In the Mud

Editorial Reviews

Product Description:
This record's got everything you've come to expect from SLR: three (now four) part harmonies, loudness the likes of which you'd never expect from acoustic instruments, the legendary one-string gas tank bass "Stitchgiver," and songs and lyrics which practically dare you to go buy a gun and finally do something constructive with your life.

In the Mud,Split Lip Rayfield,Bloodshot Records,Alternative Country-Rock,Americana,Indie Rock,Pop,Popular Music,Progressive Bluegrass,Rock,Rock/Pop
Mythical Kings & Iguanas/Reflections in a Mud Puddle
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Like re-discovering an old friend
  • As good as I remember
  • uhhh.....yeah.
  • An Amazing Piece of Music
  • "Such a Ride"
Mythical Kings & Iguanas/Reflections in a Mud Puddle
Dory Previn
Manufacturer: Bgo - Beat Goes on
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000011PL
Release Date: 2002-02-15

Tracks:

  1. Mythical Kings and Iguanas
  2. Yada Yada La Scala
  3. Lady With The Braid
  4. Her Mothers Daughter
  5. Angels and Devils The Following Day
  6. Mary C. Brown and the Hollywood Sign
  7. Lemon Haired Ladies
  8. Stone For Bessie Smith
  9. The Game
  10. Going Home (Mythical Kings and Iguanas)
  11. Doppelganger
  12. The New Enzyme Detergent Demise of Ali MacGraw
  13. The Talkative Woman and the Two Star General
  14. The Altruist and the Needy Case
  15. Play It Again, Sam
  16. The Earthquake in Los Angeles (February, 1971)
  17. The Final Flight of the Hindenburg (May, 1937)
  18. I Dance and Dance and Smile and Smile ("After an initial deep split the tremors can go
  19. The Air Crash in New Jersey
  20. Aftershock

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Like re-discovering an old friend.......2007-06-26

Back in the day, I had *all* of Ms. Previn's LPs. I have very much enjoyed adding the CDs to my collection. Now if someone would just re-release the CD with "Did Jesus Have a Baby Sister?"......

5 out of 5 stars As good as I remember.......2007-03-09

I used to listen to Dory years ago. I loved all her albums. Although this misses some of the songs I would have wanted, it was nice to hear them again.
I'll also glad to say that I am no longer into being depressed, so the lyrics are not as meaningful as they were in my days of adolescent angst.

2 out of 5 stars uhhh.....yeah........2005-03-02

I am a fan of MANY types of music and have been for many years...SO....I understand that different types of music appeal to different types of people. Either Dory Previn is over my head or beneath me...i'm not sure which, lol! I do not see the appeal in her songs or her style...in fact...i find them quite irritating. MY advice to anyone who is thinking of buying any of her albums is to proceed with caution.....cause this stuff ain't for everybody! LOL But thats ok...to each his own! :)

5 out of 5 stars An Amazing Piece of Music.......2003-05-06

I first purchased "Mythical Kings and Iguanas" in 1971 when it was first issued on the MediArts label. The only thing I knew about Dory, was that she was, or had been married to Andre Previn, and that she had written the lyrics to "Valley of the Dolls". With that, and the fact that I liked the look of the cover of the album, I purchased it! I never, in all my life, was more fascinated with an album than this one. And as of today, it remains probably, my favorite album of all time. She is a master story teller, with bruding, dark , haunting lyrics. Her images are so intense, you can not only visualize them, you can smell and taste them. Her statement on basic human conditions and emotions border on neurotic (I love writers like that), and yet you empathize with her. All tracks are amazing, but "Her Mothers Daughter", in my opinion is the stand out. It will send chills down your spin, it is so hauting and scary. Dory is probably the most prolific female songwriter of the '60's and '70's, and yet not widly recognized at all.
I was so wild about this album, I forced all my friends th hear it, they went out and purchased it, also. I went through 4 copies of this album, and my last copy is badly used. I think I was the only person, along with my friends, who actual bought his on vinyl way back when.
To hear it on CD is a joy, no cracks, scratches, and most of all,the quality is remarkable. The original master was terrible, so the original pressings sounded "cloudy". The CD format, I hear instruments, and vocal backings I never heard on vinyl.

If you love female songwriters, and you love to feel suicidal after listening to an artist---BUY THIS, it will put you off the deep edge!

5 out of 5 stars "Such a Ride".......2003-04-21

I first bought these two albums back in the days of vinyl. I loved the album "Mythical Kings and Iguanas" back then. . . and I love the album just as much, if not more now on CD! Dory had the magic knack of combining emotional "picture painting poetry" with melody. When she sings of "Those Lemon Haired Ladies", you could actually "see" the emotional contest Dory knew she would lose in the end. . . yes, "the game is fixed" she sings because she knows it is.
Track after track hooks you into her music and experiences. To my mind, the most memorable and moving musical tour d'force is the track "Going Home (Mythical Kings and Iguanas)" She builds the song into a full gospel chorus crescendo (as her own vocal quiets and fades) into "Going home is such a ride. . . such a long and lonely ride"! Dory Previn has 'soul'! This track will leave you in a spiritual place you've never been before and yet you will feel quite at home in.
I loved this album years and years ago and was thrilled to find preserved pristine on CD. It's a great and timeless album. Thanks tyou Dory Previn wherever you are these days. . . you've made a lasting contribution to American and world music.
Schubert: Lieder
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Major Document of an Incredible Oeuvre...
Schubert: Lieder

Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000AYQCIK
Release Date: 2005-12-13

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Major Document of an Incredible Oeuvre..........2007-03-12

.
Of over 600 songs, Fischer-Dieskau and Gerald Moore realized over three-quarters: these are those. Gerald Moore was of course as important to this project as Fischer-Dieskau.

DGG's sound is excellent.

This set is a remarkable document of art.
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In the Mud
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Bluegrass fusion that rocks!!!!
  • Makes`ya wanta tap all twelve toes!
  • wow! I can't keep still
  • Dwight Yoakam with a drinking problem and tatoos
  • Hard-hittin' bluegrass from deep in the heart of Kansas
In the Mud
Split Lip Rayfield
Manufacturer: Bloodshot Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000JPD5
Release Date: 1999-09-07

Tracks:

  1. 13
  2. Wrong
  3. All I Got
  4. In The Ground
  5. Family
  6. Devil
  7. Easy Street
  8. Trouble
  9. 3.2 Flu
  10. Glory Of The Sun
  11. Drinkin' Around
  12. Hounds
  13. Strong
  14. Tennessee
  15. John
  16. Truckin' Song

Album Description

This record's got everything you've come to expect from SLR: three (now four) part harmonies, loudness the likes of which you'd never expect from acoustic instruments, the legendary one-string gas tank bass "Stitchgiver," and songs and lyrics which practically dare you to go buy a gun and finally do something constructive with your life.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Bluegrass fusion that rocks!!!!.......2005-07-31

A very nice secretary recommended Split Lip Rayfield to me several years ago, knowing as she did that I loved Irish and Cajun music, and then compounded her mistake by lending me her CD. She didn't get it back for two whole months, and the Greek Titans couldn't have beat it from me for love or money, not at least until I got my own copy delivered to my greedy, clasping hands from Amazon. The CD went straight into my car stereo and did not leave once, not once, for those two entire months. I simply listened to this one over and over and over again. For Christmas that year I bought many of my friends copies of this album, "In the Mud". That's how good this album is!!!! NO, you may not borrow my copy, I know I'll never get it back, but do buy it, buy it, you'll LOVE it. The sound is fresh, exciting, toe-tapping, heel-stomping and the lyrics are outrageously good, covering everything from welfare checks to murder in alternating hysterically funny to mesmerizingly grim songs that just make you hit replay for months and months. I can't recommend this one enough. It's five years later and I still have this CD in my six disc carousel (an upgrade from my one CD slot player) and I play it at least twice a month still.

5 out of 5 stars Makes`ya wanta tap all twelve toes!.......2005-04-22

This sure ain`t your Pappy`s bluegrass music! That is, unless your Pappy is a one-eyed, twelve-toed, moonshine-drinkin`, mountain oyster-eatin`, inbred goat farmer from Eastern Kentucky. Manure-fueled grassabilly that takes old-fashioned tradition out behind the barn for a drink of rotgut liquor and a playful spank on the ass. Can`t beat this stuff with a stick! Even if you could, it would get right back up and beat`cha back! Excellent musicianship. Great wordplay. For fans of the Bad Livers, Foddershock, and the Drive-By-Truckers. Hell, I`d say it`s for fans of roots music in general, as long as they have an open mind and an open beer. Suggested listening environment: intermission music at a cockfight that has unlimited access to pork rinds, PBR, and horny no-teeth women (is there any other type of cockfight?).

5 out of 5 stars wow! I can't keep still.......2000-10-11

I borrowed this CD from a friend, on his reccomendation, and am just amazed.

Traditional-ish sound and melodies, fast and furious, humorous lyrics, just a heck of a lot of fun. You would be hard put to keep still when listening to this one!

Kinda a cross of the Freight Hoppers (or other 1920's-ish bluegrass or pre-'grass) crossed with the Kruger Bros. and a little of Marley's Ghost, maybe. Lots of fun!

A must-have album/group!

5 out of 5 stars Dwight Yoakam with a drinking problem and tatoos.......1999-08-27

This is a amazing follow up to the kansas natives debut self titled release, which is also a must have any any originality buff's collection. The songs move from ballads to good time strumming. Even some darkness thrown in. When you got a guy playing a ford gas tank strung with weedeater strings you cant go wrong.

5 out of 5 stars Hard-hittin' bluegrass from deep in the heart of Kansas.......1999-08-26

Split Lip Rayfield shares members with Scroat Belly ~ another Kansas favorite. We ain't talking about your standard bluegrass here, though. They say that if you curled up all the corners of the US, the freaks roll down to Kansas. While there, they learn punk, they learn country, and they drink. And we all thank god for the musicians, for they keep our Kansas souls alive.

In Split Lip, we have the privilege of listening to an acoustic bass made out of a Ford Gas Tank and a 2x4. Add a guitar, a mandolin, and a banjo and out comes the sweetest sounds you'll ever drink whisky to.

See them live, and buy their CDs. They got kids to feed.
Classical Heartbreakers
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • a terrific compilation for beginners
  • "Classical heartbreakers" broke my heart
  • A Fantastic Compilation
Classical Heartbreakers

Manufacturer: EMI Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000B09Z9
Release Date: 2004-01-13

Tracks:

  1. Piano Concerto No. 1 - Andre Previn
  2. Intermezzo - Philharmonia Orchestra
  3. Rhapsody On A Theme Of Paganini - Sir Simon Rattle
  4. O Mio Babbino Caro - London Symphony Orchestra
  5. Viola Da Bamba Sonata In G Minor - Ton Koopman
  6. Beim Schlafengehen - London Philharmonic Orchestra
  7. Schindler's List Theme - Tasmin Little
  8. Clair De Lune - Dame Moura Lympany
  9. Symphony No. 5 - New Philharmonia Orchestra
  10. Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana - Philharmonia Orchestra
  11. Moonlight Sonata - Dame Moura Lympany
  12. Violin Concerto No. 1 In G Minor - Yehudi Menuhin
  13. E Lucevan Le Stelle - Georges Pretre
  14. Nocturne In C Sharp Minor - Maria Tipo
  15. Adagio For Strings - Philadelphia Orchestra
  16. Cello Concerto - English Chamber Orchestra
  17. Piano Concerto No. 2 In F - English Chamber Orchestra
  18. Va Pensiero - Bernard Haitink

Tracks:

  1. Adagio In G Minor - Sir Neville Marriner
  2. The Heart Asks Pleasure First / The Promise - Michael Nyman
  3. Time To Say Goodbye - Orchestra
  4. Goldberg Variations - Maria Tipo
  5. Barcarolle - Elisabeth Schwarzkopf
  6. Piano Concerto No. 2 - Sir Simon Rattle
  7. Nimrod - London Symphony Orchestra
  8. Vissi D'art - Maria Callas
  9. Cavatina - Manuel Barrueco & Steve Morse
  10. String Quintet In C - Laszlo Varga
  11. J'ai Perdu Mon Eurydice - John Eliot Gardiner
  12. Etude In E 'Tristesse' - John Ogdon
  13. Addio Del Passato - London Symphony Orchestra
  14. Double Violin Concerto - Bath Festival Orchestra
  15. Queen Symphony - Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
  16. Piano Concerto No. 1 - Garrick Ohlsson
  17. In Paradisum - English Chamber Orchestra
  18. My Heart Will Go On - Orchestra
  19. Rhapsody In Blue - Andre Previn

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars a terrific compilation for beginners.......2006-02-07

I agree with P. Grupe-for classical music lovers, it is a let down to listen to cut tracks of well-performed classical greats, like Chopin's 1st piano concerto in this collection. Nonetheless, this is a terrific compilation for people beginning to get interested in classical music. This compilation is an eclectic mix of the familiar (Beethoven's moonlight sonata, Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini variation no. 18, Myer's Cavatina, Barber's "Adagio for Strings, etc.), the contemporary (Michael Nyman's The Promise, Horner's My Heart Will Go On), and the truly moving (Bach's Double Violin Concerto, Bruch's Violin Concerto, Schubert's String Quintet in C)-relatively obscure pieces usually left out in less inspired and mediocre classical music compilations. It is gratifying to see that opera music has not been left out. Get this cd if only for the Maria Callas tracks, Lucia Popp's performance of Strauss' Beim Schlafengehen, and Dame Kiri Te Kanawa's Addio del passato.

2 out of 5 stars "Classical heartbreakers" broke my heart.......2004-06-27

I am an avid listener of classical music, and I purchased this CD expecting to get some of the best classical music ever composed. I guess I expected a bit much though. Although the recording is filled with high quality performances of fantastic pieces, I was disappointed to find that only about half of the pieces are contained in their entirety on this 2-disc set. Songs such as Rhapsody in Blue and Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata were not recorded in full for this album, which caught me off guard and bothered me quite a bit.

Anybody who is unfamiliar with classical music will appreciate this album. Since it features some of the most moving classical pieces ever written, it is sure to entrance listeners. And by not placing entire 10-minute pieces on the CDs, it will not run on and bore those unaccustomed to the length of most classical music. However, if you are already well-versed in classical music and can listen to entire symphonies with ease, I would advise against buying this album. I now feel a desire to go out again and find the full versions of some of these pieces, since I feel I was cheated by only getting introductions or short movements on most of the album. Guess I should have paid a little more attention to what I was buying.

5 out of 5 stars A Fantastic Compilation.......2004-05-01

Most of the musical pieces in this compilation are from versions as they appear in various movies. This is Classical music from classic movies such as: Somewhere in Time, Schindler's List, English Patient, The Piano, Platoon, et al. But make no mistake; the music is what's really worth mentioning here.

The title says it all. It claims to have "the most moving Classical music of all time," and they certainly have a case, as it is chock full of the kind of emotional pieces that can easily bring you to tears. This double CD compilation with 37 passionately beautiful pieces is a steal at $16.99.

If you've ever recorded your favorite songs on to tape, or burned them on to a CD, you'll see that this compilation is exactly what EMI Records has done. It is like a greatest hits, volume 1, of poignant Classical music. Almost all of the musical pieces are classic favorites, though there are a few contemporary ones also.

I found the music on this CD powerful and moving as advertised, and I think that Classical music fans should truly enjoy it. It is well worth the price it's being sold for, and I highly recommend it.

Since there is some missing information as to who the composers and artists are, here they are:

Disk 1

Tchaikovsky - Piano Concerto No. 1 in B Flat Minor Op.23: I. Allegro Non Troppo E Mol; Andre Previn; Horacio Gutierrez; The London Symphony Orchestra

Mascagni - Intermezzo (Cavalleria Rusticana) {Raging Bull}; Riccardo Muti; The Philharmonia Orchestra

Rachmaninov - Rhapsody on a theme of Paganini - Variation #18 {Somewhere in Time}; Cecile Ousset; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle

Puccini - O Mio Babbino Caro (Gianni Schicchi) {A Room with a View};
Montserrat Caballe; The London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Charles Mackerras

Bach - Viola da Gamba Sonata in G Minor BWV1029 - II. Adagio (Opening) {Truly, Madly, Deeply}; Jordi Savall; Ton Koopman

Richard Strauss - Beim Schlafengehen (Vier Letzte Lieder) {The Hours}; Klaus Tennstedt; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Lucia Popp

Williams - Schindler's List (Theme) {Schlinder's List}; Iain Sutherland; New World Philharmonic; Tasmin Little

Debussy - Clair de Lune {Frankie and Johnnie}; Dame Moura Lympany

Mahler - Symphony No. 5 in C Sharp Minor: IV. Adagietto (Conclusion) {Death in Venice}; New Philharmonia Orchestra; Sir John Barbirolli

Catalani - Ebben? Ne Andrò Lontana (La Wally) {Diva}; Maria Callas; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Tullio Serafin

Beethoven - Piano Sonata No. 14 in C Sharp Minor "Moonlight" Op. 27/2 - I. Adagio S; Dame Moura Lympany

Bruch - Violin Concerto No. 1 in G Minor - II. Adagio (Opening) Sir Yehudi Menuhin; The Philharmonia Orchestra; Walter Susskind

Puccini - E Lucevan le Stelle (Tosca) {The Man Who Cried}; Carlo Bergonzi; Georges Pretre; Orchestre De La Societe` Des Concerts Du Conservatoire

Chopin - Nocturne in C Sharp Minor Op. Posth {The Pianist}; Maria Tipo

Barber - Adagio for Strings {Platoon} Eugene Ormandy; Philadelphia Orchestra

Elgar - Cello Concerto in E Minor Op. 85 - I. Adagio - Moderato (Opening) {Hilary and Jackie}; London Philharmonic Orchestra; Norman Del Mar; Robert Cohen

Shostakovich - Piano Concerto No. 2 in F Op.102 - II. Andante Dmitri Alexeev; English Chamber Orchestra; Jerzy Maksymiuk

Verdi - Va, Pensiero (Chorus of Hebrew Slaves) (Nabucco) {The Godfather, Pt. 3}; Bernard Haitink; Covent Garden Chorus & Orchestra of the Royal Opera House

Disk 2

Albinoni - Adagio in G Minor (Realised Giazotto) [Extract] {Gallipoli}; Academy of St. Martin in the Fields; Sir Neville Marriner

Nyman - Heart Asks Pleasure First/The Promise {The Piano}; Unknown artist

Quarantotto & Sartori - Time to Say Goodbye; David Abel

J.S. Bach - Goldberg Variations - Aria {The English Patient}; Maria Tipo

Offenbach - Barcarolle (Les Contes d'Hoffmann) {Life Is Beautiful}; Choeurs Rene Ducios; Clu; Elisabeth Schwartskopf; Jeannine Collard; Orchestre De La Societe` Des Concerts Du Conservatoire

Rachmaninov - Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - II. Adagio Sostenuto (Opening) {Brief Encounter}; Cecile Ousset; City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra; Sir Simon Rattle

Elgar - Nimrod ("Enigma" Variations) {Elizabeth}; The London Symphony Orchestra; Sir Adrian Boult

Puccini - Vissi d'Arte (Tosca); Georges Pretre; Maria Callas; Orchestre De La Societe` Des Concerts Du Conservatoire

Myers - Cavatina {The Deer Hunter}; Manuel Barrueco; Steve Morse

Schubert - String Quintet in C D956 - II. Adagio (Opening) {Carrington}; Hungarian Quartet; Laszlo Varga

Gluck - J'Ai Perdu Mon Eurydice (Orphée et Eurydice); Anne Sofie Von Otter; John Eliot Gardiner; Orchestre De L'Opera De Lyon

Chopin - Étude in E "Tristesse" Op.10/3; John Ogden

Verdi - Attendo, Attendo...Addio del Passato (La Traviata); Dame Kiri Te Kanawa; Myung-Whun Chung; The London Symphony Orchestra

Bach - Double Violin Concerto in D Minor BWV 1043 - II. Largo Ma Non Tanto {Children of a Lesser God}; Bath Festial Orchestra; Christian Ferras; Sir Yehudi Menuhin

Kashif - Queen Symphony - III. Adagio {Who Wants to Live Forever - Save Me}; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Tolga Kashif

Chopin - Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Minor - II. Romance (Larghetto) (Opening) {The Truman Show}; Garrick Ohlsson; Jerzy Maksymiuk; Polish National Symphony Orchestra

Faure - In Paradisum (Requiem) {The Thin Red Line}; Cambridge Choir of Kings Choir; English Chamber Orchestra; Stephen Cleobury

Horner - My Heart Will Go On {Titanic}; David Abel

Gershwin - Rhapsody in Blue (Conclusion) {Manhattan}; Andre Previn; The London Symphony Orchestra
Brava, Jessye!: The Very Best of Jessye Norman
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Realmente o melhor
Brava, Jessye!: The Very Best of Jessye Norman

Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000004190
Release Date: 1993-10-12

Tracks:

  1. Dove Fuggo
  2. Villanelle
  3. Non san quant'io nel petto - Non vo'quel vecchio, non son si sciocca
  4. Schmerzen
  5. Beim Schlafengehen
  6. Zueignung
  7. Thy Hand, Belinda - When I Am Laid In Earth
  8. Es gibt ein Reich
  9. Three Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Wer hat dies Liedlein erdacht?
  10. Three Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Das Rheinlegendchen
  11. Three Songs from Des Knaben Wunderhorn: Urlicht
  12. Widmung
  13. Erlk
  14. Vocalise-de
  15. He's Got The Whole World In His Hands
  16. L' inconnue

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Realmente o melhor.......2001-04-22

Habitualmente os CDS que procuram reunir excertos de óperas de seus arquivos, capitaneados pelo nome de alguma estrela consagrada, não passam de caça-níqueis. Este, no entanto, é um exceção, durante quase 30 anos Jessye Norman gravou uma série imensa de CDs para a Philips de um repertório vasto que vai de Purcell à spirituals. Aqui podemos ter uma noção do melhor destas gravações e conseqüentemente do grande talento desse grande artista. Notáveis são suas interpretações de Verdi, um compositor que não está comumente associado a Jessye, e sua Dido, de uma dramaticidade e pungência comparável apenas a de Janet Baker. Também devo destacar suas interpretações de Strauss, sempre delicadas jóias em sua voz.
The Brave Little Toaster
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Great Soundtrack For a Great Movie!
The Brave Little Toaster

Manufacturer: Percepto
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Similar Items:
  1. The Brave Little Toaster
  2. The Brave Little Toaster to the Rescue
  3. The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars
  4. Charlotte's Web, Music from the Motion Picture

ASIN: B000A2H1XW
Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

  1. Main Title
  2. They All Wake Up
  3. Blanket's Dream
  4. Air Conditioner Blows
  5. They Decide to Go
  6. They Look for Transportation
  7. Out into the World
  8. City of Lights
  9. Blanket Looks for a Place to Sleep
  10. Pond/Busby Berkley/The Meadow
  11. Toaster's Dream
  12. Storm
  13. Blanket Is Blown Away
  14. Waterfall
  15. Vacuum Rescues the Group
  16. They Sink in the Mud
  17. In the Shop
  18. Blender's Motor Is Sold
  19. It's a 'B' Movie
  20. Radio Is Stalked
  21. Happy Travel
  22. Into the City
  23. Cutting Edge
  24. Junkyard Montage
  25. Worthless
  26. Finale
  27. End Title

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Great Soundtrack For a Great Movie!.......2006-04-26

This is probably one of the most complete scores you will ever find for an item, and the songs are all well-written and unique from each other. I will review a few specific tracks:

1. Main Title-The Brave Little Toaster has one of the creepiest intros, panning through the dark woods to find an empty cabin full of seemingly lifeless appliences. This haunting track works very well with it.

3. Blanket's Dream-I'm not keen on them leaving in the dialogue here, as you don't get the whole fantasy scene unless you've seen it. Still, Lampy and Radio's amusing lines are here, which is good.

4. The Air Conditioner Blows-For anyone who was terrified of this scene as a kid, this frantic track does the whole thing justice, with a grim ending.

6. Again, the dialogue and sound effects are left in, but they actually help the humor in this track. Lampy's voice is awsome.

8. City of Light-This is my favorite of all the songs. It's a bright and optimistic ballad-ish song when the appliences set out. They're all good singers, even though Lampy speaks a few of his lines. Very catchy.

10. The Pond-This one has to be heard to be believed. It's sound effects of the pond create lovely music, and the highlight is the opera singing fish (don't ask).

11. Toaster's Dream-I just have to say, this is a really scary track to accompany the scene that probably scared me the most when I was younger. That clown...

19. It's a 'B' Movie-This is a spooky number, and will remind you of Rocky Horror Picture Show. Preformed by the junkshop appliences (and a bit by the core group), it's the first showstopper.

22. Into the City-A Beautiful instrumental version of City of Light.

23. Cutting Edge-A techno number sung by the mean appliences that replaced the old ones. It has great lyrics and sounds just like some commercials from that era.

25. Worthless-A disco style song belted out by the poor cars at the junkyard before they all meet their "deaths" at a trash compactor. Catchy and sad at the same time, and a favorite of many.

26. Finale-A seven minute long song. Ranges from hopeful to frantic to a happy ending.

27. End Title-A very happy song to end the soundtrack.

Buy it now. It's everything you've ever dreamed of on the edge...and more!
Exile On Classical Street
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • interesting classical music collection...
  • Fantastic Classical Compilation
Exile On Classical Street

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00000429J
Release Date: 1996-08-13

Tracks:

  1. Ritual Fire Dance
  2. The Rite Of Spring (Excerpts): First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: The Augurs Of Spring - Dances Of The Young Girls
  3. The Rite Of Spring (Excerpts): First Part: Adoration Of The Earth: Ritual Of Abduction
  4. Enigma Variations (Excerpts): VIII. Troyte
  5. Enigma Variations (Excerpts): VIII. W.N.
  6. Enigma Variations (Excerpts): IX. Nimrod
  7. Rhaphsody in Blue (Excerpt)
  8. Beim Schlafengehen
  9. Adagio For Strings
  10. Sposa Son Disprezzata
  11. Violin Concerto No.4: Rondeau
  12. Gloriana - The Courtly Dances: March
  13. Gloriana - The Courtly Dances: Corante
  14. Gloriana - The Courtly Dances: Pavan
  15. Gloriana - The Courtly Dances: Morris Dance
  16. Gloriana - The Courtly Dances: Galliard
  17. Gloriana - The Courtly Dances: La Volta
  18. Gloriana - The Courtly Dances: March (Finale)
  19. String Quartet No. 8 In C Minor: Largo
  20. Clair De Lune
  21. Pictures At An Exhibition (Excerpt): The Great Gate Of Kiev

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars interesting classical music collection..........2004-12-16

This is an interesting classical music collection that is as their personal favorites. My personal faves are by Manuel De Falla (selected by Steven Tyler), a Mozart piece (Keith Richards), Benjamin Britten (Paul McCartney) and Modest Mussorgsky (Trevor Rabin). It includes a 12 page booklet written by Boston DJ Carter Alan with quotes from each musician on why they choose what they did. The other musicians who picked their favorites include Bruce Hornsby, Elton John, Brian Wilson, Marianne Faithful, Michael Stipe, Bono and Frank Sinatra.

5 out of 5 stars Fantastic Classical Compilation.......1999-12-24

This is one of the best classical compilations around - and these are the pieces that inspired other musicians. Rock musicians at that. Lots of good stuff here, including a heartrending rendition of Sposa son Disprezzata, sung by Cecilia Bartoli. Great fun.
Wagner: Die Walküre
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Morris is great\Brunnhilde is better here than on DVD
  • Possibly the Best Die Walkure on disc
  • Very, very good!!
  • Terrible disk for mp3 players
  • As a total package, I'll take this one
Wagner: Die Walküre
Richard Wagner , James Levine , Jessye Norman , James Morris , Reinhild Runkel , and Hildegard Behrens
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Similar Items:
  1. Verdi - Rigoletto / Sutherland, Pavarotti, Milnes, LSO, Bonynge
  2. R. Strauss: Elektra
  3. Donizetti - Lucia di Lammermoor / Sutherland · Pavarotti · Milnes · Ghiaurov · ROH Covent Garden · Bonynge
  4. Tchaikovsky - Eugen Onegin / T. Allen, Freni, von Otter, Shicoff, Burchuladze; Levine
  5. Tannhauser (Slipcase)

ASIN: B000001G95
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Die Walkure: I: Vorspiel
  2. Die Walkure: I.1, p.123: Wes Herd dies auch sei, hier muss ich rasten
  3. Die Walkure: I.1, p.127: Einen Unseligen labtest du
  4. Die Walkure: I.2, p.127 Mud am Herd fand ich den Mann
  5. Die Walkure: I.2, p.131: Friedmund darf ich nicht heissen
  6. Die Walkure: I.2, p.135: Die so leidig Los dir beschied
  7. Die Walkure: I.2, p.137: Ich weiss ein wildes Geschlecht
  8. Die Walkure: I.3, p.137: Ein Schwert verhiess mir der Vater
  9. Die Walkure: I.3, p.139: Schlaefst du, Gast?
  10. Die Walkure: I.3, p.145: Winterstuerme wichen dem Wonnemond
  11. Die Walkure: I.3, p.145: Du bist der Lenz, nach dem ich verlangte
  12. Die Walkure: I.3, p.147: O suesseste Wonne! Seligstes Weib!
  13. Die Walkure: I.3, p.151: Siegmund heiss ich und Siegmund bin ich!

Tracks:

  1. Die Walkure: Nun zaume dein Ross, reisige Maid!
  2. Die Walkure: Hojotoho! Hojotoho!
  3. Die Walkure: Der alte Sturm, die alte Muh!
  4. Die Walkure: So ist es denn aus mit den ewigen Gottern
  5. Die Walkure: Heiaha! Heiaha! Hojotoho!
  6. Die Walkure: Schlimm, furcht ich, schloss der Streit
  7. Die Walkure: Als junger Liebe Lust mir verblich
  8. Die Walkure: Ein andres ist's: achte es wohl
  9. Die Walkure: So nimmst du von Siegmund den Sieg?
  10. Die Walkure: So nimm meinen Segen, Niblungensohn!

Tracks:

  1. Die Walkure: So sah ich Siegvater nie
  2. Die Walkure: Hinweg! Hinweg! Flieh die Entweihte!
  3. Die Walkure: Siegmund! Sieh auf mich!
  4. Die Walkure: Erdenluft muss sie noch atmen
  5. Die Walkure: Weh! Weh! Sussestes Weib
  6. Die Walkure: Zwei Leben lachen dir hier
  7. Die Walkure: Zauberfest bezahmt ein Schlaf
  8. Die Walkure: Wehwalt! Wehwalt!

Tracks:

  1. Die Walkure: Hojotoho! Hojotoho!
  2. Die Walkure: Schutzt mich und helft in hochster Not!
  3. Die Walkure: Nicht sehre dich Sorge um mich
  4. Die Walkure: Steh, Brunnhild'!
  5. Die Walkure: Hier bin ich, Vater: gebiete die Strafe!
  6. Die Walkure: War es so schmahlich, was ich verbrach
  7. Die Walkure: Deinen leichten Sinn lass dich denn leiten
  8. Die Walkure: Du zeugtest ein edles Geschlecht
  9. Die Walkure: Leb wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind!
  10. Die Walkure: Der Augen leuchtendes Paar
  11. Die Walkure: Loge, hor! Lausche hieher!
  12. Die Walkure: (Feuerzauber)

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Morris is great\Brunnhilde is better here than on DVD.......2006-09-22

I am not a fan of the recent Behrens. Her voice, in the DVD of the ring cycle,( different from the CD's by several years!) is far drier than on disc. On disc, she is tolerable, even good most of the time, though as one reviewer so cleverly put it, Norman's Siegliende sounds like she could eat the Valkyries alive. I would give anything to switch the roles having Behrnes as Siegliende and Norman as Brunnhilde. Why couldnt the met think of that-the Valkyrie is a strong noble woman-Norman would be perfect-
The star of the show is James Morris' Wotan. His voice is like liquid gold, pure butter. OF all the Wotan's I have heard, his is the most effective, even moreso on the DVD set. Some may complain about his legato ladden singing, but this adds an immense beauty to the performance which truly makes you yearn for his every word. In the group I watched the whole cycle with, every time he sang, everyone shut up and was in awe of his performance. The only performance I believe is comparable is KNA's 56 Hotter. It is the only perforamcen by Hotter I think is successful, though his Solti Walkure Wotan may be the worst performance of disc. IT sounds like he is singing, or was recorded in a cave. Stray from that horrid performance. Also Karajan's is pretty good, one of the best. Barenboim;s is decent, tomlinson is strong with a great voice, but he tends to overemphasize certain phrases
For a wonderful comparison of what makes Morris great, I compared his lines in
"Der Alt Sturm' to Fricka regarding Siegliende and Siegmunde to
KNA, KRauss, Solti, Barenboim, Morris DVD, and CD and Haitink
Morris is the best.

5 out of 5 stars Possibly the Best Die Walkure on disc.......2005-12-07

People have criticized James Levine for his plodding tempos in his Wagner conducting. However, I believe that his conducting is most true to Wagner's score. I personally think that this Walkure is the best on disc, exceeding the recordings made by Sir Georg Solti, Karl Bohm, Clemens Krauss, and to a certain extent, Herbert von Karajan. The clear, precise, yet transparent sounds he draws from the Met Orchestra is superb, and he displays the psychological drama of the characters very very well. The cast is top notch too, with Brunhildde being played by the very youthful sounding Hildegard Behrens in her prime. From the magnificent opening Hojotohos to her farewell with Wotan, none of the dramatic qualities of the part were missed by this gifted German soprano. You have here the feminine qualities perfected by Regine Crespin in her Karajan recording, plus the clarion high notes of Birgit Nilsson, and you have a great Valkyrie. Wotan is played by none other than James Morris, a singer whose Wotan I believe exceeds that of Hans Hotter in the Solti recording. This isn't a Wotan to fear, although that is one of the attributed the great American bass baritone can bring to the music. You also have Wotan the father, the lover, the compassionate head god who is distraught because he no longer has the universe under his control. A reference performance indeed. Gary Lakes plays Siegmund, a part bettered only by James King. His Sieglinde is Jessye Norman, and despite this talk about her overmannered Sieglinde, I would say that this is one of her greatest Wagner performances...very touching and vocally magnificent. Christa Ludwig plays Fricka, and although the voice is no longer what it was years ago for Solti, the drama she exudes in the text simply cuts through everything like a knife. This is a reference Fricka that must be held beside the great Fricka of Josephine Veasey in the Karajan recording. Finally, Hunding is played by none other than Kurt Moll. I wonder why this singer is cast so sparsely in other recordings when he can command some of the greatest Wagner performances on disc. His Gurnemanz, in my opinion, is the most wonderful in the discography. If he were to sing Wotan, I would be extremely thrilled with the results, but having James Morris in the role is more than I could ask for.

This truly is a great recording, and the sound is a miracle beyond miracles. Highly recommended!

5 out of 5 stars Very, very good!!.......2005-03-10

Let me first say that I'm relatively new to the Opera world; therefore, my opinion may not hold much weight. However, I must say this: I love this recording!! Hildegard's voice is exquisite, Jessye Norman has such a commanding voice in her last passage of the Opera, and James Morris does an AWESOME Wotan. I remember after I had read a lot of negative commentary on this opera, I began to have a negative opinion about Norman's performance; then a friend took me to the side and showed me Norman's last passage in this opera (on the DVD), then every doubt I had about her was destroyed!

My ear is not trained enough for particulars (like diction and such) so I can't comment on that.

Basically, if you're looking for an overall good recording taken at a good tempo, this is it. I have heard the infallible Solti recording of this opera and I quickly grew bored with how slow he had taken some passages, but Nilsson has such a beatiful voice on that recording, too. So, it it just depends on what you want out of the Opera, I suppose

Anyways, as a budding opera listener, I highly reccommend this Opera.

1 out of 5 stars Terrible disk for mp3 players.......2005-02-27

I like to listen to opera on my mp3 player. There are 4 CD's with different track information that make it extremely difficult to get them loaded in your mp3 library in the proper sequence. I have not yet been successful with either my Roxio or Music Match Jukebox software. The volume level is also very low compared to my other CD's. Very dissatisfied. Will probably buy another Die Walkure so I dont waist any more time. Age 66, former computer consultant.

5 out of 5 stars As a total package, I'll take this one.......2004-12-04

Most people seem to dismiss this "Walkure" because Hildegard Behrens isn't Kirsten Flagstad, Gary Lakes isn't Lauritz Melchior, and James Levine isn't Hans Knappertsbusch. Maybe so. (Although remember the wise old adage: "The Golden Age of opera is always the one you just missed.") But Wagner, more than any other composer, is about the total experience - not just golden throats. And if the participants here aren't clear firsts in every category, their consistent and cumulative excellence make this an extremely competitive candidate.

Let's start with Behrens as everyone's favorite Valkyrie. It's true that she lacks power in the mid-range. But the crucial high notes are strong and shiny. And though they are not as magnificent as Birgit Nilsson's, the outstanding digital sound in which they are captured is a nice consolation. (Opera, like politics, is an art of compromises.)

And Gary Lakes as Siegmund? I'm sure this heresy will earn me a bushel of "unhelpful" votes from the moldy figs. But I have the legendary 1935 Vienna Melchior/Lehmann/List "Walkure" Act I, and I'll take Mr. Lakes, thank you. His instrument may not be the equal of Melchior's Stradivarius, but it's a sweet fiddle all the same (lotsa helden in his tenor) and he plays it far more affectingly, in my opinion.

I'm also prepared to stack up Jessye Norman's almost dementedly passionate Sieglinde against any other essayer of the role. As the mother of the World's Greatest Hero, she ought not to be sung as a swooning Bavarian wildflower. With La Norman's lashing torrents of vocal power, when the character longs to have her shame avenged, you'll know she means it. And when she climactically calls her brother by his true name, you'll want a cigarette afterwards.

If there is a better performance of Hunding than Kurt Moll's, seething with menace, let it be brought forward. I find James Levine an outstanding Wagner conductor - equally adept with the thunderous "Ride of the Valkyries" and the meltingly tender string playing at the end of Act III. And the recorded sound is demonstration class - if you like that sort of thing.

There will always be Solti die-hards and with Birgit Nilsson in his arsenal you can't blame them. But this will be my "Walkure" of choice from now on.
Wagner: Les Introuvables du Ring
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    Wagner: Les Introuvables du Ring

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    ASIN: B000005GQX
    Release Date: 1994-01-01

    Tracks:

    1. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 1- Prelude
    2. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 1- Weia! Waga!
    3. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 1 - He He !
    4. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 1 - Garstig Glatter
    5. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 1 - Lugt, Schwestern
    6. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 1 - Bangt Euch Noch Nicht?
    7. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 - Bein Ich Nun Frei?
    8. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 - Weiche, Wotan, Weiche!
    9. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 - Furchtbar Nun Erfing Ich Des Fluches Kraft
    10. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 Schwules Gedunst Schwebt In Der Luft
    11. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 - Zur Burg Fuhrt Die Brucke
    12. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 - Abendich Straglt Der Sonne Auge
    13. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 - Ihrem Ende Eilen Sie Zu
    14. Les Introvables Du Ring: Das Rheingold - Scene 4 - Rheingold! Rheingold!
    15. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act II- Scene 4 - Siegmund!
    16. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act II- Scene 4 - Erdenluft Mass Sie Noch Atmen
    17. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act II- Scene 4 - Weh! Weh! Sussestes Weib
    18. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act II- Scene 4 - Zwei Leben Lachen Dir Hier
    19. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III - Scene 3 - Leb Whol, Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind!
    20. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III - Scene 3 - Der Augen Leuchtendes Paar
    21. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III - Scene 3 - Loge, Hor! Lausche Hieher!
    22. Les Introvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III - Scene 3 - Incantation Du Feu - Magic Fire Music

    Tracks:

    1. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Prelude
    2. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Wes Herd Dies Auch Sei, Hier Muss Ich Rasten
    3. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Einen Unseligen Labtest Du
    4. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Mu Am Herd Fand Ich Den Mann
    5. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Friedmund Darf Ich Nicht Heissen
    6. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Die So Leidig Los Dir Beschied
    7. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Ich Weiss Ein Wildes Geschlecht
    8. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Ein Schwert Verhiess Mir Der Vater
    9. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Schlafst Du, Gast?
    10. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1- Wintersurme Wichne Dem Wonnemond
    11. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Du Bist Der Lenz
    12. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - O Susseste Wonne!
    13. Ls Intruvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act 1 - Siegmund Heiss Ich

    Tracks:

    1. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III Scene 3 - War Es So Schmahlich, Was Ich Verbrach
    2. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III Scene 3 - Deinen Leichten Sinn Lass Dich Denn Leiten
    3. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III Scene 3 - Du Zeugtest Ein Edles Geschlect
    4. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III Scene 3 - Leb Wohl , Du Kuhnes, Herrliches Kind
    5. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III Scene 3 - Der Augen Leuchtendes Paar
    6. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III Scene 3 - Loge, Hor! Lausche Hieher
    7. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Die Walkure - Act III Scene 3 - Incantation Du Feu
    8. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Siegfried - Act III Scene 3 - Heil Dir Sonne
    9. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Siegfried - Act III Scene 3 - So Starb Nicht Meine Mutter?
    10. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Siegfried - Act III Scene 3 - Dort Seh Ich Grane
    11. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Siegfried - Act III Scene 3 - Heilig Schied Sie Aus Walhall
    12. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Siegfried - Act III Scene 3 - Oh! Siegfried!
    13. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Siegfried - Act III Scene 3 - Wie Des Blutes Strome Sich Zunden
    14. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Siegfried - Act III Scene 3 - Fahr Hin, Walhalls Leuchtende Welt!

    Tracks:

    1. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Prologue - Zu Meuen Taten Teurer Helde
    2. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Prologue - Mehr Gabst Du Wunderfrau
    3. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Prologue - O Heilige Gotter!
    4. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Prologue - Voyage De Siegfried Sur Le Rhin
    5. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Hier Sitz Ich Zur Wacht
    6. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act II Scene 3
    7. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act II Scene 4 - Helle Wehr! Heilige Waffe
    8. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act III Scene 3 - March Funebre
    9. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act III Scene 3 - Starke Scheite Schichtet Mir Dort
    10. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act III Scene 3 - Wie Sonne Lauter Strahlt Mir Sein Licht
    11. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act III Scene 3 - O ihr, Der Eide Ewige Huter!
    12. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act III Scene 3 - Mein Erbe Nun Nehm Ich zu Eigen
    13. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act III Scene 3 - Fliegt Heim, Ihr Raben!
    14. Les Introuvables Du Ring: Gotterdammerung - Act III Scene 3 - Grane, Mein Ross Sei Mir Gegruss!
    Great Voices of the 50's
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      Great Voices of the 50's

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      ASIN: B0000042GT
      Release Date: 1997-09-16

      Tracks:

      1. Wesendonk-Lieder: Der Engel - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      2. Wesendonk-Lieder: Stehe still - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      3. Wesendonk-Lieder: Im Treibhaus - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      4. Wesendonk-Lieder: Schmerzen - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      5. Wesendonk-Lieder: Traume - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      6. 3 Ruckert-Lieder: Ich bin der Welt abhanden gekommen - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      7. 3 Ruckert-Lieder: Ich atmet' einen linden Duft - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      8. 3 Ruckert-Lieder: Um Mitternacht - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      9. Lieder: Einerlei, Op. 69 No. 3 'Arnim' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      10. Lieder: Ich wollt' ein StrauBlein binden, Op. 68 No. 2 'Brentano' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      11. Lieder: Schlechtes Wetter, Op. 69 No. 5 'Heine' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      12. Lieder: Befreit, Op. 39 No. 4 'Dehmel' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      13. Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen 'Hesse' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      14. Four Last Songs: September 'Hesse' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      15. Four Last Songs: Fruhling 'Hesse' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)
      16. Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot 'Eichendorff' - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756-1791)

      Tracks:

      1. Sheherazade: Asie
      2. Sheherazade: La Flute enchantee
      3. Sheherazade: L'Indifferent
      4. Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme: Soupir
      5. Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme: Placet futile
      6. Trois Poemes de Stephane Mallarme: Surgi de la croupe et du bond
      7. Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Fleur des eaux
      8. Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: Interlude
      9. Poeme de l'amour et de la mer: La Mort de l'amour
      10. La Damoiselle elue

      Tracks:

      1. I Puritani: Son vergin vezzosa
      2. I Puritani: Qui la voce ... Vien, diletto
      3. La Sonnambula: Come per me sereno ... Sovra il sen
      4. La Sonnambula: Ah! no cread mirarti ... Ah! non giunge
      5. Il bacio
      6. Theme & Variations
      7. Villanelle
      8. Le Rossignol
      9. Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Wohlan, nur Mut und Vertrauen
      10. Les Contes d'Hoffmann: Die Legende von Klien Zaches
      11. Fidelio: Gott! Welch' Dunkel heir
      12. Il re pastore: L' amero, saro costante
      13. Exsultate, jubilate, K 165

      Tracks:

      1. Pique Dame: Ich muss am Fenster lehnen
      2. Pique Dame: Es geht auf Mitternacht
      3. Un Ballo in Maschera: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
      4. Un Ballo in Maschera: Morro, ma prima in grazia
      5. Zigeunerliebe: Lied und csardas
      6. Die lustige Witwe: Vilja Lied
      7. Die Dubarry: Ich schenk' mein Herz
      8. Der Zarewitsch: Einer wird kommmen
      9. Le nozze di Figaro: Non piu andrai
      10. Die Walkure: Leb' wohl, du kuhnes, herrliches Kind! (Wotan's Farewell And Magic Fire Music)
      11. Oberon: Ocean! Du Ungeheuer!
      12. Salome: Ah! Du wolltest mich nicht deinen Mund kussen lassen

      Tracks:

      1. Samson et Dalila: S'apre per te il mio cor
      2. Eugene Onegin: Tatyana's Letter Scene
      3. Cavalleria Rusticana: Voi lo sapete
      4. Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete
      5. Andrea Chenier: Nemico della patria
      6. Mefistofele: L'altra notte in fondo al mare
      7. La Gioconda: E' un anatema
      8. Il Barbiere di Siviglia: Largo al factotum
      9. La forza del destino: Morir! Tremenda cosa! ... Urna fatale del mio destino
      10. Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono i bei momenti
      11. La Wally: Ne mai dunque avro pace
      12. Lodoletta: Flammen, perdonami
      13. Cecilia: Per amor di Gesu

      Music Album:

      1. Johnny Horton's Greatest Hits
      2. Live At Billy Bob's Texas [Live]
      3. Live At Cibolo Creek Country Club [Live]
      4. Live! [Live]
      5. Live Shots [Live]
      6. Love Will Always Win [Import]
      7. Melanie The Ultimate Collection [Import]
      8. Moonlight and Roses/Jim Reeves Way [Import] [Original recording remastered]
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      10. My Kind of Country

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