Softly [Original recording remastered] [Import]

Product Description
Japanese remastered reissue of 1966 album, that's unavailable domestically, for Brazilian artist compared to Astrud Gilberto, with strings, orchestra and Latin rhythms arranged & conducted by Jack Marshall. 11 tracks. Toshiba. 2003.

Softly,Wanda De Sah,Toshiba EMI,Jazz,World Music

Average customer rating: Opera for Aficianados as well as Newbies superb! beatiful music Best Opera CD ever Rapture

Rapture: Opera's Most Heavenly Moments Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Academy of Ancient Music | ( A ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music National Philharmonic Orchestra London | ( N ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: The Most Famous Opera Duets The Most Famous Opera Arias The #1 Opera Album Amor--Opera's Great Love Songs The Best Opera Album in the World...Ever! ASIN: B00006L3K2 Release Date: 2002-10-08

Tracks:

1. Casta Diva - Renee Fleming
2. Barcarolle - Edita Gruberova
3. Ebben? Ne Andro Lontana - Maria Chiara
4. Intermezzo - Herbert Von Karajan
5. Letter Duet - Edith Mathis
6. Che Faro Senza Euridice - Grace Bumbry
7. Va Pensiero - Giuseppe Sinopoli
8. Una Furtiva Lagrima - Gosta Winbergh
9. Porgi Amor - Gundula Janowitz
10. Humming Chorus - Ambrosian Opera Chorus
11. Soave Sia Il Vento - Kiri Te Kanawa
12. Overture (Excerpt) - Philharmonia Orchestra
13. Un'aura Amorosa - Hans-Peter Blochwitz
14. Un Bel Di - Mirella Freni
15. Depuis Le Jour - Montserrat Caballe
16. La Ci Darem La Mano - Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau
17. Quando Le Sere Al Placido - Placido Domingo
18. Mir Ist So Wunderbar - Lucia Popp

Tracks:

1. Flower Duet - Joan Sutherland
2. The Pearl Fishers Duet - Bryn Terfel
3. Lascia Ch'io Pianga - Kiri Te Kanawa
4. Prelude - Bayerisches Staatsorchestra
5. O Silver Moon - Renee Fleming
6. When I Am Laid In Earth - Tatiana Troyanos
7. Miserere - Placido Domingo
8. Vissi D'arte - Mirella Freni
9. Intermezzo - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Softly Awakes My Heart - Grace Bumbry
11. Ombra Mai Fu (Largo) - Bryn Terfel
12. Pilgrim's Chorus - Chorus Of The Bayreuth Festival
13. Ruhe Sanft - Kiri Te Kanawa
14. Flower Duet - Teresa Berganza
15. Entr'acte - Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra
16. Mira O Norma - Marilyn Horne
17. Hochsten Heiles Wunder - Chorus Of The German Opera Berlin

Customer Reviews:

Opera for Aficianados as well as Newbies.......2007-06-11

If you are looking for peaceful, beautiful music this is for you. It is a delightful mix of some of opera's most memorable moments. Long time opera fans will be familiar with most of the arias and newcomers to opera will recognize music that has become identified with movies and commercials.

superb! .......2007-05-12

If you love wonderful operatic moments then this cd is a great buy for all of the wonderful and spectacular music on it. You get two cds for the price of one great opera cd, and all of the talented singers that were taken and put on these tracks do definate justice to all of the composers listed. A great cd to add to your collection especially if you are an aspiring singer or a student in music. Absolutely Fantastic!

beatiful music.......2007-02-23

former reviews are no exaggeration, this is the most beautiful music I have come across. I have many opera CDs but this is one I never tire of.
I listen to the CD everyday and it is always soothing, uplifting and inspiring. I wish I could find another as wonderful.

Best Opera CD ever.......2007-02-16

I have orderd plenty of classical CD's and DVD's on this webside.
Most were phantastish but this one is the best.
I listen so often to this CD that it should have grooves.
I never get tired of it.
I recommend this CD highly.
Roswitha

Rapture.......2007-01-24

Wonderous---Melodious----
This compilation of Opera's finest moments is positively wonderful!!!!Unquestionably the best buy I have made in Opera Music..No kidding,I have trays full of CDs covering every facet of Opera,but none as beautiful...A full 2 1/2 hours of the best of the best....Heavenly Moments says it ALL...I vote 6 stars!!!!!

Average customer rating: Too busy good product and fast service what a road trip Mesmerized and moved mom to tears Daughter loves it

Mozart's Magnificent Voyage Manufacturer: Children's Group ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quartets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Allegri | Allegri, Gregorio | ( A ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Sonatinas | Sonatas | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Classical | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music French Horn | Brass | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Piano | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Mr. Bach Comes To Call Beethoven Lives Upstairs Tchaikovsky Discovers America Classical Kids: Hallelujah Handel! Vivaldi's Ring Of Mystery ASIN: B0000061XU Release Date: 1998-10-13

Tracks:

1. Horn Concerto, K.495, Movt 3
2. Clarinet Quintet, K.581, Movt 2
3. Symphony No.1, K.16, Movt 2
4. Piano Sonata In F, K.332, Movt 3
5. Medley: We Are Three Spirits ('Drei Knabchen')/Magic Flute, K.620
6. Overture, Marriage Of Figaro, K.492
7. Arrival At Court: Child's Minuet in C
8. Medley: Symphony No.1, K.16, Movt 1/Variations On 'La Ci Darem,' By Beethoven
9. Evening Falls ('Abendempfindung'), K.523
10. Flute Quartet, K.285, Movt 2
11. Symphony No.40, K.550, Movt 1
12. Arrival In Rome
13. Miserere Mei, By Allegri
14. Cassation in C, K.63
15. Minuet, Don Giovanni, K.527
16. Medley: Barrel-Organ Var On 'Deh Vieni,'/Don Giovanni, K.527
17. Variations On 'Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star,' K.265
18. Letter Duet, ('Canzonetta Sull'aria'), Marriage Of Figaro, K.492
19. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, K.525, Movt 4
20. Ave Verum Corpus, K.618
21. Medley: Waldstein Sonata, Op.53, By Beethoven/Piano Concerto in C, K.467, Movt 1...
22. Medley: Piano Sonata in A, K.331, Mvt 1/Gran Partita, K.361, Movt 7
23. Blow Softly, You Breezes ('Soave Sia Il Vento'), Cosi Fan Tutte, K.588...

Product Description

GENERAL FEATURES: The Dream Children are about to be written out of Mozart's most famous opera. Hoping to change their fate, they enlist the help of the composer's young son Karl. Together the children embark on an incredible journey that takes them back in time to Mozart's childhood as well as far into the future. Along the way, Karl learns much about his father and comes to understand his legacy of timeless music. Educational entertainment for all ages.

Customer Reviews:

Too busy.......2006-07-14

I was hoping for more music - there's just too much storytelling for my and my kids' taste. We love the Beethoven's Wig series and were hoping this would be similar.

good product and fast service.......2005-09-11

Product arrived in ample time overseas and was pleased with quality of product!

what a road trip.......2005-02-21

i bought this item after reading some of the reviews on amazon for my nephews who are 2 and 4 years of age. two months after christmas their mom was explaining how they request the cd everytime they are in the car. she groaned when i was in the car and they boys wanted to show me how much they liked the cd. during the trip i witnessed a mother humming along to the music with her children, the boys singing to excerpts, and an overall execptional learning experience about music, culture, and history. if you are looking for something that all children will like, passes the time on a road trip, and teaches important lessons about life without being pretentious then get this cd, it is a guaranteed crowd pleaser.

Mesmerized and moved mom to tears.......2005-01-26

This CD is awesome, the music great, the story captivating. But it's Mozart, you already know about the music. Other reviewers have already discussed the story and I agree with their assessments that it's very good. The reason for this review is to say that my very active, never stopping, constantly in motion 5 year old SAT DOWN AND LISTENED without fidgeting or fiddling for a full 20 minutes and then sat but fiddled for the remainder of the CD. Maybe this is not a big deal to moms of "normal" energy level children -- but this simple act of being still for 20 minutes moved me to tears. I said nothing before putting the CD in, I just put it in while he was doing his running around. Within seconds of hearing the story start he sat down on the floor, crossed his legs, and listened while looking at the speakers. I have never seen this behavior from my child before, ever. Please note that this is a child who is not ADD, he just cannot be still. He listens to hundreds of hours of stories we read to him -- while he's doing something else. He "watches" videos -- while he's doing something else. He reads, while clapping or tapping out the beat of the syllables. I cannot remember my child ever stopping what he was doing to JUST LISTEN. When it was over he said, "That was a cool story," and got up to run around. That was it, but that's high praise from this child. To see my child sitting still for a full 20 minutes, you cannot begin to imagine my awe. I am running right out to get the rest of the series! Bravo to the producers!

Daughter loves it.......2003-03-27

My daughter is 5 and loves to hear this CD over and over in the car.

Average customer rating: Come softly to me: The very best of the fleetwoods Haunting Tunes from my Childhood Satisfied Hard to Find Excellent CD with Fabulous Liner Notes

Come Softly to Me: The Very Best of the Fleetwoods The Fleetwoods Manufacturer: Capitol ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Doo Wop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Complete Hits of Tommy Edwards Johnny Maestro and the Crests - 20 All-Time Greatest Hits Johnny Tillotson - 25 All-Time Greatest Hits The Very Best of Bobby Vee The Five Satins Sing Their Greatest Hits ASIN: B00000DRDT Release Date: 1993-08-10

Tracks:

1. Come Softly To Me
2. I Care So Much
3. Graduation's Here
4. Mr. Blue
5. Unchained Melody (A Cappella Version)
6. You Mean Everything To Me
7. Outside My Window
8. Runaround
9. Skylark
10. The Last One To Know
11. Confidential
12. Tragedy
13. Little Miss Sad One
14. (He's) The Great Imposter
15. Lavender Blues
16. One Little Star
17. Lovers By Night, Strangers By Day
18. They Tell Me It's Summer
19. Goodnight My Love
20. My Special Lover
21. Gone
22. What'll I Do
23. Ten Times Blue
24. Before And After (Losing You)
25. Lonely Is As Lonely Does
26. Radio Jingle
27. Come Softly To Me (A Capella Version)
28. Mr. Blue (A Capella Version)

Customer Reviews:

Come softly to me: The very best of the fleetwoods.......2007-05-31

I love listening to the cd especially after a long day from work.

Haunting Tunes from my Childhood.......2007-05-13

The Fleetwoods were popular in the late 50's. I'm 57 and I can recall listening to their music on AM radio when I was less than 10 years old. I recall all of the words to several of their songs and was delighted when I bought this album.

Satisfied.......2007-01-11

This CD showed me a lot of songs I did not know or had forgotten -- plus the three or so big hits. I like it. I'm glad I made the purchase.

Hard to Find.......2006-12-16

Purchased this for my dad. He seems to like it. We couldn't find it in CD stores, but Amazon came to the rescue.

Excellent CD with Fabulous Liner Notes.......2006-05-31

I leave the critic of the music to the other posters, and I agree that the music is excellent. I don't five stars idly, and only for the best of the best. But this is a solid 4 star CD.

But the liner notes are incredible. This is a small book with all their songs and albums listed, dated, with composers, and the album it was on with pictures of the records. Wow.

Average customer rating: Relaxing and soothing music It doesn't get any better than this. Soft and passionate An insistent infectiousness Remaster

Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack Roberta Flack Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Quiet Storm | R&B | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Very Best of Roberta Flack Love Songs Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway Chapter Two Killing Me Softly ASIN: B000002IVU Release Date: 1993-06-22

Tracks:

1. The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face
2. Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow
3. Where Is The Love
4. Killing Me Softly With His Song
5. Feel Like Makin' Love
6. The Closer I Get To You
7. More Than Everything
8. Only Heaven Can Wait (For Love)
9. Back Together Again
10. Making Love
11. Tonight. I Celebrate My Love
12. Oasis
13. And So It Goes
14. You Know What It's Like
15. Set The Night To Music
16. My Foolish Heart
17. Uh-Uh Ooh-Ooh Look Out (Here It Comes)

Album Description

1986 collection, deleted domestically, 11 tracks showcases her biggest ballads. Atlantic/WEA Int.

Album Details

11 Song Collection from the Former Schoolteacher Turned Pop Star's Great Career.

Customer Reviews:

Relaxing and soothing music.......2007-07-04

First,I'd like to take this opportunity to say thank you to Amazon for asking me to express my opinion about this CD.I have always enjoyed Roberta Flack's voice,but somehow I never got around to including two of her biggest hits("Killing Me Softly With His Song" and "Feel Like Makin' Love")in my collection.For many years,I've had the song "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and the album that contains it("First Take")as well as her biggest duets with the late Donny Hathaway in my collection and now I have all of these songs on one disc.When I'm feeling in a mellow mood,I've often thought of her songs.There is something truly remarkable about her voice which no other singer possesses.The closest comparison that I can think of is Aretha Franklin,and I'm sure that even the "Queen of Soul" herself must have felt challenged during Ms. Flack's '70s hit-making heyday.Now both stars' moment in the sun has faded and we're left with new performers like Nora Jones.Somehow though,the music of today just doesn't give me the same feeling as that of the past.You know,it's funny:I've often considered myself to be a heavy-metal type of guy,but when I'm in the mood for mellowing out,Ms. Flack's singing really hits the spot.This really is a great overview of her career,but it's not concise.There are several of her lesser known hits missing(which are available on another compilation titled,"The Best of Roberta Flack"),but it's more thorough than any other collection because it contains her most recent recordings(now well over a decade old).While it's unfortunate that her more contemporary recordings aren't of the same caliber as her '70s hits,it is nice to have her biggest recordings all in one place.If you're a fan of her earlier recordings as I am,who knows,you just may be pleasantly surprised by some of her later work.I can certainly appreciate her voice...it's just the arrangements that I'm not too crazy about.All in all,this disc is well worth investigating,especially for fans of the Quiet Storm genre.

It doesn't get any better than this........2007-05-03

You won't find a better selection of Roberta Flack's greatest hits on one disc. They did a wonderful job far as putting together this collaboration. I'm really enjoying them.

Soft and passionate.......2006-09-07

Mmmm. I just love Roberta Flack - her silky smooth voice, and those soft and passionate love songs. This album is indeed some of her best work, and it is a really sensual experience just to listen to it. Every once in a while, we pull out this album, light a fire, and share the couch - watching the flames, listening to the music, and falling in love.

If you want an album of passionate mood music to share with the one you love, then this is definitely the CD to get. We love it, and give it our highest recommendations!

(Review of Softly with These Songs: The Best of Roberta Flack)

An insistent infectiousness.......2006-06-18

There are certain songs which enter the mind and heart, and then are played over and over within us through our lifetimes. They have a certain kind infectiousness that just stays with us. One of those songs for me is Roberta Flack's 'Killing her softly with his song'.
Flack's voice never had for me the kind of distinctiveness of say a Nina Simone, or a Nancy Wilson but it does have a rich and calming pleasantness. I think of her and her best songs, including Jessie I Celebrate My Love For You,The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, as insistent rhythmic songs . And her voice is for me more a pleasant persistence than sensational Streisand or Garland - like emotional rollercoaster.

Remaster.......2006-03-30

Roberta Flack deserved a far better remastering of her lovely songs than is represented by this inferior product. The equalization is poor overall, but in Killing Me Softly the bass amplification is a crime. I will be more cognizant of Joe Gastwirt's work on future labels.

Average customer rating:

Jerry Hadley - Golden Days - Tenor hits from the Golden Age of Operetta Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romberg, Sigmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Hadley, Jerry | ( H ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The World Is Beautiful: Viennese Operetta Arias In the Real World Famous Opera Duets Jerry Hadley: Vienna When I Grow Too Old to Dream ASIN: B000003FQQ Release Date: 1994-08-16

Tracks:

1. Song of the Vagabonds
2. I'm Falling in Love With Someone
3. Streets of New York
4. Neapolitan Love Song
5. Desert Song/One Alone
6. Every Day Is Ladies' Day with Me
7. Donkey Serenade
8. Softly, As in a Morning Sunrise
9. Drinking Song
10. When You're Away
11. I Love to Go Swimmin' With Wimmin
12. I Might Be Your Once-In-A-While
13. Marianne
14. Serenade
15. Indian Summer
16. When I Grow Too Old to Dream
17. Gypsy Love Song
18. Golden Days - Jerry Hadley, Mario Lanza

Average customer rating: wonderful! Don't Go to Strangers/Softly as I Leave You The Greatest Torch Singer! Track listing Another re-release that needed to be released!

Don't Go to Strangers/Softly As I Leave You Eydie Gorme Manufacturer: Gl Music Co. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Latin Pop | Latin Music | Styles | Music Bolero | Latin Music | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of Eydie Gorme We Got Us/Eydie & Steve Sing the Golden Hits Canta en Español Silver Screen Songs Since I Fell for You ASIN: B00009PA0W Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

1. How About Me?
2. What's New
3. What Did I Have That I Don't Have
4. I'll Be Around
5. If He Walked into My Life
6. Don't Go to Strangers
7. I Wish You Love
8. How Did He Look
9. I Wanna Be Around
10. Tell Him I Said Hello
11. When He Leaves You
12. Glad to Be Unhappy
13. You've Changed
14. For All We Know
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
16. What Is a Woman
17. Softly, As I Leave You
18. All Alone
19. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
20. Guess I Should Have Loved Him More
21. What's Good About Goodbye

Customer Reviews:

wonderful!.......2007-05-13

Eydie Gorme is the original queen of the "torch song." Forget Barbara Streisand (who is also great)--this is the real thing!

Don't Go to Strangers/Softly as I Leave You.......2007-04-26

The performance of Ms. Gorme in just one of the songs ( I want to be around ) is worth the 5 stars for the CD. The orchestration and sound is spectacular!

The Greatest Torch Singer!.......2007-04-11

My long playing record of Don't go To Strangers got lost and all I had was a sorry tape that I had tried to record. I pestered everyone about putting the tape on a CD but no one obliged. How thrilled do you think I was when I found her album among your CD's!? I am so thrilled with my CD of Eydie and I even got a bonus of Softly AS I Leave You on the same CD. I searched high and low to find this and now I have it. It is a true treasure to hear Eydie belt out all those great songs. Thanks, Amazon!

Track listing.......2006-01-05

1. How About Me
2. What's New
3. What Did I Have That I Don't Have
4. I'll Be Around
5. If He Walked into My Life
6. Don't Go to Strangers
7. I Wish You Love
8. How Did He Look
9. I Wanna Be Around
10. Tell Him I Said Hello
11. When He Leaves You
12. Glad to Be Unhappy
13. You've Changed
14. For All We Know
15. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
16. What Is a Woman
17. Softly, As I Leave You
18. All Alone
19. Don't Worry 'Bout Me
20. Guess I Should Have Loved Him More
21. What's Good About Goodbye

Another re-release that needed to be released!.......2005-11-07

My Father bought the "SOFTLY AS I LEAVE YOU" & "GREATEST HITS" albums on vinyl a long time ago back in the 60's and it somehow managed to survive in good shape. Later, I myself bought the "DON'T GO TO STRANGERS" album from a used vinyl store and was fairly happy with how these albums sounded on my Linn Turntable. WOW! When I heard these GL Music remasters on my Linn CD12, I could not believe the difference! (And this from a guy who usually finds the vinyl version sounds better.) An absolute must have, for not only Eydie Gorme fans, but ESPECIALLY all the people who think "WHAT'S NEW" is an album by Linda Ronstadt. The smooth soothing relaxing sound of these Eydie Gorme versions will make you forget about ever listening to the Linda Ronstadt versions again. Both of these albums are again one of MY ALL TIME FAVORITES in my collection.

Average customer rating: Smooth Music UNDERRATED GEM My best advice... How incredible is this voice Her last great album before venturing into a MOR career

Killing Me Softly Roberta Flack Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soft Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soft Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Soul General | Soul | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 R&B | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Romantics | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: First Take Chapter Two Quiet Fire Feel Like Makin' Love Roberta Flack & Donny Hathaway ASIN: B000002J5U Release Date: 1995-09-19

Tracks:

1. Killing Me Softly With His Song
2. Jesse
3. No Tears (In The End)
4. I'm The Girl
5. River
6. Conversation Love
7. When You Smile
8. Suzanne

Customer Reviews:

Smooth Music.......2007-06-15

Right out of High School "Killing Me Softly" was a huge hit. And the album of the same title has equally fantastic numbers. Along with the title song, my other favorites are "Jesse", "I'm the Girl" and the final track "Suzanne". Just make yourself comfortable, put on your headphones and enjoy a great listen. And when you get to "Suzanne", turn the volume up a bit and let the beautiful string arrangements carry you away. A great CD from one of Roberta's best efforts.

UNDERRATED GEM.......2007-04-03

Why doesn't Roberta Flack get the same attention as so many other singers of the 1970s? Is it because she never wrote many of her songs? This is a lovely album from start to finish. The title track, for Don McLean (although not written by Flack) takes on a more powerful lustre in its proper context. 'Jesse' is tear-jerkingly glorious, and 'Suzanne' an unexpected treat.

My best advice..........2004-04-04

I can only say on thing about Roberta: there's you and there's Aretha. I'm not kidding, and on this set, her most soulful album ever, you'll see what I mean. Roberta Flack is an artist, period. Her voice is truly amazing, so strong and yet so soft, and always on key...and this voice comes from a former piano player and elementary school teacher. One of the highlights here is "Jesse," which is not available elsewhere - it's one of her best vocals ever.

How incredible is this voice.......2003-08-30

There is music and then there is something like this...a smoky voice that owns every song...every word a part of her...this is an album for late nights and fireplaces. The songs are well mixed if somewhat eclectic (if you haven't been to that place by the river with the mysterious Suzanne...do yourself a favor and take the tour...)and despite an earlier reviewers faux pas Ms Flack and the soulful "Killing me softly with HIS Song" (rather than THIS song) will be around somewhere close to forever!

Her last great album before venturing into a MOR career.......2002-07-30

Roberta Flack's recording career traces back to 1968 but it wasn't until 1973 that she achieved widespread commercial success with "Killing Me Softly With This Song (KMSWTS)". Sure, she had had major successes prior to that with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" as well as four chart albums including a collaboration with Donny Hathaway but her relationship with the pop audience was always compromised by the fact that she was perceived as a serious black artiste....and classically trained at that.

So, riding on the back of her massive hit with KMSWTS, "Killing Me Softly (KMS)" presented the ideal opportunity for her to achieve a convincing cross over. No, she didn't sell out and make an all out pop album but she did include more commercial elements in it than was evident in her earlier albums. While Joel Dorn remained firmly at the producer's helm and Roberta's love for slow moody ballads (eg, "Jesse", "I Am The Girl") was still very much evident judging by her choice of material, the kitschy "When You Smile" seemed more than a casual nod at the supper club crowd. As it turned out, "KMS" was the precursor to the smooth midnight soul of "Feel Like Making Love" in 1975 and a couple more steps away from her metamorphosis into full fledged MOR artiste by the time she made "Blue Lights In The Basement" in 1977.

Be that as it may, "KMS" was an excellent album showcasing wonderful performances by Roberta throughout, particularly on the title track and on Leonard Cohen's "Suzanne" which closes the album on a deeply resonant note. The gently rocking "River", the funky "No Tears (In The End)" and the lovely "Conversation Love" are other highlights showcasing Roberta's versatility. While "KMS" was the last great album she would make until she wisely abandoned her Adult Contemporary career to return to her roots with the phenomenal "Roberta" in 1994, I would still rate "KMS" a tad below "First Take", "Chapter Two" and "Quiet Fire", the albums on which she had established herself as a truly world class virtuoso performer. "KMS" was in some ways a transitional album but it was still an excellent one which gained her a broader audience and paved the way for the next phase of her career as MOR artiste.

Average customer rating: Warm/Swing Softly - CD Wonderful, wonderful listening Johnny Swings Softly and Warmly Best Album Ever By Johnny Easy Llistening

Warm/Swing Softly Johnny Mathis ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Classic Vocalists | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Faithfully/Johnny's Mood Heavenly Open Fire, Two Guitars Ballads of.../Rhythms of... Isn't It Romantic: The Standards Album ASIN: B000024YT6 Release Date: 2004-01-20

Tracks:

1. Warm - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
2. My One and Only Love - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
3. Baby, Baby, Baby - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
4. Handful of Stars - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
5. By Myself - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
6. I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
7. Then I'll Be Tired of You - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
8. I'm Glad There Is You - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
9. What'll I Do - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
10. Lovely Things You Do - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
11. There Goes My Heart - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis
12. You Hit the Spot - Johnny Mathis
13. It's De-Lovely - Johnny Mathis
14. Get Me to the Church on Time - Johnny Mathis
15. Like Someone in Love - Johnny Mathis
16. You'd Be So Nice to Come Home To - Johnny Mathis
17. Love Walked In - Johnny Mathis
18. This Heart of Mine - Johnny Mathis
19. To Be in Love - Johnny Mathis
20. Sweet Lorraine - Johnny Mathis
21. Can't Get Out of This Mood - Johnny Mathis
22. I've Got the World on a String - Johnny Mathis
23. Easy to Say (But So Hard to Do) - Johnny Mathis
24. Easy to Say (But So Hard to Do) - Johnny Mathis, Johnny Mathis

Album Description

UK twofer combines the enduring pop vocalist's 1957 & 1958 albums.

Customer Reviews:

Warm/Swing Softly - CD.......2007-03-29

Warm is a Johnny Mathis album I used to listen to when I was in high school and have had a hard time finding it on CD, so I was especially happy to find it available at Amazon. The title song has always been on of my favorite Johnny Mathis songs.

Wonderful, wonderful listening.......2007-01-18

So glad I have these on CD now. My old albums are pretty worn out!

Johnny Swings Softly and Warmly.......2007-01-10

I owned both of these individual items in original vinyl. They helped me to realize that Johnny Mathis was something more than just a romantic ballad singer. He has an unmatched ability to convey every single heartfelt line of a soul stinging ballads while putting an upbeat flavor to some unexpected swinging standards. Even in his seventies, he still sings and comminicates each song he sings. My lady and I saw him live last year. I am now eagerly searching for the rest of the CD's to match all of the classic Mathis vinyl that I own. New lovers will get a charge out of these tunes that I was wooing young ladies with years ago (before I was spoken for). Mathis is still the guy whose music can set a romantic mood. His up beat stuff is just too good.

Best Album Ever By Johnny.......2007-01-09

Without a doubt Warm is the best album that Johnny Mathis ever did. I am surprised that it took so long for the CD release.

Easy Llistening.......2006-11-12

What's not to like about a Johnny Mathis CD? I have several of Johnny's CD's and this one has some old songs in it that are nicely done. I go way back to listening to Johnny. He has one of those "timeless" voices.

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Tracks:

1. Guide Me O Thou Great Redeemer (CWM Rhondda) - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
2. Land of My Fathers - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
3. Dies Irae
4. Men of Harlech
5. You'll Never Walk Alone
6. Cadwyn O Emyn Donau Cymreig: Joanna (Trad./Elfion Wyn)/Crugybar (Trad.
7. Old Folks at Home
8. Il Liza Jane
9. Faust/Soldier's Chorus - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
10. Vergine Degli Angeli
11. Ballard of Rourke's Drift - Cwt-Y-Collen Choir
12. My Hero
13. God Bless the Prince of Wales - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
14. German Mass/Gloria
15. German Mass/Sanctus
16. Misbles/Master of the House/On My Own/Drink with Me/Empty Chairs at
17. All Through the Night - Caerphilly Make Voice Choir
18. Arwelfa
19. Invictus
20. Softly as I Leave You

Tracks:

1. Diolch l'R L
2. Hine E Hine (Maori Lullaby)
3. Pererin Wyf (Amazing Grace)
4. Tribute to the USA: America the Beautiful (Ward/Bates)/God Bless ...
5. Memories of Martha
6. I Lombardi/The Crusaders' Chorus - Treorchy Male Choir
7. Myfanwy - Treorchy Male Choir
8. Tales of Hoffman/Barcarolle
9. Creation's Hymn
10. In the Spirit!
11. Shall We Gather at the River
12. Nos a Bore
13. Very Best Time of Year
14. Soon Ah Will Be Done
15. Thanks Be to God
16. Flower That Shattered the Stone
17. Rhys - Treorchy Male Choir
18. Where Shall I Be?
19. Bywyd y Bugail
20. Lord's Prayer

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria
2. Pearl Fishers/Divine Brahma
3. She Was Beautiful (Cavatina) - Treorchy Male Choir
4. Cymru Fach
5. Nidaros
6. Jacob's Ladder - Treorchy Male Choir
7. Watching the Wheat
8. Pan Ddaw y Saint (When the Saints Go Marching In)
9. Misbles/Stars
10. Rachie
11. Pirates of Penzance/With Cat-Like Tread - Treorchy Male Choir
12. There Is a Balm in Gilead
13. Rise Up Shepherd and Foller
14. My Lord, What a Mornin'
15. Bryn Myrddin
16. Jesus Christ Superstar/Medley: Jesus Christ Superstar/Hosanna/The Last
17. Finnish Forest (Suomen Salossa)
18. Nabucco/The Glory of Israel
19. Ride the Chariot
20. Tydi a Roddaist - Treorchy Male Choir

Tracks:

1. Y Nefoedd
2. Phantom of the Opera/Think of Me
3. Morte Christe (When I Survey the Wondrous Cross)
4. By Babylon's Wave
5. I'm Gonna Sing
6. Where Could I Go But to the Lord?
7. Holy City - Treorchy Male Choir
8. Mefistofele: Ave Signor, Degli Angeli
9. Senzenina (Zulu Chant)
10. That's All I Want from You
11. Deep Harmony - Treorchy Male Choir
12. Give Me Jesus
13. Just a Closer Walk with Thee
14. My Wish for You
15. Jeptha/Waft Her Angels
16. Mose in Egitto/Prayer
17. Be Still My Soul (Finlandia Hymn)
18. God's Choir in the Sky
19. Floral Dance - Treorchy Male Choir
20. Smilin' Through

Tracks:

1. Calon Lan
2. True Love
3. Mor Fawr Wyt Ti (How Great Thou Art)
4. Aberystwyth
5. Comrades in Arms
6. Cats/Memory
7. They Led My Lord Away
8. State Fair/It's a Grand Night for Singing
9. When I Fall in Love
10. Let's Face the Music and Dance
11. Windmills of Your Mind
12. How Soon
13. Non Nobis Domine
14. Rhythm of Life
15. Kalinka
16. Sound an Alarm
17. Neapolitan Trilogy: It's Now or Never (Di Capua/Schroeder/Gold)/Mo ...
18. Turandot/Nessun Dorma
19. Christus Redemptor
20. Ann Evening's Pastorale

Album Details

Choirs Include the Morriston Orpheus Choir, the Pontadrddulais Male Voice Choir, the Caerphilly Male Voice Choir, the Cwrt-y-gollen Choir, the Treorchy Male Choir and the Lucknow Male Voice Choir.

Average customer rating: Selections from the Greatest Voice of the Last Hundred Years A Must Have The Mario Lanza Collection The MARIO LANZA Collection WONDERFUL!!!!!

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Tracks:

1. Be My Love
2. I'll Never Love You
3. Because You're Mine
4. The Song Angels Sing
5. Drink, Drink, Drink
6. Serenade
7. The Loveliest Night of the Year
8. La Donna E Mobile
9. Because
10. For You Alone
11. Golden Days
12. Deep In My Heart, Dear
13. If I Loved You
14. Yours Is My Heart Alone
15. One Night Of Love
16. Beloved
17. Beautiful Love
18. With A Song In My Heart
19. You Are My Love
20. Call Me Fool

Tracks:

1. All The Things You Are
2. My Song,My Love
3. Love Is The Sweetest Thing
4. Will You Remember
5. Granada
6. Lolita
7. Serenade
8. Temptation
9. Lygia
10. Lady of Spain
11. This Land
12. Lee-Ah-Loo
13. Tina-Lina
14. Boom Biddy Boom Boom
15. The Bayou Lullaby
16. The Lord's Prayer
17. And Here You Are
18. Song of Songs
19. Somewhere A Voice Is Calling
20. I Never Knew

Tracks:

1. Ciribiribin
2. Wonder Why
3. Come Dance With Me
4. O Sole Mio
5. Younger Than Springtime
6. For the First Time (Come Prima)
7. Never Till Now
8. Arrivederci, Roma
9. If You Were Mine
10. Behold!
11. A Night to Remember
12. Love in a Home
13. Do You Wonder
14. Softly as in a Morning Sunrise
15. One Alone
16. Aida:Celeste Aida
17. Carmen: Flower Song
18. La Traviata: Brindisi
19. Rigoletto:Questa O Quella
20. Pagliacci:Vesti La Giubba
21. Cavalleria Rusticana: Addio Alla Madre

Customer Reviews:

Selections from the Greatest Voice of the Last Hundred Years.......2007-03-13

Mario Lanza was, arguably, the greatest tenor and greatest singer of this and the last century. It is difficult to appreciate him without listening to a variety of selections. This collection has some of his best recordings and exhibits the versatility and variety that he possessed that permitted him to "crossover" from opera to popular music with a ease.

I recommend this for those who already know Lanza to some extent but want to go into more depth and understand his marvelous skills.

A Must Have .......2006-12-12

I had forgotten what a beautiful voice Mario Lanza had. This collection contains opera and pop selections that exhibit the power yet sweetness of his voice. Fortunately, we have his CD's and videos so we can remember and listen to his gorgeous, vibrant voice and personality. I highly recommend this collection along with his wonderful movies, especially The Great Caruso.

The Mario Lanza Collection.......2006-11-10

I had forgotten just how beautiful a voice from the past was. It is a wonderful collection

The MARIO LANZA Collection.......2006-08-19

extract from most important LPs. Brilliant sound quality from RCA. Also included are soundtrack recordings from some of his movies. The are several reissues from Mario Lanza but this one is a collection you should have.

WONDERFUL!!!!!.......2005-10-19

The Mario Lanza Collection is a three CD set and it has 61 songs and they all sound great. The mastering on this set is excellent and the song choice is very very good. It would have been perfect if they added a forth CD with more Arias, Italian songs and Sacred Arias. BUT still this set is a great introduction to Lanza. Lanza's voice was powerful and beautiful; if you are a fan of great singing, you will love Lanza. Highlights on this CD set are; Be my Love, Because your Mine, Serenade, With a Song in My Heart, Temptation, The Lord's Prayer, Ciribirbin, O Solo Mio, Ariverducci Roma, and on and on. They are many many great songs on this set, and I highly recommend it.

Pop Music:

1. Solos De Violao [Import]
2. Sonhos E Amores [Import]
3. Speranza Uma Odisseia Italiana [Import]
4. St. Louis
5. Steady & Co [Import]
6. Techno Tabla
7. Teu Nome, Pixinguinha [Import]
8. Trilha Sonora Festa De Peao De Barretos 2005: 50 Anos [Import]
9. Trova Santiaguera [Import]
10. Um Filme [Import]

Pop Music