Write on [Import]

Product Description
1999 anthology of recordings from '76 plus five bonus tracks 'Boulder to Birmingham', 'Samuel', 'Star' (live), 'My Island' (live) and 'Born to Run' (rare track). 15 tracks. Digipak.

Write On,The Hollies,Rock/Pop

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A Time of Hope: Broadway 1935-1946 Manufacturer: Decca Broadway ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music The Decca Records Store | Specialty Stores | Music 4-for-3 Broadway & Vocalists | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Soundtracks | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Center Stage: Broadway 1947-1958 Put on a Happy Face: Broadway 1959-1967 Broadway Magic: Broadway 1968-1980 The British Invasion: Broadway 1981-1992 Broadway Today: Broadway 1993-2005 ASIN: B0007ZENZG Release Date: 2005-04-26

Tracks:

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

Average customer rating:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Average customer rating: Great set of wartime rarities Cure for the Blues Standard Transcription Collection

(Not) Your Standard Spike Jones Collection Spike Jones Manufacturer: Collector's Choice ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Contemporary Comedy | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Novelty Music | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Comedic Music | Comedy | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Strictly for Music Lovers Fonk Spike Jones - Greatest Hits Spiked!: The Music of Spike Jones The Spike Jones Story ASIN: B00007JR3K Release Date: 2003-04-08

Album Description

Holiday blues comin' on? Well, put a spike in `em! Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet—79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Customer Reviews:

Great set of wartime rarities.......2003-05-14

Spike Jones was the king of the novelty song performers, with hits like "Der Fuehrer's Face" and the parody version of "Sheik of Araby" becoming huge hits during World War II. This is a swell 3-CD set, gathering a full eighty-one of Jones' best tracks from his 1940s heyday, drawn from an extensive archive of radio broadcasts made for the Standard Transcription service. The tightness of his City Slickers band is amply demonstrated in these manic, kookily orchestrated performances. Toots, squonks, blatts and bleats whiz by at lightning speed, as one daffy song after another will delight devoted fans. Amazingly, Jones had the unusual, almost unique ability to perform a repertoire almost entirely made up of comedic material, and yet still be quite listenable and engaging. His jazz chops were hardly in question, and from time to time Jones would dash off a non-novelty ballad or two, just to give the rubes something to think about. Of course, just as often he would perform a song that *sounded* like a straight ballad, but would turn out to be another goof. (One great example of this is the sultry "Serenade To A Jerk," sung in slinky, burlesque tones by Myrtle Horwin.) This collection may seem a little overwhelming, but like his studio recordings, these radio performances have a certain brilliance and joie de vivre about them that will leave you enchanted. Definitely worth checking out!

Cure for the Blues.......2003-04-25

Here's the zaniest, wildest and just plain sickest Collectors' Choice Music exclusive yet-79 tracks from Spike Jones and his City Slickers! These represent Spike's complete Standard Transcription sides, but these tunes are anything but standard; Mr. Jones brought his full bag of tricks for these non-commercial recordings (made in Hollywood during the early `40s). Add to that the fact that most of these have never been on CD or even LP, and any lover of Spike's mayhem-filled mixture of laughs and hot licks is going to flip over this set! Notes and great pictures accompany this 3-CD walk on the wacky side from the greatest novelty band of all time.

Standard Transcription Collection.......2003-04-12

This collection has remastered material from the large stack of Standard Transcription discs from the early 1940's. There are many songs not recorded on RCA, many on the theme of wartime ("48 Reasons Why"), and the quality is excellent. The packaging is threadbare but this is an essential CD package for true music lovers.

Average customer rating: Cory's got a new fan Texas is not just rich with oil -- great music abounds Cory Morrow = A +

The Man That I Have Been Cory Morrow Manufacturer: Write on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Outside the Lines Nothing Left to Hide Double Exposure: Live Full Exposure Live (Bonus DVD) Three Days ASIN: B000059T4N Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

1. Texas Time Travelin'
2. World Through a Windshield
3. Way Things Used to Be
4. Man That I've Been
5. Nashville Blues
6. Just Like You (Grandpa's Song)
7. Broken Picture Frame
8. I'm Not Comin' Home Tonight
9. Stayin' Out Late
10. Big City Stripper
11. Drink One More Round
12. Songwriter's Lament (A Poem)

Customer Reviews:

Cory's got a new fan.......2003-10-13

I have been A Pat Green fan for a couple of years now,and I heard a lot about but never got into Cory Morrow's music.
Until, now. A buddy gave me the CD "Man That I Have Been",and man, they earned theirselves a new fan!I will be checking out his earlier CD's.If you love Texas music like I do; then this is a must buy!Cory keep up the good work!

Texas is not just rich with oil -- great music abounds.......2002-02-01

People generally tend to recall the past as being more memorable than it actually was at the time. Surely, many people today probably recall fondly a time before the 80s when music was more of an art than a production. Since time traveling is obviously impossible, perhaps the best option -- so as to experience very good music -- would be to listen to TEXAS COUNTRY. Pat Green's music definitely is a must. Just as good, and perhaps very true to its roots, is the music of Cory Morrow. Songs like "Nashville Blues" and "Texas Time Travelin'" are Texas anthems (absolutely great live, still great on disc) that will have the listener instantly hooked and singing along, even without knowing the words. Fans of Willie and Waylon will love this disk. Fans of great music will tell all of their friends about Morrow's music. N'Sync fans won't have a clue.

Cory Morrow = A +.......2002-01-21

Cory Morrow is a wonderful artist that really makes you want to get in a truck and drive the backroads of Texas.His music will make you feel good. This CD not only includes beautiful Texas country music like Texas Time Travelin but also funny songs like Drink One More Round & Big City Stripper. I highly recommend this CD as well as any other Cory Morrow CD's.

Average customer rating: one of their best albums The Hollies Exquisite Pop Ballads SOUNDS BETTER THE SECOND TIME

Write On The Hollies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music British Invasion | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Another Night Out on the Road Sing Hollies Russian Roulette Buddy Holly ASIN: B00003Q08N Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. Star
2. Write On
3. Sweet Country Calling
4. Love Is The Thing
5. I Won't Move Over
6. Narida
7. Stranger
8. Crocodile Woman (She Bites)
9. My Island
10. There's Always Goodbye
11. Boulder To Birmingham
12. Samuel
13. Star (Live)
14. My Island (Live)
15. Born To Run

Album Description

1999 anthology of recordings from '76 plus five bonus tracks 'Boulder to Birmingham', 'Samuel', 'Star' (live), 'My Island' (live) and 'Born to Run' (rare track). 15 tracks. Digipak.

Customer Reviews:

one of their best albums.......2006-09-07

the hollies never really were an album band as far as the latter
CLARKE,SYLVESTER,HICKS incarnation this was really a well rounded album .WRITE ON is a great track LOVE IS THE THING has those classic hollie harmonies in full tact.One of the finnest tracks and so underated is MY ISLAND overall a very enjoyable disc.

The Hollies.......2002-05-31

A veritable Smorgasbord of musical delight. I'm only amazed by the number of times I say to myself "The Hollies did this?" What I want to know is, where can I find the lyrics to the song "Write On"? I'm enthralled with the ease that this music flows through me. I've purchased several of their CD's and I'm sure that I'll purchase more. This album is a must have for any Hollies fan (or anyone who appreciates music). I give it the highest rating available. Enjoy listening...

Exquisite Pop Ballads.......2001-06-04

As a crazed Hollies fan, I'll be the first to admit that few of the group's albums (including Write On) are "masterpieces." So why collect the Hollies' library? They're superb at creating exquisite pop ballads with soaring vocal harmonies. "Love Is The Thing," "I Won't Move Over" and "My Island" are precious examples of melodic love songs. Few bands can equal the breathtaking heartbreak of "There's Always Goodbye." Write On bounces along gingerly with touches of funk (Star), county-pop (Sweet Country Calling) and an enticing Latin dance number (Narida). Unfortunately, the latter half of the album disappoints with the aimless "Stranger" and the breakneck tempo of "Crocodile Woman (She Bites)."

Budget conscious collectors should search for the Hollies EMI "Boxes." Released in 1995, each contains four Hollies' CDs replicating the original vinyl LP format, and selling for about forty dollars.

SOUNDS BETTER THE SECOND TIME.......2000-04-28

This was a very poorly received Hollies release around 1976. It never got properly released in the U.S. This time the CD mastering is outstanding. The sound quality really brings out the excellence of some nice compositions. The title song jumps out of the speakers and demands attention. This might possibly be the best ever application of the 2nd generation Hollies harmonies. Other great songs like the ballads "My Island", "I Wont Move Over" and "There's always goodbye", one of the best Hollies rockers ever, "Crocadile Woman" add up to a diverse collection of memorable songs. Unfortunately, there are some weaker songs that just don't hold up over the years. Some, such as the opener, "Star" are decent, but just a bit dated. Bonus tracks are a big attraction on this one. The 2 live versions are better than the studio versions, though they can also be found on the Hollies Live CD. The other 3 songs are gems. "Boulder to Birmingham" is remade in the great Hollies tradition, achingly beautiful Allan Clarke vocal with soaring harmonies. "Samuel" is too good to have not been released originally. The most surprising song is the previously unavailable on CD version of Bruce Springsteens "Born to Run". Done in the vein of "Long Cool Woman", it would have been interesting to see how it would have done as a single if released earlier. The combination of great sound quality and some excellent songwriting make this an unexpected Hollies listening pleasure. I don't understand the apathy at the time of its release. It probably has more to do with it being out of place at the time of its release. But for me, it is further evidence of the ability of the latter day Hollies to produce very good long players at a time when the top 40 hits had all dried up. All in all, a solid 3-1/2 to 4 star release superbly enhanced by the sound quality.

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Unshaken Caroline Aiken Manufacturer: Glutton for Publishment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music Acoustic Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007NJ6FA Release Date: 2002-08-06

Tracks:

1. 40,000 Headmen
2. Susan's Eyes
3. Train Ride
4. Tower of Babel
5. Ground Zero
6. Running
7. This Must Be Love
8. Mama Louise's H&H
9. Day by Day
10. After the Cantab
11. Nowhere to Run
12. Inside Out
13. Up Until Now

Product Description

Folk records that aren't super traditional usually lean toward one or more other styles, and this artist leans toward rock and blues, but in an acoustic way. In fact, it begins with a very credible cover of the Traffic classic "40,000 Headmen."

Average customer rating: You MUST listen to this guy! another excellent guitarist carries on the texas tradition BLOWN AWAY!!! AWESOME Brand-New Texas Blues "Legend"

Bad Luck and Trouble Seth James Manufacturer: Write on ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005Y8BI Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

1. Sweet Thing
2. Bad Luck & Trouble
3. House On The Hill
4. Crying At Midnight
5. Chains At My Feet
6. Going Down
7. Down & Out
8. Juke Joint
9. Sweet Baby's Gone
10. No Good

Customer Reviews:

You MUST listen to this guy!.......2006-03-07

I've been sitting here trying to find words that will express just how AWESOME the Seth James Band is, and it's hopeless. He is too good for words. Saw him and his band live Saturday night, opening for Cross Canadain Ragweed, and I was blown away. Best live band (and now that I've heard his cd) I've heard in three years. Hands down.

another excellent guitarist carries on the texas tradition.......2005-07-27

In the spirit of SRV, this is another brilliant TEXAS BLUES offering by a relative unknown. Every song is an original except the somewhat different ( and very exciting ) version of GOING DOWN SLOW. He doesn't overplay and delivers on every track. His vocals are very good and his solos have style and chops in equal measure. Once again, if you like the guitar or the blues, buy it, you'll be glad you did.

BLOWN AWAY!!!.......2004-07-13

Seth James is amazing! Heard the local DJ's raving about him, so decided to check him out. This guy is unbelievable, best guitar playing since Stevie Ray Vaughn and Santana, and his voice ain't bad either ;)! Super nice guy too, very friendly. Got my autographed CD on the spot, think I listened to it non-stop for 2 months, and it never leaves my CD changer. I see him live every chance I get!! FYI--His wife is in the biz too, back up singer for Texas artist Cory Morrow

AWESOME.......2004-05-18

Every generation needs that one special blues guitarist...and this man is IT! He also has a live CD out that is out of this
world and Seth is around to stay. I listen to this CD over and over for hours.

Brand-New Texas Blues "Legend".......2003-04-26

"Bad Luck And Trouble" is fresh, original music from a very talented singer/songwriter. However, Seth's greatest musical talent is his unbelievable guitar playing. The songs on this CD come alive during a live show, so be sure to catch him on the road.... My favorite tracks are "House On The Hill" and "Bad Luck And Trouble". Expect great things from this new artist in the future. Seth, we're looking forward to the new album, and hopefully a live album to follow!!

Average customer rating: Practically the same old thing

The Musicality of Rodgers & Hart Richard Rodgers , Lorenz Hart , and Christine Andreas Manufacturer: Jay Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Musicality of Kander & Ebb The Musicality of Porter The Musicality of Rodgers & Hammerstein The Musicality of Sondheim The Musicality of Kern ASIN: B0000AM6N1 Release Date: 2003-09-02

Tracks:

1. You Took Advantage of Me (Present Arms) - Kathryn Evans
2. There's a Small Hotel (On Your Toes) - Christine Andreas and Lara Teeter
3. Blue Moon - Kim Criswell
4. Little Girl Blue (Jumbo) - Bertice Reading
5. Manhattan (Garrick Gaieties) - Julia Shore and the Piccadilly Dance Orchestra
6. Ten Cents a Dance (Simple Simon) - Elisabeth Welch
7. I Could Write a Book (Pal Joey) - Matt Bogart and Jessica Boevers
8. Glad to Be Unhappy (On Your Toes) - Christine Andreas
9. Bewitched (Pal Joey) - Sian Phillips
10. Mountain Greenery (The Girl Friend) - Mark Hutchinson and Barbara King
11. My Heart Stood Still (One Dam Thing After Another) - Salena Jones
12. Johnny One Note (Babes in Arms) - Christiane Noll

Customer Reviews:

Practically the same old thing.......2006-12-10

The charm of a Rodgers and Hart song is the words. Rodgers was good, but without Hart, he would not be nearly as well remembered or loved. His stint with Hammerstein depended on the maudlin stupidity of Hammerstein's words attracting the vacuity of the american public. They suck. Though they do achieve a kind of amateurish poetry that other lyricists don't even try for. Hammerstein, which I've never heard anyone say before, could be quite witty. That said, this CD. I stupidly asked about the timings (I bought this through the Amazon Marketplace and consequently didn't lose much money) after I'd ordered the CD. Most of the verses and choruses of "Manhattan" and "Mt. Greenery" are, as usual, left out. "As usual." That's the phrase. This is an "as usual" collection of R&H standards. It has as far as I'm concerned only 3 things to recommend it. "Bewitched, Bothered..." is sung with the original earthy lyric which after about 65 years of the Doris Day version was a joy. I think that track, by the way, is from the English cast revival, but I'm not sure. "Small Hotel" is sung complete, all the words, including the verse and the patter. And sigh "You Took Advantage of Me" is given a wonderful rendition, I thought. The rest is pleasant, achingly familiar background music. Maybe in another 100 years or so, all (or most or lots) R&H's rarities with complete lyrics will have made it to CDs (or their equivalent), and even hopefully some more studio cast recordings of their shows. Complete. I was very disappointed in this CD, and very glad I only spent $10.50 total for it.

Average customer rating: A must have Great CD!

Broken Bones Kate McDonnell Manufacturer: Waterbug Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Singer Songwriters | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Where the Mangoes Are ASIN: B0000059V5 Release Date: 1996-01-30

Tracks:

1. Wishbone
2. Anything That Runs
3. Ordinary Man
4. Seeking Passage
5. Fallling Down
6. The Last Time Robbie Called Me
7. Long Black Veil
8. Long Time
9. New England Blues
10. Car Broke Down On Memory Lane
11. Letter From Rose Grennhow
12. Drink The Rain

Customer Reviews:

A must have.......2003-06-20

Kate McDonnell is an engaging, inventive, authentic, charismatic performer with a voice that will bowl you over with its beauty and power. On top of that, she makes me howl with laughter. Her songwriting and guitar style are exquisite. This is CD you must have.

Great CD!.......2003-05-17

Her cover of "Long Black Veil" is fantastic! I wish you could here the sample. The other tunes are good to, but frankly I would own it just for "Veil". "Wishbone" is a good song too, that's a good one to try out.

Average customer rating: Barber's wonderful, beautiful music A broad survey of Barber's wonderful music

Capricorn-The Samuel Barber Collection Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Quintets | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Concertinos | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Flute | Reeds & Winds | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001SJA Release Date: 1996-02-20

Tracks:

1. Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet & Orchestra: Allegro Ma Non Troppo
2. Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet & Orchestra: Allegretto
3. Capricorn Concerto For Flute, Oboe, Trumpet & Orchestra: Allegro Con Brio
4. Canzone
5. Fadograph Of A Yestern Scene
6. Cave Of The Heart: Media's Dance Of Vengeance
7. Adagio For Strings
8. Souvenirs: Hesitation Waltz
9. Hermit Songs: St. Ita's Vision
10. Hermit Songs: The Heavenly Banquet
11. Hermit Songs: The Crucifixion
12. Hermit Songs: Sea-Snatch
13. Hermit Songs: Promiscuity
14. Hermit Songs: The Monk And His Cat
15. Hermit Songs: The Praises Of God
16. Hermit Songs: The Desire For Hermitage
17. To Be Sung On Water
18. The Lovers: Tonight I Can Write
19. Summer Music

Customer Reviews:

Barber's wonderful, beautiful music.......2001-11-21

This is a collection of 19 works by Samuel Barber. It contains some very popular Barber works (Adagio for Strings, Medea's Meditation), some lesser known (Summer Music, The Lovers) and many I'd never heard before. All are beautiful.

This album's version of Medea's Meditation and Dance of Vengeance is surprisingly slow tempoed. It caught me off balance for a bit but it was a nice change of pace. The Hermit Songs were all instrumental only -- also nice for a change of pace. One song, "To Be Sung on Water" performed by the Oregon Repertory Singers, was absolutely glorious. "Hesitation Waltz", a piano duet, is an unusual work with emotional undercurrents that I didn't notice at first listen.

It's almost impossible these days to find an album which contains something other than the four or five most popular Barber works. This one showcases 17 of those hard-to-find pieces. What a great album!

A broad survey of Barber's wonderful music.......2001-04-05

In the history of 20th century classical music, Samuel Barber is a well-loved, if not "revolutionary", figure. His skill with the craft of melody is justly famous, and his work reflects elegance and craft; however, he was also a master of contrapuntal composition ("Adagio for Strings", aka the second movement of his String Quartet, could be used in advanced composition classes as a masterpiece of counterpoint) and a great orchestrator. His Capricorn Concerto is a jewel-like triple concerto (trumpet, flute and oboe with strings), full of rhythm, movement and light-- the second movement is especially brilliant, with delightful interplay among the solo instruments and a lovely slow section (soft strings and an exquisitely melancholy short oboe solo). The rest of the selections are also well-done and welcome (if the "Adagio" is overplayed, the "Hermit Songs" are just not performed enough!). A nice collection of Barber's high-quality oeuvre.

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