Our Little Town

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Dynamic banjoist Greg Cahill has added Andrea Roberts, on bass and vocals, and guitarist Chris Walz to the Special Consensus lineup for their second Pinecastle album, a recording that reaches through a wide spectrum of acoustic styles yet remains true to its bluegrass roots. Cahill's inventive banjo rings out from the start on "Another Day with the Blues" and adds classic bluegrass drive on Walz's "Billy Boy." Instrumentals "Irish Medley" and Bill Monroe's "Strawberry Point" highlight individual prowess, while the fine vocal stylings of the band are evident on "Nothing but the Wheel" and "New Jerusalem." Norman Blake's "Slow Train Through Georgia" and the swing tune "Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight" complete a wide-ranging package. --Brian Hollander

Our Little Town,Special Consensus,Pinecastle,Bluegrass,Country,Pop

Average customer rating: The picture

100 Hymns & Songs of Inspiration Manufacturer: Castle Music UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Arne | Arne, Thomas Augustin | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Duruflé, Maurice | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Monk, William Henry | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sullivan | Sullivan, Arthur | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Compilations | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music | Contemporary Christian | Gospel Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Praise & Worship | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Hymns | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: A Heritage of Hymns: Classic Recordings of the Great Songs of Faith and Inspiration Abide with Me and other favourite hymns Best Loved Hymns Praise to the Lord - Hymns From St. Paul's Cathedral Hymns Triumphant 1 & 2 ASIN: B00008GEKT Release Date: 2003-04-14

Tracks:

1. Love Divine All Loves Excelling - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
2. Father Hear the Prayer We Offer - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
3. Now Thank We All Our God - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
4. This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
5. Stars of the Morning So Gloriously Bright - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
6. God Save the Queen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
7. Day of Resurrection - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
8. God Rest You Merry Gentlemen - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
9. Of the Father's Heart Begotten - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
10. O Come All Ye Faithful - Choir Of Gloucester Cathedral
11. Awake My Soul and With the Sun - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
12. Thine Arm O Lord in Days of Old - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
13. All People That on Earth Do Dwell - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
14. Good Christian Men Rejoice and Sing - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
15. There Is a Green Hill - Choir Of Norwich Cathedral
16. Lord of Beauty - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
17. Rejoice Today With One Accord - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
18. New Every Morning - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
19. Lead Us Heavenly Father Lead Us - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral
20. O God Our Help in Ages Past - Choir Of Sheffield Cathedral

Tracks:

1. Morning Has Broken - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
2. Happy Are They - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
3. In Christ There Is No East or West - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
4. Silent Night - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
5. Be Thou My Guardian - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
6. Ye Servants of the Lord - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
7. At the Name of Jesus Every Knee Shall Bow - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
8. To Thee O Lord Our Hearts We Raise - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
9. Behold the Great Creator Makes - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
10. Rejoice the Lord Is King - Choir Of Marlborough College Chapel
11. Creator of the Stars of Night - Ely Cathedral Choir
12. He Comes With Clouds Descending - Ely Cathedral Choir
13. O Little Town of Bethlehem - Ely Cathedral Choir
14. Alleluya Alleyluya Alleyluya - Ely Cathedral Choir
15. This Is the Day the Lord Hath Made - Ely Cathedral Choir
16. How Sweet the Name of Jesus Sounds - Ely Cathedral Choir
17. Lord Thy Word Abideth - Ely Cathedral Choir
18. Jesus Lord We Look to Thee - Ely Cathedral Choir
19. O Lord Our God Arise - Ely Cathedral Choir
20. Lord of All Hopefulness - Ely Cathedral Choir

Tracks:

1. Soldiers of Christ Arise - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
2. Lift Up Your Hearts - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
3. Holy Father, Cheer Our Way - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
4. Maker of the Sun - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
5. O King Most High - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
6. O Praise Our Great and Glorious Lord - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
7. Forgive Our Sins as We Forgive - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
8. We Love the Place O God - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
9. Let Us With a Gladsome Mind - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
10. Give Rest O Christ - Choir Of Wakefield Cathedral
11. Come Holy Ghost Our Hearts Inspire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
12. O Thou in All Thy Might So Far - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
13. O Christ, Who Art the Light and Day - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
14. O God Thy Soldiers' Crown and Guard - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
15. Strife Is O'er the Battle Done - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
16. O Christ Our Hope, Our Hearts' Desire - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
17. Jesus Shall Reign - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
18. God of Love My Shepherd Is - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
19. O Jesu Saviour of Mankind - Choir Of Truro Cathedral
20. Immortal Invisible God Only Wise - Choir Of Truro Cathedral

Tracks:

1. Ride on Ride on in Majesty - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
2. All Glory Laud and Honour - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
3. Come Rejoicing - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
4. God Is Love and Where True Love Is - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
5. Magnificat: The Great Advent Antiphons - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
6. Come, Christ's Beloved - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
7. Children of the Hebrews (Palm Procession) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
8. Veneration of the Cross/The Reproaches (Veneratum and Reproaches) - Choir Of All Saints - Margaret Street, London
9. Once in Royal David's City - Choir Of Keble College
10. God Be in My Head - Choir Of Keble College
11. O Thou Who Camest from Above - Choir Of Keble College
12. Judge Eternal Throned in Splendour - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
13. Christ the Lord Is Risen Again - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
14. For All the Saints - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
15. Thy Hand O God Has Guided - Choir Of St Edmunsbury Cathedral
16. Christ the Dawn of Our Salvation - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
17. I Was Glad - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
18. Dear Lord and Father of Mankind - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
19. Locus Iste - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
20. Praise My Soul the King of Heaven - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Tracks:

1. Stand Up! Stand Up for Jesus! - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
2. While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
3. O Worship the King - The Choir of the Abbey School, Tewkesbury
4. O Heavenly Word of God on High - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
5. Praise to the Lord, The Almighty - Choir Of The Collegiate Church Of St Mary
6. Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - The Choir of York Minister
7. First Nowell - The Choir of York Minister
8. Abide with Me - The Choir of York Minister
9. Breathe on Me Breath of God - Choir Of Keble College
10. Rock of Ages - Choir Of Keble College
11. On This Day, The First of Days - Choir Of Keble College
12. Jesu Sweet and Mary - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
13. O Quam Gloriosum - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
14. Ye Holy Angels Bright - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
15. O for a Closer Walk With God - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
16. Prayer of St Patrick - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
17. Lord's Prayer - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
18. Blessed Be the God and Father - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
19. Day Thou Gavest Lord Is Ended - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel
20. Jerusalem (And Did Those Feet in Ancient Times) - Choir Of Eastbourne College Chapel

Album Description

Full Title - 100 Hymns & Songs Of Inspiration. UK box-set featuring 100 tracks performed by Britain's finest Cathedral Choirs including, Gloucester Cathedral, Norwich Cathedral, Sheffield Cathedral, & many more. Five standard jewel cases housed in a slipbox. Castle Pulse. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

The picture.......2006-12-11

I haven't purchased the CD but the picture of the inside of a church on the cover is not of a British church, like one would assume since it says its a recording of British choirs. This picture is of Notre Dame Basilica in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Just thought i'd let you know. I'll be honest; I'm one to judge things by it's cover and if the company took such care to choose a 'British' church for their British choir CD, I'm willing to bet the music is equally well selected... I'm being sarcastic. But I gave the product 5 stars because I didn't want to hurt its ratings just because i'm cynical. But check out the church if you're ever in Montreal, it's truly beautiful... here I'm not being sarcastic.

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Broadway: America's Music 1935-2005 Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Morton Gould | Gould, Morton | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Broadway - The American Musical (PBS Series) Grey Gardens - A New Musical (2006 Original Broadway Cast) The Warmth of the Sun White Nights Spring Awakening (2006 Original Broadway Cast) ASIN: B000B8I93Q Release Date: 2005-10-18

Tracks:

1. Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'
2. Summertime
3. I Could Write a Book
4. It Never Entered My Mind
5. I Can Cook Too
6. Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please
7. If I Loved You
8. My Heart Belongs to Daddy
9. Thou Swell
10. I Left My Heart at the Stage Door Canteen
11. There's No Business Like Show Business
12. South American Way

Tracks:

1. Shall We Dance
2. Ohio
3. Luck Be a Lady
4. Mack the Knife
5. There's a Small Hotel
6. Once in Love with Amy
7. Yodel Blues
8. Lazy Afternoon
9. There Must Be Somethin' Better Than Love
10. You're Just in Love
11. Now Is the Time

Tracks:

1. Impossible Dream
2. Love Makes the World Go 'Round
3. Try to Remember
4. Put on a Happy Face
5. I Say Hello
6. Happiness
7. She Loves Me
8. What Kind of Fool Am I?
9. Shy
10. Consider Yourself
11. Poor Little Person

Tracks:

1. Magic to Do
2. They're Playing My Song
3. I Don't Know How to Love Him
4. I Won't Send Roses
5. Good Morning Starshine
6. Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
7. Hard Candy Christmas
8. Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
9. Won't You Charleston with Me?
10. Applause

Tracks:

1. Phantom of the Opera
2. Memory
3. On My Own
4. Muddy Water
5. How Could I Ever Know
6. American Dream
7. I Know Him So Well
8. Dr. Jazz
9. Me and My Girl
10. Suddenly Seymour

Tracks:

1. Mamma Mia!
2. Popular
3. Seasons of Love
4. Oh, the Thinks You Can Think
5. Whatever Lola Wants
6. Crazy
7. How Deep Is Your Love
8. Stars
9. People Like Us
10. I Go to Rio

Average customer rating: Most beautiful music

Menuhin & Grappelli Play... Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Duke, Vernon | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music 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 General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Swing General | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music European Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Menuhin & Grappelli Play Berlin, Kern, Porter & Rodgers & Hart The Very Best of Grappelli and Menuhin Anything Goes, With Yo Yo Ma Menuhin and Grappelli Play "Jealousy" and Other Great Standards Jazz in Paris: Oscar Peterson-Stephanie Grapelli Quartet, Vol. 1 ASIN: B0002Z83LG Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Fascinatin' Rhythm
2. Soon
3. Summertime
4. Embraceable You
5. Liza
6. A Foggy Day
7. 'S Wonderful
8. The Man I Love
9. I Got Rhythm
10. He Loves And She Loves
11. They Can't Take That Away From Me
12. They All Laughed
13. Funny Face
14. Our Love Is Here To Stay
15. Lady Be Good
16. These Foolish Things
17. Laura
18. April In Paris
19. Autumn Leaves
20. Autumn In New York

Tracks:

1. Cheek To Cheek
2. Isn't This A Lovely Day?
3. Change Partners
4. Top Hat, White Tie And Tails
5. I've Got My Love To Keep Me Warm
6. Heat Wave
7. The Way You Look Tonight
8. Pick Yourself Up
9. A Fine Romance
10. All The Things You Are
11. Why Do I Love You?
12. I Get A Kick Out Of You
13. Night And Day
14. Looking At You
15. Just One Of Those Things
16. My Funny Valentine
17. Thou Swell
18. The Lady Is A Tramp
19. Blue Room
20. Jealousy
21. Skylark

Customer Reviews:

Most beautiful music.......2005-08-17

This is happy music.
Just plain happy, instrumental music.
Highly recommend to everyone.

Average customer rating: his best CD in at least 20 years Don't buy from these sellers for this price!

Freedom's Road John Mellencamp Manufacturer: Best Buy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Freedom's Road (CD/DVD) Downtown: Journey of a Heart Blood on the Slacks Easy Tiger 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) ASIN: B000MVIZ7W Release Date: 2007-01-23

Tracks:

1. Someday
2. Ghost Towns Along the Highway
3. Americans
4. Forgiveness
5. Freedom's Road
6. Jim Crow
7. Our Country
8. Rural Route
9. My Aeroplane
10. Heaven Is a Lonely Place

Tracks:

1. Ghost Towns Along the Highway [Acoustic][*]
2. Someday [Acoustic][*]
3. Rural Route [Acoustic][*]
4. Americans [Rough Mix][*]

Product Description

Limited Edition includes an Exclusive Bonus Disc featuring 4 Alternate versions. Track listing: CD ONE: 1)Someday, 2)Ghost Towns Along The Highway, 3)The Americans, 4)Forgiveness, 5)Freedom's Road, 6)Jim Crow - duet with Joan Baez, 7)Our Country, 8)Rural Route, 9)My Aeroplane, 10)Heaven Is A Lonely Place CD TWO: 1)Ghost Towns Along The Highway - acoustic, 2)Someday - acoustic, 3)Rural Route - acoustic, 4)The Americans - rough mix

Customer Reviews:

his best CD in at least 20 years.......2007-03-08

I went to Best Buy and bought this extended edition for $10 and I love it. The songs are great. Mellencamp takes no prisoners on this CD--he tackles racism, sexual abuse, cover-ups, beatings, etc. and makes no excuses. I think this is his best writing in years, maybe ever, and the melodies are top-notch, reminiscant of his great 80's 'anthem rock' period. Truth be told, I bought this CD because I fell in love with "Our Country," the truck commercial and I found the melody infectious. In a recent interview, I heard him say that he 'sold' "Our Country" to Chevrolet because he felt it was the only way anyone would hear his music, since top 40 radio doesn't play much Mellencamp these days. I don't blame him and I think he's right. The best thing is the acoustic CD--the acoustic version of "Someday" is better than the full band version.

The only thing maddening is that no tour is currently planned. It's his best CD in years, he's very pleasantly surprised at how well the CD has been received, and no tour is planned. Go figure. At any rate, I am hoping he will tour. In the meantime, I love this CD.

Don't buy from these sellers for this price!.......2007-01-25

This new John Mellencamp album gets 4 stars in my opinion (see my review over at that page or in my "all reviews" if you like) and this 2 disc set is surely worth having. The acoustic cuts are great, and those songs are almost better versions in that form than in their album versions. But Best Buy is offering this same item for $9.99 it's first week out (1/23/07). Then it will presumably go back to its standard price of around $14, periodically going on sale. There is no reason to spend $19.99 plus shipping and handling to get it from these sellers, unless you are reading this quite awhile after this album's initial release, or Best Buy has sold out of this initial run of prints and the only way you can acquire this version of the album is from these sellers. In that case it may be worth it; otherwise, I just wanted to give potential buyers a fair warning that these sellers most likely picked this item up for far less than what they are charging - and you could too.

Average customer rating:

Freedom's Road (CD/DVD) John Mellencamp Manufacturer: UMe ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Freedom's Road 10 Days Out (Blues from the Backroads)/ (CD/DVD) Freedom's Road Traveling Wilburys (2CD/1DVD, Deluxe Edition) Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) ASIN: B000MVHRU8

Product Description

Limited Bonus DVD features live performances of John Mellencamp's biggest hits. Also includes the Music Video for the new hit, "Our Country." Track listing: CD: 1)Someday, 2)Ghost Towns Along The Highway, 3)The Americans, 4)Forgiveness, 5)Freedom's Road, 6)Jim Crow - duet with Joan Baez, 7)Our Country, 8)Rural Route, 9)My Aeroplane, 10)Heaven Is A Lonely Place DVD: 1)Love And Happiness - MTV Unplugged, 2)Jackie Brown - MTV Unplugged, 3)Eden Is Burning - VH-1 Storytellers, 4)Pink Houses - VH-1 Storytellers, 5)Our Country - video

Average customer rating: Music for the baby! Unlistenable THIS is music . . . A Surefire Method of Loosing the Blues

Gilbert & Sullivan Weekend Manufacturer: Decca 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 General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Operas | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000041X3 Release Date: 1990-10-12

Tracks:

1. H.M.S Pinafore: Now Give Three Cheers...I Am The Monarch Of the Sea...When I Was A Lad
2. H.M.S Pinafore: I'm Called Little Buttercup
3. H.M.S Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
4. The Mikado: A Wand'ring Minstrel I
5. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
6. The Mikado: As Someday It May Happen
7. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
8. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River A Little Tom-Tit
9. The Yeomen Of The Guard: When Our Gallant Norman Foes
10. The Yeomen Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
11. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
12. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bares His Steel
13. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wand'ring One
14. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
15. Iolanthe: Loudly Let The Trumpet Bray
16. Iolanthe: If You Go In You're Sure To Win
17. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
18. The Gondoliers: In Eenterprise Of Maritial Kind
19. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
20. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero

Customer Reviews:

Music for the baby!.......2006-10-14

I am the caregiver for my newborn grandson who is VERY VERY fussy. There are all kinds of CDs with soothing music for the babies, BUT I happened to hear that opera was a great listen for the little ears and this one is the best. It has high voices and very low bass voices lots of BOOMs and arias. When I first put it on for him, (in the middle of a loud cry), he quieted down almost as soon as the first stanza was over. He now smiles and waves his little arms and legs around when I turn it on. He Listens and loves this CD, and so do I! The words are hard to understand but the sounds are marvelous. If you know of any mother/father who is wanting music for a small baby/child, tell them about Gilbert and Sullivan (and they will enjoy it, too).

Unlistenable.......2005-11-11

The voices are wonderful, but the recording is so faulty that only the two tracks from Iolanthe sound at all okay. At first I thought it was my equipment, then realized that the CD was at fault. And I bought one for myself and one for a friend! I adore Gilbert & Sullivan and D'Oyly Carte is the best, but this particular CD shouldn't be offered for sale.

THIS is music . . ........2005-07-21

. . . not rap, not rock, not pop. Light opera! I love Arthur Sullivan's music, even though I'm 11, and I love this CD! The tunes are really catchy, and I'm usually singing one to myself. Not many people my age like light opera, but to me, it's the best music there is. Don't be afraid that you won't like this CD. You'll love it, even though it's hard to understand at sometimes. You might want to listen to some of the songs first to see if you like it. After all, not everyone likes opera.

A Surefire Method of Loosing the Blues.......2000-03-03

This recording, done in a studio, allows the listener to "hear" all the words of all the patter songs. John Reed is just excellent as Koko, the Modern Major General, the Monarch of the Sea. Highlights come from Iolanthe, HMS Pinefore, Yeomen, Mikado, Gondoliers. A truly wonderful experience to be enjoyed over and over.

Average customer rating: Carols From Clare This music makes me wish Christmas season would never end!!! Delicious carol arrangements by Rutter--a holiday MUST HAVE Beautiful, Glorious, Inspiring!! Great Christmas Cheer

Carols From Clare College Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Rutter | Rutter, John | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: The Holly and the Ivy: Carols from Clare College The John Rutter Christmas Album Cambridge Singers Christmas Album Christmas Star Christmas Night: Carols of the Nativity ASIN: B000002SHT Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Shepherd's Pipe Carol
2. Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
3. Angel Tidings
4. Quelle est cette odeur agreable
5. Once In Royal David's City
6. Il est ne le divin enfant
7. I Saw Three Ships
8. In dulci jubilo
9. Nativity Carol
10. Quem pastores laudavere
11. Rocking
12. The Twelve Days Of Christmas
13. Here We Come A-Wassailing
14. The Coming Of Our King
15. O Come, O Come, Immanuel
16. The Infant King
17. Shepherds' Noel
18. Noel Nouvelet
19. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
20. Gabriel's Message
21. Sans Day Carol
22. Stille Nacht
23. Flemish Carol
24. Past Three A Clock

Customer Reviews:

Carols From Clare.......2006-12-12

Here again is a Christmas collection from Clare College that will easily find its way to the top of your list. The mixed male and female choir is accompanied by an orchestra whose excellence is manifest in it perfect coordination with the voices throughout. All the arrangements capture your soul and bring you into a dimension of Christmas not found elsewhere. If giving this as a gift, make sure to buy one also for yourself!

This music makes me wish Christmas season would never end!!!.......2001-12-22

This CD is absolutely beautiful. I can't bear to put it away after the holiday season is over! The voices of the Clare College Singers, accompanied by the orchestra blend together to make a heavenly sound. The songs are so gentle and almost mystical. I discovered John Rutter and the Clare College Singers by listening to the local classical music station, and fell in love with their unique sound. "Shepherds Pipe Carol" is one of my favorites, but all of the songs are wonderful on this CD. I also purchased "The Holly and the Ivy" (also with the Clare choir and John Rutter), and it is beautiful too. 5 stars is not enough. If you enjoy gentle, spiritually uplifting Christmas music, buy this CD. You won't regret it.

Delicious carol arrangements by Rutter--a holiday MUST HAVE.......2001-11-29

Delicious Rutter carol arrangements with beautiful pure singing by Clare College Singers of Cambridge, England.

I was delighted to find "Carols from Clare" which includes 11 of the 12 recordings of my Capitol International Series LP recording , "Christmas in Cambridge, " featuring the Clare College Singers and Orchestra, Rutter as arranger.NEVER THOUGHT I'D FIND !!! It has been my FAVORITE Christmas holiday recording for 19 years. Only piece missing is "Of the Father's Love Begotten" which I will be searching for, of course, on another Rutter CD.

Beautiful, Glorious, Inspiring!!.......2001-11-28

I fell in love with John Rutter's music when I heard his "Magnificat" performed locally. I by chance heard the first selection on this cd- one of two he wrote himself- and bought it just based on that one tune. I am of the mind that you can't own enough Christmas music because you'll want variety. This cd, and others from the Clare or Cambridge collection, is not about "Mama kissing Santa" or a red-nosed reindeer. It's about the magic of Christmas and the reason we have celebrate a birth in a manger. Of course like any great sacred music, even athiests will love the beauty of it!

Great Christmas Cheer.......2001-01-27

Great old standards and some new stuff thrown in from jolly ole England. Wonderful selection and performance. Great addition to holiday collection.

Average customer rating: Great for home and classroom

Keep On Smiling: Songs By Irving Berlin, 1915 - 1918 Benjamin Sears , and Bradford Connor Manufacturer: Original Cast Record ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Tin Pan Alley | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Easy Listening | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000004CRG Release Date: 1996-09-17

Tracks:

1. The Circus Is Coming to Town
2. Araby
3. I've Got a Sweet Tooth Bothering Me
4. Until I Fell in Love With You
5. Cohen Owes Me Ninety Seven Dollars
6. When I Leave The World Behind
7. Down Where The Jack O'Lanterns Grow
8. Polly Pretty Polly (Polly With A Past)
9. The Eyes Of Youth See The Truth
10. The Sterling Silver Moon
11. While The Band Played An American Rag
12. The Voice Of Belgium
13. The Devil Has Bought Up All The Coal
14. They Were All Out Of Step But Jim
15. Smile And Show Your Dimple
16. Dream On Little Soldier Boy
17. When I Get Back To The U.S.A.
18. I'm Gonna Pin My Medal On The Girl I Left Behind
19. Yip-Yip-Yaphank Medley: Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning/Kitchen Police (Poor Little Me)...
20. We're On Our Way To France

Customer Reviews:

Great for home and classroom.......1999-03-21

No other composer so closely kept his fingers on the pulse of American thinking and gave the country so much of what it thought it wanted. "Yiddle on Your Fiddle" tells us more of the second-generation immigrants' desire to become Americanized than all the history and sociology books can ever do. So it is a double pleasure to announce the appearance of "Come on and Hear!: Early Songs by Irving Berlin, 1909-1915" and "Keep on Smiling: Songs by Irving Berlin, 1915-1918," two fantastic CDs or tapes on Oaktown label and released through a friendly little Connecticut company calling itself Original Cast Records. Between the two sets, you have 41 tracks of the Berlin output from "Everybody's Doing It Now" to "We're on Our Way to France." The soloist is Benjamin Sears, who with pianist Bradford Conner has something of a reputation around the Boston area. Now some of this material is duplicated by the more widely known Joan Morrison on two RCA Victor releases, possibly out of print by now; and like those discs could use another voice now and then. (Conner does join in where a duet is called for, but my point remains.) Sears is a capable if not an outstanding baritone, who does justice to these historic expressions of Americana. So not only do I recommend both of these sets for their enjoyment value, but I wish to continue to point out to Social Studies teachers how valuable sets like this would be to classes who have no concept of how people really felt (as opposed to what they merely said and did) "way back when." And I might even stick out my neck so far as to offer to come to any school (in reasonable distance of where I live) to give a sample lesson on how these sets can be used.

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English Hymn 3 Wells Cathedral Choir , and Archer Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: English Hymn 1 Jerusalem the Golden Lead, Kindly Light: Hymns of Faith and Assurance All Things Bright and Beautiful A Vaughan Williams Hymnal ASIN: B00006GO6I Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

1. Hills Of The North, Rejoice
2. On Jordan's Bank
3. Of The Father's Heart Begotten
4. O Little Town Of Bethlehem
5. Brightest And Best Of The Sons Of The Morning
6. From The Eastern Mountains
7. Forty Days And Forty Nights
8. Lord Jesus, Think On Me
9. Ah, Holy Jesu, How Hast Thou Offended
10. It Is A Thing Most Wonderful
11. Drop, Drop, Slow Tears
12. When I Survey The Wondrous Cross
13. Come, Ye Faithful, Raise The Strain
14. Ye Choirs Of New Jerusalem
15. Hail The Day That Sees Him Rise
16. Gracious Spirit, Holy Ghost
17. Come, Holy Ghost, Our Souls Inspire
18. I Bind Unto Myself Today
19. Holy!, Holy!, Holy!
20. We Plough The Fields And Scatter
21. For The Beauty Of The Earth
22. Palms Of Glory, Raiment Bright
23. For All The Saints

Average customer rating: Perfect for the Season FOR WHISTLING OR SINGING ALONG

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Tracks:

1. The Nutcracker Ste: Miniature Ov - London Festival Orch
2. The Nutcracker Ste: March - London Festival Orch
3. The Nutcracker Ste: Dance Of The Sugar-Plum Fairy - London Festival Orch
4. The Nutcracker Ste: Russian Dance: Trepak - London Festival Orch
5. The Nutcracker Ste: Arabian Dance - London Festival Orch
6. The Nutcracker Ste: Chinese Dance - London Festival Orch
7. The Nutcracker Ste: Dance Of The Mirlitons - London Festival Orch
8. The Nutcracker Ste: Walts Of The Flowers - London Festival Orch
9. Carol Of The Bells - London Festival Orch
10. Sleighride - Rochester Pops Orch
11. Ov To Hansel And Gretel - London Festival Orch
12. Three German Dances: Sleighride - Rochester Pops Orch
13. Angels We Have Heard On High: Vars - Lyn Larsen
14. Snowdrops Waltz - Rochester Pops
15. Babes In Toyland: March - Rochester Pops
16. A Scottish Carol - Lyn Larsen
17. Mount Of Olives: 'Hallelujah!' - Carlo Curley/Chm Chr Of Grand Rapids
18. Thais: Meditation - Lyn Larsen/Carlo Curley
19. Choral, Sym No.9 in d: Finale - Chor

Tracks:

1. Messiah-Part One: Ov - Royal Choral Society
2. Messiah-Part One: Comfort Ye - Royal Choral Society
3. Messiah-Part One: Every Valley - Royal Choral Society
4. Messiah-Part One: And The Glory Of The Lord - Royal Choral Society
5. Messiah-Part One: Thus Saith The Lord Of Hosts - Royal Choral Society
6. Messiah-Part One: But Who May Abide - Royal Choral Society
7. Messiah-Part One: And He Shall Purify - Royal Choral Society
8. Messiah-Part One: Behold! A Virgin Shall Conceive - Royal Choral Society
9. Messiah-Part One: For Behold! Darkness Shall Cover The Earth - Royal Choral Society
10. Messiah-Part One: The People That Walked In Darkness - Royal Choral Society
11. Messiah-Part One: O Thou That Tellest Good Tidings To Zion - Royal Choral Society
12. Messiah-Part One: He Shall Feed His Flock - Royal Choral Society
13. Messiah-Part One: I Know That My Redeemer Liveth - Royal Choral Society

Tracks:

1. Messiah-Part Two: For Unto Us A Child Is Born - Royal Choral Society
2. Messiah-Part Two: And Suddenly There Was With The Angel A Multitude - Royal Choral Society
3. Messiah-Part Two: Glory To God - Royal Choral Society
4. Messiah-Part Two: Rejoice Greatly, O Daughter Of Zion - Royal Choral Society
5. Messiah-Part Two: His Yoke Is Easy - Royal Choral Society
6. Messiah-Part Two: Behold The Lamb Of God - Royal Choral Society
7. Messiah-Part Two: He Was Despised - Royal Choral Society
8. Messiah-Part Two: All We, Like Sheep - Royal Choral Society
9. Messiah-Part Two: Hallelujah! - Royal Choral Society
10. Messiah-Part Two: The Tpt Shall Sound - Royal Choral Society
11. Messiah-Part Two: Amen - Royal Choral Society

Tracks:

1. Hymns Of Christmas: Joy To The World - Irish Promenade Orch
2. Hymns Of Christmas: In Dulci Jubilo - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
3. Hymns Of Christmas: Away In The Manger - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
4. Hymns Of Christmas: Sans Day Carol - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
5. Hymns Of Christmas: Adeste Fidelis - Irish Promenade Orch
6. Hymns Of Christmas: Whence Is That Goodly Fragrance - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
7. Hymns Of Christmas: Born On Earth The Divine Christ Child - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
8. Hymns Of Christmas: Down On Yon Forest - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
9. Hymns Of Christmas: I Saw Three Ships - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
10. Hymns Of Christmas: Fant on 'Greensleeves' - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
11. Hymns Of Christmas: Silent Night - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
12. Hymns Of Christmas: O Little Town Of Bethlehem - Irish Promenade Orch
13. Hymns Of Christmas: Jesu, Thou The Virgin Born - Plymouth Festival Orch & Chor/Bel Canto Voices
14. Hymns Of Christmas: Savior Of The World Is Born - Plymouth Festival Orch & Chor/Bel Canto Voices
15. Hymns Of Christmas: The First Nowell - Plymouth Festival Orch & Chor/Bel Canto Voices
16. Hymns Of Christmas: On Christmas Night - Plymouth Festival Orch & Chor/Bel Canto Voices
17. Hymns Of Christmas: God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen - Plymouth Festival Orch & Chor/Bel Canto Voices
18. Hymns Of Christmas: Little Drummer Boy - Irish Promenade Orch
19. Hymns Of Christmas: How Brightly Shown The Morning Star - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
20. Hymns Of Christmas: God Is Born - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
21. Hymns Of Christmas: In Nightly Stillness - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
22. Hymns Of Christmas: O Holy Night - Irish Promenade Orch
23. Hymns Of Christmas: In The Manger - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
24. Hymns Of Christmas: Lullay, Dear Jesus - Chor/Bel Canto Voices
25. Hymns Of Christmas: Merrily To Bethlehem - Chor/Bel Canto Voices

Tracks:

1. A Baroque Christmas: Christmas Oratorio: Sinf/The Four Seasons: Winter - Stuttgart RSO
2. A Baroque Christmas: Allegro Non Molto - Camerata Academica Of Salzburg
3. A Baroque Christmas: Largo - Camerata Academica Of Salzburg
4. A Baroque Christmas: Allegro - Camerata Academica Of Salzburg
5. A Baroque Christmas: Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring - St. Louis Brass Qt
6. A Baroque Christmas: Canon in D - London Festival Orch
7. A Baroque Christmas: Messiah: Sinf - Stuttgart RSO
8. A Baroque Christmas: Sheep May Safely Graze - Philip Brunelle
9. A Baroque Christmas: Air On A 'G' Str - RPO
10. A Baroque Christmas: Samson: Awake The Tpts Lofty Sounds - Carlo Curley/Chm Chr Of Grand Rapids
11. A Baroque Christmas: Brandenburg, Con No.2 in F: Allegro - Camerata Romana
12. A Baroque Christmas: Fanfare ('Masterpiece Theatre' Theme) - Cathedral Brass
13. A Baroque Christmas: Arioso For Brass - St. Louis Brass Qt
14. A Baroque Christmas: Rondeau - Carlo Curley
15. A Baroque Christmas: Table Music Ov - Camerata Academica Of Salzburg
16. A Baroque Christmas: A Mighty Fortress Is Our God - Carlo Curley/Chm Chor Of Grand Rapids
17. A Baroque Christmas: Joy To The World - Chor

Customer Reviews:

Perfect for the Season.......2005-11-19

I purchased this years ago and the enjoyment has grown every Christmas. Handel's Messiah is beautiful, The Nutcracker is a classic and the arrangement of hymns conveys the true wonders of the season. While there is a place for pop carols, these classics should be in every Christian's music library. I loved this so much, I actually purchased a complete replacement set when I lost one of the discs. Certainly an excellent value that any music lover would treasure.

FOR WHISTLING OR SINGING ALONG.......2003-12-28

The gifted Richard Hayman (Boston Pops arranger for more than 30 years) offers an interesting collection of holiday favourites. The back cover says "Orchestra and Chorus" - beware, there is no chorus. The sub-title "Philharmomic Symphony Orchestra" is rather pedantic. Why not simply "Richard Hayman and His Orchestra"? The opening and closing numbers are sing-along medleys... the liner notes offer the words. Two Leroy Anderson numbers receive a fair treatment: SLEIGH RIDE and SONG OF THE BELLS, the latter being played rrather slowly. There is a beautiful rendition of MUSIC BOX DANCER, the only version I know that uses the music box. The counter-melody is too loud and takes away the charm of the main theme. A few compositions by the conductor himself. A great collection for tree-trimming, whistling or singing along.

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1. Pickin' Up the Pieces/Poco [Import]
2. Private Thoughts
3. Pull My Chain [Enhanced]
4. Real 80's: Country
5. Real Cowboy Girl
6. Ricky [Import]
7. Sales Tax Toddle
8. See If I Care [Hybrid SACD] [SACD]
9. Sings Christmas
10. Sings The Country Standards [Import]

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