Something Good [Import]

Product Description:
This Acoustic Album is the Debut Release from Geoff Martyn, who was the Founding Member of Travis Until Ousted from the Band by Fran Healey.

Something Good,Geoff Martyn,Buchanan Drive,Folk

Average customer rating: Dreamgirls 2001 Not the real "DREAM" experience Absolutely brilliant! Amazing!!!!!! One Night Only

Dreamgirls in Concert (2001 Concert Cast) Henry Krieger , Audra McDonald , Brian Stokes Mitchell , Emily Skinner , and Darius de Haas Manufacturer: Nonesuch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music McDonald, Audra | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Dreamgirls (1982 Original Broadway Cast) Dreamgirls: Music From The Motion Picture [2-CD Deluxe Edition] Dreamgirls Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00005Y4P4 Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. I'm Looking for Something, Baby
2. Goin' Downtown
3. Takin' the Long Way Home
4. Move (You're Steppin on My Heart)
5. Scene: Fifty bucks says the Dreamettes don't win
6. Fake Your Way to the Top
7. Scene: It ain't working, Marty
8. Cadillac Car
9. Cadillac Car (On the Road)
10. Cadillac Car (Recording Studio)
11. Scene: I don't believe they can do that
12. Steppin' to the Bad Side
13. Scene: I'm working on a long shot
14. Party, Party
15. I Want You, Baby
16. Scene: I'm a woman now
17. Family
18. Scene: What are you doing to that girl?
19. Dreamgirls
20. Press Conference
21. Heavy
22. Walkin' Down the Strip/Scene: Las Vegas
23. It's All Over
24. And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going

Tracks:

1. Opening Act II: Dreams Medley
2. Scene: Effie White is the best singer you're gonna find
3. I Am Changing
4. Vogue Sequence
5. When I First Saw You
6. Ain't No Party
7. I Meant You No Harm
8. The Rap
9. I Miss You, Old Friend
10. One Night Only
11. One Night Only (Disco Version)
12. I'm Somebody
13. Hard to Say Good-bye
14. Dreamgirls (Reprise)

Amazon.com

A Chorus Line may be better known, but Dreamgirls was a towering achievement for director Michael Bennett. Loosely based on the Supremes' story, the 1982 musical told a typical show-biz tale of fame, backbiting, and survival. As is often the case for one-night only events, the cast in this concert version (recorded in New York on September 24, 2001) is led by an eye-popping assortment of Broadway powerhouses: Lillias White (The Life), Audra McDonald (Ragtime, Marie Christine), and Heather Headley (Ragtime). McDonald reveals a previously undisclosed comic streak, while Headley confirms her status as a rising star. Reprising the role of Effie Melody White (created by Jennifer Holliday), White belts the classic "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." But the beauty of Dreamgirls is that it's so packed with catchy, Motown-influenced R&B numbers that each lead can sink her teeth into some prime material and get a turn in the spotlight. This double-CD set really makes you wish you'd been there when the show was recorded: you can hear the crowd going berserk at times, and the temptation is strong to do the same thing in the comfort of your living room. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Dreamgirls 2001.......2007-06-27

This was the worst reproduction of Dreamgirls that I ever heard. I was so disappointed the CD went into the garbage. This is one CD that I would not sell to the public because I expect so much and get so little.

Not the real "DREAM" experience.......2007-04-04

Forget about the film sountrack. Get this CD set. And it's far better than the original cast recording which goes lacking. More songs and more everything that makes a live performance just what it is. Live (compared to film where anything can be done to enhance a performance!) -- the energy, the excitement and the performances make this a rare treat for anyone wanting to share in the real DREAM experience.

Isn't a full Broadway revival long over due. But wait: I've heard rumors that a rvial may be "in the works. I certainly hope so. Maybe this time it will receive the Tony award it deserved in the first place.

Absolutely brilliant!.......2007-01-28

There is atleast 5 new songs on this album that were not in the movie! These girls kill it I mean they are just amazing singers, and this all live! This is needed for any Dreamgirls fanatic like me! You are gonna love it! Enjoy! love live laugh :)

Amazing!!!!!!.......2006-12-04

As a theatre lover, this recording is amazing. I actually prefer this recording to the OBC. Sheryl Lee Ralph is okay, but can't touch Audra's Deena. The first time I heard Ms. White's "And I Am Telling You..", goosbumps all over my body. The only weak cast member in my opinon is Heather Headly. Vocally, she just isn't there. Too much Aida, not enough Dreamgirls. But all in all, a great live recording of a great show.

One Night Only .......2006-07-19

I was lucky enough to attend this One Night Only concert performance of Dreamgirls and it was a night I will never forget!! The cast was brilliant and the cd is as good if not better than the Broadway cast recording because it is the entire show not just the songs. Bravo to everyone involved !!!

Average customer rating: Applause for Applause! Lauren Bacall ! Love it Welcome CD edition of the original Broadway cast album lauren

Applause (Original 1970 Broadway Cast) Lee Adams Manufacturer: Decca U.S. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Coco (1970 Original Broadway Cast) Promises, Promises (1968 Original Broadway Cast) Seesaw (1973 Original Broadway Cast) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B00004ZDV0 Release Date: 2000-10-17

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Backstage Babble
3. Think How It's Gonna Be
4. But Alive
5. The Best Night of My Life
6. Who's That Girl?
7. Applause
8. Hurry Back
9. Fasten Your Seat Belts
10. Welcome to the Theatre
11. Good Friends
12. She's No Longer a Gypsy
13. One of a King
14. One Hallowe'en
15. Something Greater
16. Finale
17. Applause -- Charles Strouse (vocal and piano) (bonus track)
18. The Loneliest Man in Town -- Charles Strouse (vocal and piano) - bonus track
19. Smashing N.Y. Times -- Charles Strouse (vocal and piano) - bonus track
20. God Bless -- Charles Strouse (vocal and piano) - bonus track

Customer Reviews:

Applause for Applause!.......2006-07-13

I recomend this cd to all theater fans. Even the ones who love a great, toe tapping score. The song they sing in titled Applause can be seen in the Bonus Performances on the DVD titled Broadways Lost Treasueres. That is how I first heard of Applause. It was very entertaining!

Lauren Bacall !.......2005-07-09

Based on the classic movie "All About Eve", Lauren Bacall won a Tony for her performance in this great musical.

Best tracks include:

But Alive
Applause [Bonnie Franklin of "One Day At A Time" fame!]
Something Greater

Not all the songs are great, but totally worth the buy!

Love it.......2004-04-01

Love the CD ( I have had the vinyl recording ever since it came out), but wish it could be released on Video or DVD(does anyone out there know if this will ever happen?). I saw the television production with Lauren Bacall and Larry Hagman back in the early 1970's and saw an amateur production of it here in Melbourne as well and having always loved the whole concept of the movie, I feel that it transferred well to the stage.

Welcome CD edition of the original Broadway cast album.......2004-01-17

First... a request to people reviewing stage cast albums, Several reviews refer to these recordings as "soundtracks."

WRONG!!!!

"Soundtrack" recordings are records/cds transfered from from movies ONLY.

Live theatre does not use pre-recorded "soundtracks" - the casts perform live on stage and these "original cast recordings" are made in recording studios and designed for home listening.
PLEASE.... maintain your credibility by using the correct term!

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Finally, after years of negotiation Decca Broadway is making the 1970 Tony winning musical APPLAUSE avaialble on Cd. Was it worth the wait? Well, yes and no. APPLAUSE is one of those late 60's musicals adapted from a hit play/novel/movie and offering lots of glitz and energy to cover up the deficiencies of the show itself.

Star Lauren Bacall provided the "star" quality though she has no real singing voice but as an actress she rises above it bringing the character to vivid life. Len Cariou sings well as Bacall's boyfriend but has very little to do.

Bacall gets the key gems and with two major exceptions any of the numbers in which she does not appear can be ignored. The first exception is the lively title song - a tribute to the power of applause. It has almost nothing to do with the plot but still stopped the show nightly. The other,is a dramatic soliloque for Penny Fuller in the (virtually) non-singing role of Eve: "One Hallowe'en." This is Eve's big moment to really show her true colours and Fuller makes the most of it. Missing from the recording - becasue it is a dialogue scene - is the following moments when Eve recieves humiliating comeuppance.

The original Lp release was done by ABC records and had an annoying "boxy" sound quality that has not been corrected on the cd. The very short selection has been filled out with demo recordings by composer Charles Strouse and a couple of the cut songs sound quite interesting. Packaging is up to Decca Broadway's usual high standards.

lauren.......2003-12-04

i have a copy of this recording on LP, and have enjoyed it for approx 25 yrs. couldn't wait for the cd. bought it the first time i saw it.
i am wondering if anyone has seen the tv production of APPLAUSE starring LAUREN broadcast circa 1974 on tv? and is there any possibility of obtaining a copy on anything? the production was FANTISTIC, to say the least!!!

Average customer rating: A Great Recording by A Great Artist. To the critics of "BP Loves RH"... Not Totally Awful, but She is Much Better than This Am I missing something? The Fabulous Miss B Does It Again!!!

Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein Bernadette Peters Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sondheim, Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall Sondheim Etc. Etc.: Bernadette Peters Live at Carnegie Hall (The Rest of It) I'll Be Your Baby Tonight Legends of Broadway Bernadette Peters in Concert ASIN: B000062R9C Release Date: 2002-06-10

Tracks:

1. It's a Grand Night for Singing
2. If I Loved You
3. The Gentleman Is a Dope
4. It Might as Well Be Spring
5. Out of My Dreams
6. So Far
7. Something Wonderful
8. I Haven't Got a Worry in the World
9. Mister Snow
10. Some Enchanted Evening
11. There Is Nothin' Like a Dame
12. You'll Never Walk Alone
13. Something Good

Amazon.com

Bernadette Peters Loves Rodgers & Hammerstein ... and if they could hear this collection, they would love her right back. The curly-haired, honey-voiced Tony-winning star has been more closely associated throughout her career with Stephen Sondheim and Jerry Herman, but she's perfectly suited to the grand waltzes and introspective moments of the R&H canon. "If I Loved You," "It Might As Well Be Spring," and "Something Wonderful" would probably make anyone's wish list for this combination of star and songs (a list that would also last much longer than 46 minutes). Other welcome selections include "Some Enchanted Evening," "Out of My Dreams," the little-known "I Haven't Got a Worry in the World" (from the play Happy Birthday), and the inside joke of "There Is Nothing Like a Dame," all supported by the baton and orchestrations of Sondheim favorite Jonathan Tunick. This is a warm valentine to the beloved songwriting team. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

A Great Recording by A Great Artist........2004-10-14

I totally disagree with the previous negative reviews of this cd. What were they listening to anyway? Certainly not this recording. First,Bernadette Peters is THE greatest Broadway musical performer of our time. I rate her right up there with Merman,Martin,Verdon,and Channing. She has a beautiful and distinctive voice,and her acting ability shines through every song. One reviewer said that these songs were originally written for large,operatic voices. What??? With the exception of Pinza,this is simply not true. When I have heard opera singers perform R&H songs,it just doesn't work. Too big. Actually,Bernadette suits these songs perfectly. Her somewhat softer voice gives a new dimension and insight to the grand old standards. I will give special praise for her performance of the songs: IF I LOVED YOU, OUT OF MY DREAMS, SOMETHING WONDERFUL, and SOME ENCHANTED EVENING. And extra special praise for SOMETHING GOOD. She brings life and passion to this song;I have never heard it performed better. I was greatly moved by it. If you love Rodgers & Hammerstein and if you love Bernadette Peters, BUY THIS ALBUM! You will love it.

To the critics of "BP Loves RH"..........2004-04-17

I would ask detractors of this CD to consider the dates and location when and where this album was recorded: Sept 19, 21 and 24, 2001 at the Record Plant(sic)in NYC. Get it yet?

What if you were BP and Tunick, professionals as you are, recording a RH album for Angel eight days after 9/11? Would you be at your best? And singing "well worn, sentimental" RH songs recalling a time when NYC was the Great Big Apple of the World. Wouldn't a lump be in your throat? Listen to "It Might as Well Be Spring" again. Does it sound cheerful and relaxed? Or a little sad?

My friends, this is BP's 9/11 tribute to a City that has treated her like royalty. With Dame and Dope being the only exceptions, perhaps Tunick's otherwise subdued orchestrations reflect the mood of the day and of the performers and engineers present at the studio. This is why I heartily recommend this recording to BP fans. I didn't get it either until I read the stats.

Not Totally Awful, but She is Much Better than This.......2003-11-21

Bernadette Peters is a legend; one of the few true Broadway musical legends still performing today; and that's why it pains me to say that her latest album is also her weakest work.

While her beautiful voice is still intact and capable of being as gorgeous as ever, she just doesn't seem to breath life into any of these songs. Even "Some Enchanted Evening" and "You'll Never Walk Alone" -- two songs that beg for emotion -- don't even get near the credit they deserve. And during some of the tunes, her voice seems to almost crack, although it never quite does.

I don't want to sound mean here. I love Bernadette Peters; but I also know she is much better than this album. Want proof? Purchase the cast recording of Gypsy :)

Her masterful concert for PBS was done just a couple years earlier. It's almost hard to believe this is the same energetic and spunky singer.

It's a grand night for singing? One wouldn't think so by listening to this.

Am I missing something?.......2002-12-31

I received my copy of this CD the day after watching an American Masters bio of Richard Rogers, and I was psyched. I love Bernadette Peters and I adore Rogers & Hammerstein - but I was sorely disappointed in this album. All the way through it I kept having the feeling they had to wake Ms. Peters up between cuts. Even songs like "It's a Grand Night for Singing" had about as much spark as a wet match. The arrangements just did not do justice to either Ms. Peters or Rogers and Hammerstein.

I feel like a traitor, but I just cannot recommend this CD.

The Fabulous Miss B Does It Again!!!.......2002-11-21

Not that I ever, EVER doubted it, but this album just reaffirms in my mind that Bernadette Peters can do ANYTHING! Every single song is gorgeous. Each note sung with extraordinary passion. And she has colored each lyric with layers and layers of meaning and subtext, a skill that has led to her being known as the foremost interpreter of the works of Stephen Sondehim.

Not that there's not some fun in there, too. "The Gentleman is a Dope" and her version of "There Is Nothin' Like a Dame" (she is the first female to record this, I might add!) are great examples of how she is able to bring her wonderful comic abilities into the music of perhaps the greatest team of composers ever.

Her renditions of songs like "Something Good", "Some Enchanted Evening" and "If I Loved You" are enough to make you believe in love all over again. Then, you have the playful "Mister Snow", which seems like it was written just for Bernadette, and "You'll Never Walk Alone", which still sends chills up my spine every time I hear it.

But let's not forget the fabulous opening tune "It's A Grand Night for Singing", her beautiful version of "It Might As Well Be Spring", the light and lovely "Out Of My Dreams", the extremely enjoyable "So Far", a terrific interpretation of the classic "Something Wonderful" and the carefree "I Haven't Got A Worry in the World".

Each and every one of these tunes is a treasure. This is a wonderful mixture of some well-known and some more obscure Rodgers and Hammerstein melodies... a mixture which is only made better by Bernadette's extraordinary ability to interpret a song- a skill that has helped to make her the Broadway legend she is. It is a must for not only musical theatre fans, not only R&H fans, not only fans of Bernadette, but anyone who is looking for something that's really worth listening to!

Average customer rating: Elly Ameling now more available Delight in every note While they last... Treasures From a Treasure More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer.

Artistry of Elly Ameling (Coll) Elly Ameling Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Ellington | Ellington, Edward Duke | ( E ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Elly Ameling ~ Schubert · Schumann - Songs Philips and Decca Recordings, 1961-1979 (Limited Edition) Fauré - Mélodies / Souzay · Ameling · Baldwin Ave Maria--Lieder The Very Best of Lucia Popp ASIN: B00007KMSJ Release Date: 2003-10-14

Tracks:

1. Matthaus-Passion
2. Johannes-Passion
3. Weihnachts-Oratorium
4. Juditha Triumphans
5. Messiah
6. Crudel Tiranno Amor
7. Die Schopfung
8. Orlando Paladino
9. 7 Lieder
10. Le Nozze Di Figaro
11. Exsultate, Jubilate Ch'io Mi Scordi Di Te, K505
12. Misera! Dove Son! K369
13. 18 Lieder
14. Frauenliebe Und- Leben
15. 11 Lieder
16. 20 Morike-Lieder

Customer Reviews:

Elly Ameling now more available .......2007-03-07

I had a 33 rpm album of Elly Ameling singing Schubert lieder accompanied by piano and clarinet at times. It was one of my all time favorite albums so I have been disappointed that I have not been able to find it anywhere on CD.

Now I can just buy this excellent collection. So much music in one place! Since I confess that I am far from an expert on the rest of her records, I look forward to hearing her sing many other styles and composers.

I think it is silly to criticize her for not singing Wagner, for example, since her version of many songs, especially lieder, are nothing short of sublime. I would like to hear how many Wagnerians sing Schubert or Mozart.

I doubt if they could approach the skill and soul with which Elly Ameling sings lieder.

Delight in every note.......2006-03-10

To speak as briefly as possible about this superb collection from an equally superb singer, what can I say but that Ms Ameling possessed a voice that shone with radiant warmth and star-like shimmer? And unlike many another light lyric soprano, Elly Ameling was possessed of a very high standard of musicianship, considerable intelligence, and a sort of immediate charm that captivates the listener.

So many of her recordings have still to be released on CD, but this 5CD-set goes some way towards remedying the situation. The repertoire spans a wide variety - French mèlodies, Lieder, light-hearted "sentimental" songs, Bach, etc. - and in each piece, Ms Ameling shows that quality of pearl-like beauty. It is a beauty which is also extremely pretty - a beauty of voice that is never overbearing and over-ripe, but perfectly blossoming upon the tree of inspiration.

I recommend this set unequivocally. It truly is sheer delight.

While they last..........2005-05-17

Elly Ameling held the quiet stage for recitals of great artistry and dignity for several decades and sadly most of the enormously successful CDs of her long career output are now unavailable. For those who have little access to the documentation of this very special artist, this box set is a must. It is a compilation of many of her recordings with differing accompanists, conductors, orchestras and composers. And while not all of the choices for inclusion here would be considered her greatest moments, there are enough works that sustain the warm memories of the little Dutch hausfrau who quietly and simply paid homage to composers with her clear and intelligent musicianship and radiant voice.

Ameling was known to schedule recitals of Schubert cycles and songs and in the afterglow of her performance answer the demand for curtain calls with additional Schubert melodies: she gifted her audience with the dignity of honoring a composer's works by maintaining the focus on that composer rather than milk the audience with the usual encore applause-getting favorites. And special moments such as quietly and pensively strolling through the orchestra during the Mahler 4th symphony to arrive at front stage, unapplauded, just in time for the opening line of her singing - those simple homage to composers and collaborators made her selfless manner endearing to audiences.

Despite the fact that Ameling's voice was on the small side she was always able to muster the projection to carry her message solidly in context with an orchestra. Yes, other more famous singers have recorded Ravel's quintessentially French SHEHERAZADE, but few have the perfection of diction and aura of mystery that Ameling maintained. Whether singing with piano or orchestra, or interpreting Bach, Mozart, Handel, and Vivaldi with the same degree of involvement as Brahms and Schumann and Schubert, Elly Ameling spanned a career that engendered passionate commitment from her fans. And this boxed set is a pocket full of memories to be treasured. Buy it before this too becomes unavailable. Grady Harp, May 05

Treasures From a Treasure.......2004-09-25

Treasures from a Treasure.

Ameling, one of the world's most beloved recitalists is captured here in a 5 CD collection offering some of her most beautiful recordings of song. While we are used to her perfection in songs of Bach, Mozart, Schubert, Schumann, Faure and Hahn, an added joy is her "pop" side, tackling - without a whiff of pretension, Porter, Kern, Gershwin, Ellington, et al.

What an absolute joy it is listening to this amazing artist sing these songs with an almost uncanny natural ease. There is no resorting to a "pop" voice and yet most of these pop standards songs sound as though they could have been written for her. Clean attacks, sometimes a bit of the pop technique of hanging on to a consonant longer than a classical artist normally would shows an appreciation and understanding of the style. Still, there is never once a compromise of her vocal beauty.

I like the way the songs have been arranged for her voice in that she sort of sings them clean, unaffected in the first half and then lets loose and kinda "swings" with it adding embellishments but never really changing her voice (Price, von Stade and other favorite singers of mine seem to have always added a breathy quality to much of their crossover material.)

Ameling doesn't resort to trying to "let her hair down" or get down and dirty, but rather the honest with which she approaches every one of these songs shows how much she enjoys singing them and her style is as refreshing as stumbling onto a cool spring on a sweltering summer's afternoon. A wonderful surprise.

More than fully earned praise for an exceptional singer........2003-07-15

As I had the privilige of hearing this outstanding Lied-singer during her long career in Holland and being the proud possessor of almost all her recordings, I cannot but fully agree with the professional and joyful review of Mr. Robert Holliston from Victoria, B.C. Canada.
Yes, it is unbelievable that of about the 150 recordings Mrs. Ameling made during her long career (for the greater part of course on the 'oldfashioned' LP's, as well as the innumerable Dutch live-recorded radio-concerts), so few CD's have been released.
Speaking of tradition: it was the page-turner of the Wigmore Hall in London who told Mrs. Ameling after her first recital in this hall, that she reminded him of Elisabeth Schumann. (And he certainly didn't mean her looks only!)
For those who are eager to hear her singing Ravel's Shéhérazade (just one example of stirring imagination combined with her Art of Singing) I can tell you that Philips released a 2-box CD of this work in 1999, combined with Debussy's La Damoiselle élue and a compilation of French mélodies, i.e. Debussy, Fauré, Duparc, Satie. One of the gems is Caplet's Le Corbeau et le Renard which even make children, who know the fables of La Fontaine, revel in the singing of the quarrelsome birds....
Her brilliant accompanyist is Rudolf Jansen. Let us cherish great artists in their art!

Average customer rating: Great compilation A disappointment

DRG 25th Anniversary Show Stopping Performances Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Previn, André | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests Curtains (2007 Original Broadway Cast) 110 in the Shade (2007 Broadway Revival Cast) ABC (Adler, Bock, Coleman) Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) ASIN: B00005Q6IN Release Date: 2001-10-23

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Customer Reviews:

Great compilation.......2002-05-10

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

A disappointment.......2001-12-15

There's a reason you've probably never heard of most of the songs and shows on this album, not to mention most of the artists. This is a second-rate collection of second-rate numbers performed by mostly second-rate artists. In the case of the shows that were revivals, the performances on the original cast recordings were better. Don't waste your money.

Average customer rating: a voice teacher and early music fan Mad dogs and an Englishman called Ian Coward the Composer, Quite Charming without the Camp COWARD'S THEATRE SONGS

Noel Coward Songbook Ian Bostridge Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Ian Bostridge - Songs of Faure, Debussy & Poulenc Perspectives Mad About the Boy Schubert: Winterreise Die Schone Mullerin ASIN: B00006HM8Z Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. I Travel Alone
2. Parisian Pierrot
3. Poor Little Rich Girl
4. World Weary
5. Mary Make-Believe
6. A Room With A View
7. Dance, Little Lady
8. If You Could Only Come With Me
9. I'll See You Again
10. Zigeuner
11. The Dream Is Over
12. Any Little Fish
13. Twentieth Century Blues
14. Mad Dogs And Englishmen
15. Let's Say Good-bye
16. Something To Do With Spring
17. The Party's Over Now
18. Someday I'll Find You
19. Never Again

Customer Reviews:

a voice teacher and early music fan.......2006-03-25

I have always admired the nonchalant and somewhat dry humor of Noel Coward lyrics, not to mention the interesting twists and turns that his music often takes, I admire Ian Bostridge for attempting his songs and doing a "bang-up" job of it! A quote from Ian Bostridge prior to making this recording:"My first concern while contemplating a disc of Noel Corward songs was finding a voice for them,,,,,,We need to remember that, in Coward, we have not only a formidable playwright and screenwriter, but also the English equivalent of Irving Berlin or Cole Porter". After I heard this from Bostridge (on an interview on ABC) I began to appreciate the songs much more than previously.There is much philosophising going on as in "I Travel Alone" and some are quite humorous as in "Mad Dogs and Englishmen". One has to listen more than once to get it all, but it's worth the time. And I definately think that Ian found the voice to sing them.Do I prefer Bostridge singing classical??Of course!!!!!But I still enjoy a break now and then and I'll take this disc for that reason.

Mad dogs and an Englishman called Ian .......2005-09-02

I must say that I approached this album as a fan of Ian rather than Noel Coward (and admittedly still don't really have a good idea of who the man is). So in terms of Ian's singing, I like it a lot. He has a wonderfully dextrous voice and a clear tone, complemented by Jeffrey Tate on the piano and the soprano Sophie Daneman for several numbers.

Generally I find myself unable to appreciate the work of classical singers who do crossover albums, but Ian is an exception. It has been said elsewhere that he may lack a robustness in his voice, but here in fact, one would not wish for an overpowering tenor. He isn't at all overblown, unlike many other singers in crossovers. The lightness of his voice lends a kind of intimacy to these recordings, as if he were singing in a café or an at-home musical evening.

The material is, of course, a departure from Schubert, &c., but he handles it well. However, I do think that he has a better emotional feel for the 19th century German romanticists and the 20th century British classical composers (i.e. Britten). This recording is pleasant but it seems to me to lack the emotional depth of Ian's Schumann in particular - a perceived deficiency that might lie with the composer Coward rather than the performer.

I like to listen to this CD when I want to listen to Ian sing, but am not in the mood for his more serious/depressing recordings (a la Schubert & Britten). The lyrics are pretty inane, the same goes for the songs themselves - melodically speaking - but Ian makes them special. So four stars.

Coward the Composer, Quite Charming without the Camp.......2002-11-18

I love this CD. I have a collection of Noel Coward performing his major songs, and I found it entertaining, but frankly I was never much drawn to it after the initial novelty wore off. I never really appreciated Coward as a composer because his campy persona and limited vocal talents got in the way. I bought this CD as a gift for a big Coward fan, and I am ashamed that I have not yet given it to him because I enjoy it so much. Bostridge is a really fine tenor. The beauty and subtlety of his voice bring out the beauty of Coward's melodies and the wit of his lyrics without overwhelming them with a heavy and mannered "classical" style, which is the bane of most such "crossover" CDs. The CD is also beautifully recorded. Outstanding songs include "I Travel Alone," "Parisian Pierrot," "World Weary," and "A Room with a View." Bostridge also has just the right touch with the goofier songs like "Mad Dogs and Englishmen," "Something to do with Spring," and "Any Little Fish." I highly recommend this CD to anyone who enjoys witty cabaret songs in general and Coward in particular. It really did give me a new and greater appreciation of Coward's considerable talents as a composer.

COWARD'S THEATRE SONGS.......2002-09-30

Sometimes musical artists should NOT attempt cross-over albums. I am a huge fan of Jessye Norman, Leontyne Price and Joan Sutherland, but their ventures into "popular" music were, at best, misguided and, at worst, heavy-handed and pretentious. Although Ian Bostridge does not embarrass himself, there is no question that he should stick to more "serious" music and leave musical comedy to other singers.

The theatre songs of Noel Coward take a very different kind of approach than Bostridge gives them. They need an actor who happens to be singing. Except for a very few of the songs on this CD (written by Coward for operettas instead of musical comedies) Bostridge's approach is absolutely without any character. All of these numbers are impeccably sung by Bostridge, but none of them are ever really acted. Coward's songs MUST be acted whether they were written in a comic or sentimental vein. The result is another misfired cross-over album in what otherwise is a splendid career.

Average customer rating: A National Treasure Stritch is superb Entertaining but grating on the ears Great Broadway Review Elaine Stritch at Liberty

Elaine Stritch - At Liberty (2002 Original Broadway Production) Elaine Stritch , Irving Berlin , John/ Stritch, Elaine Lohr , Porter P. Grainger , Albert Hague , Stephen Sondheim , Carl Sigman , Richard Rodgers , Sir Noel Coward , George Gershwin , Jule Styne , John Campo , and Billy Miller Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sondheim, Stephen | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Elaine Stritch at Liberty Bea Arthur on Broadway - Just Between Friends Stritch Company - A Musical Comedy (1970 Original Broadway Cast) Company (2006 Broadway Revival Cast) ASIN: B000060P33 Release Date: 2002-04-02

Tracks:

1. There's No Business Like Show Business (Berlin)
2. Caca
3. I Want a Long Time Daddy (Grainger)
4. A Piece of Mahler
5. This Is All Very New to Me (Hague/Horwitt)
6. Going to New York
7. Marlon Brando
8. Broadway Baby (Sondheim)
9. My First Broadway Show
10. Civilization (Hilliard/Sigman)
11. Ethel Merman
12. Can You Use Any Money Today? (Berlin)
13. Pal Joey
14. Zip (Hart/Rodgers)
15. Ben Gazzara
16. Nokl Coward
17. Why Do the Wrong People Travel (Coward)
18. Richard Burton
19. But Not for Me/If Love Were All (Gershwin/Gershwin)
20. I'm Still Here (Sondheim)
21. Booze
22. Little Things You Do Together (Sondheim)
23. The Ladies Who Lunch (Sondheim)
24. John Bay
25. There Was Never a Baby Like My Baby (Comden/Green/Styne)
26. I've Been to a Marvelous Party (Coward)
27. God So Quickly
28. The Party's Over (Comden/Green/Styne)
29. Absent Almost Always
30. Something Good (Rodgers)

Tracks:

1. I'm Still Here (Sondheim)
2. Booze
3. Little Things You Do Together (Sondheim)
4. The Ladies Who Lunch (Sondheim)
5. John Bay
6. There Was Never a Baby Like My Baby (Comden/Green/Styne)
7. I've Been to a Marvelous Party (Coward)
8. God So Quickly
9. The Party's Over (Comden/Green/Styne)
10. Absent Almost Always
11. Something Good (Rodgers)

Amazon.com

Elaine Stritch is a legend and she knows it. And so she came up with a whole one-woman show about the best topic she could think of: her life in the theater. And what a trip it's been. From Ethel Merman to Noel Coward, Stritch has worked with some of the greatest names to grace the American stage, and she has anecdotes about all of them (most are included on this recording). In this show, she hits all the marks with the acuity of a seasoned pro who's seen it all and whose love for the theater remains undiluted. Stritch is not a traditionally pretty singer (those gravelly pipes!), but she absolutely knows how to give life to a song, extracting the last drop of meaning, dropping pauses for effect with deadly accuracy. Sondheim's "Ladies Who Lunch" and "Broadway Baby" will be hers forever, and a case could be made for the hilarious "Zip" (from Pal Joey) and the obscure, spectacularly politically incorrect "Civilization" (from the revue Angel in the Wings) as well. Fittingly, this two-CD set includes "I'm Still Here," which may well be Stritch's motto. If you're looking for a concise yet bewitching history of the musical, this is it. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

A National Treasure.......2007-07-05

This double CD is stuffed full of great songs and amazing stories. My favorite stories are of Elaine's date with Marlon Brando, what she thought some lyric are/meant, and her time in Compant. The total honesty that she brings it all together is touching and inspiring.

Very few people have the length or variety of a career that Elaine Stritch has had. I am sure that she has enough stories to do ten more shows.

If you love Broadway then you must buy this CD.

Stritch is superb.......2007-06-27

The only disappointment is that I missed the show live. This is a terrific honest performance by an actor who has a deep well of experience from which to draw. From her early childhood memories, through acting school, her loves, her struggles and more, Ms Stritch weaves a fascinating and completely enthralling story. Ultimately, she lives the songs, rather than just performs and this is what really marks her out.
I am so glad, she's still here!

Entertaining but grating on the ears.......2007-05-11

I've never been able to understand what is so great about Elaine Stritch's singing. It's simple: she can't sing. I've tried and tried to like her, and I do, as an actress, but NOT as a singer. Listening to these CDs, all I hear is a grouchy old lady voice with no vibrato, no range, and no ability to hold notes. If she were to try out for American Idol she would get cringes! I love her humor and honesty, and that's why I bought this, but the voice...ugh.

Great Broadway Review.......2007-04-11

I thoroughly enjoy this collection of stories from her experiences from a teenage girl in Michigan through her career, very funny, some sad and great entertainment.

Elaine Stritch at Liberty.......2007-01-19

Completely entertaining---a bit maudilin in places, but a must have for any Elaine Stritch fan.

Certainly worth the money!

Average customer rating: Why did this partnership not make it big? Overlooked? Forgotten? Why?

Something Good for Your Head Blackburn & Snow Manufacturer: Big Beat UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Gentle Soul Eclection Definition Saturn Rings Homage to Catatonia: The Psychedelic Adventures of Pete Miller ASIN: B00000IGKH Release Date: 2004-12-27

Tracks:

1. Stranger In A Strange Land
2. Yes Today
3. Takin' It Easy
4. Time
5. It's So Hard
6. Do You Realize
7. Sure Or Sorry
8. Unchain My Heart
9. Uptown-Downtown
10. Some Days I Feel Your Lovin'
11. Post-War Baby
12. Think
13. No Kidding
14. I Recall The Day
15. Every Day Brings Better Things
16. Stand Here
17. I Don't Want You Back Babe
18. Stop Leanin' On Me
19. Post-War Baby (Alternate Version)
20. Pass This Way (Backing Track)

Product Description

1. Stranger In A Strange Land (2:27)
2. Yes Today (3:24)
3. Takin' It Easy (3:23)
4. Time (2:56)
5. It's So Hard (3:07)
6. Do You Realize (3:35)
7. Sure Or Sorry (2:27)
8. Unchain My Heart (1:48)
9. Uptown Downtown (2:12)
10. Some Days I Feel Your Lovin' (3:09)
11. Post-War Baby (1:49)
12. Think (2:17)
13. No Kidding (1:57)
14. I Recall The Day (2:50)
15. Every Day Brings Better Things (3:18)
16. Stand Here (2:40)
17. I Don't Want You Back Babe (1:31)
18. Stop Leanin' On Me (2:15)
19. Post-War Baby - (alternate version) (1:45)
20. Pass This Way - (backing track) (3:12)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

Why did this partnership not make it big?.......2004-01-10

If you've heard the instrumental version of Stranger In A Strange Land on the expanded Byrds Turn! Turn! Turn! CD and wondered how it would have sounded with words, this is the long-lost album that you've been waiting for. If I were rating this track alone, I'd give 5 stars.

The song is credited to Samuel F. Omar, who is actually supposed to have been David Crosby and the lyrics are certainly original, but the melody is reminiscent of the traditional Wayfaring Stranger, covered by H.P. Lovecraft on their Live, May 11 1968 album.

However, that's not to belittle the other tracks on this album that went unreleased until 1999. 18 of the 20 were penned by Jeff Blackburn and the backing musicians include We Five and members of Country Joe & The Fish, The Grass Roots and Ventures/Monkees session guitarist Jerry McGhee.

Blackburn & Snow sound like a San Franciscan version of LA's The Peanut Butter Conspiracy, with shades of The Mamas & The Papas, Sonny & Cher, The Turtles and Paul Revere & The Raiders here and there. It's welcoming to discover from the extensive booklet that Sherry (Sharan) Snow knew Paul Kantner and was offered the position of lead vocalist in Jefferson Airplane in 1966. It wouldn't have happened, but imagining Sherry and Jeff fronting Jefferson Airplane instead of Grace Slick and Marty Balin is food for thought indeed.

Overlooked? Forgotten? Why?.......2003-10-08

I spend a lot of time looking for lost acts of the 60s and 70s. I consider myself something of a friend to the obscure and yet because I am an East Coaster I was never aware of this duo. Thanks to Richie Unterberger's dbl. volume set of writings on the Folk-Rock scene in the 60s I tracked this down. Damn. Kind of Mama's and Papas meets Buffalo Springfield or the Byrds? Blackburn sounds a little like Marty Balin. Snow's incredible. I'm in love. I'm 16 and it's 1967 and I wanna move to SF and put flowers in my hair man. She's incredible. Why did they only have one single! She's got the look. Was friends with everybody. Almost replaced Signe in the Airplane before Grace. Oh my oh my. And a total secret to me (And I pay attention!) until this week. All blonde and Cali gorgeous. If you like that folky 60's stuff at all this is for you. And guitarist Jerry McGee (of the Ventures, etc.) adds some tasty licks. And then of course the question remains--why do less talented folks make it? why do gifted folks fall by the wayside?

Average customer rating:

Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 4 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 3 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 2 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 1 Born to Dance (1936 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade) The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00009EFV8 Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. Dream Dancing [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, Harry Sosnik
2. Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Harry Sosnik
3. Wedding Cake Walk [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Gordon Jenkins, Martha Tilton
4. So Near and Yet So Far [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, Harry Sosnik
5. Wedding Cake Walk [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Harry Sosnik
6. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
7. Could It Be You? [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson
8. Hey! Good Lookin' [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson, Ethel Merman
9. He's a Right Guy [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
10. I'm in Love With a Soldier Boy [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
11. My the Mississinewah [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Bruce, Ethel Merman
12. There's a Happy Land in the Sky [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Bruce, Allen Jenkins, Bill Johnson, Ethel Merman
13. When My Baby Goes to Town [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson
14. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Leonard Joy, Paula Laurence
15. By the Mississinewah [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Garrett, Leonard Joy, Paula Laurence
16. Hey! Good Lookin' [From Something for the Boys] - Evelyn Dall,
17. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Evelyn Dall,
18. Only Another Boy and Girl [From Seven Lively Arts] - Jane Harvey
19. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [From Seven Lively Arts] - Maxine Sullivan, Teddy Wilson
20. Don't Fence Me In [From Hollywood Canteen] - Roy Rogers
21. Just One of Those Things [From Night and Day] - Ginny Simms
22. Begin the Beguine [From Night and Day] - Roberto Valdes Arnau, Carlos Ramirez
23. Should I Tell You I Love You? [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
24. Look What I Found [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
25. If You Smile at Me [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
26. Pipe Dreaming - Ray Carter,

Average customer rating: The BEST Gershwin/Porter album Glowing Coles of Porter...

Fennell Conducts Porter & Gershwin Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hi-Fi A La Espanola/Popovers Liszt: Piano Concertos Mercury Living Presence - You Are There - The True Story of a Legendary Label British and American Band Classics Hanson Conducts Hanson ASIN: B0000057LZ Release Date: 1993-02-16

Tracks:

1. Blow, Gabriel, Blow
2. So In Love
3. It's All Right With Me
4. Ridin' High
5. In the Still of the Night
6. Begin the Beguine
7. Night and Day
8. My Heart Belongs To Daddy
9. Anything Goes
10. I've Got You Under My Skin
11. It's De-lovely
12. You'd Be So Nice To Come Home To
13. I Got Rhythm
14. Love Is Sweeping The Country
15. Love Walked In
16. 'S Wonderful
17. Bidin' My Time
18. Oh, Lady, Be Good
19. Fascinating Rhythm
20. Liza
21. Embraceable You
22. The Man I Love
23. Someone To Watch Over Me
24. But Not For Me

Customer Reviews:

The BEST Gershwin/Porter album.......2004-02-11

Perhaps I'm romanticizing, but this was THE cd I listened to in high school. The arrangements are absolutely captivating; building new material over the original themes while referencing them so purely. I couldn't imagine a better use of your money than purchasing this album, it will bring you years of joy!

Glowing Coles of Porter..........2004-01-15

I can only comment on the Porter half of this recording, as I own it on original vinyl. It's a mono copy, but you wouldn't know it. As usual, excellent engineering from Mercury, who set standards in the early 60's that still count (IMHO) as best practice.

Frederick Fennell is right at home in the warmth of these beautifully wrought Ray Wright orchestrations. As he should be; Wright's day job was orchestrating for Radio City Music Hall. The sound is lush, the dynamics amazing, the performance spot on. It gets four stars only because I can't justify five, not having heard the Gershwin half.

I suppose that if you can't find a nice copy to play on a good turntable with a warm amplifier, then this CD would do - but then, you miss the excitement of hearing sound you've been taught can only come from a CD, magically floating straight up from ancient vinyl.

Music Album:

1. Soon One Morning
2. Southern Stories
3. Sweet Certain Surprise
4. Telephone Sketch
5. That Thing In Your Hand
6. The Bow Tie Guy's Sing Their Favorites
7. The Cruel Lullaby
8. The Early Stages
9. The Great Tomato Singer Songwriter Collection
10. The Old Kit Bag [Import]

Music Album