Last Year's Man [Import]

Product Description
Math Professor by Day and Composer by Night. Alex Torio Has Spent Twelve Years Doing Music and More Than 900 Compositions under his Belt. "Last Year's Man" is the First Release from the Singer/Songwriter that Recalls the Timbre Vocal Style of Tom Waits and the Lyrical Depth of Leonard Cohen.

Last Year's Man,Alex Torio,Sinnamon,Rock

Average customer rating: Arguably "The Best" English "Merry Widow "

Léhar: The Land of Smiles; The Merry Widow; The Count of Luxembourg (Highlights) Manufacturer: Class. for Pleas. Us ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Lehár, Franz | ( L ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Johann Strauss II: Die Fledermaus; The Gypsy Baron (Highlights) Offenbach: La Belle Hélène; Orpheus in the Underworld; La Vie Parisienne (Highlights) Music of Sigmund Romberg Offenbach: Orpheus in the Underworld / Burgess, Watson, etc (Highlights) The Best of Operetta, Vol. 3 ASIN: B00009KHY2 Release Date: 2003-09-02

Customer Reviews:

Arguably "The Best" English "Merry Widow ".......2006-09-12

This is the "Merry Widow" with English translation by Christopher Hassel sung by June Bronhill. I loved this rendition ever since I first heard it in about 1960. What's to love? First the translation is the best I've heard. The language doesn't sound "stilted" as some others. And, you can understand almost every word sung. Plus, the famous song, "Vilja" has some wording that moves me every time I hear it: The soprano sings, "Love me and I'll DIE for you!" with the word "die" somewhat emphasized. I don't know, there's just something "powerful" about someone saying they'd "die" for love! AND, at the end of "Vilja" the chorus and soprano raise to a crescendo hitting a high note together. In many renditions the chorus is heard but not the soprano on the final high note. In THIS version, the soprano, June Bronhill, can be heard rising to the final high note with an incressing crescendo and fortissimo louder than the chorus and holding the final high note---which gives a very thrilling effect as she holds that final note, I assure you!

The "problem" is that this June Bronhill, Reid, and Hassel version is hard to find on CD. For example, this CD is made in Holland and "there is one left" so it says on Amazon. But, if you can find it, I think it would be very much worth a listen. Then, after hearing it, if you think there's a "better" Merry Widow, please let ME know! Thanks. Email:boland7214@aol.

Average customer rating: Bach in the Bach Tradition A Time Capsule of Sheer Delight

Bach: Cantatas Volumes 1-5 (75 Cantatas for Sundays and Feast Days of the Church Year) Johann Sebastian Bach , Karl Richter , and Münchener Bach-Orchester (Munich Bach Orchestra) Manufacturer: Polygram Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Richter, Karl | ( R ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: J.S. Bach: 6 Brandenburgische Konzerte [Australia] Bach: Sacred Masterpieces Bach: Organ Works J.S. Bach: Mass in B minor St Matthews Passion (2pc) ASIN: B000001303 Release Date: 1993-10-01

Tracks:

1. Advent And Christmas Bwv 61 Bwv 132 Bwv 63
2. Advent And Christmas Bwv 121 Bwv 64 Bwv 171
3. Advent And Christmas Bwv 58 Bwv 124 Bwv 13
4. Advent And Christmas Bwv 111 Bwv 81 Bwv 82
5. Easter Bwv 92 Bwv 126 Bwv 23
6. Easter Bwv 1 Bwv 182
7. Easter Bwv 4 Bwv 6 Bwv 67
8. Easter Bwv 104 Bwv 12
9. Easter Bwv 108 Bwv 87
10. Ascension Day Bwv 11 Bwv 44 Bwv 34
11. Ascension Day Bwv 68 Bwv 175 Bwv 129
12. Ascension Day Bwv 39 Bwv 76 Bwv 135
13. Ascension Day Bwv 21 Bwv 24
14. Ascension Day Bwv 30 Bwv 93
15. Ascension Day Bwv 147 Bwv 10
16. Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 9 Bwv 187 Bwv 178
17. Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 45 Bwv 105 Bwv 102
18. Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 199 Bwv 179 Bwv 137
19. Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 33 Bwv 78 Bwv 17
20. Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 51 Bwv 100 Bwv 27
21. Sundays After Trinity I Bwv 8 Bwv 148
22. Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 96 Bwv 5 Bwv 56
23. Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 180 Bwv 38 Bwv 55
24. Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 115 Bwv 139 Bwv 60 Bwv 26
25. Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 116 Bwv 70 Bwv 140
26. Sundays After Trinity Ii Bwv 130 Bwv 80 Bwv 106

Album Details

As One of the Most Legendary Champions of Bach Karl Richter's Many (And in Some Instances Multiple) Recordings of the Composers Cantata's Arguably is his Greatest Achievement. Richter Enlisted Many of the Finest Vocalists in their Prime During the 1950's Through the Early 70's for These Recordings Elevating the Neglected Form at the Time to the Level of Grand Opera. His Conducting, Especially for his Day as Well Remains Remarkably Animated and Fluent Yet Always Respectful of Bach's Underlying Powerful Architectural Components. These Recordings Set the Standard and for Many Today Remain the Benchmark Performances by which all New Ones Continue to Be Judged.

Customer Reviews:

Bach in the Bach Tradition.......2006-12-16

I believe I owe it to the period performance movement for making me feel like I am committing a sin when I don't listen to Gardiner's or Hogwood's Bach (or Handel, or any Baroque composer for that matter). If, say, I put in Shaw's recording of the B minor mass, or most certainly Klemperer's recording of the St. Mathew passion, I feel that I should somehow be ashamed for what I am doing. There may be some type of Freudian truth buried deep within my being ashamed; however, there has always been an exception to my modern instrument guilts. This is, of course, the Bach recordings of Karl Richter; and more specifically, Richter's immortal survey of the sacred cantatas (well, 75 of them anyway). I received this set as a gift when I graduated from college, and I have been constantly listening since. The music of Bach has meant more to me than any other composer, and the Richter recordings show Bach's true genius at full speed ahead.

Don't get me wrong, I love Gardiner's recordings of the B-minor mass and the St. Matthew Passion; and I do believe that period performance practice reveals a totally new dimension of Bach which can sometimes be overlooked (or, "glossed-over" as the case may be with Klepmerer and others of the like). However, any academic arguments favoring Gardiner over Richter are simply meaningless to me. As Glenn Gould said, its not the type of instruments used that count, but rather, a deep respect for the innate structures of the music; this is what's important,and to accomplish this he believed that we must get rid of the incorrect and outdated notion that by "glossing over" these structures, it somehow improves upon them. I think Gould is absolutely correct in saying its respect for the musical structures that counts most; this is the only duty incumbent upon interpreters of Baroque music (and especially Bach). With this in mind, how can Richter not be the supreme interpreter? Richter gives us Bach in the Bach tradition, and I believe that this is in no small part due to his deep understanding of the same Lutheranism which was in the mind of Bach when he wrote this glorious music. To quote yet another Bach authority, Albert Schweitzer once said "Only he who sinks himself into Bach's emotional world, who lives and thinks with him, [...] can rightly bring Bach's music to the listener". I can think of no one who fits the description quite like Karl Richter.

Well, all arguments aside, the music on these 26 [!] discs are absolutely unsurpassed. I was a bit worried before I received this set, as I knew that in Richter's latter years, he did seem to take various liberties with the scores (more specifically, a slowing of the tempi to the point that it takes us out of the Bach tradition). However, I can safely say that these rumored liberties are nowhere to be found in this set, just pure Bach. I wont dare try to single out notable performances of this massive set (I would be here all night, and I am sure you are becoming tired of reading this anyway). However, one cantata specifically stood out for me during my first few hours with the set (and has since stuck with me); this being BWV 132 (4th Sunday in Advent cantata). This specific cantata, can speak for the entire set in terms of the soloist supremacy above all other Bach cantata recordings (how can you go wrong with Edith Mathis, Anna Reynolds, Peter Schreier, and Theo Adam - with Ursula Buckel and Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau elsewhere on the set).

So, finally, this set has exactly what I want in a survey of the cantatas - that is, the genius of J.S. Bach is in the driver's seat, not the conductors. While Gardiner has his moments (and when he does, they are fantastic), and Klemperer did at least get everyone talking about Bach again, I believe Richter's interpretations are the standard by which this music should be played and heard. This set is a landmark in the history of Bach recordings, and although quite expensive, it really should be in the collections of all lovers of music.


- By the way, the set comes in a large slipcover (as shown above by Amazon), with the five original fold-open cases inside; each made of an extremely sturdy, glossy-coated cardboard (as shown above by me [hopefully]). Each disc is in a paper sleeve.

A Time Capsule of Sheer Delight.......2006-12-15

I treasured these recordings as a music student in high school and college in the '70's. Although newer, 'historically correct' recordings were emerging, Richter's musicality, if one will, still attracted me to these Archive recordings. This set is a bargin considering all the music there is to digest. DG's remastering is excellent-the warm analog sound does not suffer what can sometimes be a strident digitized reincarnation. DG's engineers and hardware were always on the cutting edge and these recordings speak to that fact. Say what one will about the oddities of interpertation, there is music in evey bar. Before I began listening, I though that I should prepare myself to forgive Richer for his position in history and look the other way when so called historically inaccurate idioms presented themselves. Yes, they are there, but, the younger listener will be quite astonished to find amazing vitality and sweep of phrase and articulation. Richter's tempi are often suprisingly brisk. The roster of soloists speaks for itself. If you are a musician interested in the genesis of Bach interpertation, this set is a must-have. It is often said that many Bach conductors after Richter took up where he left off. This group of recordings is a testament to his influence. Bravo DG !

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Haydn: The Seasons Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Franz Joseph Haydn | Haydn, Franz Joseph | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: Handel: Solomon; Love in Bath Beethoven: Symphonies Nos. 2 & 7; Mass in C Prokofiev: Peter & the Wolf La Boheme ASIN: B0002XV2ZW Release Date: 2005-02-15

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Recitative: Oh See Where Cruel Winter Flies
3. Chorus: Come, Gentle Spring!
4. Recitative: From Aries Rolls At Last The Bounteous Sun
5. Air: Now Fairly Runs The Farmer's Boy
6. Recitative: The Countryman Has His Work Achieved
7. Trio And Chorus: Be Now GRacious, Smiling Heaven!
8. Recitative: Now Heard Are All Our Prayers
9. Trio And Chorus: Oh HOw Lovely Gleams The Outlook
10. Chorus And Trio: Ageless! Powerful! Bounteous God!
11. Recitative: IN Dove-Grey Mantle Drawing Near
12. Air: The LIvely Swain Is Gath'ring Now His Happy Flocks
13. Recitative: The Rosy Morn Breaks Forth
14. Trio And Chorus: He's Mounting Up, The Sun
15. Recitative: Now All Are Astir
16. Recitative: The Midday Sun Is Burning Now
17. Cavatina: Opress'd Succumbs All Nature Now
18. Recitative: Oh Welcome Now, You Shadier Grove
19. Air: So Reviving To The Senses
20. Recitative: Oh See! Now Rising In The Sultry Air
21. Chorus: Hark! The Tempest Drawing Night!
22. Trio And Chorus: The Gloomy Clouds Now Part Aside

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Recitative: All That Through Her Blossom Fair Spring
3. Trio And Chorus: So Nature Gives Reward To Zeal
4. Recitative: Now See! To Hazel Bushes There The Youngsters
5. Duet: You Beauties Of The Town
6. Recitative: Now See, On New-Stripp'd Harvest Field
7. Air: There Look Across The Open Fields
8. Recitative: Here Beaters, Closing In , Put Up The Hares
9. Chorus: Hark! The Clamorous Noise That Through The Wood
10. Recitative: On All The Vines Are Glist'ning
11. Chorus: Cheer Now! The Wine Is Here
12. Introduction
13. Recitative: Now Sinks The Pale Declining Year
14. Cavatina: Light And Life Are Both Enfeebled
15. Recitative: Allfetter'd Lies The Open Lake
16. Air: Here Stands The Wand'rer Now
17. Recitative: At His Approach Rings In His Ear
18. Song And Chorus: Purring, Whirring, Purring
19. Recitative: The Flax Has Now Been Spun
20. Song And Chorus: A Maid Who Kept Her Honour Fair
21. Recitative: From Barren East Now Thrust Far Keener Icy Blasts
22. Air: Before Thee Here, Deluded Man
23. Recitative: Remains, Alone, And is Our Guide
24. Trio And Double Chorus: Then Breaks The Glorious Day At Last

Average customer rating: Alex Torio's " Last Year's Man"

Last Year's Man Alex Torio Manufacturer: Sinnamon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0009UWZX6

Tracks:

1. Play It Down
2. World Should Get Ready
3. Man Of The Year
4. Bastard That I Show
5. Mummy, Don't Let Ne Drink That Much
6. Rainy Day At The Theme Park
7. Genial Option
8. Moon On The Wane
9. And, Moreover, She's A Beautiful Thing
10. What Do You Need Body For?
11. Days Are Long, Years Are Short
12. Trophy Aspect
13. Those Easy Things
14. All The Good You've Done

Album Details

Math Professor by Day and Composer by Night. Alex Torio Has Spent Twelve Years Doing Music and More Than 900 Compositions under his Belt. "Last Year's Man" is the First Release from the Singer/Songwriter that Recalls the Timbre Vocal Style of Tom Waits and the Lyrical Depth of Leonard Cohen.

Customer Reviews:

Alex Torio's " Last Year's Man".......2005-07-06

Alex Torio's debut album, "Last year's man", compares to nothing the world has heard. Set with a raspy voice and some what altered view on life, Alex Torio's music takes you down a road "less traveled", and at the same time, points you in the opposite direction. A Barcelona native, Alex Torio, creates a distinctive view with his album, of which the title is inspired by a song by Leonard Cohen of the same name. Each song delivers a different sense of feeling, message and relationship, and leaves you wanting more. The song "Bastard that i show" is remarkable in every way, with a humorous take on love and life. "and, moreover shes a beautiful thing" is strangely inspiring, giving you a message of honesty and truth. 14 songs in all, and each one is a different door into the mind of a true artist, that is set apart from all other music.

Average customer rating: Definately Original

Death of Last Year's Man Steven R. Smith Manufacturer: Emperor Jones ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Indie Rock | Indie & Lo-Fi | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Space Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Music | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tableland Autumn Is the End ASIN: B000053UB3 Release Date: 2000-11-21

Tracks:

1. I Tried To Leave You
2. Death Of A Disco Dancer
3. Morning Dew
4. Regen Volt, Soka Lesz

Customer Reviews:

Definately Original.......2004-05-17

Last Years Man is a very good CD. It combines beauty and ethereal charm with the eerie prescence of the guitar. Unlike any other music i have heard before. Calm and lucid, and yet almost creepy and desolate. I definately would recomend this CD to anyone who likes ethereal or experimental music, or if you just want something different.

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