A Love Supreme [Original recording remastered]

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A Love Supreme is a suite about redemption, a work of pure spirit and song, that encapsulates all the struggles and aspirations of the 1960s. Following hard on the heels of the lyrical, swinging Crescent, A Love Supreme heralded Coltrane's search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms that seemed strange to some jazz purists, but which captivated more adventurous listeners (and rock fellow travelers such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and the Byrds), while initiating a series of volatile, unruly prayer offerings, including Kulu Su Mama, Ascension, Om, Meditations, Expression, Interstellar Space. From the urgent speech-like timbre of his tenor, to the serpentine textures and earthy groove of Elvin Jones's drumming, Coltrane's suite proceeds with escalating intensity, conveying a hard-fought wisdom and a beckoning serenity in the prayer-like drones of "Psalm," where Jones rolls and rumbles like thunder as Garrison and Tyner toll away suggestively--all the while Coltrane searches for that one climactic note worthy of the love he wants to share. --Chip Stern

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Average customer rating: Masterpiece Coltrane does it again! Rookie Coltrane Listener Deeply moving... Indispensable to all music listeners

A Love Supreme John Coltrane Manufacturer: Impulse Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Impulse | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Kind of Blue Birth of the Cool Mingus Ah Um Time Out My Favorite Things ASIN: B0000A118M Release Date: 2003-08-19

Tracks:

1. Acknowledgement
2. Resolution
3. Pursuance
4. Psalm

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A Love Supreme is a suite about redemption, a work of pure spirit and song, that encapsulates all the struggles and aspirations of the 1960s. Following hard on the heels of the lyrical, swinging Crescent, A Love Supreme heralded Coltrane's search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms that seemed strange to some jazz purists, but which captivated more adventurous listeners (and rock fellow travelers such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and the Byrds), while initiating a series of volatile, unruly prayer offerings, including Kulu Su Mama, Ascension, Om, Meditations, Expression, Interstellar Space. From the urgent speech-like timbre of his tenor, to the serpentine textures and earthy groove of Elvin Jones's drumming, Coltrane's suite proceeds with escalating intensity, conveying a hard-fought wisdom and a beckoning serenity in the prayer-like drones of "Psalm," where Jones rolls and rumbles like thunder as Garrison and Tyner toll away suggestively--all the while Coltrane searches for that one climactic note worthy of the love he wants to share. --Chip Stern

Customer Reviews:

Masterpiece.......2007-06-26

There is nothing I can add to what has already been said about this recording. Simply amazing and will always withstand the test of time.

Coltrane does it again!.......2007-06-11

This is one of the top 5 albums of all time. Coltrane is on fire, McCoy is on fire, Jimmy Garrison is on fire, and Elvin is murderous. Out of all of tunes, my fav is Pursuance. It's passionate, has a hard bopish-avantgarde feel and yet it still swings. Out of the park!

Rookie Coltrane Listener.......2007-05-26

For years my very good friend who prides himself on being a music aficionado and "snob", much like Jack Black's character in High Fidelity, has been raving about John Coltrane and a "Love Supreme". I however, have been firmly encamped in the classic rock, blues and pop of the 50's, 60's & 70's. I always felt the jazz style that Coltrane and others of that genre played, was way above my head. Though I appreciated the musicianship to the degree I could, I didn't particularly care for it. I didn't "get it".

But now as I reach the half-way point in my fifties, I wanted to force my self to listen and try to see just what it is about Coltrane that so many folks find extrodinary. So my friend recommended A Love Supreme. I listened and listened and virtually immersed my self in the recording until passages became familiar. Now I have a glimmer, an embryonic appreciation of the man's gift. I put it on for my 17 year old daughter and she loves it! It grows on you and I think maybe for the first time I'm experiencing what that type of jazz can do for you. Live & learn!

Deeply moving..........2007-04-20

This is a deeply spiritual album. It never ceases to move me in some way everytime I hear it. It feels so real and authentic that if you're not careful, you may shed a tear of joy or two. It's just one long suite, made by Coltrane after he kicked his heroin habit and found his soul and God again. It's not often one describes a jazz album as moving (Miles's Sketches of Spain is the only one who comes to mind), but there's really no other way to describe this wonderful, transcendent, beguiling album.

Indispensable to all music listeners.......2007-04-08

Like "Kind of Blue" this is a recording accessible to all listeners, resisting facile classifications (fusion, jazz, modal, musician's music, general public's music, etc.). Coltrane's Promethean questing sweeps up and includes the listener, taking him or her through the hero's journey, which concludes on an affirmative note of thanksgiving and peace. Moreover, the musical motifs are in themselves memorable, satisfying the listener's need for a musical stronghold in which to ground the spiritual thrust of the extra-musical religious-spiritual meanings.

Of the recordings after "A Love Supreme," "Transition" achieves a similar visionary ascent, though much of the recorded documentation of Coltrane's last two years is likely to prove inaccessible or at least less engaging to the average listener. It's music "in" but also "of" the moment, a record of pain and anger, protest and revolution, carrying an unmistakable political subtext that frequently overwhelms the main musical text.

Arguably the most influential instrumentalist of the past 50 years, Coltrane left the listener plenty of choices, should the recordings after "A Love Supreme" prove unsatisfying. "My Favorite Things" is the perfect antidote to the cloying soprano sax sound of Kenny G. (as is the soprano sax playing of the deeply expressive and moving traditionalist, Sidney Bechet). For every serious musician, however, perhaps the one recording by Coltrane that belongs at the top is "Giant Steps." Once a musician has mastered the dominant-tonic movement of popular harmonies, the next essential step is learning how to negotiate the "Giant Steps"/"Count Down" harmonic movement that Coltrane introduced. Before learning the theory, however, a listener needs to experience the stunning freshness that is its musical result. With the motivation, the theory is likely to be realized far more efficiently and effectively.

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Love Supreme: The Legacy of John Coltrane Manufacturer: Telarc ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Turtle Island String Quartet: A Windham Hill Retrospective Art of the Groove Danzón Pilgrimage Sound Grammar ASIN: B000N4SAEG Release Date: 2007-03-27

Tracks:

1. Moment's Notice
2. La Danse Du Bonheur
3. Model Trance
4. Acknowledgment
5. Resolution
6. Pursuance
7. Psalm
8. 'Round Midnight
9. Countdown
10. My Favorite Things
11. Naima
12. Song To John
13. So What

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A string quartet rendering of "A Love Supreme"? Even as John Coltrane's beloved work gets revived in various formats--Branford Marsalis performed and recorded with his quartet, Wynton Marsalis with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and singer Kurt Elling set a section of it to words--it may seem a stretch as a classical crossover. But unlike the Kronos Quartet, which came a cropper with its unswinging treatments of Bill Evans and Thelonious Monk, the Turtle Island Quartet is steeped in a jazz sensibility. While the enveloping spiritual intensity of "A Love Supreme" may elude it, the San Francisco-based group grabs the listener with its dark undertones, probing lines, rough hewn textures and airy counter melodies. Of the other Coltrane classics included on the CD, the ballad "Naima" stands out with its gorgeous blend of tones and colors and "Countdown" is given a brisk, percussive workout. Jazz fans will find new pathways into "A Love Supreme" while the classical set will find a gateway to one of jazz's enduring achievements. --Lloyd Sachs

Average customer rating: A Love Supreme, Supreme How many stars should be enough? The Trane Quartet may have them all A 20th Century landmark A Love Supreme for John Coltrane A Wonderful Package

A Love Supreme John Coltrane Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: A Love Supreme: The Story of John Coltrane's Signature Album Giant Steps John Coltrane: Crescent The Hot Fives & Sevens Thelonious Monk Quartet with John Coltrane at Carnegie Hall ASIN: B00006K06N Release Date: 2002-10-29

Tracks:

1. Part 1 - Acknowledgement
2. Part 2 - Resolution
3. Part 3 - Pursuance
4. Part 4 - Psalm

Tracks:

1. Introduction
2. Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Live)
3. Part 2 - Resolution (Live)
4. Part 3 - Pursuance (Live)
5. Part 4 - Psalm (Live)
6. Part 2 - Resolution (Alternative Take)
7. Part 2 - Resolution (Breakdown)
8. Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Alternative Take)
9. Part 1 - Acknowledgement (Alternative Take)

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A Love Supreme is a suite about redemption, a work of pure spirit and song, that encapsulates all the struggles and aspirations of the 1960s. Following hard on the heels of the lyrical, swinging Crescent, A Love Supreme heralded Coltrane's search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms that seemed strange to some jazz purists, but which captivated more adventurous listeners (and rock fellow travelers such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and the Byrds), while initiating a series of volatile, unruly prayer offerings, including Kulu Su Mama, Ascension, Om, Meditations, Expression, Interstellar Space. From the urgent speech-like timbre of his tenor, to the serpentine textures and earthy groove of Elvin Jones's drumming, Coltrane's suite proceeds with escalating intensity, conveying a hard-fought wisdom and a beckoning serenity in the prayer-like drones of "Psalm," where Jones rolls and rumbles like thunder as Garrison and Tyner toll away suggestively--all the while Coltrane searches for that one climactic note worthy of the love he wants to share. --Chip Stern

Customer Reviews:

A Love Supreme, Supreme.......2007-01-04

I did not know it was possible to improve on this masterpiece but it has been done! Everything about this edition is even more beautiful than the first. The extra CD with the different takes are as mind blowing as the original. I wasn't as crazy over the live version as I was over the alternate takes of the other parts of the suite.

What is there for me to explain about the music that hasn't been explained? Other than that this is the best spiritual experience I get from listening to music.

The packaging is one of the most beautiful design jobs I have seen in a CD set. The booklet artwork is amazing, the mostly black and high contrast colors for everythig else like the CDs and inside covers are perfectly designed . The design is in perfect balance visually. Top it off with the beautiful plastic jacket sleeve, this was an awesome edition of the masterpiece.

How many stars should be enough? The Trane Quartet may have them all.......2006-01-25

It is difficult to listen to this sublime and indefinable work without shedding tears of joy and wonderment. It is one of the greatest metaphysical revelations through music in the XXth century: this was indeed Coltrane's purpose, and he achieved it in his unique and inestimable way.

Since A Love Supreme is indefinable, it is also `uncommentable'. It deserves not the praise or punctuation of critical eyes, and perhaps not the ecstasy applaud of audiences: our praise and awe, and reverence and love present themselves above all else in the form of silence; and this suffices.

A 20th Century landmark.......2006-01-03

One of the 20th century's greatest and most important works got better in this edition. The highs are crisper, the articulations clearer, and the lows more distinct than either the LP or earler CDs.

That said, I think the ancillary material (on disc 2), while interesting for JC fans, provides little improvement on the studio version. The live version from France (Summer '65) is unfocussed, ragged, and sounds like they're trying to find a groove (and never do) throughout the performance. While it pressage's John's "free form" period, this doesn't serve the piece well. Second, the 2 sextette cuts may be historically interestng, but the sound quality is poor and the playing sounds crowded.

The 2 alternate takes are not really alternates as they so closely match the final version.

Should you buy this CD? Yes, for the quality of the reissued studio version, but not for the additional material.

A Love Supreme for John Coltrane.......2005-12-28

I don't care what kind of music you predominantly listen to, you have to experience this CD. You may not "get it" with your first listen. I know that I didn't. But I kept playing it. I kept myself open. And then one day something imploded within me. My soul? My spirit? I don't know, but there was now a new hole in me that was filled with nothing less than the Holiness of John Coltrane's Wondrous Hymn to the Divine.

This isn't music...it really isn't. Music is something you can dance to, or hum along with, or maybe make you want to break out in song. This is a meditation...a devotion to the God of All Creation. I don't care what your personal beliefs are. This CD transcends creed, race, belief. It moves through all without judgment. It is the sound of Grace and it belongs to the universe. It is the OM vibration moving Its Impersonal Self into and through the personal self. It is the "I" of God presenting Itself as Acknowledgement, Resolution, Pursuance, and Psalm.

Coltrane and his collaborators do not play the instruments...they are the instruments through which the Divine plays through them. It is simply a breathtaking recording that will never leave you the same ever! You won't put this on for background music. You won't be doing the laundry or reading the paper. You'll be sitting in your room with the lights off, a few candles lit, maybe a stick of incense burning and you will BEcome the message and the message will BEcome you.

May we all be split wide open and may Love Supreme enter into and through our collective dream of what we are and who we may become.

A Wonderful Package.......2005-04-12

Not only does this set have wonderful remastered sound and the inclusion of the French performance to its name, as many reviewers have noted, but also studio takes of various movements played by an expanded ensemble, which are interesting bonuses.

Regarding the sound quality, let's begin with that of the main course, the original 1964 studio take of A Love Supreme. Balance is improved a little, and all the instruments sound fuller and truer. They've really polished a gem here, considering the original sound (as with any Impulse! recording) was good to begin with. Of course one couldn't expect any less with Blue Note's engineering maestro Rudy van Gelder at the helm. And as far as the sound of the live performance goes, the bass and piano sometimes get a little too far back for comfort, but even then they are still audible, so there is no real complaint about the recording quality of the live recording.

As for the live performance's playing - some of this stuff is off the hook. Listen to Elvin Jones crash into a fury in the opening of Pursuance, and Jimmy Garrison's bass solo in the middle of the same movement. That bass solo in particular will rip the hair off your head. Garrison plays the lumbering instrument like a flamenco guitar: something I've never heard quite matched. And of course Coltrane and Tyner reach for the heights themselves, as always, though it is the achievements of Elvin and Garrison that are important here, as they were seldom if ever given this much solo time in the studio.

As I've said, there's nothing wrong with the studio bonus takes. Shepp and Co. handle the material well, and their contributions are an interesting view on a long-beloved masterwork.

In short, if you are even remotely familiar with A Love Supreme and haven't clawed for a copy of this deluxe edition yet, your life is a shame.

Average customer rating: Chante is AMAZING!!! CD review Terrific! This was the first tape I bought when I finsh basic training at Ft. Knox, Ky Moore, moore, moore, bring us more of this "Love Supreme"!

A Love Supreme Chanté Moore Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Contemporary R&B | R&B | Styles | Music General | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Dance General | Dance & DJ | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | R&B General | R&B | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $8.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music R&B | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Dance & DJ | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $8.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Precious This Moment Is Mine Exposed Things That Lovers Do 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Chante Moore ASIN: B000002OUA Release Date: 1994-11-15

Tracks:

1. Intro
2. Searchin'
3. This Time
4. My Special Perfect One
5. I'm What You Need
6. Your Love's Supreme
7. Old School Lovin'
8. Free/Sail On
9. Without Your Love (Interlude)
10. I Want To Thank You
11. Mood
12. Thank You For Loving Me
13. Soul Dance
14. Am I Losing You?
15. Thou Shalt Not

Customer Reviews:

Chante is AMAZING!!!.......2007-04-14

Her voice hypnotizes. The sultry sound of her voice makes you forget every problem you may have. This is a replacement because my Chante collection mysteriously came up missing. Please check out her duets with Keith Washington (I Love You) and one with Kenny Latimore (When I say I do) actually got married off those two. Don't forget "I Cry to Myself" from This Moment is Mine CD.....priceless. The list goes on so I will spare you. Check her out!

CD review.......2007-03-10

This is a replacement for many CD's that were stolen from my car. I love Chante as her voice is classic. I have grown to love her music more as it is hard to find singers like her now.

Terrific!.......2006-12-23

Terrific to see so many reviews on Chante's older works! I agree with the majority of them too - she's a tremendous artist and was a underrated. I'm not too sure why - maybe because she had such a bold approach and wasn't really into the main-stream pressure in her works. But at least the tunes are still out there and of all of her works that I've checked out, this is to me her best along with "Precious". Only this one steps out a little bit and delivers on the potential shown in Precious... heck, dating myself, but I was pretty young when this came out, and I remember how pumped I was in the record store when I saw it.

The direction for this album's on display from the beginning. "Searchin' "is a spoken word cut with a heavy beat and roll to it. But then "This Time" follows up, and it's loaded with funk & soul. An amazing blend of musical styles is on display here - along with very creative lyrical patters. All of it is delightful enough! "I'm What You Need" was another standout to me with a smoother flow while I also enjoyed her rendition of the old classic "Free". "Mood" has a kickin' attitude to it, and "Thank You for Loving Me" also had a larger than life build to it also. But "Am I Losing You" was easily one of the bigger stand-outs, thanks to it's simplicity and pure emotion in the song. She and her artists did a fantastic job of capturing the mood in the song, in my opinion.

I enjoyed this one. I don't think it was totally without fault, and not all the songs grabbed me. I also think what may have made this more of an absolute stunner would have been if more subtle, live instruments were used... I just think that sometimes they add even more class, life and longevity to the music. Chante Moore never really got all of the credit she deserved, and this really was an album that was sort of ahead of it's time to me. She blended different elements from different elemental styles here - it's something that artists have done before but it's something that a lot of neo-soul artists are heavy into doing right now (take Khari Simmons/Jiva, for example, or The Rebirth, or Break Reform). Ever since the duet she did with El Debarge a year (maybe more) before her first album, you knew she'd be special. Here's to hoping that she returns to this type of bold approach to the music.

This was the first tape I bought when I finsh basic training at Ft. Knox, Ky.......2006-01-21

Of course that was back in '95. Out of all of her CD this is her best work. There is not a bad song on this CD. Ol Skool loving still gets played several times in a row on my CD player. Grab this one before its out of print.

Moore, moore, moore, bring us more of this "Love Supreme"!.......2005-08-18

Man, I love this! Smooth, beautiful soul with deep rythm. Talk about 90's R&B at it's best! Glad to see a few other reviews of Chante's, I thought I was one of very few Chante Moore fans.

"Searchin'", "This Time", "I'm What You Need", "Old School Lovin'", "Free/Sail On" and "Am I Losing You" show the diversity and co-song writing abilities in this underrated, talented r&b queen! This type of diversity is lacking in Mariah, Whitney, Christina and any other top vocalists today.

Her voice isn't hugely powerful, she's "moore" like a Diana Ross with lungs with a tinge of Shanice/Mariah (refering to the whistle tone which she doesn't over use in any shape, manner or form). Her range takes us from sweet (as in Free/Sail On), heavenly (as in "Without Your Love"), sexy/sultry ("I'm What You Need", "Old School Lovin'", "Searchin'"), sad ("Am I Losing You") to gospel ("I Want To Thank You", "Thou Shalt Not") and fun ("Mood"-almost sounds like Janet Jackson, "Thank You For Lovin' Me").

I'm not totally sure of her involvement in the actual writing of the lyrics but they are romatically brilliant and I wouldn't be surprised if the lyrics were her's and the co-writing by Law, Hamblim, Hall, etc., was mainly in the music.

This is a classic 90's r&b that was underrated and talent mostly unrecognized. Too bad because we need "moore" of this type of talent today.

Average customer rating: La Stupenda at her best this is the one to buy La Stupenda lives up to her name La Stupenda, Amore, amore, amore La Stupenda - well deserved title for Joan

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Tracks:

1. Attila: Santo Di Patria... Allor Che I Forti Corrono - Joan Sutherland
2. Lakme: Viens, Mallika... Dome Epais Le Jasmin - Joan Sutherland/Jane Berbie
3. Les Contes D'Hoffmann: Les Oiseaux Dans La Charmille - Joan Sutherland
4. Die Zauberflote: O Zittre Nicht, Mein Lieber Sohn... Zum Leiden Bin Ich Auserkoren - Joan Sutherland
5. Linda Di Chamounix: Ah! Tardai Troppo... O Luce Di Quest'anima - Joan Sutherland
6. Semiramide: Serbami Ognor Si Fido - Joan Sutherland/Marilyn Horne
7. Beatrice Di Tenda Bellini: Eccomi Pronta... Deh, Se Un'urna - Joan Sutherland/Ambrosian Singers
8. La Fille Du Regiment Donizetti: Pour Ce Contrat Fatal... Ah! Salut A La France - Joan Sutherland/Chor Of The ROHCG
9. La Traviata: Un Di Felice - Joan Sutherland/Carlo Bergonzi
10. The Bohemian Girl: I Dreamt I Dwelt In Marble Halls - Joan Sutherland
11. Home Sweet Home - Joan Sutherland
12. Casanova: Nuns' Chorus - Joan Sutherland/Ambrosian Light Opr Chor
13. Lucia Di Lammermoor: (O Giusto Cielo!)... Il Dolce Suono Mi Colpi Di Sua Voce!... Ardon Gl'incensi.. - Joan Sutherland/Chor De L'Opera De Paris/Rene Duclos

Tracks:

1. Norma: Sediziose Voci... Casta Diva - Joan Sutherland/Chor Of The ROHCG/Douglas Robinson
2. Alcina: Tornami A Vagheggiar - Joan Sutherland
3. Con For Coloratura Soprano, Op.82: Andante - Joan Sutherland
4. Con For Coloratura Soprano, Op.82: Allegro - Joan Sutherland
5. Lucia Di Lammermoor: Sulla Tomba... Ah! Verranno A Te Sull'aure - Joan Sutherland/Luciano Pavarotti
6. Rigoletto: Gualtier Malde... Caro Nome - Joan Sutherland/Riccardo Cassinelli/Christian Du Plessis/John Gibbs/Ambrosian Opr Chor
7. Esclarmonde Massenet: Esprits De L'air! Esprits De L'onde! ... Roland! Roland! Roland! - Joan Sutherland/Huguette Tourangeau/John Alldis Chor
8. Operette: Where Are The Songs We Sung? - Joan Sutherland
9. The Boys From Syracuse: Falling In Love With Love - Joan Sutherland/Ambrosian Light Opr Chor
10. I Puritani: Son Vergin Vezzosa - Joan Sutherland/Margreta Elkins/Pierre Duval/Ezio Flagello
11. Turandot: In Questa Reggia - Joan Sutherland/Luciano Pavarotti/John Alldis Choir/Wandsworth School Boys' Choir/Russell Burgess
12. Tristan Und Isolde: Mild Und Leise Wie Er Lachelt - Joan Sutherland
13. Adriana Lecouvreur: Poveri Fiori - Joan Sutherland
14. La Sonnambula: Ah! Non Giunge Uman Pensiero - Joan Sutherland/London Opr Chor/Terry Edwards

Customer Reviews:

La Stupenda at her best.......2007-05-06

This 2 CD set is entitled "La Stupenda," which creates extremely high expectations. Joan Sutherland meets those expectations on this CD; she is, indeed, "La Stupenda." One of the interesting aspects of this set is Dame Joan's singing some non operatic works (such as "Home Sweet Home" or "Where Are the Songs We Sung?" or "Falling in Love with Love"). In the end, this is a wonderful compilation of the art of Joan Sutherland.

First, let's consider a sampling of the cuts on these CDs.

"O Zittre Nicht" is from Mozart's "Magic Flute" and it is a challenge to sopranos, with its series of staccato high notes. Sutherland essays this well. There are some nice trills; she hits the high notes well. The series of (treacherous) high notes toward the end is handled very nicely by Sutherland. In short, she scintillates, with a closing high note well hit.

From Donizetti's "Linda di Chamounix," she sings "O luce di questi'anima." Her voice and technique are well suited for Donizetti (and Bellini). The cantabile is smoothly sung. The cabaletta is rollicking. Her coloratura technique is on target; the ornamentation is compelling. There are trills, runs, high notes and other ornamentation well done. The close is nice (although there may be a bit of a scoop on the final high note).

From "Beatrice di Tenda" (by Bellini), we hear ""Eccomi pronta. . .Deh, se un'urna." The cantabile is sung well. She hits notes clearly. The spirited cabaletta follows. Sutherland exhibits somewhat less ornamentation than usual, but trills are well done and, overall, the piece is nicely sung. The close features clean high notes.

"Home Sweet Home." This kind of illustrates Joan Sutherland's work nicely. I can hardly make out the words (and it is sung in English). But it is an interesting version. She sings the song straight, without overpowering the song with operatic technique (an occasional trill actually works out well).

Elsewhere, I have commented on her 1959 version of the "Mad Scene" from "Lucia di Lammermoor" (from her album "The Greatest Hits").

"Falling in Love with Love" is an interesting cut. This is a classic Rodgers and Hart song. Sutherland sings it pretty well, and one can pick up the words cleanly. However, one might compare this with Anna Moffo's version, which is more musical. Sutherland's version is a bit too operatic for what the song is about.

Finally, "Ah non giunge" from Bellini's "La Sonnambula," a great coloratura tune! This is taken at a sprightly pace. Sutherland exhibits good coloratura technique. There is nice ornamentation. She precisely nails high notes. In the repeat, the florid singing ramps up. This is a compelling version, with series of staccato high notes to close the work out.

Thus, this 2 CD set is a welcome entrée to the body of work of Dame Joan Sutherland. Sometimes (as with "Home Sweet Home") one has a hard time picking out the words. But with Sutherland, the skills and techniques create a compelling oeuvre that is well worth attending to.

this is the one to buy.......2007-04-18

I'm not an opera expert I just enjoy it. La Stupenda has the best of Joan Sutherland in a two CD set and it's amazing. She looked like a nice, quiet housewife but an indescribalbe voice. Her aria from Norma gave me chills and her version of "I Dreamed I Dwelt in Marble Halls" is flat out one of the prettiest things I've ever heard.

La Stupenda lives up to her name.......2006-11-12

Joan Sutherland was undeniably one of the greatest operatic sopranos of the 20th century. This comprehensive two-CD retrospective of her long career will delight her many fans, and serve as a fitting introduction for those unfamiliar with her artistry. The two CDs span a period of nearly thirty years, from 1959 to 1988, with the majority of the 27 tracks recorded during the 1960s and 1970s, when her voice was at its' astounding best. Sutherland was renowned first and foremost as a dramatic coloratura, and her supple technique is brilliantly illustrated in selections such as the Mad Scene from Lucia di Lammermoor; Doll Song from The Tales of Hoffmann; Queen of the Night aria from The Magic Flute; and the seldom-performed Concerto for Coloratura Soprano by Gliere. As her career progressed, her voice became larger and more powerful, as demonstrated by the Liebestod from Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, and In Questa Reggia from Puccini's Turandot. Lastly, Sutherland was a diva who was not afraid to let her hair down once in a while, and we are treated to lighter selections such as Where are the songs we sung? by Noel Coward, and Falling in love with love, by Rogers and Hart. Highly recommended for all lovers of great singing.

La Stupenda, Amore, amore, amore.......2006-01-28

I adore this woman's voice. And I love this cd. I was really happy to find an aria of "Esclarmonde" which is virtually impossible to find as well as some of the more lesser known works of hers such as Mozart's Queen of Night, although I wish she had done a recording of the revenge aria (Der Holle Roche) The whole cd was wonderful to hear but if I had to make on complaint it's that I didn't buy her Isolde's Liebestod but the woman can sing Lucia better than just about anyone so I'll forgive her for not sticking with the Wagner. In fact I am thrilled that she chose Lucia over Isolde because frankly acting and interperation was never her strong suit, it was the pure beauty of her voice. It's always a grand pleasure to listen to Joan kick butt in any coloratura arias but of course she set the bar so high that there is yet a coloratura since her that can do those arias half as well. She has spoiled me for life and that's why she is La Stupenda.

La Stupenda - well deserved title for Joan.......2006-01-12

I am not an opera expert by any stretch of the imagination - but I love opera. I love the expertise and beautiful voices of these hardworking singers. When I first heard Joan sing, it was from a recording she made late in her career and I honestly thought, what's the big deal about her? So, I decided to get The Art of Prima Donna album, and all I have to say is WOW! In her prime, this woman was a fantastic singer! While she wasn't the dramatist like Callas was (I also love Callas), her range and the way she hit each note so precisely was amazing! So, I bought La Stupenda. I loved the piece she did from Handel's Alcia and the fantastic Rossini duet she did with Marilyn Horn. The entire album is wonderful. I particularly like how Joan's high notes are never screechy - she makes those high notes sound so effortless. I also appreciate how she had such control over her vibrato - not too trilly (I like trilly - especially by Beverly Sills - however, not every song should be all trill). Finally, I think that Joan was one of the few sopranos that didn't try to drown everyone out. When she sang a duet, she blended with the other singer - how rare! Not all singers seem to be able to accomplish that - duets shouldn't be a competition. This album is worth every penny. Joan was one of the great singers of the 20th century and she deserves her title of La Stupenda!

Average customer rating: It sounds great, and ... Simply excellent

Love Supreme John Coltrane Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kind of Blue Blue Train Time Out Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition John Coltrane and Johnny Hartman ASIN: B00007E8SW Release Date: 2002-12-10

Customer Reviews:

It sounds great, and ..........2004-08-30

... I wonder how much the awesome result is due to the Rudy Van gelder re-mastering process rather than to the DSD-SACD new teach. I wonder sometimes if the music major are trying to sell us the n-th remastering and try to make us re-buy our music collection again and again. It would also be nice to compare the same re-mastering hi-rez DVD-A and DSD-SACD.

BTW I am astonished how much better it is compared to my vynil (I did not buy the red-book CD waiting for a hi-rez re-issue :-) )

5 stars to the music (I'd vote 6 starts if possible ...) and 5 stars to the sound

Simply excellent.......2003-12-28

This is a classical album... so there's not so much to say about it. I want to say something instead on the format SACD.

I've got the CD version, the Vinyl version, but with my player, apart of the "silkness" of the vinyl, the SACD is simply fantastic! This new format is quite perfect... and i don't understand why the software house don't move to replace the old CD that have so many limits, comparing for example to the obsolete but still excellent VINYL.

Please.....

Average customer rating: masterpiece First on my list of favourites Still supreme after all these years. talk about navel-gazing... A Love Supreme

A Love Supreme John Coltrane Manufacturer: Grp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Avant Garde & Free Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Hard Bop | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Bebop & Post-Bop | Compilations | Jazz | Styles | Music GRP | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Blue Train April in Paris Giant Steps Mingus Ah Um Birth of the Cool ASIN: B000003N7G Release Date: 1995-06-20

Tracks:

1. Acknowledgement
2. Resolution
3. Pursuance/Part 4- Psalm

Amazon.com essential recording

A Love Supreme is a suite about redemption, a work of pure spirit and song, that encapsulates all the struggles and aspirations of the 1960s. Following hard on the heels of the lyrical, swinging Crescent, A Love Supreme heralded Coltrane's search for spiritual and musical freedom, as expressed through polyrhythms, modalities, and purely vertical forms that seemed strange to some jazz purists, but which captivated more adventurous listeners (and rock fellow travelers such as the Jimi Hendrix Experience, Cream, and the Byrds), while initiating a series of volatile, unruly prayer offerings, including Kulu Su Mama, Ascension, Om, Meditations, Expression, Interstellar Space. From the urgent speech-like timbre of his tenor, to the serpentine textures and earthy groove of Elvin Jones's drumming, Coltrane's suite proceeds with escalating intensity, conveying a hard-fought wisdom and a beckoning serenity in the prayer-like drones of "Psalm," where Jones rolls and rumbles like thunder as Garrison and Tyner toll away suggestively--all the while Coltrane searches for that one climactic note worthy of the love he wants to share. --Chip Stern

Customer Reviews:

masterpiece.......2005-03-19

For those that get this album it is nothing short of a masterpiece. For those that don't it is anything but a masterpiece. Before judging this album one way or the other I recommend multiple listenings over a fairly extended period of time. Try listening to it 8 or 9 times over the period of a couple of weeks. I've actually known people who at first thought this album was awful, but after a while their ears opened up to it and they absolutley loved it.

First on my list of favourites.......2005-02-17

I resort many times to this record when I really want to get carried away with music. For me this record is medicine. So Coltrane, Tyner, Jones and Garrison are here like a group of therapists so to speak.
This one is truly unique. Never listened to something even similar and don't want to. Because "A love supreme" is just perfect. I have other Coltrane works like "Giant Steps" or "Blue Train" but these ones don't mean much to me. And I even don't like much John's way of playing: too many notes in such a little time space. Many times they don't tell me anything. And it is the same reaction that I get sometimes from Bird. "Ok, you're a virtuoso. Congratulations!. So what?".
But this record was really his cornerstone for me. He was in a different approach. He meant something to me in every note he blew from his sax. He really got into something. And he's here with the great McCoy Tyner. With his piano helps Elvin Jones to create a mystic atmosphere where you can feel they are in some kind of spiritual voyage. And everything is a wonder.
So if you are one like me who's not very fond of Coltrane, it doesn't matter at all. This is a must have. Who told you that "Kind of Blue" was the all-time best?. It is "a love supreme". It is about pure inspiration from four geniuses of Music. It'll change you. For good!.

Still supreme after all these years........2004-12-01

It's a testament to John Coltrane's artistic vision that a piece of uncomprimising music such as a 'A Love Supreme' can be heard for the universalism it stands for. Recorded in a studio in New Jersey in late 1964, Coltrane had spent a week alone in a room in his house away from his wife and children. During that time of contemplation and isolation, he put pen to paper to bare his soul to God and the essence of 'A Love Supreme' was born. I don't think it was a coincedence that at the time this album was recorded in the mid-60's, a new philosophy of spirituality and peace & love began to prevade popular music in general. The Church of St. John Coltrane still resides in that bastion of hippiedom, San Francisco.

The music on the album itself is powerful not just for Coltrane's playing itself but also for the fanatical interplay of the quartet. 'Acknowledgement' opens with Garrison's passionate bass line, leading into Coltrane's dynamic and ingenious playing, the quartet's spirited performance like a fervant, untamed emotion that has gripped them all. 'Resolution' blazes from the record with Tyler burnishing the track with some brilliant playing of his own. Jones's frantic drumming comes to the fore on the opening of 'Pursuance', a track where the meaning of 'Chasin' The Trane' becomes self-evident as Garrison, Tyler and Jones follow in hot pursuit of their leader's furious joy. Tyler's playing is again compelling as the quartet trade notes with such alarming velocity before Garrison's bass tip-toes and leads us like the pied-piper to the concluding 'Psalm'.

It's refreshing in this day and age to hear an artist whose sincerity and integrity shines through his work.

talk about navel-gazing..........2004-06-09

Okay already, I'm convinced you have chops! You don't have to keep trying to impress me...or each other...or yourselves...

This album encapsulates the fatal flaw of jazz music, the element that is relegating it to the dustbin of history: form over substance. Nobody will care about the technical achievements of these guys in 100 years (not many do now except those who confuse self-obsession with depth). There are moments, especially the middle section, where Coltrane and co. hint at some melodic structure, some level of aesthetic appeal, but inevitably a stylized flourish ruins everything. I suppose it's good that someone pushed the 'repetitive droning and squawking' envelope, but do you really want to listen to him do it?

Art reaches out, speaks to the universal, appeals to the heart. Jazz excludes, speaks in code, demands analysis. I prefer art.

A Love Supreme.......2004-05-01

This is a deeply spiritual album. It is a glimpse into one man's soul and his journey to God.

Part 1, "Acknowledgment," is to me an inner conflict given form in music. Coltrane is desparing, looking for a reason for life. His sax screams and whimpers in pain and turmoil. On and on it goes, him fighting against the pains of life, looking for an answer, but I also feel that part of him does *not* want to acknowledge it. Finally, however, after much soul-searching, he arrives at it. The answer is God: A Love Supreme. His sax repeats that phrase over and over and over again, as if he is overwhelmed by God's love. It goes on and on, until he puts down his instrument and begins chanting, "A love supreme. A love supreme. A love supreme." He has finally found the answer to life's difficulties, in acknowledging God's love and opening himself to it. This part is, I feel, the most powerful one. (Although that could change with further listenings.)

Part 2 is "Resolution". He has found God, now what? He resolves to live in God's love and according to His truths. He commits himself to God and resolves to walk in the light.

Part 3 is Pursuance. He has resolved to follow God, now he pursues that goal. There are difficulties, to be sure, and I think that that is expressed in the music. However, his entire soul is set on it, and he keeps true. In Part 4, "Psalm," he praises God, who has shown him true love.

*whew* Sorry if I waxed philosophical there. ;) This is more than just music, it is a window into a man's spirit. It is incredibly heart felt. Normally, using unusual effects on a horn annoys me, but Coltrane's screams, wails, whimpers, and cries are so heatfelt that I think they *add* to the music. They reflect the difficult life Coltrane had.

The sidemen were also excellent. I especially enjoyed the work of Elvin Jones (who gives a slight Middle Eastern feel to the music) on drums, and McCoy Tyner on piano. (I especially liked Tyner's extended solo in "Pursuance.")

I think that this is music that can touch anybody's heart.

Average customer rating: So much hope... The album for the perplexed Middle Eastern Music Without Borders Wonderfully sensual and dreamy.... Forbidden Love

Alif: Love Supreme Omar Fruk Tekbilek Manufacturer: Narada ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Turkey | Middle East | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Similar Items: Crescent Moon Mystical Garden 3 Tree of Patience Dance into Eternity: Selected Pieces 1987-1998 ASIN: B000060NUS Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

1. Dulger
2. Gardener
3. Laundry Girl
4. Dark Eyes
5. Shinanay
6. Don't Cry My Love
7. Alif
8. Dadash
9. Take A Flight
10. Ya Bouy
11. Lachin
12. Forbidden Love

Amazon.com

Music has been called the international language, and for good reason. Even when disparate genres or styles seem to have no relation, we can still make connections between them. On Alif: Love Supreme, multi-instrumentalist Omar Faruk Tekbilek, producer and multi-instrumentalist Steve Shehan, and an international cast of musicians--including a Spanish guitarist and singers from Persia, Greece, Bulgaria, and Israel--present traditional and contemporary renditions of songs from the Mediterranean. Whether they are performing a medley of Sufi songs from Turkey, a love song from Azerbaijan, or a modern version of a popular Israeli song, the compositions' cross-cultural roots are apparent. Much of this music covers familiar ground, but there are some intriguing tracks. The chosen selections on Alif are ultimately a mixed bag, but at least this collective is striving to create its own universal language. --Bryan Reesman

Customer Reviews:

So much hope..........2007-06-20

...so much disappointment. As a longtime Faruk fan, I was delighted to have an opportunity to hear him play a live concert with a small group of other very talented musicians. I bought this album specifically to have a recording of a tune that was new to me that night, "Gardener," but looked forward to finding several other gems, as has always happened for me with his albums.

Let me say that the first track is lovely - it is the only reason I keep the album. However, I would not have recognized "Gardener" if the track weren't named on the cover. The performance onstage was hauntingly beautiful, subtle, nuanced and traditional, yet vibrantly alive with emotion. The track on this album is none of those things. It is muddied, its emotional content lost, overburdened by too much of nothing that adds to the piece.

And that pretty much sums up my feeling about the album as a whole. World music can be terrific and stimulating. Cross-cultural exploration can be stunning when it reveals new dimensions of traditional music, as some of Faruk's work with Brian Keane has demontrated. But this album feels like someone just threw a bunch of things in a pot, then overprocessed it. I found myself wondering whether "producer and multi-instrumentalist" Steve Shehan understands the concept of "less can be more," a concept Faruk's previous albums and the concert that night displayed masterfully.

The album for the perplexed.......2003-10-24

You have been curios about Middle Eastern music. You thought you may like it. If only you could get an album that will lead you gently into the genre. This album is it. Perfection in every track. Begin with track 4; "Dark Eyes" and you'll be hooked on OFT forever! An unbelievable artistic accomplishment!

Middle Eastern Music Without Borders.......2003-06-02

Turkish master Omar Faruk Tekbilek (with Steve Shahen and a host of talented musicians from Iran, Greece, Israel, Bulgaria, Spain and Turkey) really goes beyond limitations here, creating some of the most beautiful, ephemeral music I have ever heard. Despite the obvious Turkish influences, this music incorporates a wide range of styles from across the Middle East; Anatolian folk, Rromani (Gypsy), Greek, Bulgarian, Sufi, Egyptian, Azeri and classical influences can all be felt here, amongst others. Spanish guitar mixes with the Turkish ney. Its so amazing. This really is pan-Middle Eastern music, worthy of the name "Alif". It represents the whole of Middle/Near Eastern culture. Mere words alone cannot describe the beauty and elegence of this music. From the very beginning, "Dulger" calls to mind images from the heyday of the Ottoman Empire, and you will be moved by songs like "Laundry Girl" and "Dark Eyes". "Alif", the title track, is absolutely haunting, and "Dadash" is simply filled with splendor and wonder. And from there it goes to the lively and exotic "Ya Bouy". If you appreciate Middle Eastern or Mediterranean music, then there isn't a single song on this CD that will disappoint you. A note on the songs, by the way, is that they come from various sources. "Dulger" and "Alif" were originally Sufi devotional pieces, "Take a Flight" and "Forbidden Love" are contemporary arrangements in traditional styles, "Ya Bouy" was composed by the legendary Farid al-Atrache, "Don't Cry My Love" and "Lachin" are both based off folk songs, and "Dadash" is a medley of Anatolian styles. The sheer scope and range of these pieces, and the fact that they mix and match elements of different cultures and styles, means that it will likely appeal to any fan of Middle Eastern music. Even those who have never listened to Turkish classical music or any other music from that region will likely find this to be a wonderful buy. I strongly recommend this CD.

Wonderfully sensual and dreamy...........2003-01-15

I am not familiar with Tekbilek's earlier work (but soon hope to be), however I can say with certainty that this is one of the best albums I have bought in a long time. It's incredibly sensual and highly emotional-- really touching. A must for fans of Arabic/World music.

Forbidden Love.......2002-11-18

I seem to have the knack of buying CDs where I simply love 1 track (& play it to death) whilst giving the rest a lukewarm reception. And that's the title of this review!! FORBIDDEN LOVE or Track #12 ....Haunting, Passionate, Wild, Wistful, Wailing, Rebellious, Brooding, Resigned ... all rolled into one & just so beautiful.
I find the fact that it was originally a Jewish song & now
sung in Arabic poignant too ... why can't folks in the Middle East just give & take from each other the way Artists do ? I firmly believe that truly good Music & Art is Beautiful & Pure....it transcends All races, All cultures, All divides & All religions.

Even though I am a Tekbilek fan ... great respect for his multi-talented musicality & actually like his voice...

Yeah....I'd still get this for that 1 track though .... Maybe one day OFT should compile all those rave favourites onto 1 disc...& then that would be guarantueed to go Platinum !!

Average customer rating: Very anachronistic It's simple really... Big band version of Coltrane classic Take five, please not the same as the original; but enjoyable never the less

A Love Supreme Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra , and Wynton Marsalis Manufacturer: Palmetto Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Bebop General | Bebop | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Modern Postbebop | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: Don't Be Afraid: The Music of Charles Mingus Live at the House of Tribes Live in Swing City - Swingin' With Duke Jazz at Lincoln Center: They Came to Swing All Rise ASIN: B0006L0LB6 Release Date: 2005-01-11

Tracks:

1. Acknowledgement
2. Resolution
3. Pursuance
4. Psalm

Amazon.com

In 1964 John Coltrane recorded A Love Supreme with McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison, and Elvin Jones. It's one of most influential and imposing jazz suites ever written, and on this debut CD for the Palmetto label, The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, featuring Wynton Marsalis, adapts Coltrane's immortal composition to the big band. Not to be outdone by his brother Branford's quartet version of this material recorded live on DVD, Wynton and company skillfully extend and elaborate on the Coltrane's work, and preserve the soul-searching spirit of the four-part suite, which deals with the blues, 4/4 swing, Afro-Latin rhythms, and ballads. Pulsed by Carlos Henriquez's sure-footed basslines, Herlin Riley's spiritual syncopations and Earl Lewis's profound pianisms, saxophonist Wess "Warmdaddy" Anderson's Tranish cries, and the leader's triumphant trumpet tones are as fluent and fierce as ever. Collectively, this brilliant orchestra goes where no large ensemble has gone before. --Eugene Holley, Jr.

Customer Reviews:

Very anachronistic.......2007-07-13

As much as I love Wynton AND the LCJO, this is a total miss. They play Coltrane's suite as if it was written in the 1920's, and it is just lame. Creative arrangements as one would expect from W.M., but I feel they do not suit the music. Perhaps if this was done by someone like David Murray and his big band...?

Nah, forget it. John Coltrane delivered the ultimate take in 1964.

It's simple really..........2006-01-26

LCJO does to A Love Supreme what the Disneyland Dixieland band does for Muskrat Ramble.

Big band version of Coltrane classic.......2006-01-24

If you are a jazz aficionado, then you probably should avoid this CD. Nothing can compete with the 1964 classic Coltrane original recording. However, this big band orchestration is very approachable for non experts. Everything is very professional and the musicians are quite frankly astoundingly good, particularly the young rhythm section. I heard them live in Ann Arbor last night at a packed Hill Auditorium and the audience seemed extremely satisfied with the product. If you're a purist, stay away; otherwise you may be very happy indeed.

Take five, please.......2005-12-31

The upshot is that this orchestration, while nice enough, doesn't do anything good to the original piece (and I heard it live as well). If you're a fan of the original, I suggest you buy the digitally remastered version of ALS which includes a live version on the second CD.

Unless you're a fan of orchestration from quartet to big band (and this is done far more frequently in the classical world), or have money to burn, I'd avoid this CD.

not the same as the original; but enjoyable never the less.......2005-11-22

I suppose it's natural to compare this release with the original classic (which, by the way, you should listen to first).

The word that hits me when listening to this release is "technical". It sounds like there must be 100 horns where the original was, what, 1? Some parts seem overly cute... but it's not like it's some insult to the original. One thing I can't stand is when an artist remakes a piece of music (even their own) and it sounds the SAME. In those cases, the duplicate is implying that they are better. This version is different. It has a big band sound.

Like all of the Wynton Marsalis projects, the audio quality in this release is unmatched.

So, I'd recommend this release as a supplement. Don't think of it as the new kids trying to "one up" Trane and I think you can enjoy it better.

Average customer rating: Very disappointing

Love Supreme (2 CD SET) Asha Bhosle Manufacturer: Times Square Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD India | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | India & Pakistan | International | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood Bollywood: An Anthology of Songs from Popular Indian Cinema ( 2 CD SET) Best of Asha Bhosle: The Golden Voice of Bollywood Reveals the Real RD (Enhanced 2 CD SET) Kiran Ahluwalia ASIN: B000E8N8JS Release Date: 2006-03-07

Tracks:

1. SARAKTI JAYE HAI (AHISTA AHISTA)
2. AAJ JAANE KI ZID NA KARO
3. AAWARGI
4. DIL MEIN EK LEHAR
5. RAFTA RAFTA
6. MUJHE TUM NAZAR SE
7. RANJISH HI SAHI
8. CHUPKE CHUPKE
9. AAJ JAANE KI ZID NA KARO (VIDEO EDIT)

Tracks:

1. DUNIYA MEIN (FROM APNA DESH) : ASHA BHOSLE/R.D.BURMAN
2. ABHI NA JAO CHHOD KAR (FROM HUM DONO): ASHA BHOSLE/MOHAMMED RAFI
3. MERE MEHBOOB MEIN KYA NAHIN (FROM MERE MEHBOOB): ASHA BHOSLE/LATA MANGESHKAR
4. ACHCHHA JI MAIN HARI (FROM KALA PANI): ASHA BHOSLE/MOHAMMED RAFI
5. CHHOD DO AANCHAL (FROM PAYING GUEST): ASHA BHOSLE/KISHORE KUMAR
6. AAJA AAJA MAIN HUN PYAR TERA (FROM TEESRI MANZIL: ASHA BHOSLE/MOHAMMED RAFI
7. O CHAND JAHAN WOH JAYE (FROM SHARADA): ASHA BHOSLE/LATA MANGESHKAR
8. SHARABI AANKHEN (FROM MADHOSH): ASHA BHOSLE/R.D.BURMAN
9. VIDEO: AAJ JANE KI ZID NA KARO
10. VIDEO: SARAKTI JAYE HAI (AHISTA AHISTA)

Customer Reviews:

Very disappointing.......2006-10-05

The movies from which these solo love songs were chosen must have been all at the sugary and insipid end of the Bollywood spectrum. What a waste of a great voice from a great vocal tradition! The second disk, including duets with various male singers, is a good deal more interesting; by itself, I might have given three or four stars.

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