Egal [Import]

1. Scheissegal

2. Ich Will und Ich Will Dich

3. Bronze, Silber, und Gold

4. Nur Für Dich Will Ich da Sein

5. Ohne Dich Bin Ich Verloren

6. Keine Hat Mehr Wie Du

7. Einmal Noch

8. das Alles Wegen Dir

9. So Schwer War's Noch Nie

10. Verlass' Mich Nicht

11. Vielleicht Denkst du Nochmal Drüber Nach

Tracks:

Eine kleine Nachtmusik, K525: Allegro - Academy Of St Martin-In-The-Fields
Piano Concerto No.21 In C Major, K467: Andante - Radu Lupu
Le nozze di Figaro: Voi che sapete - Cecilia Bartoli
Clarinet Quintet In A Major, K581: Largetto - Peter Schmidl
Ave verum Corpus, K618 - James Vivian
Vesperae solennes de confessore in C major: Laudate Dominum - Emma Kirkby
Concerto For Flute And Harp In C Major: Andantino - Lisa Beznosiuk
Le nozze di Figaro: Overture - London Philharmonic Orchestra
Cosi fan tutte: Trio: Soava sia il vento - Renee Fleming
Symphony No.39 in E-flat Major, K495: Andante con moto - Chicago Symphony
Horn Concerto: Rondo - Barry Tuckwell
Don Giovanni: Serenade Deh, vieni alla finestra - Bryn Terfel
Contredanse In C Major, K609 No.1 'Non piu andrai' - Vienna Mozart Ensemble
German Dance, K605 No.3 'Sleigh Ride' - Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Piano Concerto No.23 In A Major, K488: Adagio - Vladimir Ashkenazy
A Musical Joke, K522: Presto - Vienna Mozart Ensemble

Tracks:

Symphony No.40 In G Minor, K550: Molto allegro - Vienna Philharmonic
Piano Sonata No.16 In C Major: Allegro - Andras Schiff
The Magic Flute: Queen Of The Night: Der Holle Rache - Sumi Jo
Clarinet Concerto In A Major, K622: Adagio - Franklin Cohen
Don Giovanni: La ci darem la mano - Cecilia Bartoli
Serenade in Bb Major, K361: Adagio - London Wind Soloists
Der Vogelfanger bin ich ja - Hermann Prey
Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono - Kiri Te Kanawa
Violin Concerto No.3 in G Major, K216: Adagio - Joshua Bell
Requiem, K626: Lacrimosa - Vienna Philharmonic
Litaniae de venerabili altaris sacramento: Dulcissimum convivium - Margaret Marshall
Piano Sonata No.11 In A Major, K331: Rondo alla turca - Andras Schiff
Don Giovanni: Champagne aria: Fin ch'chan dal vino - Bryn Terfel
Divertimento No.17 in D Major, K334: Minuet & trio - Vienna Mozart Ensemble
Exsultate, jubilat, K165: Alleluja - Leontyne Price
Symphony No.41 In C Major, K551 'Jupiter': Finale: Molto allegro - Vienna Philharmonic

Customer Reviews:

Gorgeous music, bad quality cd........2007-04-13

The music is Mozart's and is fantastic. The last piece on the first disc
stutters halfway through, and seizes up my system. I don't have time to return items to Amazon. On the positive side, most of the time Amazon provides quality products and service. I gave 3 stars because I love the music.

Great music, low quality reproduction.......2007-01-30

this is a great collection of his work... the only problem i have found so far is that my copy has irritating "clicks" over the recording.

A nice introduction.......2006-02-22

This is a good well rounded collection to dip you into the classical world of Mozart.

Mozart is the reference point for good classical music........2005-10-20

A good collection of his best work and I find it helps me focus when I'm writing or contempating life.

"We exposed these animals [rats] in utero and then sixty days after birth to different types of auditory stimulation and then we ran them in a spatial maze. And sure enough, the animals that were exposed to the Mozart completed the maze faster and with fewer errors. And now what we're doing is we're removing their brains so we can slice them and see neuro-anatomically precisely what has changed as a function of this exposure. So it may be that this intense exposure to the music is a type of enrichment that has similar effects on the spatial areas of the hippocampus of the brain." --Dr. Frances Rauscher

Dr. Frances Rausher sums up what I feel happening when I expose myself to this incredible composer (Mozart).

I have yet to grow tired of any of the tracks yet, but I will invest in more of his work soon.

Mozart's music.......2005-10-17

This is a review of Mozart's music, not the cd. Mozart is praised to the skies by all and sundry, including most musicians, including my father, who no doubt has his reasons. But my feeling about Mozart has always been that there is nothing in Mozart's music that is other than music. There is no logical impressionism, there are no events that seem to be transpiring as in, for example, Beethoven. Mozart is just music. Mozart is to music as pure mathematics is to science. It hints of nothing else and has no application. I find some of his music irritatingly trivial, for example, Eine Kleine Nachtmuzic. This is mechanical music that one can imagine being piped in by a totalitarian government that insists everyone be cheerful. If Disneyland was an eighteenth century totalitarian state, Mozart would be its Muzak. The populace would be awakened, like Chinese train passengers, at 6AM by the strains of some allegro. They would arise and busy themselves with their ablutions in a state of thoughtless cheer, never for one moment leaving the surface of things. That being said, the second movement of Mozart's clarinette concerto is the music that one will hear on going into heaven.

Children's Classics - Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf/ Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/ Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

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Great CD -- Take if from a music teacher!
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Children's Classics - Prokofiev: Peter & The Wolf/ Saint-Saens: Carnival of the Animals/ Britten: Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra

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Tracks:

Peter and the Wolf, Op.67 - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil
Carnival of the Animals: Introduction and Royal March of the Lion - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: Hens and Cocks - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: Wild Asses - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: Tortoises - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: The Elephant - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: Kangaroos - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: Aquarium - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal/David Hopper
Carnival of the Animals: Personages with Long Ears - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: The Cuckoo in the Heart of the Woods - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal/Paul Green
Carnival of the Animals: Aviary - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal/Paula Robison
Carnival of the Animals: Paianists - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Carnival of the Animals: Fossils - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal/Paul Green/Tony Cirone
Carnival of the Animals: The Swan - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal/Gary Karr
Carnival of the Animals: Final - Leonard Bernstein/New York Phil/Ruth&Naomi Segal
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Theme A. Allegro maestoso e largamente (Full Orch
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Theme B. (Woodwinds)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Theme C. (Brass)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Theme D. (Strings)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Theme E. (Percussion)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Theme F. (Full Orch)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation A. (Piccolo&Flutes)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation B. Lento (Oboes)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation C. Moderato (Clarinets)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation D. Allegro alla marcia (Bassoons)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation E. Brillante - alla polacca (Violins)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation F. Meno mosso (Violas)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation G. (Cellos)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation H. Comminciando lento ma poco a poco...
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation I. Maestoso (Harp)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation J. L'istesso tempo (French Horns)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation K. Vivace (Trumpets)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation L. Allegro pomposo (Trombones&Tuba)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Variation M. Moderato (Percussion)
Variations and Fugue on a Theme of Purcell, Op.34: Fugue. Allegro molto (Full Orch)

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As one would expect from the man who made Young People's Concerts famous, Leonard Bernstein's vintage 1960 treatment of this classic kids' piece is magically engaging. Lenny narrates it himself, and draws a radiant performance from the Philharmonic. --Ted Libbey

Customer Reviews:

Welcome to A Day in My Classroom.......2007-07-11

I'm starting each morning listening to Leonard Bernstein....teaching summer school with my Migrant 1st graders way out on a coast in CA almost on one of the the Channel Islands. Going over to Anacapa is right now going straight as an eagle from this perch, it lies just there, from where I sit right now. I'm longing to go walk there, to walk by myself in a gray unfocused morning. I love islands in many ways, all but in one way, isolation can be so very lonely. Can be reflective....opps off topic.... And this morning we are listening to pieces from this CD, it is so rich...so richly layered with fossils and bones of my days growing up in an childhood orchestra..in town with this provided by community for children. Here where I am in Oxnard in my hood it is a desert of none of this for my baby "poor" kids. No one is coming in to teach them the beauty of this music, so I resort to this CD (and other pieces) to try weave my tapestry threadbare it is. I absolutely love this as a way to calm, and bring music to children. Music so dear to me, so classic I find words evade me. I feel it.
He narrates the orchestra pieces introducing the stories, themes, giving away the inside jokes for those of us unable to know them, pointing at the musical possibilities and the invention used by the composers. I'll save playing the 1st Peter and the Wolf for now, I associate it with winter. But as a child I narrated this(Peter and the Wolf I mean) using this text so it also is a bit startling, four seasons I think for our community orchestra presentations-well had my parts to narrate(all school classes bussed in to see it) under Mrs. Portenoy whose husband was the University conductor. An excellent and exacting one. Enid Portenoy was also my dance teacher. (Something Dad said was free association dance, or running around like mustangs when he'd pick me up on time to see us finish with our gallop- to him an utter waste of time -which to this day I remember as time well spent). Four years old to 14 I so benefited from this family's role in developing community orchestra in Morgantown, WVa.In showing me pieces that are found on this CD.

I find Bernstein's voice here a delight, and his insights so warm. And a bit quirky too. In that very, very good way.I love his voice actually. It hesitates and has a kind of awkward touch. And of course it's a voice from my key of life. At one point he tells one bit about musical story in the Carnival as we await the Swan, so unexpected on double bass....yet it sings in beauty. Able to solo on something no one else can imagine possible.
No one could imagine.
In those Saint-Saens narrations one also finds the word...finds Jackasses,(teacher may need to know that) and in the Jackasses piece also finds the the Cookoo. I play both parts daily and love this for a perfect description of myself. Really it's worth the listen. Any parent or teacher should own this for children. Great riding in a car.. Please. Rather hard for the 2nd language students, perhaps....right now..... the Saint-Saens is cracking me up. They WILL get it, one day. I will help.

I'll use this every morning, over and over and over and over until as if by magic we gain insights, understandings. But the breath and beauty is just remarkable to me. Some do see with calculated eye. Within the music which plays through my being is the artistry that has me so soul enraptured. With my violin I will try a bit of this tomorrow for us. In person.

Orchestra Guide Music.......2006-11-04

Classical children's introduciton to orchestral music; this version is well-performed, and eminently suitable for portable CD players.

Good Music But Poor Story Telling!.......2005-08-09

Bernstein is usually good at communicating the essence of classical Music.Listen to his exposition of Beethoven's 3rd Symphony in the sony classical Release-"How A Great Symphony was Written".Here however he seems to be totally confused whether he is the conductor or Story Teller and struggles to make a Start!He starts tentatively with a Quiz!
For a superb story telling and terrific performance I strongly recommend Lorin Maazel with the French National Orchestra,A DG release(MUSIKFEST LABEL).The narration by Alec Clunes is absolutely delightful.Thank you very much Mr Alec Clunes!The voice modulation and characterisation is spontaneous and infectitious!Lorin maazel does a neat job with Britten's "Young Person's Guide to The Orchestra".Highly recommended for repeated Listening.

Great CD -- Take if from a music teacher!.......2004-02-11

I am an elementary music teacher, and I use all three of these works in my classroom. "Peter and the Wolf" is a great introduction to classical music for my kindergarten and first grade, and Britten's "Young Persons Guide" is a great way to introduce the instruments of the orchestra. "Carnival of the Animals" is a hit with all of my students.

I have individual recordings of each of these works at school, but I still prefer to bring in my Bernstein CD from home. There is something truly excellent about the Bernstein narration; his calm manner reminds me of another of my heroes, Fred Rogers.

I especially enjoy that Bernstein chose to include young people (ages 13 to 23) in "Carnival of the Animals." The kids are really excited to hear someone close to their age.

Maybe Bernstein isn't new or flashy, but he is a welcome break from the copious flash in my students' lives.

A Parent.......2001-08-21

It's a five star in my 4 year-old's eyes. She absolutely loves Peter and the Wolf. The best CD I've bought her yet.
Update: Now over a year later, my daughter still loves this CD. She has me play it for her EVERY DAY when I take her home from kindergarten. We've sampled other versions, but we both think that Bernstein's version is the BEST. In spite of the other reviewer's opinion, we believe he did a masterful job "telling" the story rather that sounding like he's reading it. The instrumental performance is superior and never loses her interest. Some of the other versions sound like they were recorded in a tin can. This one is superb.
She likes the Carnival of the Animals (esp. the LION), but she prefers Peter and the Wolf.

Tracks:

Main Theme
Opening Titles
Atrus' Study
Saavedro Enters
Saavedro's Theme
Heartbeat Away
Saavedro's Lair
Theme [From Amateria]
Spider Spinner
Libra's Lever
Wheels of Wonder
Theme [From Edanna]
Deadwood Ridge
Swing Vines
Forest and the Swamp
Theme [From Voltaic]
Airship Chasm
Energy Island
Confrontation
He Sees Hope
Let Me Go!
You've Been Followed
Into Oblivion
All Is Lost
Trapped
Tide Has Turned
Dilemma
All Is Well, My Friend
Going Home
Exile [*]

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Experience the music of Myst III: Exile! Composed and conducted by Jack Wall, this CD features more than 30 music selections from the game performed by the Northwest Sinfonia Orchestra in Seattle.

Customer Reviews:

A great companion to the game.......2006-07-17

This CD is well worth the buy, especially as a companion to the game. The music is haunting and joyous, the perfect sound for the right place in the game. The music in the game can be easily heard, and, if you've played the game, you can really see where the music is placed in the game while listening to it.

The long version of the "Main Theme" is not heard in the game, just a shorter version at the end. This song was not very appealing to me, as it just didn't have the same feel as the other songs. "Opening Titles" is a shorter version of this with a little bit of a different instrument mix. This is heard at the beginning, and you can definitely tell where Atrus is supposed to be talking, because that part is just repeated verses. "Atrus' Study" is the music heard while in Atrus' study. This sounded more familiar, because the same song without the percussion is used for the J'nanin Theme, omitted from the soundtrack (probably because of the similarity). "Saavedro Enters" is the short cue heard when Saavedro enters the study and sets it on fire.

"Saavedro's Theme" and "A Heartbeat Away" are mainly heard while searching for a way to get into the observatory, and have a similar tense but almost serene feeling. "Saavedro's Lair" has a more tense, echo-ey feeling to it.

"Theme from Amateria" sounds almost ambient, but strong. You can almost see a vision of the purple clouds and ocean with the red pagodas and the store. "Libra's Lever" is more serene sounding; it almost sounds like you've solved something and are ready to move on. "The Spider Spinner" is more ambient, and you can almost hear the water rippling in the background. "The Wheels of Wonder" is very haunting; it's my favorite piece in the game. You hear it when you're solving the final two puzzles in Amateria.

"Theme from Edanna" is a little bit more fun-sounding. It sounds almost sunny. "Deadwood Ridge" is a little bit more ambient, and sounds more like the Nature Age. "The Swing Vine" has a nice violin solo, with some Edanna-like background. "The Forest and the Swamp" sounds almost like you're about to emerge from the darkness into the sun, with not much of a melody, but many joyous sounding background sounds.

"Theme from Voltaic" has a nice melody, and there are many background noises that definitely make it sound like the Energy Age. There is some background singing, also. The background noises and melody are almost haunting, but some part of the whole thing almost makes you want to get up and move around. "The Airship Chasm" is a little bit more ambient; there's a background noise that you can really hear in the game. Because of that, you can positively identify the music from that part of the game. The beginning melody of "Energy Island" made me skeptical that this was from Voltaic, but I soon recognized the rest of it.

Many of the Narayan songs are a lot like each other, and they're hard to place in the game. "The Confrontation" is from when you finally confront Saavedro on Narayan, he realizes that you're not Atrus, and threatens you. It almost sounds blank without him talking, but the different instruments at different times tell his emotions while talking. This one is actually pretty good. The same case with "He Sees Hope," which is from when Saavedro sees that Narayan is still alive, but then realizes he needs your help to get to it. The piece ends with a bit on confusion, then anger. "Let Me Go!," "You've Been Followed," "Into Oblivion," and "All is Lost" are haunting, with a feel of despair and anger, and it bothers me that I cannot place these in the game. "Trapped" is from when you trap Saavedro, and you can completely feel the despair. "The Tide has Turned" has a feel of despair and anger from Saavedro, but it shows your power over him also. "The Dilemma," also known as the main Narayan theme, is from when you decide what to do with him. It has the same feeling as the previous song, plus a bit of puzzlement, and those feelings grow greater as the song plays longer. "All is Well, my Friend" does not portray that all is well, and I know I heard it in the game, I just can't figure out where. "Going Home" is a nice piece for when Saavedro rides joyously to the alive Narayan.

This is a great buy, especially if you have played the game. There is a bonus track, but it does not add anything to the soundtrack, although it is a nice song. I recommend this CD to everybody who has beaten Myst III: Exile, and maybe those who haven't but like this genre of music. Jack Wall also wrote the Myst IV: Revelation Soundtrack, which is wonderful as well, but unfortunately Amazon doesn't sell it!

Don't be fooled, it's classic stuff........2003-10-11

Composer Jack Wall took over scoring duties from Robyn Miller for Myst III, and although he takes the music in an entirely new direction, the main Myst jingle is still in there. But it's now evolved into something a whole lot more involving and effective.

Replacing the eerie, isolated atmosphere of Riven are a huge orchestra, angelic children's choirs, seductive string solos and the ever intriguing duduk, probably the coolest sounding musical instrument ever. Listening to the score to Myst III is like being taken thru dozens of different moods and feelings. It's an experience on its own. You'll feel power, sadness, loneliness and love.

It's not just limited to the game either. Myst III is strong enough to stand on its own and will surely one day be performed as an opera. The CD went out of print pretty quickly but I implore you to find a copy pronto. It lasts for 57 minutes and contains 30 tracks. Tho it's a shame that the unused tracks and the awesome music for the Myst III trailer are not featured, tho they are available from Jack Wall's website.

A perfect accompaniment to a great game.......2003-09-14

This is a beautiful and colorful soundtrack to go with the beautiful and colorful worlds of Exile. I love the addition of wind and strings to the usual synthesizer music, which was great by itself but better with real instruments. It always fits the mood of the environment perfectly, and is noticeable without being obtrusive. It's one of the things that I love most about the game itself, and I love having the soundtrack to listen do while I draw. It's quite inspiratinal.

The soundtrack is pretty mellow but Dope!.......2002-09-06

Incorporates some mellow music and some gothic tracks. I put it in for some mellow but dark background music while writing or whatever. I thought it was a pretty sweet overall and I haven't even played the game.

A Masterpiece of Mystery.......2002-06-12

The music of Myst III perfectly captures the mysterious essence of the game. Some pieces are a slowly flowing vision of dark beauty while others are metallic and ominous. Jack Wall, the composer, masterfully mixes Arab, African, Chinese, and Western themes and then adds the final cavernous echo with synthesizers and other sound effects in the background. The result is an impressive collection of atmospheres that gives life to the meticulously crafted worlds of Myst. Jack Wall's score is complex and intriguing. Its use of multiple instruments and styles makes it difficult to classify into any one genre. The music simply is Myst; haunting, serene, silken, and lonely.

Haydn, Hummel, David, Wgenseil: Concertos for Trumpet & Trombone

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Haydn, Hummel, David, Wgenseil: Concertos for Trumpet & Trombone

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Release Date: 2005-04-12

Album Description

"ALERT AND INVIGORATING PERFORMANCES OF TWO OLD FRIENDS: The subtle inflections Jeffrey Segal brings to the trumpet's only genuine Classical concertos, the Haydn and Hummel, is just what the catalogue needs. His musical line is seamlessly stylish, velvety in its natural lyricism and boasting an attack as clean as a whistle.

Both works are blessed with gorgeous orchestration although its essence is habitually under-explored in most recordings. But not with David Zinman and his characterful Zurich players who relish the dialogues between wind and trumpet in the Hummel and an unforced transparency of strings in the Haydn, as well as delighting in lively and unpredictable articulation. It really is a testament to how a vigorous imagination can still render old warhorses afresh. Brass specialists will also enjoy the original E major key of the Hummel (unrecognised in the documentation) which makes sense of the irradiating textures...Bertoncello's legato playing is truly melting and the buoyant Allegro lifts the spirits." -GRAMOPHONE (March 2005)

Australian-born Jeffrey Segal was performing professionally as a trumpeter by age 17. A student of the legendary Edward Tarr, he became solo trumpeter with the Lausanne Chamber Orchestra in 1991. He became principal trumpet of the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürich, in 1996.

Also from Australia, Michael Bertoncello took up the trombone at age 13, after studying the euphonium for six years! Bertoncello soloed with all the Australian orchestras, then the Civic Orchestra of Chicago and the Tonhalle Orchestra, Zürich, where he was named principal trombonist in 2001.

Tracks:

Overture
You Mustn't Kick It Around - Harold Lang
I Could Write a Book - Harold Lang & Beverly Fite
That Terrific Rainbow - Barbara Ashley
What Is a Man? - Vivienne Segal
Happy Hunting Horn - Harold Lang
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered - Vivienne Segal
Pal Joey (What Do I Care for a Dame?) /Joey Looks into the Future - Harold Lang & orchestra
Zip - Jo Hurt
Plant You Now, Dig You Later - Kenneth Remo & Barbara Ashley
In Our Little Den - Vivienne Segal & Harold Lang
Do It the Hard Way - Kenneth Remo
Take Him - Vivienne Segal & Beverly Fite
Finale (Bewitched/I Could Write a Book) - Vivienne Segal & Harold Lang
Bewitched (bonus) - Vivienne Segal performs and talks to Mike Wallce on the radio show "Stage Struck
I Could Write a Book (bonus) - Harold Lang (from the TV show "Star of Stars")

Customer Reviews:

Classic R&H.......2007-06-26

And by "H" I mean HART! Every music theatre person should be familiar with this show, and this recording is well worth having.

Very good version of a very good show.......2006-07-31

Maybe I shouldn't be writing this review just yet, as although I've heard other versions of Pal Joey, I've not heard any except this one in a long time, so I can't compare and contrast versions to recommend one over another very well. I did see the film again not too long ago, and believe that I preferred those versions of these songs, but I'd have to hear it again, and as far as I know, the film soundtrack isn't available on CD, anyway. At any rate, no matter how good other versions are, this one is good, too, so it's worth picking up if you're a fan of this music, or older Broadway music in general.

Track 1, "Overture" 4/5
This is your standard Broadway overture. There's nothing particularly unusual about it, but it's certainly competent with a couple interesting rearrangements of the songs that will follow.

Track 2, "You Mustn't Kick It Around" 4/5
Harold Lang, who sings the part of Joey on this "studio cast" recording, has a very pleasant, "clean" tenor voice. This is not one of Rodgers and Hart's best melodies in the show, especially as a couple of them are masterpieces, but it's nice enough, and the arrangement/orchestration of the verses is very unusual and effective with the "start/stop" chords. The instrumental bridge features impressive horn ensemble work.

Track 3, "I Could Write a Book" 5/5
One of the masterpieces from the show. It's a gorgeous, serpentine melody. This is a song that has deservedly become a jazz standard. The arrangement here is very mellow, heavy on strings and woodwinds, with a bridge sung by Beverly Fite that's almost classical. The second time through the principal melody, also sung by Fite, the arrangement retains some of those traditional classical nuances. Very nice, and very different from the typical jazz standard way of approaching the song.

Track 4, "That Terrific Rainbow" 3/5
This is a bawdy, burlesque number. The intro is played with a lot of appropriate near-overblowing by the horn section, and there's a nice clarinet solo weaving its way through the changes. Barbara Ashley takes the vocal with a very campy delivery. It fits the song. The main flaw here is that this type of material was already fairly clichéd in the early 50s. Although it's competently done here, I would have preferred some artistic stretching from Rodgers and Hart.

Track 5, "What is a Man?" 4/5
There are a number of very unusual, subtle-but-hip harmonic changes in this song, which also has a nice melody. The harmonic changes often suggest key or modality changes without actually being key or modality changes. The bridge takes a brief stylistic left turn that works for the show dramatically.

Track 6, "Happy Hunting Horn" 5/5
Lots of interesting stylistic and rhythmic changes throughout this song. It has a catchy, bouncing groove overall, and also a very catchy melody that quotes from/modifies a couple different folk/traditional melodies, including traditional hunting horn and bugling melodies, appropriately enough.

Track 7, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" 5/5
The other masterpiece from this show, and my personal favorite. In fact, it's one of my favorite songs of all time, and also a jazz standard that I love playing. The principal melody employs one of my favorite devices--a kind of ostinato with changing harmonies beneath it. Like "I Could Write A Book", this has a lush string arrangement, with some nicely contrasting muted brass parts, that fits well with the show overall. Vivienne Segal approaches the vocal almost operatically.

Track 8, "Pal Joey (What Do I Care for a Dame?)" 5/5
An intriguing melody in that the verses consist of a single note repeated for four bars before rising chromatically with another repeated note for the next four bars, then suggesting it's going to do it a third time before resolving into a more standard melody. The second verse repeats the theme, but with higher pitches, reflecting the structure more broadly. This is a very catchy song, well arranged. The instrumental bridge is especially impressive, with some very modern sounding orchestration and harmonies--almost Stravinskian at times. The coda features a beautifully and bombastically orchestrated reprise of "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered".

Track 9, "Zip" 4/5
Speaking of Stravinsky, there's a reference to him in the lyrics to this song, with a very funny orchestral blast right after his name. This is the primary novelty number of the show. It's fairly traditional as that, but there are a couple wonderful outside pitches--again inserted pretty subtly--in the melody. Nicely orchestrated. The singing, this time by Jo Hurt, is campy again, as it should be.

Track 10, "Plant You Now, Dig You Later" 3/5
The second low point. It's not a bad song, but it's fairly generic.

Track 11, "(In Our Little) Den of Iniquity" 4/5
If anything could be called "Broadway Opera", this song would fit that description perfectly. There's nothing particularly unusual happening musically, but it's an attractive song, nicely arranged and performed.

Track 12, "Do It the Hard Way" 4/5
The beginning of the phrases on the chorus are very unusual rhythmically, especially given the arrangement, and pleasant melodically. A nice song, overall.

Track 13, "Take Him" 3.5/5
Very traditional, but competent. Maybe a trifle overlong.

Track 14, "Finale" 5/5
The two best songs, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" and "I Could Write a Book" are reprised again and combined in maybe the best arrangements of them in this version of Pal Joey. A beautiful ending to a very good show.

Bad blurb for the album`.......2005-11-06

You state: "However, cast recordings were not a regular practice in the 1950's. Columbia Producer Goddard Lieberson rectified this 10 years later...NO! You must have meant in the 1940's. I saw PAL JOEY about a dozen times in 1952. I had two friends in the cast Lionel Stander and Beverly Bozeman (who took over the part of Gladys Bumps). I have the cd of this and many of the songs are not in order or left out. Check the CD again! Did Jane Frohman really sing the part of Vera on disc?

Roger Myers
rpm104@verizon.net

Jane Froman.......2005-08-12

I love Jane Froman in the lead. She had such a glorious voice and knew how to use it. This cast is available with the With A Song in My Heart album for anyone who is interested.

Leave it to Jane!.......2004-06-10

Sorry gang but I can not possibly disagree more with the majority view. I greatly prefer the Jane Froman/Dick Beavers "Pal Joey" (ASIN B00000DR94, sadly, mostly out of print CD) to the Vivienne Segal. Jane had a most beautiful voice. She sings 'What Is a Man?' and 'Bewitched...' with just the right combination of yearning and cynicism. Vivienne was the original 'Vera' but who cares? Her deep basso has, trust me, turned off many theatre
addicts to "Pal Joey" entirely. The neutered '57 film is NOT to be hated; it has helped to keep the "real" play alive. Thanx, H

Chicago Revisited: Live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase

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Don't Fix It If Ain't Broke!

Chicago Revisited: Live at Joe Segal's Jazz Showcase
Ahmad Jamal
Manufacturer: Telarc
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003D3Q
Release Date: 1993-02-23

Tracks:

All The Things You Are
Daahoud
Tater Pie
Bellows
Blue Gardenia
Dance To The Lady
Be My Love
Where Are You
Lullaby Of Birdland

Customer Reviews:

Don't Fix It If Ain't Broke!.......2002-12-11

That could well apply to the music on this cd when compared to the first Ahmad Jamal recording I heard from 34 years earlier. I don't mean to imply that he hasn't gotten better.......rather he has retained the same inventiveness, the embellishments to the melody, the timing and the jazz style that are now his trademark.

There are mostly familiar tunes on this album but my favorite is a lengthy (12+ minutes) original which captivates the audience into clapping with the beat. This one also features some outstanding bass work by John Heard. Another favorite is "Blue Gardenia", forever associated by me with two fine singers, Nat Cole and Dinah Washington.

If you enjoy a good jazz trio or the work of Ahmad Jamal in particular, you will enjoy this!

Sh'ma Yisrael
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Truly Spiritual

Sh'ma Yisrael
Barry Segal
Manufacturer: GOTN/Integrity Music
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Jerusalem Arise

The Power of Worship from the Land of Israel

Elohim: Experience Worship from the Heart of Israel

The Watchman

ASIN: B0007A9Q6W
Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

Shma Yisrael (Deut 6:4)
Old City Of Jerusalem (Documentary)
Baruch Haba (Matthew 23:39)
Hallelu Et Adonai (Psalm 117)
Hineh Lo Yanum (Psalm 121:4)
Kadosh (Revelation 4:8)
Kumi Ori (Isaiah 60:1-2)
Lema An TZion (Isaiah 62:1)
She Haelohim (John 1:29)
Shiviti Adonai (Psalm 16:8-9)
Esa Einai (Psalm 121:1-2)
Uv-ShaAvtem Mayim (Isaiah 12:3)
Hava Nagila
Hodu LAdonai (Psalm 136:1-3)

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14 songs of Messianic praise: Sh'ma Yisrael,Old city of Jerusalem,Baruch Haba,Hallelu et adonai,Hineh lo yanum,kadosh,Kumi ori,Lema'an Tzion,Seh haelohim,Shiviti adonai,Esa einai,Uv-sha'avtem mayim,hava nagila,Hodu L'adonai

Customer Reviews:

Truly Spiritual.......2005-02-01

I first heard this album back in the 90s on a cassette tape that my mom had bought. She was so amazed by it, that she had to show me. When I heard it, I was amazed. Now I have it on CD. The music is so beautiful and spirtually moving. I love to sing along to it even though some of the words are still hard for me to pronounce. LOL I highly recommend this album.

Jean Françaix: L'Horloge de Flore; Trio; Quartets

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Françaix Chamber Music, Most of It Featuring Oboe or English Horn

Jean Françaix: L'Horloge de Flore; Trio; Quartets

Manufacturer: Cpo Records
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Binding: Audio CD

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Casino Royale (Two-Disc Widescreen Edition)

ASIN: B000IY068Y
Release Date: 2006-11-21

Tracks:

Trios Heures. Galant De Jour
Cinq Heures. Cupidone Bleue
Dix Heures. Cierge A Grande Fleures
Douze Heures. Nycthanthe Du Malabar
Dix-Sept Heures. Belle De Nuit
Dix-Neuf Heures. Geranium Triste
Vingt Et Un Heures. Silene Noctiflore
Allegro Vivace
Andante Tranquillo
Vivace Assai
Andantino
Allegro Giocoso
Adagio. Allegro Moderato - Francaix Trio
Scherzo. Risoluto - Francaix Trio
Andante - Francaix Trio
Finale - Francaix Trio
Allegretto Vivace - Parisii Quartett
Andante - Parisii Quartett
Scherzo. Presto - Parisii Quartett
Allegretto Moderato - Sub Lento E Molto Sostenuto - Parisii Quartett

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Françaix Chamber Music, Most of It Featuring Oboe or English Horn.......2006-12-14

The music of Jean Françaix (1912-1997) has long been special favorite of mine. For some reason I haven't been able to fathom his music has been more favored by German record labels than those of his native France. Wergo issued a whole series of LPs and then CDs with his music, and now here comes cpo with a delightful collection of some of his chamber music, most of it featuring the playing of oboist/English hornist Lajos Lencsés who, in spite of his Hungarian name and his position as principal oboe in the NDR Radio Symphony, is essentially a French player, having studied at the Paris Conservatoire. He uses a French oboe (and cor anglais) and clearly uses reeds in the French style, so that his sound is quintessentially French. This perfectly matches Françaix's style.

The most familiar work here is the charming 'L'Horloge de flore' ('The Flower Clock'), a suite that contains seven pieces each of which depicts a flower whose blooms open at specific times of day. For instance, the galant de jour opens at 3AM, the cupidone bleue at 5AM and right on through to the silène noctiflore which opens at 9PM. A suite for oboe solo and chamber orchestra (here the orchestra is the NDR SO under the direction of Uri Segal), this is music that could easily be thought to be by one of Les Six. Delicate, spry, witty, charming. And beautifully played by Lencsés and colleagues.

The Quartet for English Horn, Violin, Viola and Cello is also light-hearted. Unusually the English horn, in addition to being used in its typical melancholy manner, becomes a prankster, particularly in the helter-skelter Scherzo. The strings are members of the Parisii Quartet. The Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano is probably my favorite work here, if only because I'm an old pianist and this is the only work with piano, played nimbly here by Françaix's daughter, Claude. The fine bassoonist is György Lakatos and he really shines in the gorgeous Andante. The Trio's scherzo burbles along in such good humor that I recommend it as medicine for anyone who is downhearted.

The String Quartet, played here by the Parisii Quartet, is a 12 minute miniature that nonetheless consists of the usual four movements. Françaix wrote this at age 22 and dedicated it to his parents, who were his first music teachers, and to the woman with whom he was in love and who became his wife. His expansive spirits are present throughout.

Even if you don't know any of Françaix's music (and let's face, he's not as well-known as I wish he were) you almost certainly will not be disappointed with this issue. It's definitely a keeper.

Strongly recommended.

Scott Morrison

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1st rate Telemann, excellent, warm sound

Telemann: Overtures, Sonatas, Concertos

Manufacturer: MD&G Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001ZWKQG
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Tracks:

Largo
Allegro
Andante
Presto
Largo
Allegro
Grave
Allegro
Adagio
Allegro
Largo
Presto
Lento
Allegro
Largo
Allegro
Ouverture
Gavotte
Loure
Rejouissance
La Bravoure
Menuet I/II
Rodomontade

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1st rate Telemann, excellent, warm sound.......2006-02-12

It is a fair criticism of some period instrument recordings that the strings sound "edgy" or overly bright. Much as I enjoy Musica Antiqua Koln, for example, I don't think their sound, as represented by their recordings, is as flattering, or pleasant, as they sound live. It is indeed bright, and on the wrong hi-fi, edgy and wearing.

The German label MDG has been getting good press for their recording quality, and this recording is a great example of why that is so. It is one of the warmest and richest recordings of a period instrument group that I have heard. Happily, that group, Musica Alta Ripa, is first rate. It is a small ensemble--there are 11 players on this record, including a wonderful bassoon "guest" artist, and they utilize not only a harpsichord, but a theorbo or baroque guitar in the continuo part.

And how can you go wrong with Telemann? Most of this disc consists of music for strings (pleasantly interrupted by a concerto for recorder, bassoon and strings). It is as good a cross-section of Telemann's work as this listener has encountered, with the possible exception of the best of Telemann's Tafelmusic.

Strongly recommended, especially for listeners who have been disappointed by period performances in the past.

Phantom Of The Opera: Music From The Motion Picture (1989 Film)

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Atmospheric, beautiful, and haunting.
The Phantom of the Opera 1989 Motion Picture Soundtrack
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Phantom Of The Opera: Music From The Motion Picture (1989 Film)
Misha Segal
Manufacturer: Restless Records
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ASIN: B000003BGY
Release Date: 1993-07-01

Tracks:

Phantom of the Opera-Main Title Theme
Hellbound
Don Juan Triumphant/Travel Through Time
Christine's Decision
Young Phantom's Piano Etude
Carlotta's Head
Pact with the Devil
Maddie
Phantom On Fire
The Jewel Song
The Phantom's Face
Mott Stalks the Phantom
Richard Gets Killed
Graveyard Violin
What's In The Closet
The Wedding
The Cursed Manuscript
Ride To The Cemetary
Intruders
Phantom of the Opera-End Title Theme

Customer Reviews:

Atmospheric, beautiful, and haunting........2005-01-09

With the new Andrew Lloyd Weber Phantom movie in theatres, I hope more people can start paying attention to this hidden little gem of a soundtrack.

When I watched the movie on TV a long, long time ago, the thing that stuck in my mind the most was the music. Imagine my surprise when I stumbled across this CD by accident while cruising Amazon.com.

The main theme, played in Don Juan Triumphant, Graveyard Violin, and the Finale, is one of the most darkly beautiful themes I've heard. Graveyard Vioin is simply amazing, escalating from a wonderfully played solo violin into the theme being played by the entire orchestra. Other highlights of this album include the songs sung by wonderful vocalist, Nancy Fontana: The Jewel Song and Don Juan Triumphant.

Don't get turned off by the fact that this soundtrack is to a 15 year old slasher movie starring a very Freddy Kreuger-like Robert Englund. No cheesy sound effects here: Misha Segal's full orchestral music is top-notch, multitextured and haunting, which lends a dark and lush gravity to the movie. And it holds its ground strongly as a stand-alone soundtrack, which is probably why this is still available in stores.

Compared to the Andrew Lloyd Weber musical, I feel that this soundtrack is much, much darker and bleaker. To me, this captures more of the feeling of the novel.

The Phantom of the Opera 1989 Motion Picture Soundtrack.......2002-10-03

After seeing the major motion picture of the 1989 version of Phantom of the Opera with Robert Englund, I was a little disapointed with the film itself because it really didn't follow the past versions or the novel as well. But I was very impressed with the music. I then tracked down the soundtrack for the motion picture. Misha Segal did a very good job for creating the score. Harriet Schock does well on the vocals for "Don Juan Triumphant" and the soundtrack was more malevolent and holds up very well on CD. Though I was disaponited that it didn't have the score for one scene in the film where the opera critic is killed. That is one of my favorite music scenes in the film and was hoping it would be on the soundtrack, but it wasn't, oh well, I enjoyed it anyway and Misha Segal is one of my favorite film composers.

Pretty Good But Not the Best.......2001-11-05

Not a bad choice. Thought all of the music is creepy sounding it's pretty good. The "Don Juan Triumphant" played on the violin is absoutely beautiful and "The Jewel Song" taken from the opera "Faust" is sung quite well. There were other songs that I din't really care for but all-in-all I think it's worth the money it costs.

Forceful "Phantom" Surpasses Expectations.......2000-03-16

Unlike most typical soundtracks to horror movies this recording is filled with both spine-tingling refrains and beautiful melodies. Misha Segal conducts a fine orchestra; the orchestrations are robust, and Nancy Fontana is a wonderful soprano. She gives the finest performance of "The Jewel Song" I have heard!

Wonderful classical music from a little known movie.......1998-08-14

When "The Phantom of the Opera" was released in 1989, starring Robert Englund, I enjoyed several things about it, especially one of its key points, the wonderful soundtract. This CD is a great find. Composed and written by an unknown by Misha Segal, this music captures the spirit of the movie. Suspense, pity, and wonder are just some of the emotions that you feel in this treat for the ears. Most recommended: "Graveyard Violin," where the film's theme is played beautifully and with great emotion. Don't miss this CD!

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