Waltzing [CD-single] [Import]

Product Description
Twiggs is a band featuring some pedigree artists, like singer Caroline of Ugglas, a charismatic lady who had international success a few years back as a solo act. From classic Swedish rock band the Nomads comes Hasse Östlund on guitar and the rhythm section from cult band Monostar. Together they form a band with plenty of power and the ability to vary their sound without losing that punch. 'Waltzing' will be the first release from their 2005 album.

Waltzing,Twiggs,Wild Kingdom,5-Inch CD Singles,Rock

Average customer rating: Just perfect CD The Very Best of James Galway Not for the serious flautist The Very Best of James Galway Lightweight

The Very Best of James Galway James Galway Manufacturer: RCA 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 | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Wind Beneath My Wings James Galway - Greatest Hits James Galway ~ Meditations The Best Of Jean-Pierre Rampal James Galway - Dances for Flute ASIN: B000068773 Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

1. Canon - James Galway and the Munich Radio Orchestra
2. Gayane: Sabre Dance - James Galway and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
3. Concertino for Flute and Piano, Op. 107 - James Galway
4. Song of the Seashore (Hamabe No Uta) - James Galway and the Tokyo String Orchestra
5. Thais: Meditation - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
6. Suite No. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067: Minuet and Badinerie - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
7. Dolly Suite, Op. 76: Berceuse - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
8. Carnival of Venice, Op. 77 - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
9. Suite bergamasque: Clair de Lune - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
10. Concerto No. 2 for Flute & Orchestra, K. 314 in D: Rondeau: Allegro - James Galway and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields
11. Sonata in E-Flat, BWV 1031: Siciliana - James Galway
12. Orfeo ed Euridice: Dance of the Blessed Spirits - James Galway
13. Peer Gynt, Suite No.1: Morning - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
14. The Tale of Tsar Saltan: The Flight Of The Bumblebee - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
15. My Heart Will Go On (Love Theme From ''Titanic'') - James Galway and the London Telefilmonic Orchestra
16. El Condor Pasa (If I Could) - James Galway and the Galway Pops Orchestra
17. I Will Always Love You - James Galway
18. Ashokan Farewell - James Galway
19. The Girl from Ipanema - James Galway
20. Wind of Change - James Galway with Peter Willison & His Sinfonia Strings
21. Annie's Song - James Galway and the National Philharmonic Orchestra
22. The Wind Beneath My Wings - James Galway and the Galway Pops Orchestra
23. Memory (From ''Cats'') - James Galway
24. Riverdance - James Galway and the Tranquility Strings
25. Tango del Fuego - James Galway
26. Beauty and the Beast - ames Galway and the Galway Pops Orchestra
27. Can You Feel the Love Tonight? (From ''The Lion King'') - James Galway and the London Telefilmonic Orchestra
28. Shenandoah - James Galway and the Nashville String Machine / Shelly Kurland Strings
29. Waltzing Matilda - James Galway and the Sydney Symphony Orchestra
30. Danny Boy - James Galway with The Chieftains and the National Philharmonic Orchestra

Customer Reviews:

Just perfect.......2007-01-12

The CD case was in perfect condition; no cracks. The CD plays great and the product came just on time

CD The Very Best of James Galway.......2007-01-10

This was a gift and the receipant loves it. Amazon responded to my order in above average time and I will continue to buy through their website.

Not for the serious flautist.......2006-06-10

Most of the tracks on this CD consist of saccharine fluff, such as Disney, show-tunes, etc. If I buy a flute recording, I want to hear some serious music, not this ghastly schmaltz. And I hate to say it, I'm not a huge fan of Galway's playing style. It's too light and airy, just on the edge of going into overtones. He overuses his vibrato, especially on the higher notes. When you want them to just smoothly soar with rich tone, they just sort of flutter about. He does have impeccable technique and speed, but his tone leaves a lot to be desired, in my opinion. Seek out another artist!

The Very Best of James Galway.......2005-09-23

Really is one of the best of James Galway, if not the very best. Easy listening, soothing, relaxing - easy to enjoy

Lightweight.......2005-08-24

Admirers of James Galway as a superb classical flutist, of whom I am one, should be forewarned that this 2002 release has been packaged by the mass merchandisers for the "crossover" crowd and the mass market: there's slim pickin's here for serious music lovers. The first CD contains brief, lightweight classical "hits" in "arranged" versions, basically encore bonbons, while almost the entire second CD is devoted to ephemeral, forgettable pop fluff. There's not much of substance here; given Galway's vast (over 50 recordings) discography, the classical music lover would be well advised to look elsewhere.

Average customer rating: Love them A Must Have! Highly Recommended! Beautiful, intelligent music Brilliant!

...Waltzing Alone The Guggenheim Grotto Manufacturer: United For Opportunity ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Till the Sun Turns Black The Crane Wife 9 West Time Without Consequence ASIN: B000HWXRDS Release Date: 2006-09-26

Tracks:

1. Philosophia
2. Portmarnock Beach Boy Blue
3. Told You So
4. Wonderful Wizard
5. Rosanna
6. I Think I Love You
7. Ozymandias
8. A Lifetime in Heat
9. Koan
10. Vertigo
11. Cold Truth
12. Tromboner

Album Description

...Waltzing Alone is wistful, earnest, heart on your sleeve. It speaks to the collective human soul through themes of love and tragedy to which we can all relate, and treasures the most unassuming moments - painting them as some of the most beautiful in life.

At first feeling unoriginal in light of the amount of love songs he turned out for the album, Kevin came to terms with his approach. "The reason love is the greatest theme is that when you're in a relationship, your senses are so heightened; you're lifted out of the banal; you notice more and you see more details," he said. "I think that it's within that idea of a relationship that you learn a lot more about yourself because it's far more dramatic (than normal life) - that's why I write love songs."

...Waltzing Alone features twelve heartfelt tracks, leading with the aforementioned "Philosophia," and into the tale of a first night-swim, "Portmarnock Beach Boy Blue"; what it means to be lovers, "Told You So"; choosing the path of solitude, "Wonderful Wizard"; the chilling yet intimate "Rosanna"; whimsical new love, "I Think I Love You"; inevitability of death based on a Shelley poem of the same title, "Ozymandias"; unfulfilled passion, "A Lifetime in Heat"; a tribute to Leonard Cohen, "Koan"; the Marvin Gaye influenced "Vertigo"; leaving love behind, "Cold Truth"; and finally a simple and lonely piece about the lover who didn't show up, "Tromboner."

Customer Reviews:

Love them.......2007-07-05

The first time I heard the song Philosophia it literally made me stop everything and just listen and in this day and age that's a big deal. But even more enticing is the fact that when the song ended I was left hungry for more. That's the kind of music Guggenheim Grotto creates. One song is just as powerful as the next. Intelligent, soul gripping lyrics and fantastic music combine to make this an album you have to own. The US is just discovering this incredible band so it may be hard to find in your local store, however, I do not believe that will be the case for long. If you like to have the actual CD ordering online may be your best bet for now or you can go to Itunes. I can not wait to see them live. A+++++ from me.

A Must Have!.......2007-06-11

The Guggenheim Grotto is going to explode into mainstream music in the near future. The album is a phenomenal combination of traditional folk, "I think I Love you" and "A Lifetime in Heat", with the catchy cross over ballads of "I Told You So" and "Wonderful Wizard". Every track is brilliantly written, very accessible, and melodically inviting. After "I Told You So" was the free single of week on itunes in April, I've been hooked, and don't envision my love for this band to fade any time soon.

Highly Recommended!.......2007-03-03

This band is on the verge of being huge! They have a mellow coffee shop kinda feel, but just because their sound is mellow does not mean it's lacking! The band has great harmonies and energy. "Told You So" always puts a smile on my face. The vocals on this album are mixed perfectly with the band. Highly recommend this album!

Beautiful, intelligent music.......2006-12-23

These guys are a great gem waiting to be discovered. I'm convinced it's only a matter of time before they hit it big.

As musicians, these guys are extremely talented, showing mastery as multi-instrumentalists and writing beautiful songs the way it seems like no one writes them any more: songs in 3/4, songs with bridges, etc. (Great live shows, too.) Top that with some beautiful lyrics courtesy of lead singer Kevin May.

"Told You So" is a perfectly crafted pop song. "Portmarnock Beach Boy Blue" is a boogie-fest that ends before you want it to. "I Think I Love You" is a cute country-tinged song about the excitement of new love. "Cold Truth" has to be one of the most beautiful break-up songs ever written. And "Tromboner" sees Mick Lynch, usually the back-up vocal, singing the lyric exactly as a trombonist might play it.

Pure genius, in a beautiful faux-leather cover. Don't wait, buy it today.

Brilliant!.......2006-10-18

These guys are simply brilliant!!! This album is unique, and has so many different sounds.
They each play several instruments and coninually switch up what they are playing.
Check them out live if you get the chance!

Average customer rating: Great Music Halp Palmer for Kids Walter the Worm

Walter the Waltzing Worm Hap Palmer Manufacturer: None ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Children's Music | Styles | Music Educational | Children's Music | Styles | Music Similar Items: Sally the Swinging Snake Can Cockatoos Count By Twos? Rhythms on Parade Getting to know Myself So Big - Activity Songs For Little Ones Product Features: WALTER THE WALTZING WORM CD ASIN: 6302621585

Product Description

These songs increase the vocabulary and basic movement skills of participants

Customer Reviews:

Great Music Halp Palmer for Kids.......2007-04-11

I like these CD's win I was a little kid I didn't know they were on CD's keep up the good work for kids!!

Walter the Worm.......2004-06-26

We heard a few of the songs in a class and my 1 year old loves it. I've never seen her dance around and bounce to the music like she did with the "Oh what a miracle" song. The song about Walter the Waltzing worm is cute too. We had the kids act it out with yarn.

Average customer rating: American Light Music Fine but lacks the last ounce of vitality A Gem Of American Music A Great Recording of a Lovable American Composer's Music A whimsical pick-me-up

The Typewriter: Leroy Anderson Favorites Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music St. Louis Symphony Orchestra | ( S ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Best of Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Greatest Hits Leroy Anderson Christmas The Leroy Anderson Collection Blue Tango and Other Favorites ASIN: B000003FTR Release Date: 1995-09-04

Tracks:

1. Belle Of The Ball
2. The Phantom Regiment
3. The First Day Of Spring
4. Sleigh Ride
5. Plink, Plank, Plunk!
6. Blue Tango
7. Forgotten Dreams
8. Bugler's Holiday
9. The Penny-Whistle Song
10. Clarinet Candy
11. Horse And Buggy
12. A Trumpeter's Lullaby
13. Fiddle Faddle
14. Jazz Pizzicato
15. Jazz Legato
16. The Syncopated Clock
17. Sandpaper Ballet
18. The Typewriter
19. The Waltzing Cat
20. Promenade
21. Saraband
22. Serenata
23. Baladette
24. Arietta
25. Home Stretch

Amazon.com

Leroy Anderson's most famous piece is The Syncopated Clock, which became a well-known television tune in the 1950s. Anderson, a native of New Haven, Connecticut, was one of those composers who new his limitations exactly, and never wrote beyond them. He was a master at orchestral miniatures: short, tuneful pieces of musical fluff--but very high-quality fluff. Anderson lavished as much attention on one of his miniatures as Wagner did on his monster operas. They are the musical equivalent of Fabergé eggs. Slatkin treats these little gems with the loving attention they deserve, and you'll be amazed by how many of the tunes jog your memory. A delight. --David Hurwitz

Customer Reviews:

American Light Music.......2005-10-07

Leroy Anderson's music is best equated with the visual works of Norman Rockwell. Anderson, like Rockwell, paints mini-portraits, slices of life, into his musical creations, and with great success.

With this CD, is a compendium of 25 of Leroy Anderson's vast output and each of them, suprisingly, is a gem in and of itself. Anderson is a master of melody, creating the whimsical and the heartfelt. I was amazed to find that a short horn melody in "Horse and Buggy" could move me emotionally and so easily. One concern at purchasing this CD, was that his music might become trite and tired, especially with repeated listening; but Anderson is inventive in melody and he always mixes his songs up with unexpected syncopations and jazzy interpolations, not to mention the unusual battery of percussion needed to visualize the various animals, horse rides, and other crazy situations Anderson puts his orchestra in.

Leonard Slatkin and the Saint Louis Symphony Orchestra perform all of this music with the right gusto needed to portray Anderson's version of Americana. The only thing missing, perhaps, is the unbridled energy these works create in a live environment. While "Bugler's Holiday" and "Clarinet Candy" are played with great alacrity, the spark of the moment is lost on a recording format. Notwithstanding, this CD is an excellent choice if you can't get the live experience, excelling in musical quality, and quite frankly, is a lot of fun. Compare and contrast this CD with other Leroy Anderson collections under Arthur Fiedler, Leroy Anderson himself, as well as a Naxos release, and you will find this CD can hold its own rather easily.

Fine but lacks the last ounce of vitality.......2005-05-10

This is a fine Leroy Anderson disc. No one happening upon this disc will likely be seriously disappointed. But wait! Try the recording conducted by the composer himself or the one by Arthur Fieldler before you have any last word. They both have so much verve and vitality that the music literally leaps out of the speakers. The difference hits home immediately after such numbers as Fiddle Faddle or Bugler's Holiday begin. Coming back to Slatkin, you will probably feel that his interepretaton is a bit on a sedate side. However, Slatkin brings wonderful warmth to slower numbers and has the advantage of modern digital recording. The choice is yours.

A Gem Of American Music.......2004-07-11

Leroy Anderson is certainly one of the memorable and popular of American light music composer and this CD of his music really shines with the strains of the St Louis Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. Simply magical. Mr Slatkin plays the music as close as Leroy Anderson intended to and not distorted any arrangements of the music. The album opens with the opulent 'Belle Of The Ball' and it waltzes ever so beautifully in digital stereo and sweeps you to an imaginary ballroom and completely swoons you. The ever popular seasonal piece 'Sleigh Ride' is stil a delight with the young at heart. The other titles in this superb CD are the immortal 'Blue Tango', the serene 'Serenata', the dreamy 'Forgotten Dreams' and the title track of the CD, the playful 'The Typewriter'. Though this album can't compare to the original Leroy Anderson albums and the evergreen Boston Pops with Arthur Fieldler, it is a fitting tribute to a gem in music that is Leroy Anderson.

A Great Recording of a Lovable American Composer's Music.......2004-04-08

I've always loved the music of Leroy Anderson. It has a magical quality that tends to pull a person right into the piece. For example, who, when listening to "Sleigh Ride," does not imagine going on a ride through the snow in Vermont on a winter's day? Titles such as the" Waltzing Cat," "The Syncopated Clock" and "Belle of the Ball" all sound as their titles imply. While the music could be termed `light classical," musicians playing the pieces have to be versatile as the solo parts for works such as "Bugler's Holiday" and "Clarinet Candy" easily demonstrate.

I will have to admit, when it comes to Anderson's music, usually no one beats the Boston Pops, especially under the direction of Arthur Fiedler. For many years Anderson was a collaborator of Fielder's and many of the Pops best known arrangements are those of Anderson. Perhaps this is why the Boston Pops performances of Anderson's music have an authentic feel to them. Yet if there is a close second to The Boston Pops' performances, it would be this collection by Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony. Slatkin has a love and appreciation for the music and lead the orchestra in a competent and enjoyable manner.

This collection includes many of Anderson's favorites such as "Blue Tango," "Phantom Regiment," "Trumpeter's Lullaby," and "Fiddle Faddle" as well as many of Anderson's lesser known works. Which make the collection a real treat.

A whimsical pick-me-up.......2002-09-02

The collaboration between conductor Arthur Fiedler and composer Leroy Anderson gave birth to the unique sound of the Boston Pops Orchestra. Anderson was without peer in writing works for "light" orchestra: short, often whimsical, always pleasant pieces for symphonic ensembles. One of Anderson's trademarks was coming up with creative ways for the orchestra to portray common sounds from the outside world. Anderson's two best-known pieces employ this technique: a trumpet simulates a horse's whinny at the end of "Sleigh Ride," while woodblocks indicate the rhythmic imbalance of "The Syncopated Clock." Although Anderson never became a household name, many Americans are probably familiar with several of his other works, including "The Typewriter" and "Blue Tango."

This CD features Leonard Slatkin and the St. Louis Symphony, but there is another great CD of Anderson's works by Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops. While both recordings are great, I give the edge to this CD. While Fiedler naturally has a better feel for Anderson's music (most notably on the "Sandpaper Ballet" and "Jazz Pizzicato"), Slatkin has recorded nine pieces not found on the Fiedler CD, including the delightful "Phantom Regiment," "First Day of Spring," "Forgotten Dreams," "Horse and Buggy," and my personal favorite, "Saraband."

This recording is a pleasure from beginning to end. I often find myself playing this CD two or three times in a row (and sometimes pressing "shuffle" after that) because Anderson's relentlessly happy music makes me feel that everything is right with the world.

Average customer rating: M Hansen is right! Sweetest album ever! This is one GREAT CD aka 'Brother's Keeper'

Waltzing With You Jay Ungar , and Mollly Mason Manufacturer: Angel Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Lovers' Waltz Harvest Home Civil War Classics Relax Your Mind Song of Home ASIN: B000002SPD Release Date: 1998-02-10

Tracks:

1. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Brother's Keeper (Opening Theme)
2. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Lyman's Walk
3. BROTHER'S KEEPER: The Streets Of Munnsville
4. BROTHER'S KEEPER: The Golden Eagle Two-Step
5. BROTHER'S KEEPER: I'm Just A-Fiddlin'
6. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Waltzing with You (Vocal Version)
7. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Fog Scene
8. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Roscoe's Waterfall
9. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Fiddler's Elbow
10. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Johnson Road
11. BROTHER'S KEEPER: The Auction
12. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Fall To Winter
13. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Delbert's Tear
14. BROTHER'S KEEPER: The Tractor Breakdown
15. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Gobblers
16. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Cows On The Hill
17. BROTHER'S KEEPER: The Trial
18. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Waltzing With You (Instrumental Version)
19. BROTHER'S KEEPER: Brother's Keeper (Closing Theme)

Customer Reviews:

M Hansen is right!.......2005-12-03

A good cd for any violinist or fiddler who wants to learn Jay&Molly's waltzes. As reviewer M Hansen indicated, you can get this one much cheaper as an out-of-print copy from Amazon sellers for a fraction of the new price!!!

Sweetest album ever!.......2005-10-19

This is the perfect 'cabin in winter with your honey' music, although I'll give it a shake in the summer too probably. Beautiful arrangements, relaxed rhythms, interesting variety of tunes (not all waltzes) make this a very lovely addition to anyone's collection. Need more glow? How's this then; it's all very partner danceable!

This is one GREAT CD.......2001-07-20

Generally if you buy a CD that you are unfamiliar with, it takes several playings before you can either really start to appreciate it, or decide it wasn't worth it. Not this CD. What a great mix of traditional folk music! This CD has immediately vaulted to the top of my list. It has violins, violas, mandolins, guitars, bass, pedal steel guitar and drums. And the artists really are artists at what they do. Selections vary in style from "haunting" to "toe-tapping." If you like this kind of music -- get this CD!

aka 'Brother's Keeper'.......2000-03-15

Nice mix of music. Note that this is the same as the collection previously released as 'Brother's Keeper', the original music composed for the soundtrack of the film of that name.

Average customer rating: music BARKING DOGS, WALTZING CATS, AND A RIDE WITH ROCCO! Sleigh Ride: The Best of Leroy Anderson Leroy Anderson rings a bell .. and wood blocks .. and Wonderful Lite Classical Composer

The Best of Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Greatest Hits The Leroy Anderson Collection Leroy Anderson Christmas Sleigh Ride! Classic Christmas Favorites The Typewriter: Leroy Anderson Favorites ASIN: B000003N4R Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. Blue Tango
2. The Syncopated Clock
3. Jazz Pizzicato
4. Jazz Legato
5. Plink, Plank, Plunck
6. Fiddle-Faddle
7. A Trumpeter's Lullaby
8. The Typewriter
9. The First Day Of Spring
10. Song Of The Bells
11. Summer Skies
12. Forgotten Dreams
13. The Waltzing Cat
14. Bugler's Holiday
15. Sandpaper Ballet
16. Serenata
17. Sleigh Ride
18. Arietta
19. The Golden Years
20. Clarinet Candy

Customer Reviews:

music.......2007-01-27

The CD arrived on time and was new condition. It was all i expected.

BARKING DOGS, WALTZING CATS, AND A RIDE WITH ROCCO!.......2006-12-05

Every year about this time, I like to add some new Christmas related item to my collection of Ammyland Reviews, Lists, or Guides. This year it was between reviewing The Jingle Dogs album, where they bark holiday favorites, or THE BEST OF LEROY ANDERSON, where the composer conducts his own miniature orchestral compositions, including the classic version of his original instrumental, SLEIGH RIDE. If you're reading this, then you already know that the annoying canines got the boot. And they ran all the way to the Spring of 2007 with their tails between their legs. "And don't come back! Shut them dawgs up, April!"

OK, where were we? Oh, yeah: It was in December of 1996 when I kept hearing this particular instrumental version of Sleigh Ride played on the radio station I listened to every day while delivering fresh squeezed organic juice to a grocery store or health food store near you. This was the most imaginative, briskly paced, and snowy version of Sleigh Ride I'd ever heard: the horses were clip-clopping, the whip was cracking, and I was bundled up warmly with a lovely lady friend at my side in this imaginary Santa suit-red sleigh polished to a high sheen after twelve coats of wax and a Laurie Partridge in a pear tree. (Yeah, I know I get a little carried away, but what are ya gonna do?)

Soon I was obsessed with that musical piece. "Who does THAT version, Mr. DJ Man? Who does it?" Finally, on the thirteenth day of Christmas, my DJ said to me, "That was Sleigh Ride - Leroy Anderson." I was about to yell at the radio, "I know it was Sleigh Ride, and my name's not Leroy Anderson!" when all of a sudden, the light bulb lit up above my head... in the same moment that the light bar on the police car behind me lit up. (When the cop finally managed to catch up to me, he found me at the counter of my local music store, paying for a copy of THE BEST OF LEROY ANDERSON.)

To this day, my four favorite instrumentals of all-time are MOONLIGHT SERENADE; THE TRUTH WILL ALWAYS BE; BUMPIN' ON SUNSET; and SLEIGH RIDE. But not just any version of Sleigh Ride. No! It must be THIS recording, the one found on THIS disc, conducted by Anderson himself. I believe that Anderson may have recorded Sleigh Ride more than once, but THIS 1950 version is the one you want. Hey, would I lie to you about something so important this late in the season, and risk finding only lumps of coal in my stocking again?

Of course, there's other "stuffs" here that you might like also. As the informative liner notes say, "Many of these pieces have become part of the musical fabric of American life. Most everyone knows one or more of his tunes, though they may not know the name of the composer [*It's Leroy Anderson, remember?*] or even the title of the composition." For instance, there's BLUE TANGO, the first instrumental piece ever to sell over one million copies. And THE SYNCOPATED CLOCK, used as the theme for "The Late Show" on WCBS-TV in New York for over 25 years.

Anderson was incredibly imaginative and he composed each piece almost completely in his head. He stated, "When I'm making something up I never play a melody on the piano, because your fingers are used to falling into familiar patterns. You don't give your imagination free rein that way. In other words, your fingers are holding you back." I find his brief musical pieces to be very evocative. For instance, when I hear SUMMER SKIES, in my mind I seem to see images of Lee Remick romping in a bathing suit at the beach as if in a black and white montage from some classic movie of the 1950s. Or when I hear THE WALTZING CAT, I always seem to imagine a cat waltzing in my mind. THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING always makes me think of the first day of Spring ("Shut them dawgs up, April!"), and FORGOTTEN DREAMS always reminds me of... hmmm... I forget. But anyway, SLEIGH RIDE takes me for a ride in a sleigh in my wintry mind. And just how imaginative WAS Leroy Anderson? Get this! He composed Sleigh Ride during a 1948 July heat wave in Woodbury, Connecticut! OK? Uh-huh. That's what I'M talkin' `bout! So, what else ya wanna know?

For me, Christmas season begins the day after Thanksgiving every year, when I pull out my copy of THE BEST OF LEROY ANDERSON and blast the one piece of music that says "Christmas" to me like no other Christmas song does - this 1950 recording of Sleigh Ride. And I usually play the song at least once a day up through and including the 25th of December. Then I put the compact disc away for another year (after all, who really wants to hear about a waltzing cat? I mean really?!) Get into the swing of the Holiday spirit with THE BEST OF LEROY ANDERSON. Otherwise, I may just have to send Rocco over there to take you for a little (sleigh) ride... if you catch my (snow)drift.

Sleigh Ride: The Best of Leroy Anderson.......2006-03-09

Excellent CD. Got here very quickly.

Leroy Anderson rings a bell .. and wood blocks .. and .......2006-02-01

I have been a fan of Leroy Anderson ever since I played his music in middle school band in the 1950's. His classics were very inventive: imitating a typewriter (remember those?), a cat on a piano, a sleigh ride with bells and whips cracking, bugle calls, and so much more, most of it composed for highlighting specific instruments: trumpet, wood block, sandpaper block, pizzicato violin. Anderson is truly an accomplished, American composer. In this CD he conducts his own compositions. And the CD insert also taught me more about Anderson, the man, and his involvement with the Boston Pops Orchestra. Buy it, read it, and listen to it.

Wonderful Lite Classical Composer.......2005-09-23

Leroy Anderson was one of the best Lite Classical American Composers of the mid 20th Century and this CD won't dissappoint you. Taken from original recordings that Anderson conducted you'll hear the orchestrations as he wanted them to be heard. There's a mix of familiar and unfamiliar pieces that are all satisfying to listen to.

Average customer rating: A pleasant surprise The original sound of their music.

At Home with the Trapp Family Singers Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Lieder | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Christmas With the Trapp Family Singers The Original Trapp Family Singers Volume 1 The Von Trapp Children, Vol. 2 Christmas With the Von Trapp Children ASIN: B000AMJDVU Release Date: 2005-09-13

Tracks:

1. Ev'ry Year Brings Something New
2. The Farmer's Boy
3. Waltzing Mathilda
4. The Lone Prarie
5. An Eriskay Love Lift
6. Early One Morning
7. Trio
8. In Einem Kuhlen Grunde
9. Kuckuck Hat Sich Zu Tod Gefallen
10. Muss I Denn (Zum Stadtele Hinaus)
11. Innsbruck, Ich Muss Dich Lassen
12. Alt-Niederlandische Tanze
13. Es Wollt Ein Jagerlein Jagen
14. Vocal Yodel
15. S'Dirndl Is' Wunderschon
16. Two Austraian Dances
17. Auf Der Alm
18. Hatt I Di
19. Spinn, Spinn Marie
20. Der Gru
21. Die Hochalm
22. Little Terzetto
23. Andreas Hofers Abschied Vom Leben

Customer Reviews:

A pleasant surprise.......2007-03-08

I'm one of those The Sound of Music addicted, having lost the track of how many times I've seen it whatever the format is. Therefore, it was basically for curiosity that I've bought this CD. It's a fine recording that takes you to a typical, cosy family reunion. The male voices are not impressive and I wouldn't include the flute solos in the CD. But the final result is very pleasant, excellent to listen in the car while you're driving in the countryside (before lunch, of course).

The original sound of their music. .......2006-01-15

The original von Trapp Family's twenty years of touring and performing internationally had finished, and Maria Augusta von Trapp had written their story in three books and begun several decades of missionary work in New Guinea by the time "The Sound of Music" hit Broadway, and Julie Andrews later sang about her favorite things in a top-earning film. I don't know if the original von Trapp Family benefitted from show and film royalties; they certainly deserved to, for they worked very hard perfecting, under their conductor Dr Franz Wasner, their natural ensemble and music-making talents.

The results may be heard in this first-class CD reissue of recordings they made in New York in 1952 and 1956. The family amassed a large repertoire, collecting items while touring, for example "Waltzing Mathilda" from Australia. The selection here includes a cross-section (loosely titled "Folk Songs") and some of their instrumental items involving recorders, cello and harpsichord. Perhaps the items from their rich Austrian culture are the most satisfying.

This is the second DGG CD release of their recordings. Duration 52 minutes. I recall from my LP collecting days, that there are enough Trapp Family recordings to fill a third CD. I look forward to it.

Average customer rating: New Faces of 1952 Wonderful memories! Where is Time For Tea? If You Tapped Your Fingers to the Music in Waiting for Goffman . . . What about the movie?

New Faces of 1952 Manufacturer: Jasmine Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Computer | Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocalists | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: Leonard Sillman's New Faces of 1968 (1968 Original Broadway Cast) [CAST RECORDING] New Faces House of Flowers (1954 Original Broadway Cast) A Family Affair New Faces ASIN: B00008YGW3 Release Date: 2004-04-05

Tracks:

1. Opening
2. Lucky Pierre - Robert Clary, , , Bill Mullikin,
3. Boston Beguine - Alice Ghostley
4. Love Is a Simple Thing - June Carroll, Robert Clary, Eartha Kitt,
5. Nanty Puts Her Hair Up - Virginia Bosler, Allen Conroy, , Alice Ghostley, Joe Lautner, Bill Mullikin
6. Guess Who I Saw Today - June Carroll
7. Bal Petit Bal - Robert Clary, Eartha Kitt
8. "Three for the Road" Medley: Raining Memories/Waltzing in ... - Robert Clary, Alice Ghostley, , Joe Lautner,
9. Penny Candy - June Carroll
10. Don't Fall Asleep
11. I'm in Love With Miss Logan - Robert Clary, Joe Lautner,
12. Monotonous - Eartha Kitt
13. Lizzie Borden - Pat Hammerlee, Joe Lautner, Paul Lynde, Bill Mullikin

Customer Reviews:

New Faces of 1952 .......2007-05-13

This is the original broadway cast album. It contains songs which went on to become hits for their performers, such as Lizzie Borden, Lucky Pierre, Love is a simple thing, Guess who I saw today, Bal petit bal and Monotomous. Now re-released on Jasmine label, it was originally released by RCA Victor so the quality is excellent, but from the mono era.

Wonderful memories!.......2007-03-24

Loved having this on the CD form. I wore out the 33 1/3 record. Thank you for carrying this CD!

Where is Time For Tea?.......2005-12-04

I bought a recording of this show in the middle '70s when RCA was re-isuing a lot of their rare soundtracks. The record made a big deal about isuing a lost track called "Time For Tea" from this show sung by June Carroll and Alice Ghostley. This track is not included on this CD. Luckily I still had the record, and was able to make a version of the CD and add the second last track just before Lizzy Borden. Buyer beware however, this CD is not complete!

If You Tapped Your Fingers to the Music in Waiting for Goffman . . ........2005-08-16

Hey, don't waste your money unless you dig the score of really crummy musicals. Some people do. If you are not among that select group then don't believe the good reviews by other buyers (bless their hearts) like I did. Note that Amazon doesn't offer excepts from this aged dog. Good strategy. I bought this cd for the Lizzie Borden song on it but the arrangers even ruined that with a silly bridge section about Lizzie ruining the singers' weekly hoedown. Terrible. Maybe I can unload this cd in a used music store and get a few dollars back. I hope so.

What about the movie?.......2005-07-01

Great, great show! But are any of you people aware that "New Faces of 1952" came out as a movie. The entire stage show was shot mainly from the front as if from a really expensive orchestra seat. Includes Paul Lynde and Ronny Graham in a howling send-up of "Death of a Salesman." Paul Lynde in tattered jungle gear at an afternoon ladies lecture describing his latest safari to darkest Africa. And Eartha doing "Monotonous!" The whole show was filmed.

NOW where is a VHS or DVD of that film? The world is waiting!

Average customer rating: Still singin' those mountain ballads after all these years

Best of the Carter Family The Carter Family Manufacturer: Prism Platinum ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Appalachian | North America | International | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Can the Circle Be Unbroken?: Country Music's First Family Wildwood Pickin' Sara & Maybelle Carter The Carter Family: 1927-1934 Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) ASIN: B00004KRZF Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Keep on the Sunny Side
2. Wildwood Flower
3. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
4. Anchored in Love
5. Worried Man Blues
6. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
7. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
8. My Clinch Mountain Top
9. Foggy Mountain Top
10. Little Darling Pal of Mine
11. Sailor Boy
12. When I'm Gone
13. Single Girl , Married Girl
14. Rambling Boy
15. Mountain of Tennessee
16. My Old Cottage Home
17. Wandering Boy
18. In the Valley of the Shenandoah
19. Storms Are on the Ocean
20. Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone
21. Dying Soldier
22. Lonesome Valley
23. Chewing Gum
24. Jimmie Rogers Visits the Carter Family

Customer Reviews:

Still singin' those mountain ballads after all these years.......2006-12-05

Country music fans today, just listen to the music and enjoy it for what it is, but did we ever really think about the starts of country music? Who started it? What kind of songs did they sing? Were they any good? Did their children follow in their footsteps and were they sucessful?
So many questions!! This CD is the answer. The first family of country music was the Carter Family, A.P., Sara, and Maybelle of Clinch Mountain, VA. But they were much more than mountain hilbillies who liked to party on friday nights. They wrote songs about lost love, the place they knew and loved, and most of all, just fun songs.
We start off with the legendary. "Keep on the Sunny Side," the Carter's theme song. This song is basically about how if we just look on the bright side of things, they aren't so bad after all. "Storms and clouds will in time pass away, and the sun again will shine, bright and clear."
Hey June Carter fans? Did you know where "Wildwood Flower" came from? It was from the good ol' Carter Family! Actually, it was one of their first hits, probably the most reknown carter family song in the world. About lost love, it's a song you'll want to sing 24/7!
"Worried Man Blues," is my very favorite Carter Family song. It has a catchy tune, and a good beat. The song is about a man who is sentenced to go to prison, but he has no idea what he's done. Filled with fun and laughter, this will become and family favorite.
"My Clinch Mountain Home," tells you alot about the Carter's backaround history. It reflects the carter's lives from "Ole Virginny."
"Foggy Mountain Top," is a great song. It features Sara's yodeling, and Maybelle's great guitar pickin'. This song, like "My Clinch Mountain Home", secretly shares backaround information about life as a Carter as well.
Ah, "Single Girl, Married Girl," the Carter's first hit, and undoubtfully their most sucessful. This is a solo for Sara, and also a solo for her autoharp.
In "My Old Cottage Home," A.P. does most of the singing, which is rare since he usually only did backup. Very similar to "My Clinch Mountain Home," but also very different. It's one of my favorites, so yuo will proabaly liek it too.
"The Valley of Shanandoah," is a very sad song. It tells a story about how a man fell in love with a beautiful girl in the past summer and promises to return to her next year so they can be married. Sadly, when the man returns, he finds that his true love had passed away into the great kingdom above. Teh song may be sad, but it capture your heart.
"Chewing Gum," is a really fun song to sing, and it really helps past the tiem away. A song that Sara wrote when she was a child, "Chewing Gum," features many funny lines that will make you laugh out loud as if you were watching Hee-Haw!
If you buy this CD, it's liek hearing the Carter's story through music. It's truly any country msuic fan's treasure. Be sure to read my other revies for June Carter Cash's "Press On", "Wildwood Flower", "Keep on teh Sunyn Side: Her life in Music, and "Live Recordings from the Lousiana Hayride."

June

Average customer rating:

Blue Tango and Other Favorites Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Leroy Anderson Collection The Typewriter: Leroy Anderson Favorites Greatest Hits The Best of Leroy Anderson: Sleigh Ride Whipped Cream & Other Delights (40th Anniversary Edition) ASIN: B00008OP2P Release Date: 2003-05-20

Tracks:

1. Sleigh Ride
2. Promenade
3. Waltzing Cat
4. Syncopated Clock
5. Saraband
6. Serenata
7. Jazz Pizzicato... Jazz Legato
8. Trumpeter's Lullaby
9. Plink, Plank, Plunk
10. Horse and Buggy
11. Belle of the Ball
12. Blue Tango
13. China Doll
14. Penny-Whistle Song
15. Fiddle Faddle
16. Phantom Regiment
17. Irish Suite: The Irish Washerwoman
18. Irish Suite: The Minstrel Boy
19. Irish Suite: The Rakes of Mallow
20. Irish Suite: The Wearing of the Green
21. Irish Suite: The Last Rose of Summer
22. Irish Suite: The Girl I Left Behind Me
23. Christmas Festival

Rock Music:

1. When It All Comes Down [Import]
2. When the Punks Go Marching in [Import]
3. White Ladder [Import]
4. Who's Driving? [Live]
5. Womans Diary: Chapter 1 [Import]
6. Writer's Reference Ep [Import]
7. Yours Today Mine Tomorrow Ep
8. 1986-91 Fast Times at Longueuil High [Import]
9. 1999 [Import]
10. A Dog or a Bicycle

Rock Music