The first real new traditionalist, John Anderson took some odd twists and turns during his career. As new traditionalism dominated, he drifted from the Top 10, then came back strong in the early '90s. Later attempts at hot-country trendiness were dismal. There's none of that nonsense here. Instead, nearly 18 years after "Swingin'" established his stardom, Anderson offers an inspired, eloquent survey of a changing world and rural, small-town values bulldozed into oblivion. "I Ain't Afraid of Dying," "Appalachian Blue," and "Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons" confront those issues. "The Call," a sentimental minidrama about a lifetime of phone calls, is a song few singers under 60 could pull off. Anderson pulls every drop of emotion from these songs. He rocks hard on "Baby's Gone Home to Mama," waxes passionate on the self-deprecating "It Ain't Easy Being Me," and sardonic on "The Big Revival," which spoofs snake-handling preachers. The album's closer, Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City," may seem out of place given its urban setting, but it's actually a sly benediction, with its memorable chorus: "Everything dies baby that's a fact / But, baby everything that dies someday comes back." In the end, Anderson has created a masterpiece, Nashville's answer to John Mellencamp's Scarecrow. --Rich Kienzle
Nobody's Got It All,John Anderson,Sony,Country,Country & Western,New Traditionalist,Pop
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Fascinating Rhythm: The Complete Music for Solo Piano by George Gershwin
Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000J80E Release Date: 1999-06-08 |
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The Essential Paul Robeson
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005B15R Release Date: 2001-05-22 |
Tracks:
- Ol' Man River
- Steal Away
- Joshua Fit De Battle Ob Jericho
- Water Boy
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot
- Deep River
- Lonesome Road
- Mighty Lak' A Rose
- Rockin' Chair
- When It's Sleepy-time Down South
- Mah Lindy Lou
- My Curly Headed Baby
- Carry Me Back To Green Pastures
- Lazy Bones
- St. Louis Blues
- Congo Lullaby
- Canoe Song
- Shenandoah
- I Still Suits Me
- Summertime
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- Just A-Wearyin' For you
- Song Of The Volga Boatmen
- Little Man, You've Had A Busy Day
Tracks:
- Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child/Minstrel Man
- Git On Board, Li'l Children/Dere's No Hidin' Place
- Go Down, Moses
- Bear De Burden/All God's Chillun Got Wings
- Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen
- Got The South In My Soul
- Blue Prelude
- Fat Li'l Feller Wid His Mammy's Eyes/Shortnin' Bread
- Wagon Wheels
- The Banjo Song
- Love Song
- Climbing Up (Mountain Song)
- All Through The Night
- Mood Indigo
- At Dawning
- An Eriskay Love Lilt
- Trees
- Jerusalem
- The Cobbler's Song
- A Perfect Day
- Sylvia
- Sea Fever
- King Joe (The Joe Louis Blues)
- The Old Folks At Home (Swanee River)
- My Old Kentucky Home
Customer Reviews:
What ??.......2006-12-10
While I might be from New York I certainly would not be called a bleeding heart liberal but I can certainly understand why the poor soul was looking elsewhere. You are either ignorant of history and its influences on people or you are a totally unsympathetic jackass!!
Nice Voice, but not a nice person...(read on, pls.).......2006-01-07
beleiving Communist rhetoric (which is
strange as hell for an Amer-I-can black
man). A good singing voice but all cover
songs! Come on, Paul!
A let down.......2004-09-24
The definitive Paul Robeson compilation.......2003-09-19
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André Watts
Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00000IIYS Release Date: 1999-04-13 |
Tracks:
- Piano Concerto No. 1 In E flat: 1. Allegro maestoso
- Piano Concerto No. 1 In E flat: 2. Quasi adagio - Allegretto vivace - Allegro animato
- Piano Concerto No. 1 In E flat: 3. Allegro marziale animato
- Grande Etude de Paganin No. 3 'La campanella'
- Etude d'execution transcendante No. 10 In F Minor
- Hungarian Rhapsody No. 13
- Totentanz
- Fantasy In C, D. 760 'Wanderer - Fantasie'
Tracks:
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): 1 Swanee
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): Somebody Loves Me
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): 17 Who Cares (So Long As You Care For Me)?
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): 4 I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): The Man I Love
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): Nobody But You
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): Please Do It Again
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): 'S Wonderful
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): 6 Oh, Lady Be Good
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): Sweet And Low-Down
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): That Certain Feeling
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): Liza (All The Clouds Roll Away)
- Gerswin Songbook (Transcribed For Piano By Composer): I Got Rhythm
- Variations In C MInor, WoO 80
- Etude In C, Op. 10 No. 1
- Etude In C Sharp Minor, Op. 25 No. 7
- Etude In Minor, Op. 25 No. 12
- Children's Corner: Doctor Gradus Ad Parnassum
- Children's Corner: JImbo's Lullaby
- Children's Corner: Seranade For The Doll
- Children's Corner: The Snow Is Dancing
- Children's Corner: The Little Shepard
- Children's Corner: Golliwogg's Cake-Walk
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Theme
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation I
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation II
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation III
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation IV
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation V
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation VI
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation VII
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation VIII
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation IX
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation X
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XI
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XII
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XIII
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Intermezzo
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XIV
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XV
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XVI
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XVII
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XVIII
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XIX
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Variation XX
- Variations On Theme By Corelli, Op. 42: Coda
Customer Reviews:
Glorious.......2001-02-19
"Watts" not to like?.......2001-02-06
Andre Watts has been criticized for having a somewhat limited repertoire, but this may be because he plays only what he truly loves. And the love shows through especially in the Liszt Campanelle Etude, the Gershwin and the Chopin.
The cd also shows off his tremendous musicianship and expression, which he never sacrifices to technical fireworks, though the fireworks are there. He takes risks and there is a lot of excitement in the music here but also a great deal of soul, something that is sadly missing from so many of today's technically perfect but boring musicians. This is a treasured cd set.
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Songs from the Shows
Manufacturer: Dutton Vocalion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00006RY8M Release Date: 2002-11-12 |
Tracks:
- Pennies from Heaven
- But Where Are You? [Let's Face the Music]
- For Sentimental Reasons
- June Is Bustin' Out All Over [From Carousel]
- Careless Rhapsody [By Jupiter]
- Jupiter Forbid [By Jupiter]
- Nobody's Heart [From by Jupiter]
- Ev'rything I've Got [By Jupiter]
- Saga of Jenny, Pt. 1 [Lady in the Dark]
- Saga of Jenny, Pt. 2 [Lady in the Dark]
- This Is New [Lady in the Dark]
- Girl of the Moment [Lady in the Dark]
- My Ship [Lady in the Dark]
- One Life to Live [Lady in the Dark]
- Ace in the Hole [Let's Face It]
- I Said No [Sweater Girl]
- My Cousin in Milwaukee
- Someday I'll Find You [Private Lives]
- Dance Little Lady [This Year of Grace]
- Zigeuner [Bitter Sweet]
- I'll See You Again [From Bitter Sweet]
- Room With a View [This Year of Grace]
- I Cling to You [Ziegfeld Follies of 1933]
- What Is There to Say? [Ziegfeld Follies of 1933]
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Nobody's Got It All
John Anderson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00005ARE3 Release Date: 2001-03-27 |
Tracks:
- You Ain't Hurt Nothin' Yet
- It Ain't Easy Being Me
- I Ain't Afraid Of Dying
- Nobody's Got It All
- The Call
- Appalachian Blue
- The Big Revival
- Go To Town
- Five Generations Of Rock Country Wilsons
- Baby's Gone Home To Mama
- I Love You Again
- Atlantic City
Amazon.com
The first real new traditionalist, John Anderson took some odd twists and turns during his career. As new traditionalism dominated, he drifted from the Top 10, then came back strong in the early '90s. Later attempts at hot-country trendiness were dismal. There's none of that nonsense here. Instead, nearly 18 years after "Swingin'" established his stardom, Anderson offers an inspired, eloquent survey of a changing world and rural, small-town values bulldozed into oblivion. "I Ain't Afraid of Dying," "Appalachian Blue," and "Five Generations of Rock County Wilsons" confront those issues. "The Call," a sentimental minidrama about a lifetime of phone calls, is a song few singers under 60 could pull off. Anderson pulls every drop of emotion from these songs. He rocks hard on "Baby's Gone Home to Mama," waxes passionate on the self-deprecating "It Ain't Easy Being Me," and sardonic on "The Big Revival," which spoofs snake-handling preachers. The album's closer, Bruce Springsteen's "Atlantic City," may seem out of place given its urban setting, but it's actually a sly benediction, with its memorable chorus: "Everything dies baby that's a fact / But, baby everything that dies someday comes back." In the end, Anderson has created a masterpiece, Nashville's answer to John Mellencamp's Scarecrow. --Rich KienzleCustomer Reviews:
Thank You, John !.......2003-08-05
With the truly great, classic country singers like George Jones and Merle Haggard heading into their senior years, fans of real country music are fortunate that they still have the voice of John Anderson to appreciate.
As someone who has been buying John Anderson LPs and CDs for over 20 years, I find that this set is up there with some of his best, although I think that 4 stars is an honest rating--he does have other discs that were even better.
My first impressions ? "The Call" and "Appalachian Blue" stood out for me, as well as a fine "rocker", " Baby's Gone Home To Mama "--however, most of the material here is strong.
Perhaps John doesn't sell as many discs as some artists who rely on cute videos and other gimmicks. Hopefully, there are still enough country fans out there who respect John's integrity, not to mention a very special voice. Country music radio stations who do not play his music should be ashamed of themselves.
A previous disc of John's was called "Country Til I Die"--amen to that, John--you are the real deal !
If some people are in despair that "there is no true country music anymore", this disc--in fact, John's entire catalogue--should correct that impression !
I really liked this album, though ignored by radio!.......2001-12-29
Great Country CD........2001-05-10
John Anderson - Back on Top.......2001-05-05
Nobody's Ever Got It So Wrong.......2001-04-08
With the exception of the midtempo "I Love You Again" and aforementioned "You Ain't Hurt," the rest of the songs do not deal with relationships. They all deal with issues like living and dying. That's okay but you don't want to hear about them in almost every song on this disc.
"The Call" is perhaps the best song here: it's a slow reflective ballads of making the call at the right times in life. I was initially excited to see Dean Dillon's cropping up on the co-writer's credits for 2 songs but unfortunately there's nothing memorable about them. Anderson's cover of Bruce Sprinsteen's "Atlantic City" is just apalling: it's not even country and Anderson's hillbilly voice seems so out of place on this rock song.
This is by no means a country album, it's more Americana/country with plesant but not outstanding songs. I am afraid Anderson may have to pack his bags and start shopping for a new label soon. But this time he may not be as lucky to be picked up by a major label. What a waste of opportunity, he could have made another hit album if only he would forget about dying and start living and seizing his opportunites!
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George Gershwin's Rhapsody In Blue
Manufacturer: Kuarup Brasil ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B00008O7F8 Release Date: 2005-02-08 |
Tracks:
- Man I Love
- Swanee
- Nobody But You
- I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
- Do It Again
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- Somebody Loves Me
- Sweet and Low Down
- Slap Yo'hands
- Do Do Do
- My One and Only
- 'S Wonderful
- Strike Up the Band
- I Got Rhythm
- Who Cares?
- That Certain Feeling
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
Album Details
A New Version of the Classic Masterpiece by George Gerswin "Rhapsody in Blue" by this Excellent Brazilian Piano Player.
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Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4
Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0001Z2RSC Release Date: 2004-08-24 |
Tracks:
- Swanee
- Come To the Moon
- I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
- Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
- Nobody But You
- Limehouse Nights
- Drifting Along With The Tide
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Oh Lady Be Good!
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Hang On To Me
- I'd Rather Charleston
- The Man I Love
- The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
- So Am I
- Kickin' The Clouds Away
- Concerto In F
Tracks:
- Sweet And Low-Down (I)
- That Certain Feeling (I)
- Looking For A Boy
- When Do We Dance?
- Sweet And Low-Down (II)
- That Certain Feeling (II)
- Irish Waltz
- Do, Do, Do
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- Clap Yo' Hands
- Maybe
- Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
- Meadow Serenade
- My One And Only
- 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
- He Loves And She Loves
- An American In Paris
- Liza
- Strike Up The Band
- Embraceable You
- I Got Rhythm (I)
- I Got Rhythm (II)
Tracks:
- Of Thee I Sing
- Jilted
- Second Rhapsody
- For You, For Me, For Evermore
- Cuban Overture
- Isn't It A Pity?
- Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
- I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
- II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
- III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
- IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
- V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
- Our Love Is Here To Stay
Tracks:
- Girl Crazy Overture
- French Ballet Class
- Dance Of The Waves
- Slap That Bass
- Walking The Dog
- I've Got Beginner's Luck
- They All Laughed
- They Can't Take That Away From Me
- Shall We Dance
- By Strauss
- I Can't Be Bothered Now
- The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
- Put Me To The Test
- The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
- Stiff Upper Lip
- A Foggy day (In London Town)
- Nice Work If You Can Get It
- Things Are Looking Up
- I Was Doing All Right
- Love Walked In
Customer Reviews:
Excellent performer.......2007-03-09
I'm fascinating.
A unique project.......2006-11-23
Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12
Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.
Definative.......2005-07-23
Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.
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The Essential Leontyne Price
Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000003FWD Release Date: 1996-08-13 |
Tracks:
- Aida: Act I: Ritorna vincitor!
- Aida: Act I: E l'amor mio?
- Aida: Act I: I sacri nomi di padre, d'amante
- Aida: Act III: Qui Radames verra!
- Aida: Act III: O patria mia
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: (Prelude)
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ecco l'orrido campo
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Ma dall'arido stelo divulsa
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: A tal colpa e nulla il pianto
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act III: Morro, ma prima in grazia
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Che piu t'arresti?
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Tacea la notte placida
- Il Trovatore: Act I: Di tale amor che dirsi
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Siam giunti
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: D'amor sull'ali rosee
- Ernani: Act I: Surta e la notte
- Ernani: Act I: Ernani! Ernani, involami
- Ernani: Act I: Tutto sprezzo che d'Ernani
- La forza del destino: Act II: Son giunta! Grazie, o Dio!
- La forza del destino: Act II: Madre, madre, pietosa Vergine
- La forza del destino: Act II: La Vergine degli angeli
- La forza del destino: Act IV: Pace, pace, mio Dio
Tracks:
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Come scoglio immoto resta
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Piangi? Perche?; Un bel di vedremo
- Madama Butterfly: Act III: Tu? tu? piccolo Iddio!
- TOSCA: Act II: Vissi d'arte
- Manon Lescaut: Act II: In quelle trine morbide
- Manon Lescaut: Act IV: Sola, perduta, abbandonata
- Dialogues des Carmelites: Act III: Mes filles, voila que s'acheve
- Don Giovanni: Act I: Don Ottavio, son morta!
- Don Giovanni: Act I: Or sai chi l'onore
- Don Giovanni: Act II: Crudele? Ah, no, mio bene!
- Don Giovanni: Act II: Non mi dir
- Turandot: Act I: Signore, ascolta!
- Turandot: Act III: Tu che di gel sei cinta
- Ariadne auf Naxos: Es gibt ein Reich
- Antony And Cleopatra: Act III: Give me my robe
Tracks:
- Otello: Era piu calmo?
- Otello: Mia madre aveva una povera ancella (Willow Song)
- Otello: Ave Maria
- Fidelio: Act I: Abscheulicher! Wo eilst du hin?
- Suor Angelica: Senza mamma, o bimbo, tu sei morto!
- Carmen: L'amour est un oiseau rebelle (Habanera)
- La Traviata: Act I: E strano, e strano !
- La Traviata: Act I: Ah, fors' e lui
- La Traviata: Act I: Sempre libera
- Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: E Susanna non vien!
- Le nozze di Figaro: Act III: Dove sono
- Die Agyptische Helena: Act II: Awakening Scene
- La rondine: Ore dolci e divine
- Salome: Finale
Tracks:
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Puskai pogibnu ya
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Ya k vam pishu
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: Net, nikomu na svete
- Eugene Onegin: Act II: No tak i byt'!
- La rondine: Act I: Chi il bel sogno di Doretta
- VANESSA: Act I: He Has Come, He Has Come!
- VANESSA: Act I: Do Not Utter A Word
- Carmen: Act I: Pres des remparts de Seville (Seguidilla)
- Manon: Act II: Allons! il le faut!
- Manon: Act II: Adieu, notre petite table
- Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Vegliammo invan due notti
- Macbeth: Act IV: Sleepwalking Scene: Una macchia e qui tuttora
- La Boheme: Act IIII: Addio. Donde lieta usci (Mimi's Addio)
- Die Frau ohne Schatten: Act II: Empress's Awakening Scene
- Dido and Aeneas: Act III: Thy Hand, Belinda!
- Dido and Aeneas: Act III: When I Am Laid In Earth
- Don Carlo: Act V: Tu che le vanita conoscesti del mondo
Tracks:
- Otello: Act I: Gia nella notte
- Otello: Act I: Quando narravi
- Otello: Act I: Venga la morte!
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Ah, guarda, sorella
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba, bimba, non piangere
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Bimba dagli occhi
- Madama Butterfly: Act I: Vogliatemi bene
- Requiem: Recordare
- Porgy And Bess: Act II: Bess, You Is My Woman
- Norma: Act III: Me chiami, o Norma
- Norma: Act III: Mira, o Norma
- Ernani: Act II: Tu, perfida!
- Ernani: Act II: Ah, morir, potessi adesso
- Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Sorella, cosa dici?
- Cosi fan tutte: Act II: Prendero quel brunettino
- Aida: Act IV: La fatal pietra sovra me si chiuse
- Aida: Act IV: Presago il core della tua condanna
- Aida: Act IV: Vedi? Di morte l'angelo
- Aida: Act IV: O terra, addio
Tracks:
- Un Ballo in Maschera: Act II: Teco io sto!
- Aida: Act III: Ciel! mio padre!
- Aida: Act III: Rivedrai le forest imbalsamate
- Aida: Act III: In armi ora si desta il popol nostro
- Aida: Act III: Padre! a costoro schiava non sono
- Requiem: Angus Dei
- Manon Lescaut: Act I: Oh, saro la piu bella!; Tu, tu, amore?
- Cosi fan tutte: Act I: Soave sia il vento
- Porgy And Bess: Act II: I Loves You, Porgy
- Aida: Act II: Silenzio! Aida verso noi s'avanza
- Aida: Act II: Fu la sorte dell'armi
- Aida: Act II: Pieta ti prenda del mio dolor
- Aida: Act II: Alla prompa che s'appresta
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Udiste?
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Mira, di acerbe lagrime
- Il Trovatore: Act IV: Vivra! Contende il giubilo
- Madama Butterfly: Act II: Scuoti quella fronda di ciliegio (Flower Duet)
- Carmen: Act IV: C'est toi! - C'est moi!
- Carmen: Act IV: Ou vas-tu? - Laisse-moi!
Tracks:
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Villanelle
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Le spectre de la rose
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Sur les lagunes
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Absence
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: Au cimetiere (Clair de lune)
- Les nuits d'ete, Op.7: L'ile inconnue
- Four Last Songs: Fruhling
- Four Last Songs: September
- Four Last Songs: Beim Schlafengehen
- Four Last Songs: Im Abendrot
- Clair de lune, Op.46, No.2: Clair de lune
- Notre amour, Op.23, No.2: Notre amour
- Au cimetiere, Op.51, No.2: Au cimetiere
- Au bord de l'eau, Op.8, No.1: Au bord de l'eau
- No.1, Cinq melodies de Venise, Op.58: Mandoline
- Main dominee par le coeur
- Miroirs brulants No.2: Je nommerai ton front
- Miroirs brulants No.1: Tu vois le feu du soir
- Ce doux petit visage
Tracks:
- Knoxville: Summer Of 1915, Op.24: Knoxville: Summer Of 1915
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Seit ich ihn gesehen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Er, der Herrlichste von allen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Ich kann's nicht fassen
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Du Ring an meinem Finger
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Helft mir, ihr Schwestern
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Susser Freund, du blickest
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: An meinem Herzen, an meiner Brust
- Frauenliebe und -leben, op.42: Nun hast du mir den ersten Schmerz getan
- Widmung (No.1, Myrthen, Op.25): Widmung
- Mignon (No.28, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Mignon
- Volksliedchen, Op.51, No.2: Volksliedchen
- Schone Wiege meiner Leiden (No.5, Liederkreis, Op.24): Schone Wiege meiner Leiden
- Er ist's (No.23, Liederalbum fur die Jugend, Op.79): Er ist's
- Heiss mich nicht reden (No.5, Lieder und Gesand aus Wilhelm Meister)
- Lust der Sturmnacht, Op.35, No.1: Lust der Sturmnacht
- Allerseelen, Op.10, No.8: Allerseelen
- Schlagende Herzen
- Freundliche Vision, Op.48, No.1: Freundliche Vision
- Wie sollten wir geheim, Op.19, No.4: Wie sollten wir geheim
- Der Gartner (Morike-Lieder No.17)
- Lebe wohl (Morike-Lieder No.36)
- Morgentau (From An Old Songbook)
- Geh, Geliebter, geh jetzt (Spanisches Liederbuch No.34)
Tracks:
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
- Let Us Break Bread Together On Our Knees - Various Artists
- His Name So Sweet - Various Artists
- 'Roun' About De Mountain - Various Artists
- Swing Low, Sweet Chariot - Various Artists
- Sit Down, Servant - Various Artists
- Were You There - Various Artists
- He's Got The Whole World In His Hands - Various Artists
- Deep River - Various Artists
- Honor! Honor! - Various Artists
- My Soul's Been Anchored In De Lord - Various Artists
- On Ma Journey - Various Artists
- A City Called Heaven - Various Artists
- Ride On, King Jesus - Various Artists
- I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel To Be Free - Various Artists
- Sinner, Please Don't Let This Harvest Pass - Various Artists
- Sweet Little Jesus Boy - Various Artists
- There Is A Balm In Gilead - Various Artists
- Let Us Cheer The Weary Traveler - Various Artists
- Ev'ry Time I Feel The Spirit - Various Artists
- My Way Is Cloudy - Various Artists
- Nobody Knows The Touble I've Seen - Various Artists
- I Couldn't Hear Nobody Pray - Various Artists
Tracks:
- Holy, Holy, Holy
- Lead, Kindly Light
- Blessed Assurance
- Ave Maria
- What A Friend We Have In Jesus
- Amazing Grace
- The Lord's Prayer
- Pass Me Not, O Gentle Saviour
- The Church's One Foundation
- Bless This House
- I Need Thee Every Hour
- Fairest Lord Jesus
- I Wonder As I Wander
- Ave Maria
- Porgy And Bess: Summertime
- America The Beautiful
- Lift Ev'ry Voice And Sing
- A Mighty Fortress Is Our God
- Battle Hymn Of The Republic
Tracks:
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: He Zigeuner
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Hochgeturmte Rimaflut
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Wisst ihr, wann mein Kindchen
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Lieber Gott, du weisst
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Brauner Bursche
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Roselein dreie in der Reihe
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Kommt dir manchmal in den Sinn
- Chants tziganes, Op. 103: Rote Abendwolken
- Adriana Lecouvreur: Act I: Io son l'umile ancella
- This Little Light O'Mine
- Interview With Leontyne Price By John Pfeiffer
Amazon.com
This 11-CD set, one might say jokingly, contains all the music ever written for the soprano voice and a bit for mezzo as well. And indeed, it's a staggering collection: In addition to her great Verdi heroines (the two Leonoras, Aida, Amelia, and Elvira in Ernani), Price is heard in her Puccini roles--Manon Lescaut, Butterfly, Tosca--and at least two dozen other roles, most of which she never sang on stage. Here are her heroic, secure Leonore in Fidelio, Strauss's high-flying Egyptian Helen, Purcell's Dido, Barber's Cleopatra, Bellini's Norma, Ariadne, Verdi's Violetta and Desdemona, Bizet's Carmen, Mozart's Countess, and Fiordiligi. Some are, naturally, more successful than others; almost none are embarrassing (Carmen comes close). In addition, she sings songs by Schubert, Schumann, and Strauss--none of them as well as say, Janet Baker or Elisabeth Schwarzkopf, and Barber's Knoxville, etc.--quite beautifully. Berlioz's Les Nuits d'été is not very good, but a group of spirituals is. In all, however, this is an amazing display by one of the century's greatest sopranos. There may be no new depths plumbed here, but the singing is a knockout. --Robert LevineCustomer Reviews:
A Long Time Coming..........2006-03-30
An American Icon....I will forever be a loyal fan and admirer!!
Her Best Album.......2006-01-01
This collection is overwhelming. Leontyne Price proves herself to be a masterful artist of diverse repertoire. Pity she didn't really sing these on stage because she would have put Maria Callas and all the reigning divas before and after her to shame. Listen to her remarkable, unsurpassed Mozart repertoire. This she did sing in opera houses, probably because Mozart does not require a true lyrico-spinto heavyness and smaller opera houses can accomodate Mozartian voices that do not often rise above the staff/orchestra. She sang exquisite Fiordiligis at the Met. The arias from Cosi Fan Tutte here - Soave sia il vento, O Guarda Sorelle and the fiendishly difficult vocal showcase "Come Scoglio" with its vertiginious scales are all fine samples of Miss Price's artistry. She sang Susanna and Donna Anna with beauty and bravura. The Salome excerpt is quite thrilling. She would have made a terrific Salome but the role is quite difficult and it would have surely killed her voice. Leontyne Price was the number one Verdi soprano. Every opera cognoscente will tell you that. When you hear the excerpts from Verdi operas here - Lady Macbeth's Sleepwalking Scene, Aida's arias, Leonora's arias from Trovatore and Leonora's arias from Forza Del Destino, particularly La Virgine Del Angeli and the ravishing Pace Pace Mio Dio- are the best renditions of Verdi soprano singing. Anyone who wants to study how to sing in the letter-to-letter Verdi lyrico spinto style should hear these arias. A voice like Leontyne cannot be easily imitated. Maria Callas's own voice can be imitated as Romanian diva Angela Gheorghiu has proven. Leontyne was in a class of her own, a voice that is both dramatic and beautiful to hear. However, most people find fault in her lack of dramatic interpretation. I say they're not hearing hard enough. Yes, there is excessive beauty in her singing but she understood that the opera heroines should sound beautiful because they are beautiful and though I never saw her on stage, from the recordings I hear she sounds dramatic and character-driven enough for me to be satisfied. For a devoted fan of Leontyne Price, this album is the Holy Grail. She sings the most beautiful Norma, Madame Butterfly, Tosca, Aida, Violetta, Madame Lidoin, Suor Angelica, Susanna, Dona Ana, Gilda, Fiordiligi, Desdemona and countless other heroines. The last cd is a collection of Gospel, spirituals and patriotic songs. These "American", non-opera selections find her in beautiful voice and she is actually paying tribute to her roots. She was not only African-American, but a Southerner from Mississippi. Her voice must have been heavenly to hear in Church! This is the album that made me love Leontyne.
Price At Her Peak.......2005-05-02
This album contains arias from operas that I didn't even know she performed- La Traviata (yes, Leontyne Price as Violetta is a moving and powerful interpretation, executed with sublime beauty. She finds herself the equal to Callas in the role- for Callas had a big voice for a role that calls for the "dying" effect. Thus, Price, like Callas, could sing roles that call for beauty and not just dramatic vigor. It's unfortunate that unlike the stars that were rising in her time- Joan Sutherland, Beverly Sills and Montserrat Caballe- Price never mastered the bel canto repertoire - Rossini, Donizetti, Bellini (although she sang a sensational Norma, excerpts are found in this recording). But her strongest suit was Verdi. She had the voice Verdi was looking for in a soprano- rich, dramatic, beautiful, able to fill up the lines with smoky and velvety hues and a gleaming high top. Check out her Amelia in Un Ballo In Maschera, her Leonora in Trovatore, her Leonora in La Forza Del Destino. Of course, her greatest role, her signature role, and one which she connected with on a personal/ancestral level was that of Aida. The first selections in this recording are from that masterpiece. As Aida, she was at her best. It was easy for her somehow, when most other sopranos tackle the role with difficulty. She conveys grace, nobility, passion and spirituality in the role of the tragic Ethiopian princess.
Further roles she excelled in that are on this recording is Desdemona in Otello, which she sung opposite Placido Domingo. Their masterful voices blend together harmonically and gloriously in the Act 1 Love Duet. She's quite the ground-breaking artist. Most Violettas in Traviata or Desdemona in Otello are Caucasian lyric soprano (Desdemona was white, Otello was black, that was Shakespeare's intention) but in opera, race does not matter and Leontyne Price's voice made her a star in a time when it was incredibly difficult for a black woman to sing opera. From the start of the century, opera was always associated with white Europeans and later on Americans. But Leontyne Price followed the inspirational example of the gutsy contralto Marian Anderson, who suffered a lot of rejection in opera due to skin color in pre-Civil Rights Movement 30's, 40's and 50's. Finally in the late 50's, Anderson, after a lifetime of singing only in private concerts and recitals, debuted at the Met as Ulrica in Un Ballo. Leontyne Price immediately picked up where she left- singing all the soprano diva roles typically associated with white singers - especially Tosca. Her Tosca is second to her Aida. As Tosca, she encompasses the diva who dies for love in the most thrilling way.
Other than Tosca, Puccini heroines were just as magnificent vehicles for her voice. She sang Madame Butterfly to great acclaim. I dont know how she did it but she suddenly ceased to be herself and became the frail, naive, lovesick Japanese Geisha. Softness and fragility is also mixed with the maturity of a woman in love, with passion and dramatic vocal color. She sang La Rondine with equal success, though this role is more along the lines of Violetta/Traviata. She sang Suor Angelica, she sang in modern works such as Barber's Antony and Cleopatra- in that infamous Zefferelli production- she sang Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, she sang in Dialoge of the Carmelites. All these are on here, along with her Baroque specialties- Dido in Dido and Aeneas. Her Mozart voice is also the best I've heard, really, even with a more dramatic and beautiful charm than other singers I've heard. She sang the acrobatic role of Fiordiligi in Cosi Fan Tutte, both Dona Ana and Donva Elvira in Don Giovanni. I prefer her as Dona Ana, she is all fire, despair, intensity and repressed desire, but she sings a hysterical and lovesick Elvira with a passion as well. She even sang the Countess in Le Nozze Di Figaro. But the sky was the limit to Price. She even sang, in a Jessie Norman way, the Wagner role of Isolde. Her "Liebestod" is the greatest I've heard since Birgit Nilsson, with a passion that stemmed from her religious Gospel heart.
This is a great album and I recommend it to any fan of Price and any fan of opera in general. If you have never heard Price and want to start somewhere, start with this one. This one or the Prima Donna Collection.
of course world class.......2000-08-14
the greatest american soprano of the 20th century.......1999-12-12
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Gershwin Songbook for piano four hands
Manufacturer: Analekta ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000009CXO Release Date: 2007-04-05 |
Tracks:
- Somebody Loves Me
- Bess, You Is My Woman Now
- Summertime
- It Ain't Necessarily So
- I'll Build A Stairway To Paradise
- I've Got A Crush On You
- Liza
- Man I Love
- Oh, Lady Be Good!
- Delishious
- Nobody But You
- Embreacable You
- I Got Rhythm
- S'wonderful
- He Loves And She Loves
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Gershwin:songbook.......2001-02-25
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George Gershwin
Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B0007ULBA6 Release Date: 2005-06-14 |
Tracks:
- Jasbo Brown's Blues [From Porgy and Bess]
- Rhapsody in Blue
- Man I Love
- I'll Build a Stairway to Paradise
- 'S Wonderful
- I Got Rhythm
- Do It Again
- Clap Yo' Hands
- Oh, Lady Be Good
- Fascinating Rhythm
- Somebody Loves Me
- My One and Only
- That Certain Feeling
- Swanee
- Sweet and Low Down
- Nobody But You
- Strike Up the Band
- Who Cares?
- Do Do Do
- Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away)
- American in Paris
- Prelude (Melody No17)
- Prelude (Novellette in Fourths)
- Three Preludes: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
- Three Preludes: Andante Con Moto E Poco Rubato
- Three Preludes: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
- Impromptu "In Two Keys"
- Two Waltzes in C
- Merry Andrew
- Three-Quarter Blues
- Promenade/Prelude
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