Ended - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  24. Hark! A Thrilling Voice Is Sounding - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks
  25. On Jordan's Bank the Baptist's Cry - Choir of King's College, Sir David Willcocks

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  1. Onward, Christian Soldiers - Huddersfield Choral Society, Wyn Morris
  2. Lord's My Shepherd - Huddersfield Choral Society, Wyn Morris
  3. Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah - Huddersfield Choral Society, Wyn Morris
  4. All People That on Earth Do Dwell - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
  5. O Come, O Come, Emmanuel - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
  6. Forty Days and Forty Nights - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
  7. O Sacred Head, Now Wounded - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
  8. Christ the Lord Is Risen Today - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
  9. Head That Once Was Crown'd With Thorns - U.S.A.F. Protestant Chapel Choir, West Ruislap, England,
  10. Rock of Ages - Choir of King's College, Maurice Vinden
  11. Eternal Father, Strong to Save - Choir of King's College, Maurice Vinden
  12. All Things Bright and Beautiful - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
  13. Be Thou My Vision - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
  14. Be Still, My Soul - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
  15. King of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
  16. Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
  17. For All the Saints - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
  18. O Worship the King - Choir of Paisley Abbey, George McPhee
  19. Come, Thou Long-Expected Jesus - Choir of King's College, George Guest
  20. Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence - Choir of King's College, George Guest
  21. Spirit of Mercy, Truth, And Love - Choir of King's College, George Guest
  22. Lead Us, Heavenly Father, Lead Us - Choir of King's College, George Guest
  23. Immortal, Invisible, God Only Wise - Choir of King's College, George Guest
  24. Jesu, Lover of My Soul - Choir of King's College, George Guest
  25. Jerusalem - Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, Choir of King's College, ,

Album Details

Compiled Here Are Fifty of the Most Beloved Hymns Performed by Three of England's Most Distinguished Choirs. Every Selection Here is Sung in an Appropriately Dignified Manner and If You're Up for Over Two Hours of Consistently Well-rendered Quintessentially English Treatments of These Vernacular Favorites it Simply Doesn't Get Any Better Than This.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Inspirational!.......2004-10-08

Majestic hymns sung with British accents. A great combination! I haven't noticed any objectionable sounds on my copy.

4 out of 5 stars hymns we sang in church.......2003-02-16

i grew up in a traditional presbyterian church that had a pipe organ. i wanted a cd of many of the hymns that we sang in church sung by a choir and accompanied by a pipe organ. this cd fulfilled my wishes perfectly. the hymns are performed in a very straight-forward fashion with no show-boating or excess flourishes which is exactly what i wanted. this is not gospel music but what i refer to as liturgical music to indicate that it is religious music but not gospel music. i would give it 5 stars but there is a slight hiss. other than that the recording quality is very good.
Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Excellent performer
  • A unique project
  • Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival
  • Definative
Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4

Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0001Z2RSC
Release Date: 2004-08-24

Tracks:

  1. Swanee
  2. Come To the Moon
  3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
  4. Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
  5. Nobody But You
  6. Limehouse Nights
  7. Drifting Along With The Tide
  8. Rhapsody In Blue
  9. Oh Lady Be Good!
  10. Fascinating Rhythm
  11. Hang On To Me
  12. I'd Rather Charleston
  13. The Man I Love
  14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
  15. So Am I
  16. Kickin' The Clouds Away
  17. Concerto In F

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  1. Sweet And Low-Down (I)
  2. That Certain Feeling (I)
  3. Looking For A Boy
  4. When Do We Dance?
  5. Sweet And Low-Down (II)
  6. That Certain Feeling (II)
  7. Irish Waltz
  8. Do, Do, Do
  9. Someone To Watch Over Me
  10. Clap Yo' Hands
  11. Maybe
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  14. My One And Only
  15. 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
  16. He Loves And She Loves
  17. An American In Paris
  18. Liza
  19. Strike Up The Band
  20. Embraceable You
  21. I Got Rhythm (I)
  22. I Got Rhythm (II)

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  1. Of Thee I Sing
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  3. Second Rhapsody
  4. For You, For Me, For Evermore
  5. Cuban Overture
  6. Isn't It A Pity?
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  8. I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
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  13. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  14. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
  15. Our Love Is Here To Stay

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  1. Girl Crazy Overture
  2. French Ballet Class
  3. Dance Of The Waves
  4. Slap That Bass
  5. Walking The Dog
  6. I've Got Beginner's Luck
  7. They All Laughed
  8. They Can't Take That Away From Me
  9. Shall We Dance
  10. By Strauss
  11. I Can't Be Bothered Now
  12. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
  13. Put Me To The Test
  14. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
  15. Stiff Upper Lip
  16. A Foggy day (In London Town)
  17. Nice Work If You Can Get It
  18. Things Are Looking Up
  19. I Was Doing All Right
  20. Love Walked In

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Excellent performer.......2007-03-09

This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
I'm fascinating.

5 out of 5 stars A unique project.......2006-11-23

Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.

5 out of 5 stars Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12

First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.

5 out of 5 stars Definative.......2005-07-23

Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!

Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.
The English Lute Song
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Too cool for some
  • Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful
The English Lute Song

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
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  4. No More Shall Meads Be Deck'd With Flow'rs
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  15. Have You Seen But A White Lily Grow
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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Too cool for some.......2005-02-22

Julianne Baird is breathtakingly good at what she does: intelligent, stylistically convincing, technically brilliant ornamentation, in a sweet, phenomenally accurate voice. I love it. Those not accustomed to this sort of thing, though, may find it lacking emotional immediacy. Consider also Kathleen Battle with some of the same material: not that she's better, but the appeal is more directly sensual rather than intellectual.

5 out of 5 stars Ethereal and Hauntingly Beautiful.......2003-11-05

How could you go wrong with the clear seraph voice of Julianne Baird accompanied by the delicate skill of Ronn McFarlane on the Lute. Not only is the talent exceptional but the composed works of Lute music divine.

You listen to each song and are carried away to time/place devoid of any worry let alone any task other than to listen to Julianne and Ronn execute perfection. You truely feel part of the Elizabethan Court listening to this CD it is both beautiful and dark simutaneously.

Another fabulous feature to this CD is the simplicity of the recording of only lute and vocals with no special effects. To retain the warmth and purity of the composition it was recorded on location in 'The Troy Savings Bank Music Hall' in Upstate New York and is one of the finest acoustical settings in the world. Unlike modern pop music Lute music as written needs no manipulation or adjustment in the studio if executed by skilled artists and musicians in an acoustical atmosphere and this recording does exactly that.

I highly recommend this CD of beautiful music. It truely will evoke deep feeling and emotion.
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      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • Fantastic!!!!!!
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      ASIN: B000AA4L8W
      Release Date: 2005-08-02

      Tracks:

      1. New Canaan (Oliver Holden, 1793)
      2. Maryland (William Billings, 1778)
      3. Bethlehem (William Billings, 1778)
      4. Lynn (Oliver Holden, 1793)
      5. Funeral Hymn (Oliver Holden, 1792)
      6. An Anthem for Easter (William Billings, 1787/1795)
      7. Walpole (Abraham Wood, 1786)
      8. Beauty (Jacob French, 1789)
      9. Happiness (Jacob French, 1793)
      10. Woburn (Jacob Kimball, 1793)
      11. Montague (Timothy Swan, 1801)
      12. Newport (Daniel Read, 1785)
      13. Hatfield (Thomas Baird, 1800)
      14. Attention (Asahel Benham [?], 1790)
      15. Crucifixion (M. Kyes, 1798)
      16. Mechias (James Lyon, 1774)
      17. St. Paul's (Supply Belcher, 1794)
      18. Transition (Supply Belcher, 1794)
      19. Jubilant (Supply Belcher, 1794)
      20. The Lilly (Supply Belcher, 1794)
      21. Buckfield (Abraham Maxim, 1802)
      22. Pennsylvania (Nehemiah Shumway, 1793)
      23. Sounding Joy (J. P. Storm, 1795 )
      24. Redemption (Jeremiah Ingalls, 1805)
      25. Consolation (Lucius Chapin, c. 1812)
      26. Liberty-Hall (Lucius Chapin, 1813)
      27. Babe of Bethlehem (Southern Harmony, 1835)
      28. Convoy (M. L. Swan, 1867)
      29. Hallelujah New (Roland Hutchinson, 1996)
      30. Nativity (Bruce Randall, 1990)
      31. Cortona (M. R. Truelsen, 1996)
      32. Great Divide (Stephen Marini, 1998)
      33. Arinello (Dennis O'Brien, 1997)
      34. Ev'ry String Awake (Glen Wright, 1996)
      35. Ten Thousand Charms (Hal Kunkel, 1996)

      Product Description

      Sweet Seraphic Fire brings together two unique bodies of American sacred song: choral compositions from the New England singing-school tradition and the most popular Evangelical Protestant hymn texts in historic American use. In the late eighteenth century the New England singing-school movement produced America's first great sacred-music style, employing several genres of unaccompanied four-part choral compositions with the melody in the lead (tenor) part. The enormous popularity of singing-school music also promoted a canon of hymn texts shared across America's competing Evangelical Protestant denominations. This recording contains neglected masterworks from the New England singing school that also helped to create the American hymn canon. Marking a more recent turn in this process, we have also included some new settings of traditional Evangelical lyrics written by leaders in the revival of singing-school music that has blossomed in the Northeast since 1976. ! Selection of pieces for this recording was determined by correlating "The Norumbega Harmony"--our collection of one hundred six historic New England singing-school compositions and thirty contemporary works in traditional style--with a list of the three hundred most frequently printed hymn texts in America from 1737 to 1960. --Stephen Marini

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Fantastic!!!!!!.......2006-03-15

      This is a REALLY cool album of shape-note singings, I particurlarly like EVERY STRING AWAKE and ANTHEM FOR EASTER.
      Some of the songs are kind of dreary, (Hatfield) but all in all this is COOL!!!
      Very Best Of Kiri Te Kanawa
      Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
      • Genial, pero...
      • GREAT TE KANAWA !
      Very Best Of Kiri Te Kanawa

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      ASIN: B0000AHEAZ
      Release Date: 2003-09-02

      Tracks:

      1. Signore, Ascolta
      2. Ecco: Respiro Appena. Io Son L'Umile Ancella
      3. La Mamma Morta
      4. Attendo, Attendo...Addio Del Passato
      5. Je Marche Sur Tous Les Chemins...Obeissons Quand Leur Voix Appelle
      6. Depuis Le Jour
      7. Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle!
      8. Me Voila Seule...Comme Autrefois
      9. Ach, Ich Fuhl's
      10. Dich, Teure Halle
      11. Wie Nahte Mir Der Schlummer...Leise, Leise, Fromme Weise!
      12. Da Geht Er Hin, Der Aufgeblas'ne Schlechte Kerl
      13. Gluck, Das Mir Verblieb
      14. La Flute Enchantee
      15. L'Invitation Au Voyage
      16. Le Manoir De Rosemonde

      Tracks:

      1. Somebody Loves Me
      2. Love Is Here To Stay
      3. Embraceable You
      4. Summertime
      5. Long Ago And Far Away
      6. A Fine Romance
      7. The Song Is You
      8. Let's Face The Music And Dance
      9. What'll I Do?
      10. They Say It's Wonderful
      11. I've Got You Under My Skin
      12. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
      13. True Love
      14. I'll Be Home For Christmas
      15. Silent Night
      16. Come To The Fair
      17. The Last Rose Of Summer
      18. The Keel Row
      19. Comin' Thro' The Rye
      20. Greensleeves
      21. Danny Boy
      22. Hoki Hoki Tonu Mai
      23. Po Ata Rau (Now Is The Hour)
      24. The World You're Coming Into

      Customer Reviews:

      1 out of 5 stars Genial, pero..........2005-04-19

      Me parece que el arte vocal de Kiri posee muchas fortalezas y sòlidos atributos: brillantez, claridad, riqueza de colores, excelente fraseo, perfecta colocación y afinación, expresividad. Sin embargo, también carece de una mejor respiración para poder contrarrestar el excesivo vibrato que aplica a su canto. Sobre algunas de las obras interpretadas, recomiendo: Der Rosenkavalier: Schwarzkopf; Wagner: Kirsten Flagstad.

      5 out of 5 stars GREAT TE KANAWA !.......2004-02-19

      THIS IS A GODD OVERVIEW OF KIRI TE KANAWA`S TALENT,THIS COMPILATION INCLUDES GREAT OPERA ARIAS,AMERICAN SONGBOOK CLASSICS,MAORI SONGS AND MORE,DIGITALLY REMASTERED. REALLY ENJOYABLE.
      Lieder, Songs, Aria, Duets
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          2. LARS BOY JENSEN: Embraceable You
          3. LARS BOY JENSEN: He Loves And She Loves
          4. LARS BOY JENSEN: Summertime
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          6. LARS BOY JENSEN: Bess, You Is My Women Now
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          14. LARS BOY JENSEN: Somebody Loves Me
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          16. LARS BOY JENSEN: Someone To Watch Over Me
          17. LARS BOY JENSEN: Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
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          Tracks:

          1. Aida: Act I: Ritorna vincitor!
          2. Aida: Act I: E l'amor mio?
          3. Aida: Act I: I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante
          4. Aida: Act III: Qui Radames verra!
          5. Aida: Act III: O patria mia
          6. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: (Prelude)
          7. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ecco l'orrido campo
          8. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
          9. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: A tal colpa e nulla il pianto
          10. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: Morro, ma prima in grazia
          11. Il Trovatore: Act I: Che piu t'arresti?
          12. Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea la notte placida
          13. Il Trovatore: Act I: Di tale amor che dirsi
          14. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Siam giunti
          15. Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee
          16. Ernani: Act I: Surta e la notte
          17. Ernani: Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami
          18. Ernani: Act I: Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani
          19. La forza del destino: Act II: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!
          20. La forza del destino: Act II: Madre, madre, pietosa Vergine
          21. La forza del destino: Act II: La Vergine degli angeli
          22. La forza del destino: Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio

          Tracks:

          1. Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Come scoglio immoto resta
          2. Madama Butterfly: Act II: Piangi? Perche?; Un bel di vedremo
          3. Madama Butterfly: Act III: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio!
          4. TOSCA: Act II: Vissi d'arte
          5. Manon Lescaut: Act II: In quelle trine morbide
          6. Manon Lescaut: Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata
          7. Dialogues des Carmelites: Act III: Mes filles, voila que s'acheve
          8. Don Giovanni: Act I: Don Ottavio, son morta!
          9. Don Giovanni: Act I: Or sai chi l'onore
          10. Don Giovanni: Act II: Crudele? Ah, no, mio bene!
          11. Don Giovanni: Act II: Non mi dir
          12. Turandot: Act I: Signore, ascolta!
          13. Turandot: Act III: Tu che di gel sei cinta
          14. Ariadne auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
          15. Antony And Cleopatra: Act III: Give me my robe

          Tracks:

          1. Otello: Era piu calmo?
          2. Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
          3. Otello: Ave Maria
          4. Fidelio: Act I: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?
          5. Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
          6. Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
          7. La Traviata: Act I: E strano, e strano !
          8. La Traviata: Act I: Ah, fors' e lui
          9. La Traviata: Act I: Sempre libera
          10. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: E Susanna non vien!
          11. Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Dove sono
          12. Die Agyptische Helena: Act II: Awakening Scene
          13. La rondine: Ore dolci e divine
          14. Salome: Finale

          Tracks:

          1. Eugene Onegin: Act II: Puskai pogibnu ya
          2. Eugene Onegin: Act II: Ya k vam pishu
          3. Eugene Onegin: Act II: Net, nikomu na svete
          4. Eugene Onegin: Act II: No tak i byt'!
          5. La rondine: Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
          6. VANESSA: Act I: He Has Come, He Has Come!
          7. VANESSA: Act I: Do Not Utter A Word
          8. Carmen: Act I: Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla)
          9. Manon: Act II: Allons! il le faut!
          10. Manon: Act II: Adieu, notre petite table
          11. Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Vegliammo invan due notti
          12. Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Una macchia e qui tuttora
          13. La Boheme: Act IIII: Addio. Donde lieta usci (Mimi's Addio)
          14. Die Frau ohne Schatten: Act II: Empress's Awakening Scene
          15. Dido and Aeneas: Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda!
          16. Dido and Aeneas: Act III: When I Am Laid In Earth
          17. Don Carlo: Act V: Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo

          Tracks:

          1. Otello: Act I: Gia nella notte
          2. Otello: Act I: Quando narravi
          3. Otello: Act I: Venga la morte!
          4. Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella
          5. Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba, bimba, non piangere
          6. Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba dagli occhi
          7. Madama Butterfly: Act I: Vogliatemi bene
          8. Requiem: Recordare
          9. Porgy And Bess: Act II: Bess, You Is My Woman
          10. Norma: Act III: Me chiami, o Norma
          11. Norma: Act III: Mira, o Norma
          12. Ernani: Act II: Tu, perfida!
          13. Ernani: Act II: Ah, morir, potessi adesso
          14. Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Sorella, cosa dici?
          15. Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Prendero quel brunettino
          16. Aida: Act IV: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse
          17. Aida: Act IV: Presago il core della tua condanna
          18. Aida: Act IV: Vedi? Di morte l'angelo
          19. Aida: Act IV: O terra, addio

          Tracks:

          1. Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Teco io sto!
          2. Aida: Act III: Ciel! mio padre!
          3. Aida: Act III: Rivedrai le forest imbalsamate
          4. Aida: Act III: In armi ora si desta il popol nostro
          5. Aida: Act III: Padre! a costoro schiava non sono
          6. Requiem: Angus Dei
          7. Manon Lescaut: Act I: Oh, saro la piu bella!; Tu, tu, amore?
          8. Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Soave sia il vento
          9. Porgy And Bess: Act II: I Loves You, Porgy
          10. Aida: Act II: Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza
          11. Aida: Act II: Fu la sorte dell'armi
          12. Aida: Act II: Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor
          13. Aida: Act II: Alla prompa che s'appresta
          14. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?
          15. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Mira, di acerbe lagrime
          16. Il Trovatore: Act IV: Vivra! Contende il giubilo
          17. Madama Butterfly: Act II: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Flower Duet)
          18. Carmen: Act IV: C'est toi! - C'est moi!
          19. Carmen: Act IV: Ou vas-tu? - Laisse-moi!

          Tracks:

          1. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Villanelle
          2. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Le spectre de la rose
          3. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Sur les lagunes
          4. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Absence
          5. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Au cimetiere (Clair de lune)
          6. Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: L'ile inconnue
          7. Four Last Songs: Fruhling
          8. Four Last Songs: September
          9. Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen
          10. Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot
          11. Clair de lune, Op.46, No.2: Clair de lune
          12. Notre amour, Op.23, No.2: Notre amour
          13. Au cimetiere, Op.51, No.2: Au cimetiere
          14. Au bord de l'eau, Op.8, No.1: Au bord de l'eau
          15. No.1, Cinq melodies de Venise, Op.58: Mandoline
          16. Main dominee par le coeur
          17. Miroirs brulants No.2: Je nommerai ton front
          18. Miroirs brulants No.1: Tu vois le feu du soir
          19. Ce doux petit visage

          Tracks:

          1. Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op.24: Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
          2. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
          3. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
          4. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Ich kann's nicht fassen
          5. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
          6. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
          7. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Susser Freund, du blickest
          8. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
          9. Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
          10. Widmung (No.1, Myrthen, Op.25): Widmung
          11. Mignon (No.28, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Mignon
          12. Volksliedchen, Op.51, No.2: Volksliedchen
          13. Schone Wiege meiner Leiden (No.5, Liederkreis, Op.24): Schone Wiege meiner Leiden
          14. Er ist's (No.23, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Er ist's
          15. Heiss mich nicht reden (No.5, Lieder und Gesand aus Wilhelm Meister)
          16. Lust der Sturmnacht, Op.35, No.1: Lust der Sturmnacht
          17. Allerseelen, Op.10, No.8: Allerseelen
          18. Schlagende Herzen
          19. Freundliche Vision, Op.48, No.1: Freundliche Vision
          20. Wie sollten wir geheim, Op.19, No.4: Wie sollten wir geheim
          21. Der Gartner (Morike-Lieder No.17)
          22. Lebe wohl (Morike-Lieder No.36)
          23. Morgentau (From An Old Songbook)
          24. Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt (Spanisches Liederbuch No.34)

          Tracks:

          1. Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
          2. Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
          3. His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
          4. 'Roun' About De Mountain - Various Artists
          5. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
          6. Sit Down, Servant - Various Artists
          7. Were You There - Various Artists
          8. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Various Artists
          9. Deep River - Various Artists
          10. Honor! Honor! - Various Artists
          11. My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord - Various Artists
          12. On Ma Journey - Various Artists
          13. A City Called Heaven - Various Artists
          14. Ride On, King Jesus - Various Artists
          15. I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Various Artists
          16. Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass - Various Artists
          17. Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Various Artists
          18. There Is A Balm In Gilead - Various Artists
          19. Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler - Various Artists
          20. Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
          21. My Way Is Cloudy - Various Artists
          22. Nobody Knows The Touble I've Seen - Various Artists
          23. I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - Various Artists

          Tracks:

          1. Holy, Holy, Holy
          2. Lead, Kindly Light
          3. Blessed Assurance
          4. Ave Maria
          5. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
          6. Amazing Grace
          7. The Lord's Prayer
          8. Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
          9. The Church's One Foundation
          10. Bless This House
          11. I Need Thee Every Hour
          12. Fairest Lord Jesus
          13. I Wonder As I Wander
          14. Ave Maria
          15. Porgy And Bess: Summertime
          16. America The Beautiful
          17. Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing
          18. A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
          19. Battle Hymn Of The Republic

          Tracks:

          1. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: He Zigeuner
          2. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
          3. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
          4. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Lieber Gott, du weisst
          5. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Brauner Bursche
          6. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Roselein dreie in der Reihe
          7. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
          8. Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Rote Abendwolken
          9. Adriana Lecouvreur: Act I: Io son l'umile ancella
          10. This Little Light O'Mine
          11. Interview With Leontyne Price By John Pfeiffer

          Amazon.com

          This 11-CD set, one might say jokingly, contains all the music ever written for the soprano voice and a bit for mezzo as well. And indeed, it's a staggering collection: In addition to her great Verdi heroines (the two Leonoras, Aida, Amelia, and Elvira in Ernani), Price is heard in her Puccini roles--Manon Lescaut, Butterfly, Tosca--and at least two dozen other roles, most of which she never sang on stage. Here are her heroic, secure Leonore in Fidelio, Strauss's high-flying Egyptian Helen, Purcell's Dido, Barber's Cleopatra, Bellini's Norma, Ariadne, Verdi's Violetta and Desdemona, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Countess, and Fiordiligi. Some are, naturally, more successful than others; almost none are embarrassing (Carmen comes close). In addition, she sings songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Strauss--none of them as well as say, Janet Baker or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Barber's Knoxville, etc.--quite beautifully. Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été is not very good, but a group of spirituals is. In all, however, this is an amazing display by one of the century's greatest sopranos. There may be no new depths plumbed here, but the singing is a knockout. --Robert Levine

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars A Long Time Coming..........2006-03-30

          This compilation of Ms. Price's career is almost as complete as anything I've ever come across!!
          An American Icon....I will forever be a loyal fan and admirer!!

          5 out of 5 stars Her Best Album.......2006-01-01

          Along with the equally extensive "Prima Donna Collection" this is Leontyne Price's best album. Anyone who wants to become familiarized with her vocal technique and her art on record should own this album. It features her best work ever recorded. A lot of these arias and their respective soprano roles were not roles she sang on stage. Leontyne Price was not only a consummate artist, but a cautious one. The reason these arias, Lieder, Gospel and spirituals sound so beautiful and technically brilliant is because Leontyne was smart enough to sing them infrequently and in concert form. She did not take on new roles other than her repetitive Aidas, Leonoras, Butterfly, Toscas and Madame Lidoins, etc, because she was afraid of ruining her glorious voice too soon as many of her contemporary sopranos. Like soprano Zinka Milanov, Leontyne Price preserved the freshness and vitality of her voice through "operatic abstinence". Thus, the Norma, Salome, Manon, Lady Macbeth and even Traviata we hear on this album are well-rendered because she did NOT sing them on stage. She would have worn out her beautiful voice if she sung so many roles.

          This collection is overwhelming. Leontyne Price proves herself to be a masterful artist of diverse repertoire. Pity she didn't really sing these on stage because she would have put Maria Callas and all the reigning divas before and after her to shame. Listen to her remarkable, unsurpassed Mozart repertoire. This she did sing in opera houses, probably because Mozart does not require a true lyrico-spinto heavyness and smaller opera houses can accomodate Mozartian voices that do not often rise above the staff/orchestra. She sang exquisite Fiordiligis at the Met. The arias from Cosi Fan Tutte here - Soave sia il vento, O Guarda Sorelle and the fiendishly difficult vocal showcase "Come Scoglio" with its vertiginious scales are all fine samples of Miss Price's artistry. She sang Susanna and Donna Anna with beauty and bravura. The Salome excerpt is quite thrilling. She would have made a terrific Salome but the role is quite difficult and it would have surely killed her voice. Leontyne Price was the number one Verdi soprano. Every opera cognoscente will tell you that. When you hear the excerpts from Verdi operas here - Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking Scene, Aida's arias, Leonora's arias from Trovatore and Leonora's arias from Forza Del Destino, particularly La Virgine Del Angeli and the ravishing Pace Pace Mio Dio- are the best renditions of Verdi soprano singing. Anyone who wants to study how to sing in the letter-to-letter Verdi lyrico spinto style should hear these arias. A voice like Leontyne cannot be easily imitated. Maria Callas's own voice can be imitated as Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu has proven. Leontyne was in a class of her own, a voice that is both dramatic and beautiful to hear. However, most people find fault in her lack of dramatic interpretation. I say they're not hearing hard enough. Yes, there is excessive beauty in her singing but she understood that the opera heroines should sound beautiful because they are beautiful and though I never saw her on stage, from the recordings I hear she sounds dramatic and character-driven enough for me to be satisfied. For a devoted fan of Leontyne Price, this album is the Holy Grail. She sings the most beautiful Norma, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, Violetta, Madame Lidoin, Suor Angelica, Susanna, Dona Ana, Gilda, Fiordiligi, Desdemona and countless other heroines. The last cd is a collection of Gospel, spirituals and patriotic songs. These "American", non-opera selections find her in beautiful voice and she is actually paying tribute to her roots. She was not only African-American, but a Southerner from Mississippi. Her voice must have been heavenly to hear in Church! This is the album that made me love Leontyne.

          5 out of 5 stars Price At Her Peak.......2005-05-02

          Originally a Gospel singer, Leontyne Price rose to the heights of operatic superstardom in the 60's and 70's. She enjoyed the same success Maria Callas did in the 50's. Although Callas will forever be most people's idea of the greatest soprano of the 20th century, Leontyne Price was not a force to be reckoned with. In my opinion, and this is just me, she outshone Callas and was the greater singer as far as techinicality and musicianship. Leontyne Price's best work is recorded in this album. It is her best album, together with the Prima Donna Collection. The price is expensive but it's worth every penny. Prepare to be riveted and blown away by the dynamic strength and passion of her voice as it blasts through yours stereo. While many often point out that Leontyne Price was not much of an actress, from a purely operatic/vocal level, her voice was faultless and virtuosic, powerful, passionate, beautiful, lyrical, soulful. Never have I heard a soprano so richly endowed with strong chest register- she could sing the low octaves that are found in the roles of mezzo-soprano voices or contralto voices. But she was a dramatic soprano and that's dramatic with a capital D- all the high C's were there, perfectly in place, and she was a thrilling singer when reaching for the stratosphere with her voice.

          This album contains arias from operas that I didn't even know she performed- La Traviata (yes, Leontyne Price as Violetta is a moving and powerful interpretation, executed with sublime beauty. She finds herself the equal to Callas in the role- for Callas had a big voice for a role that calls for the "dying" effect. Thus, Price, like Callas, could sing roles that call for beauty and not just dramatic vigor. It's unfortunate that unlike the stars that were rising in her time- Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills and Montserrat Caballe- Price never mastered the bel canto repertoire - Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini (although she sang a sensational Norma, excerpts are found in this recording). But her strongest suit was Verdi. She had the voice Verdi was looking for in a soprano- rich, dramatic, beautiful, able to fill up the lines with smoky and velvety hues and a gleaming high top. Check out her Amelia in Un Ballo In Maschera, her Leonora in Trovatore, her Leonora in La Forza Del Destino. Of course, her greatest role, her signature role, and one which she connected with on a personal/ancestral level was that of Aida. The first selections in this recording are from that masterpiece. As Aida, she was at her best. It was easy for her somehow, when most other sopranos tackle the role with difficulty. She conveys grace, nobility, passion and spirituality in the role of the tragic Ethiopian princess.

          Further roles she excelled in that are on this recording is Desdemona in Otello, which she sung opposite Placido Domingo. Their masterful voices blend together harmonically and gloriously in the Act 1 Love Duet. She's quite the ground-breaking artist. Most Violettas in Traviata or Desdemona in Otello are Caucasian lyric soprano (Desdemona was white, Otello was black, that was Shakespeare's intention) but in opera, race does not matter and Leontyne Price's voice made her a star in a time when it was incredibly difficult for a black woman to sing opera. From the start of the century, opera was always associated with white Europeans and later on Americans. But Leontyne Price followed the inspirational example of the gutsy contralto Marian Anderson, who suffered a lot of rejection in opera due to skin color in pre-Civil Rights Movement 30's, 40's and 50's. Finally in the late 50's, Anderson, after a lifetime of singing only in private concerts and recitals, debuted at the Met as Ulrica in Un Ballo. Leontyne Price immediately picked up where she left- singing all the soprano diva roles typically associated with white singers - especially Tosca. Her Tosca is second to her Aida. As Tosca, she encompasses the diva who dies for love in the most thrilling way.

          Other than Tosca, Puccini heroines were just as magnificent vehicles for her voice. She sang Madame Butterfly to great acclaim. I dont know how she did it but she suddenly ceased to be herself and became the frail, naive, lovesick Japanese Geisha. Softness and fragility is also mixed with the maturity of a woman in love, with passion and dramatic vocal color. She sang La Rondine with equal success, though this role is more along the lines of Violetta/Traviata. She sang Suor Angelica, she sang in modern works such as Barber's Antony and Cleopatra- in that infamous Zefferelli production- she sang Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, she sang in Dialoge of the Carmelites. All these are on here, along with her Baroque specialties- Dido in Dido and Aeneas. Her Mozart voice is also the best I've heard, really, even with a more dramatic and beautiful charm than other singers I've heard. She sang the acrobatic role of Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte, both Dona Ana and Donva Elvira in Don Giovanni. I prefer her as Dona Ana, she is all fire, despair, intensity and repressed desire, but she sings a hysterical and lovesick Elvira with a passion as well. She even sang the Countess in Le Nozze Di Figaro. But the sky was the limit to Price. She even sang, in a Jessie Norman way, the Wagner role of Isolde. Her "Liebestod" is the greatest I've heard since Birgit Nilsson, with a passion that stemmed from her religious Gospel heart.
          This is a great album and I recommend it to any fan of Price and any fan of opera in general. If you have never heard Price and want to start somewhere, start with this one. This one or the Prima Donna Collection.

          5 out of 5 stars of course world class.......2000-08-14

          Price is amazing. I will have to also mention that Joan Sutherland in the 1960 is even more incredible, if that's possible. Check Dame Joan out, you will not be sorry. But Price is a D flawless diamond set by Cartier, in my opinion.

          5 out of 5 stars the greatest american soprano of the 20th century.......1999-12-12

          This collection of arias, art songs, and spirituals is truly amazing for the sheer breadth and depth of this soprano's artistry. It is hard to imagine any Verdi soprano after Ms. Price who could offer us the smoky richness of her vocal color, and there are so many wonderful selections, many of them being roles she did not perform on stage. Among my personal favorites are her scene from Dialogues of the Carmelites, the Letter Scene from Eugene Onegin, and the drama of her Lady Macbeth. For those of us who heard Ms. Price over the years in opera and concert, this collection brings back wonderful memories...It is truly a must-have for any serious opera lover.

          Music Review:

          1. Lil' Lite O' Mine
          2. Melodies [Import]
          3. Mendelssohn: Symphony No.3 "Scottish"/String Symphony No.9
          4. Mozart: Symphonies 15, 25 & 36
          5. Mozart: Symphony No. 40; Eine kleine Nachtmusik; Overtures
          6. Music in Baroque
          7. Mussorgsky, Prokofiev, Rimsky-Korsakov and others
          8. Mussorgsky: Songs & Dances of Death; Nursery No1-7
          9. Nicolo Paganini: Violin Concerto No. 5/La Primavera/Maestosa Sonata Sentimentale
          10. Oboe Concerti

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          Las Mas Romanticas

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