I Am So Sad & Weary: Jimmie Rodgers Revisited

1. Tribute to Jimmie Rodgers [Narration]

2. Jimmie's Yodel Blues - Jimmie Skinner

3. Frankie and Johnny - Ernest Tubb

4. My Blue Eyed Jane - Hank Snow

5. (Fifteen) Years Ago - Molly O'Day

6. Sweet Mama Hurry Home or I'll Be Gone - Tommy Duncan

7. My Carolina Sunshine Girl - Bill Monroe

8. Never No Mo' Blues - Lefty Frizzell

9. In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce

10. Waitin' for a Train - Jim Reeves

11. When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye - Hank Snow, Jimmie Rodgers Snow

12. Jimmie Rodgers Last Thoughts - Ernest Tubb

13. My Rough and Rowdy Ways - Jimmie Skinner

14. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) - Grandpa Jones & Ramona

15. Mule Skinner Blues - Dolly Parton

16. Mississippi River Blues - Bob Wills

17. Peach Picking Time in Georgia - Merle Haggard

18. Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues - Wanda Jackson

19. Mother, the Queen of My Heart - Jerry Lee Lewis

20. My Mother Was a Lady - Tompall Glaser

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I Am So Sad & Weary: Jimmie Rodgers Revisited,Various Artists,Bear Family,Acoustic Blues,Bakersfield Sound,Country,Country Blues,Country Boogie,Country Collections,Country-Pop,Country/Bluegrass,Cowboy,Honky Tonk,Instrumental Country,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop,Rock & Roll,Rockabilly,Traditional Bluegrass,Traditional Country,V/A Compilations,Western Swing

Average customer rating: Champagne Music!

Offenbach: La Belle Hélène; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights) Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights) Léhar: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; The Count of Luxembourg (Highlights) Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld / Burgess, Watson, etc (Highlights) ASIN: B00009KHY3 Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. The Happy Bride Never Stumbles
3. You've Gone Too Far!
4. May I Make Myself Known?
5. My Death Appears Divinely Smiling
6. When Diana Leaves The Mountains
7. To Arms!
8. When Jupy Feels The Inclination
9. Here Comes Orpheus
10. When I Was King Of The Boeotians
11. I Thought That I Felt On My Shoulder
12. What Heavenly Joy Is Mine
13. Minuet And Galop
14. Overture
15. How Sad We've Made The Marchioness
16. Well Isn't That Just Life All Over?
17. I'm The Guide For Every Tourist
18. I Am A Native Of Brazil
19. In This Enchanting Queen Of Cities
20. I Am A Dab At Carving Pork
21. We Have Seen Sights Since Eleven... I'm A Colonel's Widow
22. Dinner Is Served

Tracks:

1. Oh, Little Cloud
2. When She Goes Out... Her Petticoats Go Frou, Frou, Frou
3. Does He Know He's Splitting Down The Back
4. Nobody Would Call Me A Rover
5. I'll Have So Much To Say
6. It's Most Important You Should Show
7. Here You See The Place
8. My Friends, I'm Most Delighted To See You
9. In Songs And Shouts... Paris Blooms Like A Flower
10. Introduction
11. To Bow To Jupiter We Gather At The Shrine
12. We've Had A Night Out
13. On Mount Ida Three Great Ladies (The Judgement Of Paris)
14. March And Entry Of The Kings
15. Entr'acte
16. We All Begin By Truly Trying
17. It Is Her That Has Sent This Sweet Love Dream
18. Come Here, You Kings Of Greece
19. When All Of Greece Has Been Ravaged
20. Do You See?

Customer Reviews:

Champagne Music!.......2006-07-09

Thank goodness that these well filled CDs of selections from three of Offenbach's most entertaining and tuneful operettas are available. Exactly the thing to provide some hearty nourishment for Winter nights. Ideal also for a Summer barbecue. In both cases, a glass of champagne, or at least some other bubbly beverage, would be good to have at hand - everything here no doubt will call for a toast or several.

It is so nice to be able to hear in these translations the witty words, sung with welcome clarity and meaning by these admirable artists. As I recall, there were no microphones in sight, and perhaps not even used, when this production of Orpheus In The Underworld was brought to Australia, with a few cast changes but the same sparkle as shown here. Crisp diction and lively, often lovely, singing - a great recipe for enjoyable listening indeed.

The recording sounds a bit shrill here and there, but what a churlish quibble; to Hades with such curmudgeonly qualifications! This is music to raise the spirits, and not just those from Hades.

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S85Q Release Date: 2001-12-11

Average customer rating: The best ever version The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte! The Definitive Recording

Gilbert & Sullivan: Patience Philip Potter , Kenneth Sandford , Mary Sansom , Jennifer Toye , and D'Oyly Carte Opera Company Manufacturer: Polygram Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Gilbert & Sullivan: The Gondoliers ASIN: B0000041VE Release Date: 1989-07-21

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
3. Act One: Still brooding on their mad infatuation
4. Act One: I cannot tell what this love may be
5. Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
6. Act One: The soldiers of our Queen
7. Act One: If you want a receipt for that popular mystery
8. Act One: In a doleful train two & two we walk all day
9. Act One: Twenty love-sick maidens we
10. Act One: When I first put this uniform on
11. Act One: Am I alone & unobserved?
12. Act One: If you're anxious for to shine
13. Act One: Long years ago-fourteen, maybe
14. Act One: Prithee, pretty maiden-prithee
15. Act One: Though to marry you
16. Act One: Let the merry cymbals sound
17. Act One: Now tell us, we pray you
18. Act One: Heart broken at my Patience's barbarity
19. Act One: Stay, we implore you, before our hopes are blighted
20. Act One: Your maidens hearts, ah, do steel

Tracks:

1. Act One: Come, walk up, and purchase with avidity
2. Act One: We've been thrown over, we're aware
3. Act One: And are you going a ticket to buy?
4. Act One: Hold! Stay your hand!
5. Act One: True love must single-hearted be
6. Act One: I hear the soft note of the echoing voice
7. Act One: But who is this, whose god-like grace
8. Act One: List Reginald, whilst I confess a love
9. Act Two: On such eyes as maidens cherish
10. Act Two: Sad is a woman's lot who, year by year
11. Act Two: Silvered is the raven hair
12. Act Two: Turn, oh turn in this direction
13. Act Two: A magnet hung in a hardware shop
14. Act Two: Love is a plaintive song
15. Act Two: So go to him & say to him
16. Act Two: It's clear that the mediaeval art
17. Act Two: If Saphir I choose to marry
18. Act Two: When I go out of the door
19. Act Two: I'm a Waterloo House young man
20. Act Two: After much debate internal, I on Lady Jane decide

Customer Reviews:

The best ever version.......2002-06-07

The wonderful cast transports you to the realms of Gilbert and Sullivan, to make you feel that you are experiencing a first night in 1881! John Reed, as Bunthorne, an aesthetic poet is superb, camp, subversive and a complete fraud. If anyone is not aware, the story of the opera is based upon the idiosyncracies of the Aesthetic movement in England of the 1880's and Gilbert used the public parodies of his friend Oscar Wilde as his major source. The rest of the cast, chorus and orchestra , under the long experienced 'Goddie' are superlative and make for one of the finest line-ups in D'Oyly Carte history. Revel and enjoy, for this is quite the best.

The Golden Cast of D'Oyly Carte!.......1999-04-13

My wish had always been to see John Reed and the D'Oyly Carte Company in a performance of Patience. My mother had done so, remarking that, 'You'd need patience to watch it', she was coloured in her opinion, since she wanted to see 'The Mikado', but had gotten the wrong tickets! The recording, made in 1961, is superb in every detail. You are with the cast, on stage, in the auditorium, it is such a 'live' performance. The dialogue is delivered exquisitely, whilst the singing is uniformerly of the highest standard. I recently portrayed 'Bunthorne' and throughout my performances, I felt that I was continuing the legacy of Gilbert and Sullivan. All the past history of performers were there. I feel that Patience is a magical Savoy Opera. Do not miss the opportunity to own such a definitive performance. Maybe the subject of the 'Art Nouveau' periodof Victorian England is dated, but as one critic has already stated, every generation 'throws up' its poseures, to be knocked. 'Ah, me! lack aday!' BUY IT!

The Definitive Recording.......1998-12-09

For those who prefer the traditional Savoyard renderings of the G&S canon, this is far and away the best recording of this parody of the cult of celebrity. John Reed leads the cast as a delightful Bunthorne, and the recording contains all of the opera's dialogue. "HMS Pinafore," "The Mikado," and "The Pirates of Penzance" may be better known, but "Patience" is deserving of a wider audience.

Average customer rating: very enjoyable The showcase for the Spinto soprano Flawed but beautiful

Memories of Love: Russian Romances Manufacturer: Philips ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Dances | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Glinka | Glinka, Mikhail | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rachmaninov | Rachmaninov, Sergei | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000041KT Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. Vzoshel na nebo mesyats yasy
2. Ispanskaya pesnya
3. Zhavoronok
4. Ya pomnyu chudnoye mgnovene
5. Bolero
6. Ty skoro menya pozabudesh
7. Kolybelnaya, Op. 16 No. 1
8. To bylo ranneyu vesnoy, Op 38 No. 2
9. Zabyt tak skoro
10. On tak menya lyubil
11. Ya vso eshcho evo lyublyu
12. Yunosha i deva
13. Mne grustno
14. Chesnadtsat let
15. Chto mne do pesen
16. Plenivshis rozoy solovey, Op. 2 No. 2
17. Ployubila ya na pechal svoyu
18. Son, Op. 8 No. 5
19. Siren, Op. 21 No. 5
20. Molitva, Op.8 No. 6
21. Ne ver mne, drug !, Op. 14 No. 7

Customer Reviews:

very enjoyable.......2001-07-19

At first, I'd like to correct error. The pianist, Larisa Gergieva is NOT Varely Gergiev's WIFE! She is his sister. (Elder one, I think.)

About this disc, I enjoyed this recital. Gorchakova is one of my favorite soprano. Her voice is suited well to these Russian songs. It's interesting for me to her Russian songs. If you want to hear more Russian songs, try "Songs of Desire" by Olga Bolodina from Philips.

The showcase for the Spinto soprano.......2000-04-25

Galina Gorchakova, Kirov's leading lady, is a true spinto soprano, not the more common forced lyric one. Her sound is unique and quite unusual, almost "mezzo-ish" at certain times, but with surprisingly easy resonant top. I could not help being reminded of another great Russian Galina - Vishnevskaya, the Bolshoi prima donna of 60s and 70s up to her departure from Communist regime with her husband Mstislav Rostropovich. Since then, there was an unsettling vacuum in the realm of sopranos capable of singing Russian and Italian repertoire. Luckily, Gorchakova seems ready and able to take on most of Vishnevskaya's signature roles, including Katerina of Shostakovich's "Lady Macbeth of Mtsensk." Her clarity of diction and musical intelligence are a pleasure to hear particularly on the Programme presented here because the romances (a leader-like Russian art songs) are written to some of the most beautiful Russian poetic texts.

I feel it is important to note that neither the singing nor accompaniment here is flawed at all, as the reviewer below found. Furthermore, there is no tendency to "go flat". The only thing that came as a surprise to me was inclusion of several numbers written originally for a baritone or even a bass, such as "It Was in Early Spring" or "I Remember the Wonderful Moment." However, they were executed so brilliantly, it made me forget about the specifics and just enjoy Gorchakova's beautiful voice and expressiveness.

Most of you probably got a chance to see the MET's magnificent production of Tchaikovsky's "Pique Dame" with Gorchakova, Domingo, Borodina and Hvorostovsky in leading roles. Aside from Lisa, Gorchakova is also an incredible interpreter of highly demanding role of Elisabetta from Verdi's "Don Carlo" and Leonora from his "La Forza del Destino." I can't wait to hear her "Aida." Amazingly she does not struggle with dramatic Verdian repertoire, even though it lays relatively high for such a voice. And its power allows her to cut through heavy orchestration with ease, preserving flowing, and seemingly endless vocal line with no audible breathing. Philips generously provided us with several phenomenal Russian complete opera recordings featuring Gorchakova's talents: check out "Prince Igor," "The Maid of Pskov," "Iolanta," and "The Fiery Angel," the latter one being a rare jewel and destined to become one of the greatest recorded achievements of all time. Ms. Gorchakova is also a very good actress with a beautiful stage presence and somewhat reserved but passionate delivery. Hearing this CD is essential for Russian romance fans as well as for those who want to hear a true spinto soprano at its full glory, accompanied only by a subtle gentle piano of Larissa Gergieva. I was particularly impressed with a booklet that finally has Cyrillic texts instead of despicable way of spelling Russian words with English letters. There are also good English translations by Philip Taylor that stay true to the texts but also convey their romantic feel. If I could, I would have given this disc ten stars!

Flawed but beautiful.......2000-03-16

This album of wonderful Russian romances and art songs is marred only slightly by Galina Gorchakova's tendency to go flat. Still, her unbelievably beautiful soprano voice and emotional connection with these pieces more than makes up for this. Gorchakova has never become quite as well known as her compatriots Olga Borodina and Dmitri Hvorostovsky, and hasn't recorded as much as they have either. This is a shame; I would love to hear her in some of the Italian verismo repertoire. Her rich spinto sound would serve her well, and I believe that she is known for such interpretations as Butterfly, Liu, and Tosca. I would also like to her her Lisa on recording (from Pique Dame).

Anyway, this album is truly beautiful. Larissa Gergieva, the pianist, is the sister of Valery Gergiev, the director of the Kirov Opera in St. Petersburg. I think possibly some nepotism is happening here, as she is not an ideal accompanist. Still, she supports Gorchakova well, and doesn't detract from the beauty of these pieces.

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The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Brannigan, Owen | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B00004SSJR Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

1. The Mikado: Overture
2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

Tracks:

1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

Tracks:

1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride

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Dargomyzhsky & Cui: Romances (Art Songs - Lieder) Manufacturer: Russian Disc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Cui, César | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001LNN Release Date: 1994-09-08

Tracks:

1. I'm Sad
2. His Hair Is Light Brown
3. Estrangement
4. I Still Love Him
5. Without Thinking, Without Reason
6. The Garden
7. I'll Tell Nobody
8. The Sierra-Nevada Is Covered With Fog
9. I'm In Love, My Belle
10. I Loved You
11. Lilyeta
12. Christ Has Risen
13. The Night Is Still
14. Tu And Vous
15. The Burnt Letter
16. The Tsarskoy Selo's Statue
17. Yearning
18. If Life Decieves You
19. I Loved You
20. I Touched A Flower
21. The Cloud
22. I Remember One Evening
23. It Was Getting To Dark
24. Why Is It So, My Darling
25. The Lilacs Wither Here
26. My Mischievous Girl
27. A Dream

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Dennis O'Neill: Great Operatic Arias Manufacturer: Chandos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Donizetti | Donizetti, Gaetano | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Massenet | Massenet, Jules | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Meyerbeer | Meyerbeer, Giacomo | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Puccini | Puccini, Giacomo | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Verdi | Verdi, Giuseppe | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Arias | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000023Z7Q Release Date: 1999-11-16

Tracks:

1. Turandot: Calaf's Aria
2. Luisa Miller: Rodolfo's Aria
3. The Lombards At The First Crusade: Oronte's Cavatina
4. The Force Of Destiny: Alvaro's Recitative And Romance
5. The Force Of Destiny: Alvaro's Recitative And Romance
6. A Masked Ball: Gustavus's And Amelia's Duet
7. A Masked Ball: Gustavus's And Amelia's Duet
8. A Masked Ball: Gustavus's And Amelia's Duet
9. Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
10. Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
11. Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
12. Lucia di Lammermoor: Aria Finale
13. The Force Of Destiny: Don Carlo's And Alvaro's Duet
14. The Force Of Destiny: Don Carlo's And Alvaro's Duet
15. The Maid Of Arles: Federico's Lament
16. Manon: Des Grieux's Dream Song
17. The African Maid: Vasco's Recitative And Aria
18. Manon Lescaut: Des Grieux's Aria
19. Turandot: Calaf's Aria
20. Fedora: Count Loris Ipanov's Aria
21. The Pearl Fishers: Nadir's and Zurga's Duet

Amazon.com

Dennis O'Neill is a wonderfully sensitive, intelligent singer--a tenor who varies his tone and delivery for each character. He also sings the music as written, with every dynamic shading in place. Yes, he manages high B-flats pianissimo without resorting to falsetto, and he also rises somewhat heroically to heavier moments. But there's a rub. The loud, high notes are a bit nasty--a slight wobble comes into the voice and a sense of strain is more than noticeable. His exquisite, piano beginning of "O paradiso" ("Oh land of dreams") from L'Africaine is only a sad memory when you hear the vaguely bawled high notes throughout. His "Reve" from Manon is lovely in its sustained peacefulness, and while he's very exciting in the big Act II duet from Ballo (with soprano Susan Bullock as a fine Amelia), there are always those unfortunate "big" notes to reckon with. Perhaps that's why the gorgeous Pearl Fishers duet, with baritone Anthony Michaels-Moore, ends the program so successfully. The soft notes are more prominent than the troublesome forte ones. Perhaps this is being too picky--O'Neill is a worthy singer, he makes these arias and scenes palatable in translation (even Alvaro's music from Forza is believable), and artistry like this is a pleasure to come across. --Robert Levine

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I Am So Sad & Weary: Jimmie Rodgers Revisited Various Artists Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Blues | Styles | Music Traditional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00009VGEE Release Date: 2003-06-23

Tracks:

1. Tribute to Jimmie Rodgers (Narration) - Gary Williams
2. Jimmie's Yodel Blues - Jimmie Skinner
3. Frankie and Johnny - Ernest Tubb
4. My Blue-Eyed Jane - Hank Snow
5. (Fifteen) Years Ago - Molly O'Day
6. Sweet Mama Hurry Home or I'll Be Gone - Tommy Duncan
7. My Carolina Sunshine Girl - Bill Monroe
8. Never No Mo' Blues - Lefty Frizzell
9. In the Jailhouse Now - Webb Pierce
10. Waitin' for a Train - Jim Reeves
11. When Jimmie Rodgers Said Goodbye - Hank Snow, Jimmie Rodgers Snow
12. Jimmie Rodgers Last Thoughts - Ernest Tubb
13. My Rough and Rowdy Ways - Jimmie Skinner
14. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) - Grandpa Jones & Ramona
15. Mule Skinner Blues - Dolly Parton
16. Mississippi River Blues - Bob Wills
17. Peach Picking Time in Georgia - Merle Haggard
18. Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues - Wanda Jackson
19. Mother, the Queen of My Heart - Jerry Lee Lewis
20. My Mother Was a Lady - Tompall Glaser
21. Jimmie Rodgers Blues - Elton Britt
22. Life of Jimmie Rodgers - Gary Williams
23. Death of Jimmie Rodgers - Gary Williams
24. You and My Old Guitar - Bob King
25. Travelin' Blues - Johnny Duncan
26. Treasures Untold - Tex Morton
27. Missouri Cowboy (Muleskinner Blues) - Peter Alexander, Bill Ramsey

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Tchaikovsky: Queen of Spades (Highlights) [Hybrid SACD] Manufacturer: Delos Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000C3I8O Release Date: 2003-08-26

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Russian Vocal School Manufacturer: Russian Compact Disc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Russian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000004AS6 Release Date: 1996-01-23

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1. I'm Already There [Import]
2. I Walk The Line/Ring Of Fire [Live]
3. If You Were Mine
4. John Andrew Parks
5. Jolly Green Giant [Import]
6. Jukebox with a Country Song
7. Legendary Cowboy Recordings, Vol. 2
8. Little Miss Dynamite in Concert [Import] [Live]
9. Little Zane
10. Live Classics [Live]

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