Lazarus [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
The first single from Germany taken from Porcupine Tree's 2005 album Deadwing. The Radio Edit for the title track is backed with 2 non-album tracks 'So Called Friend' and 'Half Light'. Atlantic.

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Lazarus [CD-single] [Import]

Average customer rating: HOW DO YOU SAY,"WOW," IN ITALIAN? Just buy it. Teamo, Andrea Bocelli A new style from Andrea. Not happy with delivery (or non delivery) of this item

Andrea Massimo Varini , Ensemble of Bologna , London Session Orchestra , Andy Duncan , Leo Z. , Rosario Jermano , Dave Arch , and David Arch Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Italy | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Bocelli, Andrea | A to B | Featured Performers, A-Z | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music | General Christmas | Today's Deals | Box Sets | Children's Music | Classical Instrumental | Halloween | Hanukkah | Kwanzaa | Opera & Vocal | Pop Instrumental & Easy Listening | Pop Vocal General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Euro Pop | Pop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classical | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Andrea Bocelli - Amore Romanza Cieli di Toscana Sogno Andrea Bocelli - Sacred Arias / Myung-Whun Chung ASIN: B00063M112 Release Date: 2004-11-09

Tracks:

1. Dell'Amore Non Si Sa
2. L'Attesa
3. Un Nuovo Giorno
4. Tu Ci Sei
5. Sin Tu Amor
6. Libert
7. Per Noi
8. Le Parole Che Non Ti Ho Detto
9. Sempre O Mai
10. In Canto
11. Quante Volte Ti Ho Cercato
12. When A Child Is Born
13. Go Where Love Goes

Amazon.com

It's no mean feat being the world's foremost crossover artist--a task that risks alienating two disparate audiences and everyone in between--but somebody had to do it, and Andrea Bocelli again walks that artistic tightrope with impressive deftness. The title may imply a casual intimacy (indeed, the singer admits to taking a more "hands-on" approach to the album's conception and production), but it's a collection that nonetheless continues to expand on the Italian tenor's ambitious internationalism. His collaboration "Sin Tu Amor" immerses his voice in the Gipsy Kings' own rich Iberian folk-pop fusion with compelling results, while "Where Love Goes" (a musical focal point of the film Lazarus Child), his English language duet with 11-year-old prodigy Holly Stell, achieves an almost liturgical grace. "Tu Ci Sei" (You Are There) continues in the romantic vein of his familiar theme "Con Te Partiro" (Time to Say Goodbye), while the single "Dell' Amore Non Si Sa" (With Love You Never Know) features Bocelli in a signature dramatic tour de force collaboration with arranger Mauro Malavasi, the accomplished producer of the singer's Romanza and Sogno albums. Bocelli's shrewd taste and vocal prowess here not only again redeem an oft-maligned genre, but elevate it considerably in the bargain. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

HOW DO YOU SAY,"WOW," IN ITALIAN?.......2007-06-22

BEFORE I START, LET ME SAY, THAT I AM A DANCE CLUB GUY AND THAT, ORDINARILY, THIS IS NOT MY KIND OF MUSIC. OF COURSE, I LAUGH AS I SAY THAT, AS, APPARENTLY, A NEW DOOR HAS OPENED IN MY LIFE, THANKS TO THIS MAN.
A FEW YEARS AGO I HAD HEARD ANDREA DO, "CON TE PARTIRO," ON A PBS SPECIAL AND MY EYES FILLED WITH TEARS THAT ANY HUMAN COULD MAKE SUCH SOUNDS. I WAS ASTOUNDED; MORE ASTOUNDING, STILL, WAS TO HEAR THIS ALBUM AND FIND THAT HIS VOICE HAD ACTUALLY VASTLY IMPOVED OVER TIME. HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE? " CON TE..," PALES IN COMPARISON TO THE QUALITY OF THIS WORK; THE TRACKS ON THIS CD ARE PERFECT, FULL, RICH, AND MORE MOVING THAN ANYTHING I HAVE EVER HEARD. I HAVE HAD IT A WEEK, NOW, AND I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO LISTEN TO ANYTHING ELSE FOR VERY LONG, AND I PLAY IT OVER AND OVER. IT HAS BEEN MANY YEARS SINCE I HAVE BEEN AFFECTED LIKE THIS BY ANY VOCAL CD. IF HE NEVER RECORDED AGAIN HE WOULD HAVE MADE A MARK ON THE WORLD OF AUDIO NEVER TO BE ERASED OR FORGOTTEN. WHAT A VOICE! WHAT SONGS! THE CUT, "LIBERTA," ABSOLUTELY KILLS ME WITH FEELINGS OF JOY AND MARVEL. I HAVE EVEN TAKEN UP STUDYING ITALIAN BECAUSE OF IT.
TREAT YOURSELF, AND A GOOD FRIEND, TO THE SOUNDS ON THIS CD. SIT AND WATCH A SUNSET WITH IT ON... I MEAN NOW!

Just buy it........2007-05-30

If you like soft music that make's you feel up beat, just order a Andrea Bocelli CD. Listening to his CD's after being at work all day, is like having an option in life to hear and be somewhere else.

Teamo, Andrea Bocelli .......2007-03-08

One of his best. Need the lyrics translated from the Italian to the English inside the casing next time. Nonetheless, Mr. Bocelli has a beautiful voice. It made my wife and all my female co-workers swoon when they listened to it.

A new style from Andrea........2007-02-24

There were some ugly songs in here.(I absolutely hate to say that about anything Andrea.)But the good far outshone the bad.
Un Nouvo Giorno stunned me the first time I heard it.It was so unlike anything I had heard from Andrea- very pop.But it soon grew on me.
Liberta is amazing.Very catchy and upbeat.
Sempre O Mai is my favorite.It keeps its tempo up and has the best of Andrea and pop.Great song.

So this album was really a double album with pop and classical songs interspersed.A good mix from the master.

Not happy with delivery (or non delivery) of this item.......2007-01-16

When I ordered this on 12/04/2006 they said I would have it before Christmas. Then right before Christmas the delivery date was changed to mid-January. So I had to cancel my order and go, at the last minute, buy it at a store because it was a Christmas present. I wasn't happy about it and won't be buying from amazon for the holidays any longer.

Average customer rating: Iona Brown was very special Superb this England! tallis and lark smooth as silk

Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Marriner, Sir Neville | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music · Five Mystical Songs · Fantasia on Christmas Carols · Flos Campi / Sixtieen Soloists · Thomas Allen · Nobuko Imai · Corydon Singers · ECO · Matthew Best Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; English Folk Song Suite; In the Fen Country; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works ASIN: B000004CVM Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Fantasia On A Theme By Thomas Tallis
2. Fantasia On Greensleeves
3. The Lark Ascending
4. Five Variants Of 'Dives And Lazarus'

Amazon.com

Marriner's evergreen 1972 recording of favorite shorter works by Vaughan Williams has yet to be surpassed for warmth of conception and smoothness of execution. The soloists in these accounts (among them William Bennett in the Greensleeves Fantasia and Iona Brown in the Lark Ascending) are all first-rate, and the Academy's strings play with polish and great beauty of sound. The analog recording is excellent, and Marriner's remarkable empathy for the music comes across effortlessly. Some listeners may prefer the richer sonority and arrestingly mystical manner of Marriner's 1993 digital remake of the Tallis Fantasia for Philips, but this disc offers the most desirable coupling of other works and remains a first choice for those interested in getting to know the composer's finest short essays. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

Iona Brown was very special.......2007-06-11

The Iona Brown recording of "Lark" here is famous in Britain and justifiably so. Brown, who died in 2004, grew up in the English countryside and had a deep experience of what Vaughan Williams was trying to capture. The rest of the CD is lush, crisp and wonderful -- the Academy's renowned strings at their early 70s peak. It's an analog recording (1972) and the sound is terrific. I don't think this recording has ever been out of print -- how many thousands of us owned the LP and bought the CD as soon as it came out.

Superb.......2007-03-16

This is an essential recording for any classical music collection. I've probably played this CD a thousand times, and I never grow tired of it. Wonderful music beautifully played - buy it.

this England!.......2006-12-14

It is perhaps impossible to hear Vaughan Williams' short works performed more beautifully and unforgettably than in this 1972 ADRM/Argo recording. Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields acquit themselves above reproach. Vaughan Williams - you love him or hate him - must be loved for his Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis, that haunting and almost religiously uplifting setting of Medieval plainsong that is capable of shifting a driver to the side of the road in open-jawed amazement at the sheer evocative beauty of it.

Greensleeves is emblematic of the English countryside and its melody, easily dismissed as the primped-up stuff of 'Rule Brittania' shops but so much more worthwhile than all that. Iona Brown's violin on 'The Lark Ascending' sounds as though crafted to play this piece once - enduringly- and then tossed like unused Eucharistic wine.

How, one wonders in aesthetic and rationally unguarded moments, could a nation that produced such music have lost an Empire? Or, more accurately, how could a people capable of such lyricism have done otherwise than believed - for an historical blink of an eye - in its own superiority?

That a coterie of *English* musicians should produce the definitive recording of these works is poetically appropriate.

That listeners of many tongues should listen and wonder at Williams' temperamental genius is simply a musical fact on the ground.

Begin Vaughan Williams with this recording. The rest are derivative.

tallis and lark.......2006-10-06

Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis was a piece of music John Williams discovered in a house of sorts during the war in a dresser.He loved to visit small villages to hear local music. This piece and Lark Ascending are, in my mind, the finest music ever written. I love Beethoven, Willie and Lobo, Miles Davis, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Nina Simone, Pat Metheny, Patrick O'Hearn, John Lee Hooker, I can go on. But it's these 2 pieces that completely consume the listener, pull you in and stop you dead in your thoughts....to dream. Lark Ascending was literally a piece of music written with the author watching a lark(bird) in a small, cozy valley rising up from the floor, singing all the way up. I have given away these CD's 6 and 7 times over because guests at my house are so touched after the music is over, especially after a jug of wine. Thank you for reading, Greg-Fresno, CA.

smooth as silk.......2006-09-30

I too fell for this music in college long ago, and carry it inside me everywhere I go. I have listened to Lark and Tallis many times when I was worried about school or work, and hum them in my mind when I need an emotional lift. Interesting comment about the Japanese connection -- when listening to Lark I sometimes imagine an English countryside with stream, and sometimes a Japanese.

Marriner is a genius at small orchestra. I like the famous Barbirolli version of Tallis too, but it was Marriner's I fell in love with. A great collection to own. If you love this, don't miss RVW's Serenade to Music on Hyperion - an awesome musical setting of Shakespeare that is as satisfying as Lark and Tallis.

Average customer rating: Inspiring, noble, and also relaxing! Beautiful Music I love this composer Balanced & Refined English Folk Song Adaptations A great CD

Vaughan Williams: Orchestral Works Manufacturer: Decca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concerto Grossi | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Oboe | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants Vaughan Williams - Serenade to Music · Five Mystical Songs · Fantasia on Christmas Carols · Flos Campi / Sixtieen Soloists · Thomas Allen · Nobuko Imai · Corydon Singers · ECO · Matthew Best Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; English Folk Song Suite; In the Fen Country; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 ASIN: B00000IX81 Release Date: 1999-05-11

Tracks:

1. Fantasia on Greensleeves
2. English Folk Song Suite: I. March: Seventeen come Sunday
3. English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo: My bonny boy
4. English Folk Song Suite: III. March: Folk songs from Somerset
5. Oboe Concerto: I. Rondo pastorale
6. Oboe Concerto: II. Minuet and musette
7. Oboe Concerto: III. Finale
8. Concerto Grosso: I. Intrada
9. Concerto Grosso: II. Burlesca ostinata
10. Concerto Grosso: III. Sarabande
11. Concerto Grosso: IV. Scherzo
12. Concerto Grosso: V. March and Reprise
13. Romance (for Harmonica, Strings & Piano)
14. The Lark Ascending (for Violin And Orchestra)

Tracks:

1. Five Variants of 'Dives and Lazarus'
2. Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
3. Partita For Double String Orchestra: I. Prelude: Andante tranquillo
4. Partita For Double String Orchestra: II. Scherzo ostinato: Presto
5. Partita For Double String Orchestra: III. Intermezzo (Homage To Henry Hall)
6. Partita For Double String Orchestra: IV. Fantasia: Allegro
7. In the Fen Country
8. Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis

Customer Reviews:

Inspiring, noble, and also relaxing!.......2007-06-15

Hi. I am familiar with a lot of classical music. However, I knew little about the oeuvre of Vaughan Williams. What a great find! Getting so much of his instrumental work is truly a bargain. He evokes the English countryside and folk traditions very effectively. "The Lark Ascending" is relaxing while also being a virtuoso piece of work. Makes me wonder if J.R.R. Tolkien, with his love for rural England, ever attended a concert by Vaughan Williams...

Highly recommended! :)

Beautiful Music.......2007-01-29

Each piece on this CD is wonderful to listen to. My 2 year old daughter takes her nap everyday with this CD playing softly in the background. This CD is a great deal as it includes 2 CD's including Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; the Lark Ascending; Five Variants. Which is also a wonderful CD, we got it for 2 friends at our church. But better to get this CD with 2 CD's for the price of one. My favorite is Fanatasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis!

I love this composer.......2006-03-17

While not all his works are to my taste, his pastoral ones are so gorgeous that you don't really care that the more boisterous ones are wanting.

Balanced & Refined English Folk Song Adaptations.......2005-02-04

Vaughan Williams is certainly one of the consummate English composers who took the folk song of his country and compsed delightful orchestra works around them.

This budget worthy 2-CD set displays this in two parts, the first performed by the Acadamey of St.Martin in-the-Fields while the second disc features more period instruments with the New Queen's Hall Orchestra and the London Philharmonic.

Celia Nicklin is superb with the Oboe Concerto nusancing this pastoral yet lively offering. Iona Brown likewise contributes a fine solo violin performance with "The Lark Ascending"

The strings also provide a strong offering on the "Tallis Fantasia", one of his strongest compositions on this selection.

Excellent example of this prominent English composer's love with folk song interpretation, in this recording done passionately and naturally.

A great CD.......2004-02-10

English Folk Song Suit is one of my favorite pieces ever! I first heard the song when I played it in Windensambe. It's an exciting piece to play and to listen to. I would recommend this Cd to anyone with an intrest in great music.

Average customer rating: Interstellar travel in your headphones. Stargate Music Album Not as good as the 1st Music release one for the fans Sweet

Best of Stargate SG.1 Manufacturer: Gnp Crescendo ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Stargate SG-1 (1997 Television Series) Stargate: Atlantis [TV Soundtrack] Stargate Stargate SG-1 - Season 9 Boxed Set (Thinpak) Stargate SG-1: The Ultimate Visual Guide ASIN: B00005N8TS Release Date: 2001-10-02

Tracks:

1. Stargate SG-1: Main Title
2. Suite From The Enemy Within
3. Suite From Cold Lazarus
4. Suite From Emancipation
5. Suite From Torment Of Tantalus
6. Suite From Thor's Hammer
7. Suite From The Nox
8. Suite From Hathor
9. Suite From Tin Man
10. Suite From Within The Serpent's Grasp
11. Stargate SG-1: End Credits

Customer Reviews:

Interstellar travel in your headphones........2007-05-31

Well, Stargate SG.1 has finally ended after 10 seasons, and this soundtrack CD covers only the first two. I think there's room for a new CD or two, and hopefully the Stargate SG.1 people will get around to creating one.

Anyway, I've listened to this CD once so far and I was very impressed. The music really is enjoyable on its own, and I found myself listening to the Cold Lazerus music twice before I continued throught the rest of the CD.

Finally, don't think there isn't much music on this CD because of the small nunber of tracks. Many of these tracks are six to ten minutes long.

Stargate Music Album.......2007-05-12

Great CD throughout. It's a shame the show is being cancelled after 10 years but this music helps to keep the memory on.

Not as good as the 1st Music release.......2004-10-24

The best of Stargate SG-1 is infact a 9 track compilation of the 1st 2 seasons of the TV show. It's really not the best of Stargate. I rather enjoyed the 1st release namely called Music of Stargate SG-1 and the actual movie music-score. However I still enjoyed the music from several episodes of the 2nd season, most notable being the music suite of Hathor.

A fan of the TV show should be pleasantly surprised by the suites in this CD. It won't disapoint.

one for the fans.......2004-05-07

This CD is really one for the fans. If you've not watched Stargate SG-1 before, then it will be very limited in its' appeal.
I personally enjoyed the CD, as I could relate the music back to the particular episodes in which they appeared. Some of the tracks are sweet and melodic, others are more ominious, so it doesn't come up short on variety.
The music sounds, for the most part, rather sythesised (which is why, if you are used to sprawling epic soundtracks from mainstram movies, I generally don't recommend this if you have never watched the show). Tracks are usually a mixture of synthesised sounds combined with more organic notes from traditional instruments, creating a very "sci fi" sound.
This is a great CD to work and study to as it provides great background music without being too intrusive.

Sweet.......2004-02-23

This is a great CD. Just listing to it makes me feel like I'm watching the show.

Average customer rating:

It's All Right with Me Sara Lazarus , and Bireli Lagrene Gipsy Project Manufacturer: Dreyfus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music European Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Give Me the Simple Life Surrender On the Other Side Djangology/To Bi or Not to Bi Love Is What Stays ASIN: B000MM1F4Q Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Gypsy in My Soul
2. Taking a Chance On Love
3. What a Little Moonlight Can Do
4. Embraceable You
5. It's All Right With Me
6. Dans Mon Ile
7. Deed I Do
8. Down With Love
9. Jim
10. The Way You Look Tonight
11. In the Wee Small Hours of the Morning
12. Cheek to Cheek

Album Description

Internationally acclaimed vocalist, Sara Lazarus set out to reinvent the vocal jazz record with her latest offering, It's All Right With Me. For her sophomore release, the singer brought along some HEAVY friends - and a whole new sound is born!

It's All Right With Me marries the Great American Songbook with the incomparable gypsy swing of Bireli Lagrene's Gipsy Project for one of the most exciting and original vocal jazz records in recent memory.

Average customer rating: great show A Gem End of Verse; Beginning of Song My teacher preformed it! A Wonderful Cast Album

A Day In Hollywood, A Night In The Ukraine (1980 Original Broadway Cast) Frank Lazarus , Dick Vosburgh , and Jerry Herman Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: I Love My Wife: A Musical (1977 Original Broadway Cast) Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) Seesaw (1973 Original Broadway Cast) On The Twentieth Century (1978 Original Broadway Cast) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000000PGT Release Date: 1992-04-10

Tracks:

1. Just Go To The Movies - Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Frank Lazarus/Stephen James/Peggy Hewett/Kate Draper
2. Famous Feet - Stephen James/Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison
3. I Love A Film Cliche - Frank Lazarus
4. Nelson - Peggy Hewet
5. It All Comes Out Of The Piano: Richard Whiting Medley - Frank LazarusDavid Garrison
6. The Best In The World - Priscilla Lopez
7. Doin' The Production Code - StephenJamas/Priscilla Lopez/David Garrison/Kate Whistling StephenJamas/Priscilla Lopez/David Garr
8. A Night In The Ukraine - StephenJamas/Priscilla Lopez/David GarrisonKate Draper
9. Samovar The Lawyer - Peggy Hewett/Frank Lazarus/David Garrison
10. Just Like That - Priscilla Lopez/Kate Draper/Stephen Jamas
11. Again - Stephen James/Kate Draper
12. Natasha - Stephen James/Kate Draper
13. A Night In The Ukraine (Reprise) - Stephen Jamas/Priscilla/ David Garrison/Kate Draper

Customer Reviews:

great show.......2006-07-03

As a huge fan of the Marx Bros, I saw this show in previews and again a month or two later. (Our local theatre company performed the musical several years ago and the production, although not Broadway quality, couldn't hurt the music.) I bought the LP and will and found it very enjoyable. I did not realize that it was on CD. I will definately buy it.

A Gem.......2006-06-12

This recording is, quite simply, one of the all-time underrated gems in musical theater history. The show was profitable in its original run, but it's pretty much forgotten these days. The plot-less first act takes place at the Graumann's Chinese Theater, and is basically a wonderful collection of songs performed by the ushers. There's not a bad number in the entire lot, but my favorites include "Just Go to the Movies," "Best in the World," "Nelson," and "Doin' the Production Code." All but the last are by Jerry Herman, who was brought in to perk up the score. The second act is a fictional Marx Brothers movie, and the parodies and homages are dead on. Simply put: you must own this disc.

End of Verse; Beginning of Song.......2005-06-05

I was lucky enough to catch a local college's performance of A Day in Hollywood/A Night in the Ukraine, and I was so thrilled with the show that I HAD to get the original Broadway cast recording. Performed to the hilt by multi-talented cast members David Garrison, Frank Lazarus, Priscilla Lopez, Peggy Hewett, Stephen James and Kate Draper, the show is half tongue-in-cheek salute to movie musicals, and half Marx Brothers romp--and the music stands well on its own.

You probably shouldn't be drinking anything while listening to this CD for the first time, as you seriously run the risk of having it come right out your nose when a lyrical barb comes out of nowhere. As Jeanette MacDonald, Peggy Hewett sings of her beloved mountie in "Nelson": "A picture of strength, and good breeding of course, and of passion and warmth (I'm discussing his horse)..." Later, in Act Two, David Garrison (as Groucho Marx as Samovar the Lawyer!) sings to his dear Natasha: "Your angelic face I regard as the face of a Saint...Bernard." And who couldn't love the scatty tap-dance number "Doin' the Production Code," or hearing "The Good Ship Lollipop" piped out of a baritone sax?

But, as Frank Lazarus said in "I Love a Film Cliché": "Why am I telling YOU all this? And you, a perfect stranger!" So just buy the CD, and have a good time at the movies.

My teacher preformed it!.......2004-12-10

Im a student at the ontario school of ballet and this year for competition we're going to be singing the Hollywood Production code. It's an amazing dance and when I was looking for the lyrics I found this and I got to hear ALL of the songs, which gave me a backround of the musical so me and my friends can understand the song and sing it with knowledge.im so excited and my dance teacher Tracy Carins-Sharpe used to be in the show so we're ALL excited!

A Wonderful Cast Album.......2002-07-28

I saw the show as a youngster in 1981 with the original cast. Lopez, who should have won a Tony for her magnificent performance in A Chorus Line, finally won one here. Thanks Pricilla!!!!!!!! Great show - great CD. Anyone who wants to discuss, e-mail me: djr10@cornell.edu.

Average customer rating: Great for those who are already Tortoise fans. Very Nice! collected labors of love... Open Sauce music A great deal

A Lazarus Taxon Tortoise Manufacturer: Thrill Jockey ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Yellow House The Letting Go Return to Cookie Mountain (with Bonus Tracks) Ys The Information ASIN: B000GG4KFE Release Date: 2006-08-22

Tracks:

1. Gamera
2. The Source of Uncertainty
3. Blackbird
4. Sexual For Elizabeth
5. To Day Retreival
6. Whitewater
7. Didjeridoo
8. Autumn Sweater
9. Wait
10. A Grape Dope
11. Restless Waters
12. Vaus
13. Blue Station

Tracks:

1. Madison Area
2. TNT (Takemura Remix)
3. Why We Fight
4. Elmerson, Lincoln, and Palmieri
5. Peering
6. Goriri
7. As You Said
8. CTA
9. Deltitnu
10. Adverse Camber
11. Cliff Dweller Society
12. Waihopai

Tracks:

1. Alcohall
2. Your New Rod
3. Cobwebbed
4. The Match Incident
5. Tin Can (Puerto Rican Mix)
6. Not Quite East of Ryan
7. Initial Gesture Protraction
8. Cornpone Brunch Watt Remix

Album Description

After twelve years of expanding the definition of rock music, Tortoise will release a highly anticipated box set, including the long out of print 1995 album "Rhythms, Resolutions & Clusters", rare singles from foreign releases and tour EPs, compilation tracks, and previously unreleased material such as remixes by band members and other artists, including Jim O'Rourke, Brad Wood, Rick Brown, Steve Albini, and Mike Watt. The set's title comes from the paleontological term for a reappearing species, and the release is comprised of three CDs and one DVD, the latter of which contains two hours of footage, several extended live performances, and videos and short films. Packaging is a hard card stock box containing four sleeves and a 20-page booklet with archival photos and liner notes about each track's origins.

Customer Reviews:

Great for those who are already Tortoise fans........2006-11-14

You get maximum bang for your buck with this 4 disc set, which includes a DVD. As a longtime fan, it was great to hear unreleased tracks and see the band perform live on the DVD. Although the remixes are interesting, they are not exactly the high point, and I find myself skipping the 'remixes' of some of my favorite songs. But there are those gems that you will not want to pass up. If this is to be your first Tortoise CD, you're probably better off with TNT, Standards, or The Brave And the Bold (if you require vocals).

Very Nice!.......2006-11-10

I bought this a few months ago and have listened to it many times since then, so I think my opinion is pretty "cooled off" or objective. But I guess that doesn't matter anyways, because I still think just as highly of it as when I first popped it in. Basically, if you are a Tortoise fan, this is a no-brainer (3 CDs! A DVD! Startlingly good price!). It gives you a really broad look at their "earlier" sound, which put me off when I first listened to some of their older stuff at 16, but as my taste developed, my appreciation grew to the point where I actually like this style more than their newest stuff(like Standards, It's All Around You). Some of the tracks are definately more experimental, but you just have to appreciate them for what they are. Of the tracks of that variety, I especially like "Whitewater" and "Cobwebbed." They are kind of melodic and ambient...you could compare them to some Aphex Twin....but they have their own "cool" to it. The remixes are also great. Nobukazu Takemura's remix of TNT is really sweet...the way he manipulates the droning windchimes at the end of it to give the sound such depth and space evokes an epic and withdrawn mood, where you just kind of melt away. I think of some ancient Japanese ritual when I hear it, but that's just me. I won't even begin to describe the unreal energy of the opener, "Gamera." And then there is the DVD. Some of the music videos are kind of weak in my opinion, but others are fantastic, and another is kind of funny and bizarre. It's rad to see them play Gamera live, when it was a new song in the mid-90s. All in all, this is a great collection. I recently had the chance to see them at the Troubador in LA, which further solidified them in my mind as a remarkable band. I wouldn't miss out on this one.

collected labors of love..........2006-10-22

Tortoise's expansive 2006 box set A Lazarus Taxon collects various rarities and remixes over the course of 3 CD's and 1 DVD. A beautifully packaged (and attractively priced) collection makes Taxon an absolute necessity for fans of Tortoise that want a definitive assortment of important off album things to hear. The fact that this is not a "best of" retrospect of Tortoise's highlights from the wealth of material on their excellent proper albums may catch some off guard. This is due mainly to the surprising surplus of remix and extra material this band has collected over the years, all of which combines to produce very interesting music. That being said, A Lazarus Taxon (taken all at once) can be a very taxing listening session. A listener has to let the music soak in deeply to appreciate these songs, which offer a priceless education to Tortoise's approach to music but can be a little self indulgent at times. As the treasures of this set reveal themselves (which includes a reinterpretation of Yo La Tengo's "Autumn Sweater", a pleasant surprise), the less awe-inspiring songs can be put into the context of exercises that strengthened the experimental and ambitious reach of one of popular music's greatest bodies of work. All of these songs collected (and sequenced as well as they are) makes this a Tortoise set to buy, but the patience required to appreciate this fully, makes this a less effective starting point than their highlighted albums for casual comers.

(the included DVD is excellent, containing videos (more like visual art collages) for songs like "Seneca" and "A Glass Museum" as well as a selection of live performances)

Open Sauce music.......2006-09-22

This has to be the best bargain since I found a Harry Partch record for 50 cents in a public library sale. The first CD alone in "A Lazarus Taxon" is worth the cover price. In the liner notes, Alan Licht quotes Brian Eno's "Unfinished" essay: "It used to be the case that a record was expected to contain the definitive and perhaps only version of a song, and that the job of the band and the producer was to create this "ideal" object." This collection does a great job of dispelling that old notion forever, as some of the tracks are so much developed from the originals that they resemble a house built around 300 year old foundations. To hear how "Gamera" evolved out of "His Second Story Island" is intriguing--maybe it should be the subject of a documentary in itself. This is now my favorite Tortoise CD; I thought "Millions Now Living" would never be bettered, but this one makes this band's music more like the living, open source language it should be. The production is so good that I decided to buy better earphones, and better speakers. (Maybe it wasn't so much of a bargain, after all.)

A great deal.......2006-09-02

The videos on the DVD are great. Some of the live stuff is pretty good, particularly the recording of "salt the skies" and the 40+ minute set. The CD's may include a little too much material, but there is plenty of good work to find on these 3-discs. Recommended.

Average customer rating: Oil and Water... a little too wobbly for me A replacement for Robert Shaw The Best Recording by One of our Finest Choral Ensembles Wonderful Ensemble

Deep River Adam Reinwald , Alan Dunbar , Kelvin Chan , Timothy Takach , Harry T. (Henry) Burleigh , William Levi Dawson , Jester Hairston , John W. II Work , Albert Jordan , Brad Erbes , Brian Arreola , Michael Hanawalt , Peter Zvanovec , and Cantus Male Ensemble Manufacturer: Cantus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Let Your Voice Be Heard ...Against the Dying of the Light The Spirituals Of William L. Dawson (#2159) Comfort and Joy: Volume One Comfort & Joy: Volume Two ASIN: B0000V8G1O Release Date: 2003-10-01

Tracks:

1. Ezekiel Saw the Wheel: Harry T. Burleigh
2. Heaven, Heaven: Harry T. Burleigh
3. Poor Man Lazrus: Jester Hairston
4. King Jesus Is A-Listening: William Dawson
5. In His Care-O: William Dawson
6. This Ol' Hammer: John W. Work III
7. Great God A'mighty: Jester Hairston
8. Were You There?: Harry T. Burleigh
9. There is a Balm in Gilead: William Dawson
10. Deep River: Harry T. Burleigh
11. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot: William Dawson
12. My Lord, What a Morning: Harry T. Burleigh
13. Steal Away: William Dawson
14. Soon ah-Will Be Done: William Dawson
15. Ain't a That Good News: William Dawson
16. Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit: William Dawson
17. In That Great Getting' Up Morning: Jester Hairston

Album Description

Cantus proudly announces the release of "Deep River," a treasury of African-American Spirituals. The Spiritual represents the musical melting pot of America like no other type of song by at once revealing its African roots while reflecting the American experience with music that speaks of both hardship and hope. The album features some of the most beloved American folk songs such as "Ezekiel Saw the Wheel", "Were You There", "Swing Low Sweet Chariot" and "Soon-ah Will Be Done." "Deep River" also delves into the roots of American roots music by exclusively featuring music by the preeminent first and second generation African-American composers - Harry T. Burleigh, William Dawson, John W. Work and Jester Hairston - in both well known and long forgotten arrangements of these immortal songs. Recorded by Stereophile Magazine editor John Atkinson in 24 bit sound, "Deep River" is a treat for the ears and a balm for the soul.

Customer Reviews:

Oil and Water..........2005-10-05

Don't Get me wrong... Cantus is one of the finest male chamber choirs around right now. They do marvelous work and cover a wide variety. Unfortunately, spirituals are not exactly Cantus's strongest suit. The biggest hindrance to this recording is that Cantus does not effectively capture the "spirit" of a spiritual. The music almost sounds funny because the spirituals are sung with very traditional, very trained classical voices. I love hearing people sing who were trained very meticulously to sing well, but I don't want to hear someone sing "Ezekiel Saw de Wheel" like Pavoratti. It sounds really funny and doen't capture the character of the music.
Another issue that I have with this recording (and most of Cantus's other recordings at that) is that it was recorded so softly. I don't like to have to feel like I am cranking my speakers to hear the music effectively. Being an active listener, I like to listen to music loud just because I can hear more layers when its loud. The low recording volume on the CD really hinders the active listening experience, leaving the CD to lend itself to the purpose of background music and passive listening.
Also, the first 5 arrangements on the disc are fairly bland. They are lack variety and musicality. Only until "Great God Almighty" comes around does the listener truly become exposed to really good choral writing. Other standing out arrangements are "Where You There?" which is absolutely moving, "There Is A Balm In Gilead" which is very well written, "Deep River" which is so tranquil and relaxing, and "Soon Ah Will Be Done" and "In His Care-O" are great bouncy arrangements.
Essentially, Cantus and Spirituals are just oil and water: they don't mix so well. Aside from a hand full of bland arrangements and a very low mixing job the CD only has one real hindrance of a problem: Cantus doesn't make the distinction between Spirituals and Brahms.

a little too wobbly for me.......2005-03-03

I am familiar with this group and their origins with the world famous St. Olaf Choir of Northfield, MN. While the singers are obviously talented, I felt like I was listening to 11 "solo" singers, rather than a tight ensemble. Way too much individual vibrato even considering the free-flowing genre of the music. I don't want them to be as "tight" as San Francisco's "Chanticleer", but holy smoke, there has got to be something in the middle. Maybe an association with Dale Warland would help, because they obviously have great potential.

A replacement for Robert Shaw.......2004-12-03

Many years ago I had a vinyl record by the Robert Shaw Chorale the title of which was "Deep River." I've been waiting for it to be reissued on cd and have purchased many recordings of negro spirituals on cd hoping to find one where the performance could be compared favorably with the Robert Shaw recording. All of the tries were busts until I found this one. Wow!!! This is a super recoridng of those spirituals. The only thing it lacks is the female voices but thi group of males needs to make no apologies. I love this cd.

The Best Recording by One of our Finest Choral Ensembles.......2004-10-24

"Take this Hammer,' "Steal Away," and "My Lord What a Morning" are just three of the acappella treasures recorded in a warm, natural accoustic by these nine superb singers from Minnesota. The arrangements they've chosen are as complex and moving as their source lyrics and melodies, and the the 24-bit recording by John Atkinson is as good as you get.

It's not easy to make spirituals sound fresh, dynamic and viscerally affecting. But that's exactly what Cantus has done. This is choral singing of the highest order recorded by a master of recorded sound.

I do hope Cantus continues to record on this or another independent label. A big music conglomerate would just glitz it up.

These young men have accomplished so many splendid things on their own over the past nine years, and this release is their best by far.

Wonderful Ensemble.......2004-04-15

I bought "let Your Voice Be Heard" some time ago and really loved the interpretations, the virtuosity of the singing and the clarity of the recording. I'm a Stereophile subscriber and read the articles by Atkinson regarding the recording sessions - they take great care to do a good job and it shows.

This CD is compelling, if you like choral music you will love this disc. Listen to it a few times and you will go away singing.

There are a couple of spirituals on this disc that are also on "Let your voice..." but in different arrangements.

Average customer rating: Well done standards honest, authentic, real...and about time! "watch this rising star climb to greater heights ~ Lazarus" Sara Lazarus, a great talent

Give Me the Simple Life Sara Lazarus Manufacturer: Dreyfus ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: It's All Right with Me Easy To Love Surrender Music Is the Magic No More Blues ASIN: B0008191FG Release Date: 2005-05-24

Tracks:

1. It's Crazy
2. Once Upon A Summertime
3. Some Of My Best Friends Are The Blues
4. Get Out Of Town
5. He Was Too Good To Me
6. Give Me The Simple Life
7. Morning
8. Foolin' Myself
9. I'm Thru With Love
10. This Can't Be Love
11. September Song
12. Smile

Album Description

Produced by Lazarus and Christian Pegand, Give Me the Simple Life was recorded in Paris with Lazarus' working trio of Alain Jean-Marie on piano, Gilles Naturel on bass and Andrea Michelutti on drums. In addition, Biréli Lagrène, the reigning king of gypsy guitarists, the greatest living exponent of Django Reinhardt's legacy today, joins Lazarus on three of the tracks, while drummer Winard Harper substitutes for Michelutti on half of them.

Customer Reviews:

Well done standards.......2005-11-04

I almost didn't review this, although I've owned it for a little while. On first listen, it struck me at the "3-star level." I can't see the point of doing a 3-star review on a little-known jazz singer.

But on repeated listenings, this album is better than that. Ms. Lazarus sings all standards here. The charts are good, albeit not sensational. Not a formula for a double platinum album, but so what?

The main thing that struck me about this set is Ms. Lazarus' way with words. She bites and devours the lyrics. She has the most precise diction of any singer I know of (and that's one hell of a lot of singers!). For example, on the song "I'm Thru With Love", I never realized that the words were "icy, frigid, air"; I always thought them to be "icy Frigidaire" (which make no sense to the song; the point being, most singers of this genre don't sing the commas. Ms. Lazarus does).

But that's not always a good thing. As a result of such attacking diction, Ms. Lazarus sounds like a trombone throughout. But on ballads such as "He Was Too Good to Me" and "Smile", I think she'd be more effective if she sounded like a viola. Hopefully, she'll display such versatility on her next album.

Absent unusual good fortune, I suspect this album will be out of print in three years or less. Buy it now, and enjoy it while it lasts. RC

honest, authentic, real...and about time! .......2005-06-30

I've heard Sara Lazarus live, both in the US and in France, and have followed her career since before she even had one. The moment I first heard her sing, she became an instant classic (and favorite of mine). She conveys such a range of emotion, so much gutsy strength and old-soul tenderness, so honestly and simply and uniquely...it's clear that music is a big part of her DNA. (You get the feeling that Sara Lazarus never actually decided on singing, so much as singing decided on her.)

The color of light she brings to the room, the smile she puts on your face, the desolation and joy she conveys, you know you're dealing with not merely a great artist, but a true human being...probably something to do with how seriously she takes music, and how unseriously she takes herself. Or how her "style" represents who she actually is, rather than who she could conceivably copy. I don't claim to be an expert, but I'd guess she'd be far more comfortable hanging around with Billie, Ella, Lena, and Sarah than she would any of her contemporaries.

(I mean, how great is it to NOT hear yet another breathy, highly affected, ultimately forgettable, "female jazz vocalist"?!)

In person, Sara Lazarus is one of those rare individuals whose musicianship, intelligence and humor are all the more memorable and delightful because they come in such an unassuming, soft-spoken (some would even say shy) package. But unlike so many other performers, Sara lacks the gene for self-promotion... which explains why we've had to wait for DECADES to hear her first CD!

The wait is over, and well worth it. Check out the audio samples online here, get the CD, give it time to sink in... and if the music works in you the way it does on me, then tell all your friends who want to hear some REAL singing about Sara Lazarus... because (at least for now) if we don't tell them, nobody else will!

"watch this rising star climb to greater heights ~ Lazarus".......2005-06-05

Dreyfus Records presents a breath of fresh air in the world of Jazz...coming in with her debut album "Sara Lazarus", which is a self title has all the makings of a very big hit on the Jazz Scene...her backup band is Alain Jean-Marie on piano, Gilles Naturel on double bass, Winard Harper on drums, Andrea Michelutti on drums and Bireli Lagrene on guitar...recorded on July and August of 2004 at Studio Ferber in Paris, France with some of the best jazz musicians around today.

Lazarus has the stage presence of a trooper with 12 great tracks of outstanding arrangements...the following in alphabetical order with standards and tunes not featured in the usual jazz circles...gotta love it!

FOOLIN' MYSELF
GET OUT OF TOWN
GIVE ME THE SIMPLE LIFE
HE WAS TOO GOOD TO ME
I'M THRU WITH LOVE
IT'S CRAZY
MORNING
ONCE UPON A SUMMERTIME
SEPTEMBER SONG
SMILE
SOME OF MY BEST FRIENDS ARE THE BLUES
THIS CAN'T BE LOVE

Her approach to ballads and swinging tunes are exceptional...feel this artist is headed for stardom and a great future...her style is a blend of Ella and Billie, with some Diana Krall thrown in for good measure...Sara's vocal range and breath control shines with every track she tackles...look forward to her next release for all the fans of America's original music...JAZZ!

Total Time: 49:00 on 12 Tracks ~ Dreyfus Records 66712 ~ (5/24/2005)

Sara Lazarus, a great talent.......2005-05-28

This lady has the style and class of the classic female jazz aingers, from Billie to Ella to Carmen to Sarah V. This CD has some great tunes, great arrangments, a great back up band and a great singer on it. I highly recommend it.

Average customer rating: Essential Performances from a Great & Beloved Singer

Philips and Decca Recordings, 1961-1979 (Limited Edition) Janet Baker , John Shirley-Quirk , Graham Sheen , Johann Sebastian Bach , Ludwig van Beethoven , Hector Berlioz , Giovanni Bononcini , Benjamin Britten , Giulio Caccini , and Antonio Caldara Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Caldara, Antonio | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chausson, Ernest | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Giordani, Giuseppe | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gluck | Gluck, Christoph W. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Martini | Martini, Giovanni Battist | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Paisiello | Paisiello, Giovanni | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Pergolesi | Pergolesi, Gio Battista | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Piccinni, Niccolò | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Purcell, Henry | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rameau | Rameau, Jean Philippe | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Alessandro Scarlatti | Scarlatti, Alessandro | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Stradella | Stradella, Alessandro | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Purcell, Henry | Composers | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Janet Baker Artistry of Elly Ameling (Coll) Purcell: Dido and Aeneas / James, Lewis, Baker, Herincx Ernest Ansermet: Decca Recordings 1953-1967 Clara Haskil: Philips Recordings, 1951-1960 ASIN: B0000B0A0Q Release Date: 2003-11-25

Customer Reviews:

Essential Performances from a Great & Beloved Singer.......2004-01-09

For those of us who grew up on Janet Baker's recordings (and were lucky enough to hear her "live" as well), the sound of her voice and her singular artstic personality - British restraint coupled with fierce emotional and spiritual commitment - are indelibly imprinted in our minds and hearts. The closest current equivalent is Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, another superb artist who has charted her own course, and not surprisingly there is some overlap of repertoire, in the music of J.S. Bach, of course, but also Berlioz's Didon and Beatrice, Handel's Ariodante and Britten's Phaedra (composed for Baker).
This wonderful compilation is complementary to EMI's 2-CD "The Very Best of Janet Baker" -- no overlap of repertoire whatsoever. Unlike that set, which focused on concert repertoire (with orchestra or piano) there's a generous sampling here of Baker's operatic roles including Handel, Mozart, Purcell, Rameau, Gluck, and Britten. Also welcome is "Phaedra," one of Britten's strongest late works. And it's good to have the Berlioz: "Cleopatre" and "Herminie" complete, the big aria from "Beatrice et Benedict." (Why EMI included nothing from her recording of the last 2 scenes of "Les Troyens" is unfathomable.) The wide time-span allows us to hear Baker's voice in all its youthful, "sappy" warmth, as well as in its artistic maturity (though truth to tell she was pretty much a complete artist from the start). There are a few signs of wear in later items, nothing serious, in fact rather less than I remembered. I could have done with fewer of the "Arie Amorose" in favor of more cuts from her Gluck LP, which I believe has never been issued complete on CD, but that's just personal preference. The focus here is entirely on orchestrally accompanied works (or, in the case of the marvelous early disc of Ravel, Chausson & Delage songs, with chamber ensemble) so for Baker the supreme interpreter of English, German and French song you'll need to go elsewhere (the EMI has a fair sampling, especially of her Schubert). But everything here is indispensible.

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5. Melts in Your Brain Not on Your Wrist: The Complete Recordings 1965 to 1967
6. Minor Earth Major Sky [Import]
7. Nantucket Sleighride [Extra tracks] [Original recording remastered]
8. O-Town
9. Oyster
10. Pale Sun, Crescent Moon

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