The Very Best Of Symphony

On this CD:

1. Symphony No. 41 in C major ("Jupiter"), K. 551 Allegro Vivace
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Salzburg Festival Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Hager

2. Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183 (K. 173dB) Andante
Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Performed by Salzburg Festival Orchestra
Conducted by Gunter Kehr

3. Symphony No. 5 in E Minor, Op. 64 Andante Cantabile
Composed by Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Marko Munih

4. Symphony No. 4 in A major ("Italian"), Op. 90 Con moto moderato
Composed by Felix Mendelssohn
Performed by Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by David Zinman

5. Symphony No. 3 in F major, Op. 90 Poco allegretto
Composed by Johannes Brahms
Performed by Southwest German Radio Orchestra (Baden-Baden)
Conducted by Jascha Horenstein

6. Symphony No. 8 in B minor ("Unfinished"), D. 759 Allegro moderato
Composed by Franz Schubert
Performed by Hungarica Philharmonia
Conducted by Peter Maag

7. Symphony No. 94 in G major ("Surprise"/"The Drumstroke"/"Mit dem Paukenschlag"), H. 1/94 Andante
Composed by Franz Joseph Haydn
Performed by Hamburg North German Radio Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Leopold Ludwig

8. Symphony No. 5 in C minor ("Fate") Op. 67 Allegro con brio
Composed by Ludwig van Beethoven
Performed by Ljubljana Radio Orchestra
Conducted by Anton Nanut

9. Symphony No. 9 in E minor ("From the New World," first published as No. 5), B. 178 (Op. 95) Adagio: Allegro molto
Composed by Antonin Dvorak
Performed by Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra
Conducted by Milan Horvat

The Very Best Of Symphony, Music, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonin Dvorak, Franz Joseph Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Anton Nanut, David Zinman, Gunter Kehr, Jascha Horenstein, Leopold Hager, Leopold Ludwig, Marko Munih, Milan Horvat, Peter Maag, Philharmonia Hungarica, Ljubljana Radio Orchestra, Hamburg North German Radio Symphony Orchestra, Radio Symphony Orchestra, Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, Rundfunkorchester des Südwestfunks, Salzburger Festspielorchester, Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, Südwestfunkorchester Baden-Baden, Classical, Classical Period Symphony, Romantic Symphony, Symphonic
The Very Best of Beverly Sills
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Here's what the fuss was all about!
  • Beverly Sills - The Best
  • Beverly Sills' highs are breathtaking!
  • THE 2005 OPERA CD OF THE YEAR
  • EMI Does It Again: Beverly Sills - A Tribute
 The Very Best of Beverly Sills

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0006VYELE
Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

  1. Una Voce Poco Fa - Sherrill Milnes
  2. Dunque Io Son - Sherrill Milnes
  3. Contro Un Cor - Sherrill Milnes
  4. Ah, Qual Colpo Inaspetatto! - Sherrill Milnes
  5. E Il Sol Dell'anima... Addio! Speranza Ed Anima - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  6. Gualtier Malde... Caro Nome - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  7. Tutte Le Feste Al Tempio... Compiuto Pur Quanto... Si, Vendetta - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  8. V'ho Ingannato... Lassu In Cielo - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  9. Quel Guardo Il Cavaliere... So Anch'io La Virtu Magica - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  10. Pronta Io Son... Vado, Corro - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  11. Via, Caro Sposino - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  12. Tornami A Dir Che M'ami - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
  13. La Morale In Tutto Questo - Ambrosian Opera Chorus

Tracks:

  1. Vilia - Beverly Sills
  2. Ah! Je Suis Seule... Dis-Moi Que Je Suis Belle - Beverly Sills
  3. Cielo! Che Diverro?... Si, ferite... Dal Soggiorno... Ah! Che Spiegar - Beverly Sills
  4. Libiamo Ne' Lieti Calici - John Alldis Choir
  5. Un Di Felice, Eterea - John Alldis Choir
  6. E Strano... Ah, Fors'e Lui... Follie! Follie!... Sempre Libera - John Alldis Choir
  7. Pura Siccome Un Angelo... Ah! Dite Alla Giovine - John Alldis Choir
  8. Che Fai? - John Alldis Choir
  9. Addio Del Passato - John Alldis Choir
  10. Parigi, O Cara - John Alldis Choir

Amazon.com

Beverly Sills hardly needs an introduction. She sang on the radio as a child and on the operatic stage as a teenager; her meteoric international career was launched by appearances in several virtually unknown bel canto operas at the New York City Opera. This compilation of arias and ensembles from some of her signature roles, recorded in the 1970s, with splendid partners like Nicolai Gedda, Alfredo Kraus, and Sherrill Milnes, displays her unique vocal and dramatic artistry at its peak. Her voice, effortlessly produced over an enormous range, is bright, pure, infinitely variable in color, inflection and intensity. Her intonation is impeccable even in huge leaps, and her breath is endless. The coloratura roulades are like strings of perfect, luminous pearls, clearly articulated in seamless legato. But this stunning technique (whose only flaw is a sometimes wide, wobbly vibrato) is never used for show; every note has life and expression, serving the music and the dramatic situation. Indeed, her characters are flesh-and-blood human beings, whose thoughts, emotions and interactions, from inwardness to ecstasy, from lamentation to overflowing joy, she projects with riveting concentration. Rosina in Rossini's The Barber of Seville is a charming, mischievous minx who succumbs to delighted tenderness; Pamira's great scene from his Siege of Corinth shows clearly why her Metropolitan Opera debut in that role was a sensation. In Verdi's Rigoletto, Gilda's hopeful innocence turns into hopeless despair: she dies, palpably, on a floating, celestial pianissimo. In his La traviata, Violetta's initial cool, hesitant restraint gradually melts as she opens herself (and her voice) to Alfredo's ardor and the bliss of love. The vocal balance in their final duet is uncanny; its tremulous tenderness in the shadow of death breaks the heart, as does her duet with Germont. Massenet's Thais is sensuous; Donizetti's Don Pasquale and Lehár's The Merry Widow provide comic relief. --Edith Eisler

Album Description

Details TBA. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Here's what the fuss was all about!.......2007-07-17

It would have been even better if they had included at least one Cleopatra aria and something from Baby Doe, but it doesn't really matter, because this collection will allow younger listeners especially to hear what the fuss was all about! There are moments listening to Sills, especially from Traviata or Manon, that are so beautifully sung and so genuine that they are heartbreaking. I feel so fortunate to have heard her Queen of the Night, Manon, Violetta, and Baby Doe. She was so generous as a performer and as a humanitarian, and she really brought opera into the American mainstream.

5 out of 5 stars Beverly Sills - The Best.......2007-04-01

What a voice. No coloratura can compare, and she makes it seem so easy.

5 out of 5 stars Beverly Sills' highs are breathtaking!.......2006-09-18

Adio del Passato is incredible! Beverly's high, floating coloratura is no less than ethereal which takes you to another world. Her voice has given me so much joy that it is hard to say one recording is better than another because I love her Mozart album equally with her Bellini/Donizetti. It is so wonderful to have these recordings captured on CD! Enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars THE 2005 OPERA CD OF THE YEAR.......2006-08-19

THIS CD WAS THE BEST OPERA CD ISSUED LAST YEAR, AND HAS CAUGHT THE WORLD'S EAR IN NO TIME. I WAS BUSY WRITING IN SÃO PAULO, BRAZIL, WHILE THE STATEOWNED FM RADIOSTATION, DEDICATED TO CULTURE, WAS SOFTLY PLAYING OPERA ARIAS IN THE BACKGROUND. SUDDENLY I HEARD THE MOST FANTASTIC RENDERING OF "SEMPRE LIBERA" FROM "LA TRAVIATA". I GOT UP, SAT BY THE RADIO AND WAITED TO KNOW WHO WAS SINGING... THEN GOT BACK TO THE COMPUTER TO ORDER THIS CD FROM AMAZON! INCREDIBLE: ONLY 17 BUCKS FOR THIS, WHILE QUITE A BIT OF TRASH IS SOLD FOR 30.40 AND MORE...
A LADY FRIEND ONCE TOLD ME SHE COULD NOT LISTEN TO THE DUET IN "MADAMA BUTTERFLY" WITH MIRELLA FRENI AND LUCIANO PAVAROTTI (RECORDED IN 1974, BY VON KARAJAN) WITHOUT CRYING. WELL, YOU CANNOT LISTEN TO SILLS IN "LA TRAVIATA" DRY-EYED, NO MATTER WHO THE TENOR IS. SHE PROJECTS THE SAME DRAMATIC FEELING OF "LA DIVINA" CALLAS WITHOUT THOSE SHRIEKED HIGHNOTES; SHE OFFERS THE SAME COLORATURA VOCAL GYMNASTICS AS "LA STUPENDA" SUTHERLAND BUT WITH WARMTH... WHEN BEVERLY SANG, AS IN EVERYTHING ELSE SHE DID, SHE ALWAYS GAVE HER UTMOST. SHE WAS "LA GENEROSA" TO BE SURE.
DON'T JUST SIT THERE READING WHAT OTHERS THINK.
ORDER THIS CD NOW AND MARVEL AT HOW THIS GREAT AMERICAN LADY, IN SO MANY OTHER WAYS, ALSO COULD SING!

5 out of 5 stars EMI Does It Again: Beverly Sills - A Tribute.......2005-07-22

EMI's "Very Best Of" series are perfect introductions to operatic singers of the 20th century. Once you hear these artist tribute albums (much like The Singers series) you will get hooked on the singer and seek out their full-length studio recordings. Beverly Sills was the first truly famous American opera star. One may argue that she was not, that she was merely a continued tradition of American divas such as Mary Garden and Lily Pons and which still continues today with Renee Fleming, Elizabeth Futral and Susan Graham. Beverly was raised in New York City, which is still her home, and which is the home of the New York City Opera and the Met, opera houses which rocketed her to fame. Her first success (not featured in this recording...UH WHY ?) was Cleopatra of Handel's Julius Caesar, a performance she sang opposite the illustrious baritone Norman Treigle. Those performances were legendary because coincidentally at the same time the Met was opening its new theatre and season with what became a disastrous Samuel Barber's Antony and Cleopatra starring Leontyne Price in an overblown, big-budget, epic fiasco. The great roles that followed the 1965 Cleopatra were Manon, Queen Elizabeth I in Roberto Deveraux, Maria Stuarda and Anna Bolena in the Donizetti Tudor Queen operas, Pamira in The Siege of Corinth (which were Sill's La Scala and belated Met debut. None of the Queens are featured in this recording, though its supposedly the Very Best Of. An aria from Rossini's Siege of Corinth is featured here however. What we are treated to however are fine lyric roles- Beverly Sills shone brightly and acted convincingly as Gilda in Rigoletto (the final scene is featured here) as Violetta in La Traviata, Thais, The Merry Widow (the beautiful Vilja is featured here)and the ingenue role of Norina in Don Pasquale is also showcased here. To each of these roles, Beverly Sills delivered an authenticity and dramatic interpretation, not ot mention beautiful, sweet tone. I love her pianissimos, her high notes, her chest register. It was the voice of Beverly Sills who first hooked me into opera. For a recording that should showcase her best work, Manon is not featured nor any of her prized French heroines- Marie in The Daughter of the Regiment and the heroines in Tales of Hoffman. Also not in here is the role that was her first success- the Broadway opera Ballad of Baby Doe. Even as such, the arias here are gorgeous. The Barber of Seville is in here and as Rosina she is playful and charming. Sills was a modern singer, with a voice that was beautiful but willing to sacrifice beauty for the sake of dramatic content. When Sills was once asked what she thought of the supposed rivalry with Joan Sutherland (which was never real and only gossip from partisan fans) Beverly said something to this effect -Joan and I are apples and oranges in our take on opera, we are Picasso and Monet. She would do anything for the effect of beauty and tone, I'd sacrifice beauty for the sake of dramatic text. Even as such, I see no ugliness to any of the roles here. All of them are beautiful to hear, full of rich floating celestial tones. It would have been nice to hear the roles that did call for Sills to step up the tense drama - Norma, will her recording ever be reissued by EMI ? Also, few people know that Beverly Sills sung role most would consider dangerous for her voice (though she sang them long before her career even took off)- Aida and Carmen!!
Very Best of Hooked on Classics
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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  • WONDERFUL CD
  • Good upbeat working music
 Very Best of Hooked on Classics

Manufacturer: Double Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000028CJX
Release Date: 1998-09-28

Tracks:

  1. Hooked on Classics Pt. 1 & 2: Piano of the Bumblebee No. 1/Fli [Medley]
  2. Hooked on Haydn: Trumpet Concerto in E-Flat (3rd Movement) [Medley]
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  4. Tales of the Vienna Waltz: Blue Danube Waltz 1, Theme 1/Blue D [Medley]
  5. Hooked on a Can Can: Orpheus in the Underworld (Can Can)/Thund [Medley]
  6. Hooked on Marching: Under the Double Eagle/The Stars & Stripes [Medley]
  7. Journey Through America: The Star Spangled Banner/Oh Susanna/M [Medley]
  8. Hooked on Mozart: Rondo Alla Turca (Turkish March, From Sonata [Medley]
  9. Hooked on Bach: Ave Maria/Minuet [From the Notebook of Anna Ma
  10. Symphony of the Seas: The Sailors Hornpipe/Portsmouth/Anchors [Medley]

Tracks:

  1. Hooked on Classics: Wedding March [From a Midsummer's Night's
  2. Hooked on Romance (Opus 3): Gymnopedie No. 2/Nocturne Opus 9, [Medley]
  3. Hooked on Tchaikovsky: Capriccio Italien (Introduction)/Swan L [Medley]
  4. If You Knew Sousa/The Liberty Bell/Blaze Away/The Liberty Bell [Medley]
  5. If You Knew Sousa and Friends: Entry of the Gladiators/Colonel [Medley]
  6. Also Sprach Zarathustra [Medley]
  7. Can't Stop the Classics: Overture 2 Russian & Ludmilla/Czardas [Medley]
  8. Hooked on America: Rhapsody in Blue/Camptown Races/Rhapsody in [Medley]
  9. Hooked on Romance: Air Form Suite No. 3 (Air for G String)/Ave [Medley]

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars customer.......2007-06-26

cd arrived fast, in excellent shape as promised, well packaged to protect it during shipment. I'd heard the CD during an exercise class and had trouble trying to get it from other vendors so especially appreciated Amazon.

5 out of 5 stars WONDERFUL CD.......2007-05-08

I was so happy to find this on CD I have the original on a cassette from childhood. I loved it then and now and now my children listen and love it.

5 out of 5 stars Good upbeat working music.......2007-03-08

I love these CDS . . what a brilliant idea to add a beat to the most popular classical songs of all time. It is great upbeat music that gets you going. I specifically use it for when I need a boost to get me going on housework. It get you in just the right mood to start working. My kids love it too.
The Very Best of Lucia Popp
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Ever-reigning Queen of Sopranos
  • Lucia Popp
  • Lucy: The Reigning Queen of Opera
 The Very Best of Lucia Popp

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000AHEAY
Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Song To The Moon
  2. Should I Ever Learn
  3. How Confused I Feel
  4. Solveig's Song
  5. Solveig's Cradle Song
  6. Amor Volat Undique
  7. Stetit Puella
  8. In Trutina
  9. Vier Letzte Lieder
  10. Vier Letzte Lieder
  11. Vier Letzte Lieder
  12. Vier Letzte Lieder
  13. Symphony No. 4 In G
  14. Tatiana's Letter Scene

Tracks:

  1. Un Cenno Leggiadretto
  2. Ho Perduto Il Caro Sposo
  3. O Had I Jubel's Lyre
  4. Laudate Dominum
  5. Welche Wonne, Welche Lust
  6. Porgi, Amor
  7. Voi Che Sapete
  8. Giunse Alfin Il Momento...Deh Vieni, Non Tardar
  9. Crudele?...Non Mi Dir
  10. Come Scoglio
  11. Una Donna A Quindici Anni
  12. Der Holle Rache
  13. Ach, Ich Fuhl's
  14. Crucifixus
  15. Die Forelle
  16. Gretchen Am Spinnrade
  17. An Sylvia
  18. Zueignung
  19. Es Lebt' Eine Vilja
  20. Klange Der Heimat

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Ever-reigning Queen of Sopranos.......2007-05-28

Listening through these two discs, one thought kept leaping up to mind: will ever there be another soprano as versatile and accomplished as Lucia Popp? Died in 1994 at the early age of 54, the operatic world hadn't really mourned her enough.
People are still lingering on Maria Callas, the 'star' soprano with all her glamour and legendary life could offer.
Real listeners, however, could not give up the memory of Lucia Popp's terrific artistry and almost supernatural voice.
Her Rusalka, her Solveig, her Susanna, Zerlina, Despina in the da Ponte/Mozart trio, her terrific Queen of the Night (unsurpassed by ANY subsequent sopranos up till now), and ALSO her Pamina in the same opera. In any language you ask her to sing, and she excelled. I marvel at the Letter Scene in Eugene Onegin - only if Lucia had the chance to perform the whole opera during her short life! The joy, the expectation, the emotional tribulations, so vividly captured in girlish and pure timbre. No one will ever beat her; not even Fleming and Netrebko.
"Weird and wonderful" - that's what Elisabeth Schwarzkopf said of Lucia Popp's singing. We today would modify it to 'wonderful and unsurpassable'.
This 2-CD set is an absolute must have, even if you have never heard of Lucia Popp before.


5 out of 5 stars Lucia Popp.......2006-01-12

This is a wonderful album showcasing the very best of Lucia Popp (as the title suggests). Her voice was absolutely beautiful. She could sing the slavic languages like no one else. Her version of Dvorak's Song to the Moon is unbeatable. I dare anyone to find a better performance! Also, the song from Die Zauberflute -Ah Ich fuls (sp?) is outstanding. I've yet to hear a better version. Her diction was fantastic and while she wasn't the highest soprano around - she knew what worked for her voice. This is album is a keeper!

5 out of 5 stars Lucy: The Reigning Queen of Opera.......2004-07-12

Lucia Popp is one of the best sopranos to ever grace the operatic/classical voice stage. This CD compilation shows her progression through lyric Handel to lyric and dramatic Mozart (her Der Holle Rache from Magic Flute is unrivaled) to tender art song and operetta literature. The first disc also showcases her adeptness with 20th Century literature as well as the ability to step out of the traditional four languages of opera. Any avid music fan MUST have this CD compilation.
The Very Best of Mozart
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    		The Very Best of Mozart

    Manufacturer: Naxos
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    ASIN: B000B6N654
    Release Date: 2005-10-18

    Tracks:

    1. Allegro
    2. Rondo-Allegro Vivace
    3. Soave Sia Il Vento
    4. Andantino
    5. Confutatis And Lacrymosa
    6. Molto Allegro
    7. Minuetto
    8. La Ci Darem La Mano
    9. Sleigh Ride
    10. Allegro Assai
    11. Vol Che Sapete
    12. Allegro Con Brio
    13. Overture

    Tracks:

    1. Overture
    2. Adagio
    3. Kyrie
    4. Andante
    5. Molto Allegro
    6. Der Holle Rache
    7. Rondo Alla Turca
    8. Andantino
    9. Menuetto
    10. Larghetto
    11. Tempo Di Menuetto
    The Very Best of Tchaikovsky
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      		The Very Best of Tchaikovsky

      Manufacturer: Naxos
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      ASIN: B000B6N65Y
      Release Date: 2005-10-18

      Tracks:

      1. Love Theme
      2. Pezzon In Forma Di Sonatina
      3. Waltz Of The Flowers
      4. Cherubikon
      5. Allegro Con Fuoco
      6. Scene (Swan Theme)
      7. Andante Cantabile
      8. Valse
      9. Adagio: Pas D'action
      10. Chanson Triste
      11. Finale

      Tracks:

      1. Allegro Non Troppo E Molto Maetoso/Allegro Con Spirito
      2. Danse De La Fee
      3. Danse Des Mirlitons
      4. None But The Lonely Heart Op.6, No.6
      5. Allegro Con Grazia
      6. Nocturne Op.19, No.4
      7. Lensky's Aria
      8. Waltz
      9. June/Barcarolle
      10. 1812 Overture
      DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances
      Average customer rating: 2.5 out of 5 stars
      • Great compilation
      • A disappointment
      		 DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances

      Manufacturer: Drg
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00005Q6IN
      Release Date: 2001-10-23

      Tracks:

      1. A Day In Hollywood A Night In Ukraine: Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
      2. Babes In Arms: I Wish I Were In Love Again - Christopher Fitzgerald Jessica Stone
      3. Pal Joey: Bewitched, Bothered And Bewildered - Patti LuPone
      4. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes: Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend - KT Sullivan
      5. Nunsense: I Just Want To Be A Star - Christine Anderson
      6. Louisiana Purchase: Wild About You - Debbie Gravitte & New York Voices
      7. Oil City Symphony: Beaver Ball At The Bug Club - Mike Craver/Mark Hardwick/Debra Monk/Mary Murfitt
      8. Falsettoland: The Baseball Game - Michael Rupert/Chip Zien/Faith Prince/Janet Metz/Heather MacRae/Stephen Bogardus
      9. Very Good Eddie: Isn't It Great To Be Married? - Virginia Seidel/Spring Fairbank/Charles Repole/Nicholas Wyman
      10. The Fantasticks: A Perfect Time To Be In Love - Harvey Schmidt
      11. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love - Tyne Daly/Lewis Cleale
      12. Taking My Turn: Fine For The Shape I'm In - Margaret Whiting/Marnie Nixon/Cissy Houston
      13. A Party With Betty Comden & Adolph Green: The French Lesson - Betty Comdon/Adolph Green
      14. The Madwoman Of Central Park: Better - Phyllis Newman
      15. Greenwillow: Never Will I Marry - Anthony Perkins
      16. Song Of Singapore: I Can't Remember - Loretta Swit & Company
      17. Tintypes: Elite Syncopation/I'm Goin' To Live Anyhow, 'Til I Die - Lynne Thigpen
      18. I Love My Wife: Someone Wonderful I Missed - Joanna Gleason/Ilene Graff
      19. The Good Companions: The Pleasure Of Your Company - Malcolm Rennie/Christopher Gable
      20. Forbidden Broadway 20th Anniversary: Liza One-Note - Christine Pedi
      21. Meet Me In St. Louis: The Trolley Song - Donna Kane & Ensemble

      Tracks:

      1. 4 Guys Named Jose...And Una Mujer Named Maria!: Feel It - Philip Anthony/Henry Gainza/Allen Hidalgo/Ricardo Puente
      2. Fame - The Musical: There She Goes!/Fame - Natasha Rennalls & Ensemble
      3. Do Re Mi: What's New At The Zoo? - Heather Headley/The Animal Girls
      4. High Society: Once Upon A Time/True Love - Melissa Errico/Daniel McDonald
      5. Tenderloin: Artificial Flowers - Patrick Wilson
      6. State Fair: Driving At Night/Our State Fair - Company
      7. Kiss Me, Kate: Were Thine That Special Face - Brian Stokes Mitchell
      8. Black And Blue: Black And Blue - Linda Hopkins/Ruth Brown/Carrie Smith
      9. The Green Bird: O Foolish Heart - Company
      10. Out Of This World: From This Moment On - Marin Mazzie/Gregg Edelman
      11. The Boys From Syracuse: This Can't Be Love - Davis Gaines/Sarah Berry
      12. Snoopy!!!: Poor Sweet Baby - Pamela Myers
      13. SeesawNobody Does It Like Me - Michele Lee
      14. March Of The Falsettos: I Never Wanted To Love You - Michael Rupert/Stephen Bogardus/Alison Fraser/Chip Zien/James Kushner
      15. Lunch: Perfectly Alone - Carol Burnett
      16. 3hree: Foolish Dreamin'/Something Beautiful/Real Enough To Change My Mind - Jessica Molaskey/Will Gartshore/Rachel Ulanet
      17. Lucky In The Rain: Love Me As If There Were No Tomorrow - Barbara Cook
      18. Godspell: All Good Gifts - Sal Sabella & Company
      19. The Act: Walking Papers - Liza Minnelli & Company

      Customer Reviews:

      4 out of 5 stars Great compilation.......2002-05-10

      I don't actually own this particular compilation, however, since I own nearly every recording represented on these discs...I think I'm qualified to comment. This is a wonderful representation of the high quality of work that DRG Records does.
      The previous review is way off the mark. This is definitely not a waste of time or money. This is 25 years of preserving Broadway shows, Off-Broadway shows, studio recordings (mostly from the city center concerts), etc. So what if they "aren't as good as the original", DRG is preserving many recordings and artists that other mainstream labels don't or won't. You have wonderful recordings from Brian Stokes Mitchell, Nathan Lane, Debbie Gravitte, Tyne Daly, Anthony Perkins, Joanna Gleason, Marin Mazzie, Carol Burnett, Heather Headley, Patti LuPone, Barbara Cook, etc., and many of these are from Original Cast Recordings just as they appeared on Broadway. This is an excellent sampler of the work going on at DRG. No...I'm not an employee...just an avid listener and collector of theatre recordings.

      1 out of 5 stars A disappointment.......2001-12-15

      There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.
      The Very Best of Thomas Hampson
      Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
      • SImply Untrue
      • an extra star for all the guest artists
      • An Homage to a Great Artist
      • superb vocals
      		 The Very Best of Thomas Hampson
      Marc Barrard , Thomas Hampson , Csaba Airizer , Georges Bizet , Charles Wakefield Cadman , Stephen Foster , Charles Gounod , Edvard Grieg , Charles Tomlinson Griffes , Imre (Emmerich) Kalman , Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Franz Lehar , Gustav Mahler , Jules Massenet , Giacomo Meyerbeer , Gioachino Rossini , Franz Schubert , Robert Schumann , Johann II Strauss , Ambroise Thomas , Giuseppe Verdi , Richard Wagner , Carl Maria von Weber , Antonio de Almeida , Antonio Pappano , Eugene Kohn , and Fabio Luisi
      Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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      ASIN: B0006VYEI2
      Release Date: 2005-04-26

      Tracks:

      1. La Ran La Lera...Largo Al Factotum
      2. O Sainte Medaille...Avant De Quitter Ces Lieux
      3. Ce Breuvage...Vision Fugitive
      4. C'est Toi...Au Fond Du Temple Saint - Placido Domingo
      5. La Fatigue Alourdit Mes Pas...Comme Une Pale Fleur
      6. Ecoute!...Dieu, Tu Semas Dans Nos Ames
      7. C'est Mon Jour Supreme
      8. Tout Est Desert...Son Regard
      9. Ove Son Io?...Vada In Fiamme
      10. Perfidi! All'Anglo Contro Me...Pieta, Rispetto Amore
      11. Di Provenza Il Mar, Il Suol
      12. E Sogno? O Realta?
      13. Komm!
      14. Der Garten Des Herzens
      15. Lied Des Venezianischen Gondoliers
      16. Le Lazzarone
      17. L'Ultimo Ricordo

      Tracks:

      1. Mein Sehnen, Mein Wahnen
      2. Wo Berg' Ich Mich?...So Weih' Ich Mich Den Rachgewalten
      3. Wie Todesahnung...O Du Mein Holder Abendstern
      4. Gruss Op.48 No.1
      5. Im Wunderschonen Monat Mai
      6. Aus Meinen Tranen Spriessen
      7. Die Rose, Die Lilie
      8. Ich Will Meine Seele Tauchen
      9. Ich Grolle Nicht
      10. Gute Nacht
      11. Die Post
      12. Blicke Mir Nicht In Die Lieder
      13. Ich Atmet' Einen Linden Duft
      14. Ich Bin Der Welt Abhanden Gekommen
      15. Von Der Schonheit
      16. O Vaterland, Du Machst Bei Tag
      17. Als Flotter Geist
      18. Komm, Zigany
      19. An Old Song Re-Sung
      20. At Dawning (I Love You) Op.29 No.1 - Armen Guzelimian
      21. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
      22. Beautiful Dreamer

      Album Description

      Details TBA. EMI. 2005.

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars SImply Untrue.......2006-08-16

      The previous review is simply a gross falsification. I have been an obsessed opera fan for a long time, and Thomas Hampson is a truly special singer. He is not the possesor of the largest or most interesting voice, which he will tell you and indeed says so all the time. His commitment to text, his willingness to search out parts to fit his voice, and his dedication to art song make im invaluable to Americans as a ture Troubador. His light Baritone was ideally suited to Figaro and to Valentin and the art song he loves. He must stretch to sing Verdi, where his voice sounds dry and small but many singers have chanced Verdi at their peril, and his innate ablity to inhabit a song, here evidenced in Di Provenza overcomes fact that it is out of his fach. You misinformed opinion of Hampson is mean and strangly bitter. I love Opera, but I do not love every singer, which doesn't mean I debase their very artistic existance. I have seen Hampson live, and have loved him (in Thias) and somewhat disliked him (in Simon Boccanegra) As for him being pretentious, somwetimes I find him mannered, but always charming. SOmetimes Intellectualism can appear pretentious, but surely you wont hold an opera singer to the charge that he must be unintellectual. what a vitriolic review, please buy this Cd, it merits repeated listening to a true American SINGER,

      2 out of 5 stars an extra star for all the guest artists.......2006-05-08

      The title of this album is an oxymoron. Or a sick joke. I can't decide. Sure he has made millions by luring the uninitiated listener into his web of deceit and conceit, but don't be fooled any longer. How fortunate Hampson has been to sing for and with great artists to shoulder his heavy load.

      5 out of 5 stars An Homage to a Great Artist.......2005-10-30

      EMI is wisely creating a series of recordings to gather the moments of artists that showcase the very reasons they become so highly regarded. Usually these collections are produced late in careers or even posthumously, but in the case of THE VERY BEST OF THOMAS HAMPSON the artist is still one of the more active and premiere singers of our day. Yet while he doesn't still perform all of these inclusions, it is wonderful to have excerpts from various successful recordings to remind us of the artistry that Hampson represents.

      The two disc set includes arias from operas: Rossini's 'Il barbière di Siviglia', von Weber's 'Euryanthe', Gounod's 'Faust', Massenet's 'Hérodiade', Bizet's 'Les Pêcheurs de perles' (in duet with Placido Domingo), Thomas' 'Hamlet', Verdi's 'Don Carlo', 'Il Travatore', 'Macbeth', 'La Traviata', and 'Falstaff', Korngold's 'Die Tote Stadt', and Wagner's 'Tannhäuser'.

      But the rewards of a Hampson recording must include his impeccable career as a lieder stylist and on this recording are excerpts from Schumann's 'Dichterliebe', Schubert's 'Winterreise', Mahler's 'Rückert Lieder' and 'Das Lied von der Erde', as well as songs by Meyerbeer, Rossini, Grieg, Kalman, and Lehar. And very importantly there are examples of American songs that Hampson has always emphasized in his recitals. Works by Stephen Foster, and two extraordinary works with the brilliant accompanist Armen Guzelimian - 'An Old Song Re-sung' by Griffes and 'At Dawning' by Charles Wakefield Cadman - round out this fine survey.

      Not usually a collector of such 'recombinations', for this listener this album is so very fine that it deserves the attention of all those who appreciate the artistry of Thomas Hampson - then and now. Highly recommended. Grady Harp, October 05

      5 out of 5 stars superb vocals.......2005-08-07

      Mr.Hampson really gets the chance to showcase his wonderful baritone voice in this "Best of" collection which includes excellent selections from his various other CDs. I like the diversity of the selections featuring operatic arias,works from classical composers, and folk songs. For Thomas hampson fans, as well as fans of the baritone voice, this CD is for them.
      Essential Carols: The Very Best of King's College Choir, Cambridge
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        Manufacturer: Decca
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        ASIN: B000B66PE8
        Release Date: 2005-01-01

        Tracks:

        1. Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
        2. The First Nowell
        3. While Shepherds Watched
        4. I Saw Three Ships
        5. Ding Dong! Merrily On High
        6. King Jesus Has A Garden
        7. In Dulci Jubilo
        8. Unto Us Is Born A Son
        9. O Come , All Ye Faithful
        10. Away In A Manger
        11. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
        12. The Holly And The Ivy
        13. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen
        14. See Amid The Winter's Snow
        15. Past Three O' Clock
        16. Invitatory
        17. Adam Lay Ybounden
        18. Gabriel's Message

        Tracks:

        1. Once In Royal David's City
        2. Sussex Carol
        3. Rocking
        4. Rejoice And Be Merry
        5. The Cherry Tree Carol
        6. The Three Kings
        7. As With Gladness Men Of Old
        8. A Great And Mighty Wonder
        9. The Infant King
        10. Balulalow
        11. The Crown Of Roses
        12. Christ Was Born On Christmas Day
        13. Blessed Be That Maid Mary
        14. Lute-Book Lullaby
        15. Myn Lyking
        16. Personent Hodie
        17. In The Bleak Mid-Winter
        18. Coventry Carol
        19. Shepherds In The Field Abiding
        20. Torches
        21. Fantasia On Christmas Carols
        The Very Best of Beethoven
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          		The Very Best of Beethoven

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          ASIN: B000B6N64A
          Release Date: 2005-10-18

          Tracks:

          1. Allegro Con Brio
          2. Egmont Overture
          3. Adagio Sostenuto
          4. Allegro Molto
          5. Rondo
          6. Abscheulicher!
          7. Adagio Cantabile
          8. Allegro Ma Non Troppo
          9. Finale
          10. Rondo

          Tracks:

          1. Scherzo
          2. Bagatelle In A Minor 'Fur Elise'
          3. Sanctus-Benedictus
          4. Adagio Molto Espressivo
          5. Rondo
          6. Andante Favori
          7. Allegretto
          8. Scherzo
          9. Adagio Cantabile & Allegro Vivace
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          The Very Best of Shostakovich
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            		The Very Best of Shostakovich

            Manufacturer: Naxos
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

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            ASIN: B000EQHS2I
            Release Date: 2006-04-18

            Tracks:

            1. Festive Overture
            2. III. Allegretto
            3. III. Largo
            4. I. Allegretto
            5. Prelude No.1 In C Major
            6. Fugue No.1 In C Major
            7. II. Allegretto
            8. IV. Allegro
            9. Polka
            10. IV. Adagio
            11. III. Presto
            12. Prelude No.10 In C Sharp Minor
            13. IV. Burlesque
            14. Romance
            15. II. Allegro

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            1. VI. Waltz 2
            2. II. Lento
            3. II. Moderato
            4. Polka
            5. II. Humour
            6. III. Scherzo
            7. II. Allegro
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            10. III. Allegro
            11. Tahiti Trot, 'Tea For Two'

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