Lovers in the City [Import]

Product Description
The singer/songwriter's 1995 album, easily Tikaram's most polished album to date. WEA.

Lovers in the City,Tanita Tikaram,Wea International,Pop,Rock,Rock/Pop

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Lovers in the City [Import]

Average customer rating: Irresistible "Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops Excellent! Great Arrangments

Rodgers & Hammerstein: Songbook for Orchestra (Orchestral Suites) Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lerner & Loewe Songbook for Orchestra Rodgers & Hammerstein - The Complete Overtures ~ Opening Night / Hollywood Bowl Orchestra · Mauceri Puttin' on the Ritz: The Great Hollywood Musicals The Sound Of Music (1987 Studio Cast) Classics of the Silver Screen ASIN: B000003CXQ Release Date: 1992-01-28

Tracks:

1. Oklahoma!
2. Carousel
3. State Fair
4. South Pacific
5. The King And I
6. Cinderella Waltz
7. Flower Drum Song
8. The Sound Of Music

Customer Reviews:

Irresistible.......2005-07-29

From beginning to end this CD is pure delight. A great recording has great music, a great performance, and great sound; this one scores on all three counts.

Rodgers and Hammerstein's musicals dominated Broadway in the 1940s and 1950s, and American musical theater has produced no more consistently eloquent and durable voice than Richard Rodgers. From his fertile genius flowed a surprising number of memorable songs, many of which have passed into and become an accepted and beloved part of modern American culture.

This well-filled CD (77:36) features symphonic arrangements (all but two by Robert Russell Bennett) of the music from Oklahoma (1943), Carousel (1945), State Fair (1945), South Pacific (1949), The King and I (1951), Flower Drum Song (1958), and The Sound of Music (1959). All the great tunes are here in suites from each musical that average 10-12 minutes in length. The arrangements are expert: rich, varied, and colorful. The performances are polished, idiomatic, and irresistible; Kunzel and this orchestra are thorough masters of this kind of material. And Telarc's sound (recorded 1991) is state-of-the-art (engineer Michael Bishop deserves to take a bow).

In short, there's nothing here to cloud your listening pleasure (the only quibble I can imagine is that some of your favorites may not last long enough), so it's hard for me to envision anyone with ears and a taste for music who wouldn't enjoy this CD. Warmly recommended. Finally, if you like this one as much as I do, you might want to know that the same team has produced a companion volume, the Lerner & Lowe Songbook for Orchestra.

"Some Enchanted Evening" with Kunzel and the Cincinnati Pops.......2003-12-26

Erich Kunzel's Rodgers and Hammerstein anthology with the Cincinatti Pops Orchestra is one of the best and most ravishing instrumental Rodgers and Hammerstein albums of all time. With sumptuous arrangements and warm, natural Telarc recording, this glorious 77-minute CD presents sweeping, melodic arrangements of over 60 Rodgers and Hammerstein selections, spanning eight scores, and Kunzel allows the Pops to play with a characterful and polished understanding of the Rodgers and Hammerstein idiom. The disc is enough to cheer you up on a dull day and make you smile, and it might even want to make you feel like a convert to Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals.

This CD has all the scores arranged chronologically. The OKLAHOMA! suite that opens this disc promises a feast for the senses, Kunzel ably evokes the territory's "bright, golden haze" in the way he conducts the various excerpts, until you feel the atmosphere of the country charm of the show, and the love-affair between Curly and Laurey. Then, in CAROUSEL, he ably evokes the pathos of this tragic R&H masterwork, especially in the truncated Waltz, but he leads a wonderfully melodic "June is Bustin' Out All Over" and a devotional "You'll Never Walk Alone." Although this suite does not include Billy's pivotal Soliloquy, it includes "If I Loved You" as an expression of his love for Julie, and within minutes you could be soaked in the ups and downs of the show's mood.

After a brief STATE FAIR suite, with sweeping renditions of "It Might As Well Be Spring" and "It's a Grand Night for Singing", we are brought into the disc's showstopping highlights. These highlights are the excerpts from SOUTH PACIFIC, THE KING AND I, and THE SOUND OF MUSIC. But yet Kunzel conducts the rest of the disc until the various suites amount to a series of showstoppers. These three suites present wonderfully-arranged versions of their many familiar classic songs, with well-played solos. The SOUTH PACIFIC suite presents the songs in chronological order, yet preserves the atmosphere of the show at the same time. Kunzel ably brings out the romance in "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Younger than Springtime," and contrasts it with the exotic and dreamlike "Bali Hai'i" and the comic "There is Nothing like a Dame" and "I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair". Although the suite ends quietly with a reprise of "Dites-Moi" rather than the reprise of "Some Enchanted Evening," within minutes we are swept into the KING AND I suite. Kunzel ably brings out the Oriental pathos in this score, and he captures the warmth of Anna's rapport with the King's Siamese children in "Getting to Know You", and with the King himself in "Shall We Dance." There is also romance in the love ballads "I Have Dreamed" and "We Kiss in a Shadow." Similarly, in the selection from THE SOUND OF MUSIC, Kunzel conducts this until the orchestra soaks itself in the atmosphere of this Austrian R&H score. This SOUND OF MUSIC suite has more of a feel of the score compared to the bonus track on Sony's reissued version of the Broadway recording. You can almost feel as if you are following the progress of the Trapp family and how it lifts its spirits with the joy of music. Kunzel gives us a soaring version of the title song, and spirited versions of "Do-Re-Mi" and "My Favourite Things." He balances it with the open-air quality of "Edelweiss" and "The Lonely Goatherd." Although this suite could have included "Something Good," the love ballad written for the film, the three recollections of the songs that were cut from the movie only last for a while. And, the towering version of "Climb Every Mountain" crowns this portion of the disc, and this sumptuously-produced recording. But, I should also mention the infectuous FLOWER DRUM SONG medley, where Kunzel turns this underrated score into a work of art, until it convinces you to buy the cast recording. And, don't forget about the brief CINDERELLA WALTZ, too, when Kunzel conducts it magically, until you feel like you are in the company of Cinderella and the Prince. He is able to show how this R&H score marked a comeback for R&H after the failiures of Me and Juliet, and Pipe Dream.

Overall, this glorious Rodgers and Hammerstein recording is guarunteed to make you want to pucker your lips out for a whistle or sing along (to paraphrase another revew for Kunzel's Disney Spectacular disc) - even if this recording is music only, and as long as you know the words to the songs (and you might know a large handful of them already.) There is always a certain magic in this fine CD that makes you feel like you're sitting in the theatre watching these musicals, until it makes you feel like it is truly, to borrow two R&H song titles, "Some Enchanted Evening" and "Something Wonderful" to be in Kunzel's company for this R&H offering. It would certainly be one recording that could make you feel willing to buy the complete cast recordings of the shows. And I guaruntee that it will make you feel willing to pull out your existing copies of the cast recordings to listen to them again. I also guaruntee that it will be a cornerstone in any Rodgers and Hammerstein collection, just as it is in mine. Recommended heartily to any Rodgers and Hammerstein enthusiast and to fans of Erich Kunzel's work. And, you can play it while reading the Richard Rodgers biography, Musical Stages, until Rodgers himself would count this as his favourite disc in the afterlife.

By the way, most of the arrangements for the suites on this CD were done by the veteran R&H orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett, and it surely adds to the appeal of this recording. This itself is enough to amount to the icing on the cake, since Kunzel conducts them well on here, and since this recording still allows the suites to have the original theatrical atmosphere. And, although this recording is like the Mauceri collection of the Rodgers & Hammerstein overtures in compiling orchestral suites of Rodgers & Hammerstein, I think that I like the Kunzel recording even more because Kunzel has more magic in his conducting of these suites.

Excellent!.......2003-04-08

This is one of the best Erich Kunzel/Cincinnati Pops collections we own! A must for Rodgers and Hammerstein fans, too.

Great Arrangments.......2001-09-02

This is a first rate album with great arrangments and orchestrations. If you're a Rodgers and Hammerstein fan, you can't afford to miss this specatacular album

Average customer rating: A Pleasant Surprise A Polished Product from Beginning to End

Lovers in the City Tanita Tikaram Manufacturer: Wea International ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Ancient Heart Everybody's Angel Sentimental The Sweet Keeper The Best of Tanita Tikaram ASIN: B000024GRY Release Date: 2002-07-18

Tracks:

1. I Might Be Crying
2. Bloodlines
3. Feeding the Witches
4. Happy Taxi
5. My Love Tonight
6. Lovers in the City
7. Yodelling Song
8. Wonderful Shadow
9. Women Who Cheat on the World
10. Leaving the Party

Album Description

The singer/songwriter's 1995 album, easily Tikaram's most polished album to date. WEA.

Customer Reviews:

A Pleasant Surprise.......2005-03-13

After an incredibly great and hugely successful debut album, Ancient Heart, it was my feeling that Tanita Tikaram's music was slowly detoriating over the subsequent three albums. That's why she faded from my view after her fourth, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness. Only just recently did I buy this, her fifth album. And boy, am I surprised.

Quiet it is, and melancholic. But that was to be expected. What I didn't expect was the degree of musicality and, yes, in places even groove. It's nowhere near dance music, but I caught myself snapping my fingers to the beat more than once. The singing is also much better than on previous albums, which in places sounded as if the lady was drugged or drunk.

And then along comes The Yodelling Song, whose title doesn't promise too much and which is positively funny. That alone was worth the album's price, in my opinion.

So, if you don't own Ancient Heart already, get that instead. But if you do, and like it, then consider this one as a second. Recommended.

A Polished Product from Beginning to End.......2003-12-29

Tanita Tikaram's voice reaches new heights of entrancement as her voice rises above the angelic choir at the beginning of her CD. Each track melds into the next, creating a journey into your own mind that is not complete until the faint strains of the final song have finally drifted away. With a deep alto voice that could be favorably compared to the 15-minutes-ago Marc Anthony or the more popular Rufus Wainwright set to gentle drum loops, and an intense trip through several genres that will astound even those with no musical knowledge, this album is a vital addition to any collection, and especially for a quiet afternoon / evening at home. Tikaram manages to be deeply inrtospective without becoming depressing or pretentious, a rare trend in music of the last fifteen years, when depression seems to sell.

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Penny Merriments: Street Songs of 17th Century England Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bawdy Ballads of Old England: The City Waites Thomas D'Urfey's Pills to Purge Melancholy: Lewd Songs and Low Ballads from the 18th Century My Thing Is My Own: Bawdy Songs of Thomas D'Urfey The Art of the Bawdy Song The English Tradition: 400 Years of Music & Song ASIN: B0009JMEKQ Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. The Courtiers Health, Or The Merry Boys Of The Times
2. The Country Lass
3. The Crost People, Or A Good Misfortune
4. The Courtryman's Joy
5. Seldom Cleanly
6. A Merry Jest Of John Thompson And Jakaman His Wife
7. The Seven Merry Wives Of London, Or The Gossips Complaint
8. Old England Grown New
9. Good Advice To Batchelors, How To Court And Obtain A Young Lass
10. Neptune's Raging Fury
11. The North Country Lovers
12. The Lunatick Lover
13. The Downfall Of Dancing
14. The Saint Turn'd Sinner
15. And Old Song On The Spanish Armada
16. The Female Captain, Or The Counterfit Bridegroom
17. London Mourning In Ashes
18. The Famous Ratcatcher

Average customer rating: Enchanté, Mlle Graham! excellent singing, not so great programming A CD full of scrumptious French chocolates! REYNALDO AND SOME LIGHT STUFF C'est magnifique!!

"C'est ca la vie, c'est ca l'amour": French Operetta Arias Reynaldo Hahn , Andre Messager , Susan Graham , Yves Abel , and City of Birmingham Symphony Manufacturer: Erato ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Honegger | Honegger, Arthur | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Susan Graham - La Belle Époque (The Songs of Reynaldo Hahn) Susan Graham ~ Berlioz - Les nuits d'été Poèmes de l'Amour Susan Graham - Mozart & Gluck Arias ~ Il tenero momento Artist Portrait: Susan Graham ASIN: B00005UW0Z Release Date: 2002-04-02

Tracks:

1. "C'est ca la vie, c'est ca l'amour" (Moises Simons, from Toi c'est moi, 1934)
2. "J'ai deux amants" (Andre Messager, from L'Amour masque, 1923)
3. "Yes" (Maurice Yvain, from Yes, 1928)
4. "Si vous saviez" (Arthur Honegger, from Les Aventures du roi Pausole, 1930)
5. "O mon bel inconnu" (Reynaldo Hahn, from O mon bel inconnu, 1933)
6. "Je ne vois rien..Lorsque je n'etais qu'une enfant" (Andre Messager, from Fortunio, 1907)
7. "Les hommes sont biens tous les memes" (Andre Messager, from Coups de roulis, 1928)
8. "Air de la Lettre" (Reynaldo Hahn, from Brummell, 1931)
9. "L'amour est un oiseau rebelle" (Andre Messager, from Passionnement, 1926)
10. "Vois-tu, je m'en veux" (Andre Messager, from Les P'tites Michu, 1897)
11. "Etre adore" (Reynaldo Hahn, from Mozart, 1925)
12. "Je regrette mon Pressigny" (Andre Messager, from la Petite Fonctionnaire, 1921)
13. "Amour, amour, quel est donc ton pouvoir" (Andre Messager, from Les Dragons de l"Imperatrice, 1905)
14. "Mon reve" (Andre Messager, from L'Amour masque, 1923)
15. "C'est tres vilain d'etre infidele" (Reynaldo Hahn, from O mon bel inconnu, 1933)
16. "C'est pas Paris, c'est sa banlieue" (Reynaldo Hahn, from Ciboulette, 1923)
17. "Vagabonde" (Moises Simons, from Toi c'est moi, 1934)

Amazon.com

This record presents the esteemed opera singer and French music specialist Susan Graham in a new light. French operetta began with Jacques Offenbach (creator of The Tales of Hoffmann) in the 1850s; his ability to blend sweet lovely melodies with bitter political satire made him and the form famous, and composers all over the world have emulated him ever since, including those represented on this disc. Most of them, though popular during their lifetime, are hardly known today. The most familiar are Arthur Honegger and Reynaldo Hahn, though not primarily as operetta composers; the latter contributes some of the loveliest music.

The arias on this program are thoroughly appealing and very different, ranging from frothy creampuffs to almost operatic dramas, from ingenuous simplicity to ironic sophistication. As one might expect, the texts, all written from a woman's point of view, focus on the relationships between men and women in all their infinite, subtle variety. Susan Graham uses her very beautiful voice and captivating charm to bring out the teasing humor, the intimacy, passion, joy, and regret in words and music. One song is a trio, but since no other singers are mentioned, one assumes that she covers all three parts! The first song is the only one in which the singing is artificial and exaggerated, as if Graham were feeling her way into the style. The orchestra is very good, but some of the arrangements are overloaded. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

Enchanté, Mlle Graham!.......2004-11-13

Though it's fair to say that the stunning title track reaches a creative standard unmatched by any of the later items (no wonder it comes first), this is still refreshing stuff, which will bring out the slumbering Maurice Chevalier in us all. Anyone who can hear it without wanting to grab the nearest straw hat and proclaim "Zank 'eaven for leedle girrrrrlz" is a tougher man than I am, Gunga Din.

Refreshing stuff, but seldom flippant. Other than the X-rated Honegger song (who'd have thought sober-sided Artur H had a bawdy streak in him?) and the subtler but still eyebrow-raising Maurice Yvain number "Yes", the prevailing atmosphere is often surprisingly operatic. Surprising at any rate to me, since I can't recall hearing most of this material before. Reynaldo Hahn sometimes does a rather good Richard Strauss impersonation, as in "O mon bel inconnu", which suggests a Gallic version of ROSENKAVALIER's final trio.

Presumably Miss Graham sings all the vocal parts of this piece in a multi-tracking arrangement, but it would be nice to have been told in the booklet note whether this was the case. The short playing time deplored by Joy Fleisig is also a nuisance, since one wants even more of the same. Miss Fleisig rightly censured, in addition, the white-print-on-purple-background design which some graphic-design-school genius decided to employ for the lyrics' translations. So no fifth star for this review. The release remains a pretty enchanting (not to say enchanté) production, even if a native French singer would have cultivated - as native French singers will - an edgier, more acidic timbre than Miss Graham's warm, sonorous, very slightly cloudy tone. Altogether a splendid supplement to heftier and more austere listening.

excellent singing, not so great programming.......2002-10-02

A delightful album by Graham, who has apparently been cast as a French expert...but I wish there had been a few more uptempo numbers on here, so many of them are slow that it almost detracts from the sparkle of her singing. Great performances and sound, though.

A CD full of scrumptious French chocolates!.......2002-09-03

When one thinks of 'French operetta', the composer that most often springs to mind is Jacques Offenbach. However, the generations of operetta composers that came after him also produced some wonderful music. Unfortunately, although these works were very popular in their time, they are virtually forgotten today. Apart from Andre Messager, the best known names on this anthology, Reynaldo Hahn and Arthur Honneger, are better known for other types of work, and most of the other composers are unknowns. Susan Graham, perhaps the finest American mezzo-soprano of our time, is to be commended for bringing these sweets out into the open once again.

Graham is a singer very much in the mold of Frederica von Stade - like von Stade, she is best known for trouser roles such as Octavian and Cherubino, but she has done some wonderful work in French music, especially as a recitalist. Her voice is firm and lustrous with an easy, sopranoish top, her phrasing is exquisite, and her French is excellent. By turns Graham is funny, ironic, sensual, wistful, charming, and heroic.

Most of the music on this CD was written between 1920 and 1935, although one selection here is from as early as 1897. The music actually has greater similarity to 'modern' musical comedy than to traditional operetta. Of course, the primary theme of these works is the travails of women in love - either they struggle with their (often illicit) passions - in one case attempting to invoke Joan of Arc! - or muse on the perfidy of men. My favorite song on the disc is the title track, a delightful samba take on 'Carmen' (from Cuban-born Moises Simons' 'Toi c'est moi') with a verse that sounds quite a bit like the 'Habanera' - only in this version, Carmen murders Escamillo! It actually occurred to me while listening to this disc that Graham might make an excellent Bizet Carmen on records or in a small theater. By the way, the 'Carmen' connection shows up again in a song entitled - you guessed it - 'L'amour est un oiseau rebelle'!

Other tracks which I love are `Yes', wherein a French woman goes to England knowing only that word and gets her self married - and more, and `O mon bel inconnu', where three women get letters from the same man (their husband, father, and employer respectively) through the lonelyhearts column. Thanks to the miracle (?) of multi-tracking, Graham gets to sing all three roles, and her `voices' blend together gorgeously. And in the final track, 'Vagabonde' (also from 'Toi c'est moi') is a delightfully whirling 'impatient, quivering, impulsive' plea from a woman who wants to find a man willing to marry before her 'orange-flower' wilts (wink, wink).

Despite the light tone of most of this music, there are several moments of high drama. `Lorsque je n'etais que enfant' is an aria from Messager's `Fortunio' where the heroine, berating herself for toying with her boyfriend, reminisces of her purer and more innocent childhood. Graham is back in her usual trouser-role territory for the heroic `Etre adore' from Hahn's `Mozart', where the composer effuses over Paris and willingly sacrifices his soul to be adored by its people. There is also sweet nostalgia and regret, such as in 'Je regrette mon Pressigny', 'Vois-tu, je m'en veux' and 'C'est pas Paris, c'est sa banlieu'.

Actually, the only track that I don't like is 'Si vous saviez' from Honneger's 'Les Aventures du Roi Pausole', which ironically enough is Graham's favorite. The aria, where the wife of a polygamous potentate begs her husband to sleep with her more than once a year, is meant to be sensuous but just drags. I suspect this his Honneger's fault, not Graham's.

The French-Canadian Yves Abel is an ideal conductor for this repertory. He has a strong affinity not only for French opera but also for comedy and light music in general; the latter two qualities were very evident at a Metropolitan Opera `Il Barbiere de Siviglia' this year. I also remember a fine performance of `La Grande-Duchesse de Gerolstein' he conducted with his company L'Opera Francais de New York and Stephanie Blythe. Under his baton the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra plays just like a French ensemble.

The documentation has full texts and translation of all the material and a fine essay on the works and the composers by Patrick O'Connor. Unfortunately, there is no biographical information for either Graham or Abel. Also, some people might have problems reading the white type on purple background for the translations (the type for the essay is the normal white-on-black), although I did not. As usual, my complaint about many modern CDs, especially those produced by Erato, applies here - there is less than an hour of music on a medium that can hold almost 80 minutes. I think it is unlikely that Graham and Abel couldn't find more good music in this vein, or even that they ran out of recording time. And speaking of Erato, I think it is a crime that that parent company Warner Classics dismissed not only Graham but many other fine operatic artists like Jose Cura, Daniel Barenboim, and Barbara Frittoli. At least the man now in charge of Warner regrets Graham's dismissal and is negotiating a new contract with her.

I am glad that so many star singers today are championing French rarities - not only Graham but also Roberto Alagna and Vesselina Kasarova, among others. I would recommend this not only to lovers of opera and operetta but also to fans of more 'popular' French music like Edith Piaf's and Jacques Brel's, or even to admirers of the American musical. It doesn't matter by which road you come to it - this material is delightful and the presentation is flawless. Most importantly, it is clear that everybody involved with the making of this disc had a great time, and anyone who listens to it will as well.

REYNALDO AND SOME LIGHT STUFF.......2002-08-02

SUSAN GRAHAM had me an addict of her voice with her marvelous songs of REYNALDO HAHN,a treasure that i cherish.This FRENCH OPERETTA ARIAS is still a good cd,but lighter and fluffier.Not surprizingly, i consider the HAHN arias the highlight of this record.It seems to me that SUSAN has real affinities with the composer of CIBOULETTE and O MON BEL INCONNU.O MON BEL INCONNU and ETRE ADORÉ are wonderfully sung and are worth the price of the cd.I did not completely enjoy the first 4 numbers,although i should say that they are correctly done.Maybe i simply can't accept the fact that SUSAN can sing humourous stuff.Well that's my problem isn't it?I have the original version of J'AI DEUX AMANTS sung by YVONNE PRINTEMPS and the comparaison gives advantage to SUSAN.

C'est magnifique!!.......2002-06-29

Graham has never been better in this disc of delightful French operetta arias. A must for fans of the artist. And I dare you to get that opening track out of your head!!

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Great Musicals Manufacturer: Rajon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000682FF4 Release Date: 2004-11-15

Tracks:

1. Oklahoma Suite: Oklahoma!/Oh, What a Beautiful Morning/The Surrey With
2. My Fair Lady Suite: Ascot Gavotte/Wouldn't It Be Loverly?/With a ...
3. Annie Get Your Gun Suite: Doin' What Comes Natur'lly/You Can't Get ...
4. King and I Suite: The March of Siamese Children/I Whistle a Happy Tune
5. Sound of Music Suite: The Sound of Music/My Favourite Things/Do-Re-Mi
6. West Side Story: The Jet Song/America/Tonight/Something's Coming/Maria

Tracks:

1. Porgy and Bess Suite: Summertime/I Got Plenty O' Nuttin'/I Loves ...
2. South Pacific Suite: Bali Ha'i/A Cockeyed Optimist/Some Enchanted ...
3. Guys and Dolls Suite: Luck Be a Lady/Fugue for Tinhorns/Follow the ...
4. Carousel Suite: The Carousel Waltz/Mister Snow/June Is Bustin' Out All

Tracks:

1. Joseph & The Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat: Any Dream Will ...
2. Evita: Don't Cry for Me Argentina/Another Suitcase in Another Hall
3. Jesus Christ Superstar: Jesus Christ Superstar/I Don't Know How to ...
4. Cats: Memory/Macavity the Mystery Cat/Mister Misoffeles
5. Phantom of the Opera: Phantom of the Opera/All I Ask of You/Angel ...

Album Description

Australian exclusive 3-CD set from the Rajon label's 'Great Series'. 2004.

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The Last Rose of Summer: Best-Loved Songs of Ireland Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0009K9P8E Release Date: 2005-07-12

Average customer rating: A Pleasant Surprise A Polished Product from Beginning to End

Lovers in the City Tanita Tikaram Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ancient Heart Everybody's Angel Sentimental The Sweet Keeper The Best of Tanita Tikaram ASIN: B000002MXS Release Date: 1995-03-28

Tracks:

1. I Might Be Crying
2. Bloodlines
3. Feeding The Witches
4. Happy Taxi
5. My Love Tonight
6. Lovers In The City
7. Yodelling Song
8. Wonderful Shadow
9. Women Who Cheat On The World
10. Leaving The Party

Album Description

The singer/songwriter's 1995 album, easily Tikaram's most polished album to date. WEA.

Customer Reviews:

A Pleasant Surprise.......2005-03-13

After an incredibly great and hugely successful debut album, Ancient Heart, it was my feeling that Tanita Tikaram's music was slowly detoriating over the subsequent three albums. That's why she faded from my view after her fourth, Eleven Kinds of Loneliness. Only just recently did I buy this, her fifth album. And boy, am I surprised.

Quiet it is, and melancholic. But that was to be expected. What I didn't expect was the degree of musicality and, yes, in places even groove. It's nowhere near dance music, but I caught myself snapping my fingers to the beat more than once. The singing is also much better than on previous albums, which in places sounded as if the lady was drugged or drunk.

And then along comes The Yodelling Song, whose title doesn't promise too much and which is positively funny. That alone was worth the album's price, in my opinion.

So, if you don't own Ancient Heart already, get that instead. But if you do, and like it, then consider this one as a second. Recommended.

A Polished Product from Beginning to End.......2003-12-29

Tanita Tikaram's voice reaches new heights of entrancement as her voice rises above the angelic choir at the beginning of her CD. Each track melds into the next, creating a journey into your own mind that is not complete until the faint strains of the final song have finally drifted away. With a deep alto voice that could be favorably compared to the 15-minutes-ago Marc Anthony or the more popular Rufus Wainwright set to gentle drum loops, and an intense trip through several genres that will astound even those with no musical knowledge, this album is a vital addition to any collection, and especially for a quiet afternoon / evening at home. Tikaram manages to be deeply inrtospective without becoming depressing or pretentious, a rare trend in music of the last fifteen years, when depression seems to sell.

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Tracks:

1. Ardon Gl'Incensi (Mad Scene) - Marcella Sembrich
2. Vissi D'arte - Emma Eames
3. Devant La Maison (Serenade) - Pol Plancon
4. Les Tringles Des Sistres (Gypsy Song) - Emma Calve
5. A Vos Jeux, Mes Amis (Mad Scene) - Nellie Melba
6. All'erta, Marinar: II Vento Cangia!; Adamastor, Re Dell'acque - Giuseppe Campanari
7. O Pretres De Baal (Prison Scene) - Ernestine Schumann-Heink
8. Come Paride Vezzoso - Antonio Scotti
9. Jo-Ho-Hoe!; Traft Ihr Das Schiff (Senta's Ballad) - Johanna Gadski
10. Vecchia Zimarra - Marcet Joumet
11. Voce Di Donna - Louise Homer
12. Rachel, Quand Du Seigneur - Enrico Caruso
13. Se In Voi Cotanto Forte Fosse L'amor' I1 Cor Nel Contento - Geraldine Farrar, Hermann Jadlowker
14. It Is Almost Midnight (Sung In German) - Emmy Destinn
15. Eri Tu - Pasquale Amato
16. Ed Io Non Ne Godevo; Sempre Cosi - Frances Alda
17. Mein Vater! (Amfortas' Prayer) - Clarence Whitehill

Tracks:

1. Qual Fiamma Avea Nel Guardo!; Stridono Iassu (Ballatella) - Alma Gluck
2. Lunge Da Lei; Dei Miei Bollenti Spiriti - John McCormack
3. Caro Nome - Luisa Tetrazzini
4. Tutto Tace (Cherry Duet) - Miguel Fleta, Lucrezia Bori
5. Lontano Eco Della Mia Giovinezza (Lenski's Air) - Giovanni Martinelli
6. E Il Di Che Zar Saro (Garden Scene) - Paul Althouse, Margarete Ober
7. Di Provenza Il Mar - Giuseppe De Luca
8. Pace, Pace, Mio Dio! - Rosa Ponselle
9. Mi Batte Il Cor; O Paradiso - Beniamino Gigli
10. Bellah! Capretta Adorata; Si Carino (Slumber Song) - Amelita Galli-Curci
11. Gluck, Da Mir Verblieb (Marietta's Lied) - Maria Jeritza
12. Largo Al Factoum - Titta Ruffo
13. Una Parola Sola; Or Son Sei Mesi - Edward Johnson
14. Sieh' Evchen! Dacht' Ich Doch - Friedrich Schorr, Elisabeth Rethberg

Tracks:

1. Meco All'altar - Giacomo Lauri-Volpi
2. Nay, Marcus, Lay Him Down - Lawrence Tibbett
3. Regnava Nel Silenzio - Toti Dal Monte
4. Dir Tone Lob - Lauritz Melchior
5. Deh, Vieni Alla Finestra - Ezio Pinza
6. Depuis Le Jour - Grace Moore
7. Depuis Heir Je Cherche; Que Fais-Tu? - Gladys Swarthout
8. Salut A Toi (Hymnn To The Sun) - Lily Pons
9. Adina Quest'oggi; Adina Credimi - Tito Schipa
10. Ah, Malgre Moi - Rose Bampton
11. Je Suis Seul!; Ah! Fuyez, Douce Image - Richard Crooks
12. I Know You Better; This Very Vivid Morn - Helen Jepson
13. Mild Und Leise (Liebestod) - Kirsten Flagstad
14. Pres Des Remparts De Seville (Seguidilla) - Bruna Castagna
15. So Its Es Denn Aus Mit Den Ewigen Gottern - Kerstin Thorborg
16. Giunse Alfin Il Momento; Deh Vieni, Non Tardar - Bidu Sayao
17. Einsam In Truben Tagen (Elsa's Dream) - Helen Traubel

Tracks:

1. La Mamma Morta - Zinka Milanov
2. Ah, Guai A Chi La Tocca!; Guardate, Pazzo Son - Jussi Njoerling, Enrico Campi
3. Ist Ein Traum - Rise Stevens, Erna Berger
4. O Saint Medaille; Avante De Quitter Ces Lieux - Leonard Warren
5. Clock Scene (Sung In Russian) - Alexander Kipnis
6. Elle A Fui, La Tourterelle! (Antonia's Romance) - Jarmila Novotna
7. Con Onore Muore (Death Of A Butterfly) - Licia Albanese
8. To Leave, To Break (Quintet) - Eleanor Steber, Rosalind Elias, Regina Resnik, Nicolai Gedda, Giorgio Tozzi, George Cehanovsky
9. Tombe Degli Avi Miei; Fra Poco A Me Ricovero - Jan Peerce
10. Oui, Pour Ce Soir; Je Suis Titania (Polonaise) - Patrice Munsel
11. Se Quel Guerrier; Celeste Aida - Richard Tucker
12. L'ho Abbandonato Senza Un Saluto; In Quelle Trine Morbide - Dorothy Kirsten
13. Felice Ancor; Per Me Giunto - Robert Merrill
14. Si, Pel Ciel - Ramon Vinay, Giuseppe Valdengo

Tracks:

1. Morgenlich Leuchtend Im Rosgen Schein (Prize Song) - Set Svanholm
2. Studia Il Passo; Come Ddal Ciel Precipita - Jerome Hines
3. Che Gelida Manina - Giuseppe Di Stefano
4. Ah, Non Giunge - Roberta Peters
5. Ecco Ridente - Cesare Valletti
6. Re Dell'abisso - Marian Anderson
7. Credo In Un Dio Crudel (Iago's Creed) - Tito Gobbi
8. O Figli, O Figli Miei! Ah, La Paterna Mano - Carlo Bergonzi
9. Una Macchia E Qui Tuttora (Sleepwalking Scene) - Leonie Rysanek, Gerhard Pechner, Carlotta Ordassy
10. Addio Del Passato - Anna Moffo
11. In Questa Reggia - Birgit Nilisson, Jussi Bjoerling
12. Recitar!; Vesti La Giubba - Jon Vickers
13. Give Me My Robe - Leontyne Price

Tracks:

1. La Fleur Que Tu M'avais Jetee (Flower Song) - Franco Corelli
2. In Fernem Land - Sandor Konya
3. Ah! Tu Dei Vivere! Aida A Me Togliesti - Grace Brumbry, Placido Domingo
4. Je Dis Que Rien Ne M'epouvante - Mirella Freni
5. Mia Madre Aveva Una Povera Ancella (Willow Song) - Renata Scotto
6. Too Weak To Kill - Sherrill Milnes
7. Mi Chiamano Mimi - Montserrat Caballe
8. La Donna E Mobile - Alfredo Kraus
9. Stride La Vampa - Fiorenza Cossotto
10. Fia Dunque Vero; O Mio Fernando - Shirley Verrett
11. L'anima Ho Stanca - Placido Domingo
12. O Isis Und Osiris - Martti Talvela
13. Cruda Sorte, Amor Tiranno - Marilyn Horne
14. Come Scoglio Immoto Resta - Kiri Te Kanawa
15. Ave Maria - Katia Ricciarelli

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John Holt in Symphony Manufacturer: Jet Star ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Reggae | International | Styles | Music General | Reggae | Compilations | International | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Reggae | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005M098 Release Date: 2001-09-11

Tracks:

1. Love You To Want Me
2. Never Never Never
3. Stoned Out Of My Mind
4. Mr. Bojangles
5. The Further You Look
6. Help Me Make It through The Night
7. Morning Of My Life
8. Stick By Me
9. It May Sound Silly
10. A Love I Can Feel
11. I Wanna Dance
12. Tide Is High
13. Stealing
14. Stranger
15. On The Beach
16. Time Is The Master

Tracks:

1. I See In You
2. If You Wanna go
3. Push Come To Shove
4. Stop Loving You
5. Prohecy
6. Just Don't Wanna Be Lonely
7. Key To The City
8. Let Him Try
9. Loving Pauper
10. I Was Born A Winner
11. Here I Come

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Great Music.......2002-07-25

This cd is great twenty years from now it will still be good to listen.Great to add to your collection, a must.

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Romeo & Juliet Music for The World's Greatest Lovers Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Delius, Frederick | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001HOD Release Date: 1994-03-22

Tracks:

1. Romeo And Juliet - Fant Ov - LPO/John Farrer
2. A Village Romeo And Juliet 'The Walk To The Paradise Garden' (Original Version) - The Philharmonia/Owain Arwel Hughes
3. Romeo And Juliet, Op.75 'Romeo And Juliet Before Parting' (Arr. Archibald) - The English Brass Ensemble
4. Daphnis And Chloe 'Daybreak' - LSO/Grzegorz Nowak
5. Pelleas Et Melisande - Ste, Op.80 - Sicilienne (Orch Koechlin)/Orch Filarmonica De La Ciudad De Mexico/Enrique Batiz
6. Pelleas Et Melisande - Ste, Op.46 'At The Castle Gate' ('The Sky At Night' Theme) - RPO/Yondani Butt
7. Porgy And Bess 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now' (Arr. Heifetz)/Wagner: Tristan And Isolde - Xue-Wei/Pamela Nicholson
8. Prld - Xue-Wei/Pamela Nicholson
9. Liebestod The Philharmonia - Francesco D'Avalos

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