If You Smile [Import]

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Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks: If (Butterfly), and this Side of Love (Acoustic).

If You Smile,Hush,Victor,World Music

Average customer rating: Great vocal virtuosity Confuzzled An American Composer of Art Song more German than Rorem delightful art songs

Ned Rorem: Selected Songs Ned Rorem , and Carole Farley Manufacturer: Naxos American ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Susan Graham - Songs of Ned Rorem Rorem: The End of Summer, Book of Hours, Bright Music Rorem: Three Symphonies Rorem: Flute Concerto; Violin Concerto The Complete Songs of Charles Ives, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00005QISU Release Date: 2001-11-20

Tracks:

1. The Waking
2. Root Cellar
3. My Papa's Waltz
4. I Strolled Across An Open Field
5. Memory
6. Orchids
7. The Serpent
8. Night Crow
9. Snake
10. Lilltel Elegy
11. The Nightingale
12. Nantucket
13. Lullaby Of The Woman Of The Mountain
14. Love In A Life
15. What If Some Little Pain...
16. Visits To St. Elizabeth's
17. Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening
18. Spring
19. See How They Love Me
20. Now Sleeps The Crimson Petal
21. I Am Rose
22. Ask Me No More
23. Far-Far-Away
24. Early In The Morning
25. Alleluia
26. Such Beauty As Hurts To Behold
27. Sally's Smile
28. Youth, Day, Old Age, And Night
29. O You Whom I Often And Silently Come
30. Full Of Life Now
31. As Adam Early In The Morning
32. Are You The New Person?

Customer Reviews:

Great vocal virtuosity.......2005-04-07

This is a great recording, by two great artists. Carole Farley is the ideal singer for Ned Rorem's songs. She spell out every
word and every nuance, giving each song and every poem their full character. The songs are a revelation. I recommend this recording without hesitation.
Christoph (Berlin, Germany)

Confuzzled.......2004-01-03

While these song are GREAT...I cannot get over Carole Farley; her voice is so affected (kind of like a sprechstimme; overly dramatic...). I love the fact that Rorem himself is playing the piano, and as a singer, the catalogue of songs is good to have...but cant say I could ever manage getting over Farley's affectation. There are far superior recordings out there.

An American Composer of Art Song.......2003-04-02

American popular song, whether standards, show tunes,jazz, blues, or rock, is one of our country's most visible artistic achievements. American classical (or Art) songs are much less known. Ned Rorem (b. 1923) is probably the greatest American composer in this unfamiliar medium. Rorem is sometimes dubbed the "American Schubert."

This disc features 32 of Ned Rorem's songs for voice and piano. Soprano Carole Farley is the accomplished singer, and Ned Rorem himself plays the piano. The disc is special because it features settings of the works of American poets. The CD begins with 9 settings of poems by the mid-twentieth century poet, Theodore Roethke, and concludes with settings of 5 poems by Walt Whitman. The disc also includes settings of poems by William Carlos Williams, Gertrude Stein, and Paul Goodman, among others. Thus the disc combines in a special way American creative effort in poetry and in music.

Rorem's songs are declamatory in style. Typically, the voice line delivers the text of the poetry in a sort of chant. The relationship between the voice line and the piano is far from Schubertian. Generally, the piano takes a separate line and accentuates the voice by means of large chords or by runs or by other comments and punctuation on the voice. The texts are well set and the music is effective. There are some unusual harmonies with jazz and blues influences. Rorem's piano accompanyment on this disc gives the recording a sense of authenticity -- we get a good idea of how the composer wants his songs to be conveyed.

The disc includes excellent program notes and texts of all the songs. Naxos has received deservedly high praise for its "American Classics" series which makes much music written by Americans available on CD at a low price. This disc includes some lovely, little-known songs. It is an excellent introduction to the American art song and to the music of Ned Rorem.

more German than Rorem.......2002-07-20

I've been a Rorem fan since hearing a highschool friend perform some of his work in her college recital. His startling, atonal songs were an instant revelation. For years there were few reliable CDs of his vocal work. A scandal considering his reputation rests more on his art songs and chamber music than on his orchestral pieces. This Naxos entry of a wide overview of his best songs is thus quite welcome, due largely to its availability, wide distribution and professional packaging (he's had some shoddy issues before with incorrect liner notes, etc.; the challenge of the low budget).

I can't call myself an unalloyed fan of soprano Carole Farley however. Her delivery here recalls the speak-singing style of German 12-tone composers (a specialty of hers), and can sound melodramatic, especially when she rushes the more delicate passages.

I prefer Rorem's softer, more melodious French side, the one that descends from Impressionism and is more warmly emotive. While Farley loses the shading of some of the more fragile songs, she is well-suited to the longer, more forceful pieces. I've heard many readings of "Early in the Morning" (one of Rorems most popular songs) by male and female vocalists, and its tale of wistful nostalgia is muted by Farley's direct approach. However, she nails "My Papa's Waltz," a fractured setting for a Roethke poem about a frightened child forced to dance with a drunken father. Here her acting skills come to the fore, and she perfectly captures the tipsy madness of the song. Rorem can be quite theatrical himself on occasion. She does almost as well with "See How they love me," a ballad with a regular pace that allows her assertive style to breathe.

At any rate it's great to hear these lovely songs in a recent (2000) recording, accompanied (rather emphatically, but perhaps he's matching his theatrical singer) by Rorem himself.

The similar Susan Graham album is more to my taste, but this is a more than competent bargain set.

delightful art songs.......2002-01-02

rorem's songs are amazing, and naxos has done well
to group them by poet. the complete settings of roethke
are particularly compelling and edgey.

carole farley's voice is lovely, but her phrasing
and willingness to push her voice seems
a big departure from the styling of art songs i've
heard by poulenc and somers.

this takes some getting used to- at least 3 or 4 complete
listen-throughs in my case. her voice is almost jazzy,
kind of like early recordings by holly cole.

anyway, rorem accompanies her on piano so obviously
this reading fits with his intent; his playing is also delightful.

one small quibble- although there are 32 songs, the CD is
57 minutes- brief by naxos standards.

Average customer rating: Mountain Songs Magic

Mountain Songs: A Cycle of American Folk Music Manufacturer: Music Masters Jazz ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Corea, Armando Chick | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by MacDowell | MacDowell, Edward | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuman | Schuman, William | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000FN1 Release Date: 1994-12-20

Tracks:

1. Barbara Allen
2. House Carpenter
3. He's Gone Away
4. Hush-You-Bye
5. Cindy
6. The Cuckoo
7. Fair And Tender Ladies
8. Quicksilver
9. Will-O'-The-Wisp
10. To A Wild Rose
11. A Deserted Farm
12. The Smile Of Contentment And Love
13. Jennie's Own Schottische
14. Beautiful Dreamer
15. If You Only Have A Moustache
16. Children's Song No.2
17. Orpheus And His Lute
18. Waltz
19. We Are Climbing Jacob's Ladder
20. Ll Est Ne, Le Divin Enfant

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Robert Beaser has arranged eight folksongs from the American South for flute and guitar--actually, for the performers who play them on this disc. His treatments vary from simple settings to more complex elaborations, but they are always done with the kind of respect for his material that stamps him as an American Bartók. This is a truly lovely cycle, supplemented on the CD by such congenial material as Stephen Foster songs and MacDowell Woodland Sketches, all arranged by Eliot Fisk. Paula Robison and Fisk are both outstanding virtuosi on their instruments, and they have played together enough so that their teamwork is impeccable. This disc isn't challenging listening but it is very satisfying. --Leslie Gerber

Customer Reviews:

Mountain Songs Magic.......2001-07-30

This is music for my soul. Paula and Eliot could not have changed a note or an inflection. I first heard these songs in the early 90's and have never forgotten. Flute and Guitar and 'American' music are right here. I am so happy to have found it on CD now that I search the net. As a flutist - I recognize technique and heart - and Paula has them. No one should miss this!

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Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 4 Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | 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 | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 3 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 2 Ultimate Cole Porter, Vol. 1 Born to Dance (1936 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade) The Ultimate George Gershwin, Vol. 1 ASIN: B00009EFV8 Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. Dream Dancing [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, Harry Sosnik
2. Since I Kissed My Baby Goodbye [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Harry Sosnik
3. Wedding Cake Walk [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Gordon Jenkins, Martha Tilton
4. So Near and Yet So Far [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, Harry Sosnik
5. Wedding Cake Walk [From You'll Never Get Rich] - Fred Astaire, The Delta Rhythm Boys, Harry Sosnik
6. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
7. Could It Be You? [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson
8. Hey! Good Lookin' [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson, Ethel Merman
9. He's a Right Guy [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
10. I'm in Love With a Soldier Boy [From Something for the Boys] - Ethel Merman
11. My the Mississinewah [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Bruce, Ethel Merman
12. There's a Happy Land in the Sky [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Bruce, Allen Jenkins, Bill Johnson, Ethel Merman
13. When My Baby Goes to Town [From Something for the Boys] - Bill Johnson
14. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Leonard Joy, Paula Laurence
15. By the Mississinewah [From Something for the Boys] - Betty Garrett, Leonard Joy, Paula Laurence
16. Hey! Good Lookin' [From Something for the Boys] - Evelyn Dall,
17. Something for the Boys [From Something for the Boys] - Evelyn Dall,
18. Only Another Boy and Girl [From Seven Lively Arts] - Jane Harvey
19. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye [From Seven Lively Arts] - Maxine Sullivan, Teddy Wilson
20. Don't Fence Me In [From Hollywood Canteen] - Roy Rogers
21. Just One of Those Things [From Night and Day] - Ginny Simms
22. Begin the Beguine [From Night and Day] - Roberto Valdes Arnau, Carlos Ramirez
23. Should I Tell You I Love You? [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
24. Look What I Found [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
25. If You Smile at Me [From Around the World in Eighty Days] - Ray Carter,
26. Pipe Dreaming - Ray Carter,

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A.E. Housman: A Shropshire Lad, Complete in verse and song Alan Bates , Anthony Rolfe Johnson , and Graham Johnson Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Baroque Dance Suites | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music | Allemandes | Courantes | Gigue | Sarabande All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Compilations | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005S85Q Release Date: 2001-12-11

Average customer rating: Legendary selections by a legendary voice

Legendary Irish Tenor Manufacturer: Goldies ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Foster, Stephen | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Godard, Benjamin | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Offenbach | Offenbach, Jacques | ( O ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romances | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music French | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Irish Folk | Traditional British & Celtic Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Britain | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music Ireland | British Isles | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Great Voices of the 20th Century The Voice of Ireland: 25 Popular Songs and Ballads John McCormack: In Opera My Wild Irish Rose ASIN: B00005RVT2 Release Date: 2001-11-26

Tracks:

1. Mother Machree
2. Kathleen Mavourneen
3. Killarney
4. Dear Little Shamrock
5. Ave Maria
6. Little Love, A Little Kiss
7. Macushla
8. Wearing of the Green
9. Where the River Shannon Flows
10. Eileen Alannah
11. Molly Brannigan
12. Low Back'd Car
13. I'll Sing Thee Songs of Araby
14. Angels Guard Thee

Tracks:

1. My Wild Irish Rose
2. Serenata
3. Come into the Garden, Maud
4. Turn Ye to Me
5. Somewhere a Voice Is Calling
6. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
7. Barcarolle
8. Sunshine of Your Smile
9. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
10. Rose of Tralee
11. Ireland, Mother Ireland
12. Mother O' Mine
13. Bard of Armagh
14. Irish Emigrant

Tracks:

1. I Hear You Calling Me
2. Star of the County Down
3. Londonderry Air
4. She Moved Thro' the Fair
5. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
6. Kerry Dance
7. South Winds
8. By the Shortcut to the Rosses
9. Fairy Tree
10. Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls
11. Garden Where the Praties Grow
12. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
13. Bantry Bay
14. Dawning of the Day

Customer Reviews:

Legendary selections by a legendary voice.......2004-03-24

With special emphasis on the variety presented in this collection, this album has a broadness of scope that will appeal to anyone who appreciates the magic of the human voice.
McCormack was perhaps the most popular entertainer in the world during his career, comparable with the superstars of today, only richer in the currency of his day.
Though purists may have criticized his shift to the popular venue as opportunism, and perhaps desertion of his training in the classical tradtions, he was simply presenting what people wanted to hear. Whether he set a pattern of career management followed by modern entertainers or was simply happiest when the accolades flowed over him matters not. The talent and richness are his legacy to us.
His range and vocal dexterity are well illustrated and represented by this larger than usual collection, and anyone with a particular favorite tune in his rather loose genre will likely find it here.
After a journey through this collection, listeners may well gain another special melody or two for addition to their personal list of "best ever" songs and singers.
Although it may be considered a bit foolish, some will choose this album for only one or two tracks. Some call that trait wasteful, but when a jewel of performance is played again and again, the teardrop may fall once more, and the heart will thrill yet again.
This album will please many musical palates, even those who claim no special fondness for "Irish Tenors."

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Body Talk: The Language of Love 1965-1995 - Just for You Various artists , Whitney Houston (S)/The One That You Love - Air Supply (S)/If Ever You're In My Arms Again - Peabo Bryson (S)/Without You - Harry Nilsson , Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters (S)/Even Now - Barry Manilow (S)/Suddenly - Billy Ocean (S)/Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson , 4:52 edit)/Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester (S)/Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor (S)//I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne (S)/A Woman Needs Love Sailing - Christopher Cross (S)/All By Myself - Eric Carmen (S , Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio (S)/Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli (S)/La La Means I Love You - Delfonics , Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & Pips (S)/Songbird - Kenny G (S)/I Knew You Were Waiting , Aretha Franklin & George Michael (S)/Seasons Change - Exposé (S)/Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates , and This Way Again - Dionne Warwick (S)/Dream Weaver - Gary Wright (S)/Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia Manufacturer: Arista Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000NHUFF0

Product Description

R834-02 (Arista Special Products 14511) - Body Talk: The Language of Love 1965-1995 - Just for You - Various Artists [1996] (2-CD set) Greatest Love Of All - Whitney Houston (S)/The One That You Love - Air Supply (S)/If Ever You're In My Arms Again - Peabo Bryson (S)/Without You - Harry Nilsson (S)/Slow Hand - Pointer Sisters (S)/Even Now - Barry Manilow (S)/Suddenly - Billy Ocean (S)/Do What You Do - Jermaine Jackson (S)/Sailing - Christopher Cross (S)/All By Myself - Eric Carmen (S, 4:52 edit)/Midnight Blue - Melissa Manchester (S)/Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight - James Taylor (S)//I'll Always Love You - Taylor Dayne (S)/A Woman Needs Love (Just Like You Do) - Ray Parker Jr. & Raydio (S)/Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli (S)/La La Means I Love You - Delfonics (S, original stereo mix)/Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me - Gladys Knight & Pips (S)/Songbird - Kenny G (S)/I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me) - Aretha Franklin & George Michael (S)/Seasons Change - Exposé (S)/Sara Smile - Daryl Hall & John Oates (S)/I'll Never Love This Way Again - Dionne Warwick (S)/Dream Weaver - Gary Wright (S)/Biggest Part Of Me - Ambrosia (S

Average customer rating: Lovely music!

Dear Harp Of My Country: The Melodies Of Thomas Moore Manufacturer: Essay ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Moore | Moore, Thomas | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Celtic | International | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000000842 Release Date: 1997-11-18

Tracks:

1. The Young May Moon
2. Oh! Tis Sweet To Think
3. Echo
4. Lesbia Hath A Beaming Eye
5. I've A Secret To Tell Thee
6. They Know Not My Heart
7. Has Sorry Thy Young Days Shaded?
8. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
9. How Dear To Me
10. 'Tis The Last Rose Of Summer
11. O'Donoghues's Mistress
12. The Meeting Of The Waters
13. They May Rail At This Life
14. Come, Send Round The Wine
15. Farewell! But Wherever You Welcome The Hour
16. Whene'er I See Those Smiling Eyes
17. Oh! Arranmore, Loved Arranmore
18. At The Mid Hour Of Night
19. Oft In The Stilly Night

Tracks:

1. The Harp That Once Through Tara's Halls
2. Silent, Oh Moyle
3. Remember The Glories Of Brien The Brave
4. Come, Rest In This Bosom
5. Oh! Breathe Not His Name
6. She Is Far From The Land
7. When He Who Adores Thee
8. Oh, Ye Dead!
9. I Wish I Was By That Dim Lake
10. Let Erin Remember
11. Avenging & Bright
12. The Minstrel Boy
13. As Vanquished Erin
14. The Irish Peasant To His Mistress
15. Oh, Banquet Not
16. Come O'er The Sea
17. Though The Last Glimpse Of Erin
18. Sweet Innisfallen
19. Dear Harp Of My Country
20. Erin! The Tear & The Smile In Thine Eyes

Customer Reviews:

Lovely music!.......2001-12-18

These CDs are for lovers of Irish music and of the "old-timey" sound of John McCormack. The songs themselves are lovely, and James Flannery sings them exactly as they need to be sung... in a simple and straightforward manner. The music is evocative of the sound and spirit of a long-ago time. The accompanying book gives interesting background information about Thomas Moore and also about the songs. Good listening for a rainy day or a snowy night with the fire blazing.

Average customer rating: A little something different

Symphonic Magic, Vols. 1-4 Manufacturer: Michelle Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Ballets | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Borodin | Borodin, Alexander | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Grieg, Edvard | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Mendelssohn | Mendelssohn, Felix | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Saint-Saëns, Camille | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Sibelius | Sibelius, Jean | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Johann Strauss Sr. | Strauss Sr., Johann | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Prokofiev | Prokofiev, Sergei | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Divertimentos | Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Suites | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music | Cantatas | Romances Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Easy Listening | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Classical General | Classical | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Opera & Vocal General | Opera & Vocal | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Bargain Box Sets | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Easy Listening | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Symphonic Suites of the Animated Classics Heigh-Ho! Mozart ASIN: B0000011KK Release Date: 1997-06-24

Tracks:

1. The Circle of Life - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
2. I Just Can't Wait To Be King - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
3. Can You Feel the Love Tonight - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
4. The Lion Sleeps Tonight - City of Prague Phil/Colin Frechter
5. Hakuna Matata - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
6. Carnival of the Animals: Introduction-Royal March of the Lion - American PO/Barry Faldner
7. Carnival of the Animals: Wild Asses - American PO/Barry Faldner
8. Carnival of the Animals: The Aquarium - American PO/Barry Faldner
9. Carnival of the Animals: Aviary - American PO/Barry Faldner
10. Carnival of the Animals: The Swan - American PO/Barry Faldner
11. Carnival of the Animals: Finale - American PO/Barry Faldner
12. William Tell Overture - Ljublijana SO/Anton Nanut
13. Radetsky March - Sofia SO/Barry Faldner
14. Give a Little Whistle - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
15. When You Wish Upon A Star - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
16. I've Got No Strings - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
17. Turn Of The Old Music Box - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
18. Hi Diddle-dee-dee (an Actor's Life for Me) - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
19. When You Wish Upon A Star (reprise) - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
20. Symphonie Fantastique: March of the Scaffold - Ljublijana SO/Anton Nanut
21. Hebrides Ov Op.26: Fingal's Cave - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
22. The Magic Flute Ov, K.620 - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih

Tracks:

1. (Just) Whistle While You Work - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
2. I'm Wishing - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
3. With A Smile And A Song - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
4. Some Day My Prince Will Come - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
5. One Song - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
6. Heigh-Ho - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
7. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: Miniature Ov - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
8. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: March - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
9. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: Dance of the Sugarplum Fairy - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
10. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: Russian Dance - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
11. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: Arabian Dance - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
12. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: Chinese Dance - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
13. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: Dance of the Pipe Flutes - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
14. The Nutcracker Ste, Op.71a: Waltz of the Flowers - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
15. Colonel Hathi's March - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
16. The Bare Necessities - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
17. I Wanna Be Just Like You - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
18. Poet and Peasant Ov - Ljublijana SO/Anton Nanut
19. 'L'Arlesienne' Ste No.2: Farandole - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
20. The Love of Three Oranges March - American PO/Barry Faldner
21. Finlandia - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
22. 'Eine Kleine Nachtmusik' (A Little Night Music) (Ser in G, K.525 Allegro) - Ljublijana SO/Alexander Von Pitamic

Tracks:

1. Belle - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
2. Beauty and the Beast - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
3. Be Our Guest - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
4. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Ste, Op.66: Introduction, The Tree Fairy - Volgograd SO/Edward Serov
5. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Ste, Op.66: Adagio, Pas d'action - Volgograd SO/Edward Serov
6. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Ste, Op.66: Pas de caricature - Volgograd SO/Edward Serov
7. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Ste, Op.66: Panorama - Volgograd SO/Edward Serov
8. The Sleeping Beauty Ballet Ste, Op.66: Waltz - Volgograd SO/Edward Serov
9. Arabian Nights - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
10. Prince Ali - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
11. A Whole New World - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
12. One Jump Ahead - Kingston SO/Glen Fast
13. Scheherazade, Op.35: The Sea and Sinbad's Ship - Ljublijana SO/Anton Nanut
14. Dumbo Overture - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
15. March Militaire - Sofia SO/Barry Faldner
16. 'Peer Gynt' Ste No.1, Op.46: In The Hall of the Mountain King - Ljublijana SO/Andrew Schenck
17. Light Cavalry Ov - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih

Tracks:

1. If I Knew You - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
2. Just Around The River Bend - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
3. Colours Of The Wind - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
4. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Andantino (Peter) - American PO/Barry Faldner
5. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Allegro (The Bird) - American PO/Barry Faldner
6. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Moderato No.11 (The Cat) - American PO/Barry Faldner
7. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Poco Pin Andante No.15 (The Grandfather) - American PO/Barry Faldner
8. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Andantino, Come Prima No.17 (Peter) - American PO/Barry Faldner
9. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Andante No.18 (The Grandfather) - American PO/Barry Faldner
10. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Andante Molto No.19 (The Wolf) - American PO/Barry Faldner
11. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Andante No.24 (The Duck) - American PO/Barry Faldner
12. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Vivo No.30 (The Bird) - American PO/Barry Faldner
13. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Poco Meno Mosso-Moderato No.35 (Peter) - American PO/Barry Faldner
14. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Allegro Moderato No.39 (The Hunters) - American PO/Barry Faldner
15. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Andante No.41 (Peter) - American PO/Barry Faldner
16. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Sostenuto-Listesso Tempo No.48... - American PO/Barry Faldner
17. Peter and the Wolf (Symphonic Tale for Children), Op.67: Andante-End No.53 (Peter) - American PO/Barry Faldner
18. Swan Lake Ballet: Scene (moderato) - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
19. Swan Lake Ballet: Waltz - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
20. Swan Lake Ballet: Swan Dance (allegro moderato) - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
21. Swan Lake Ballet: Scene (andante) - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
22. Swan Lake Ballet: Czardas (moderato) - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
23. Bibbidi-Bobbodi-Boo - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
24. A Dream is a Wish Your Heart Makes - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
25. We Can Do It - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
26. So This Is Love (Cinderella Waltz) - City of Prague PO/Colin Frechter
27. 'Carmen Ste' No.1: The Toreadors - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
28. In the Steppes of Central Asia - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
29. 1812 Ov, Op.49 (finale) - Ljublijana SO/Marko Munih
30. Marriage of Figaro Ov, K.492 - Ljublijana SO/Anton Nanut

Customer Reviews:

A little something different.......2007-01-10

I enjoyed this music and am using some of it to choreograph a little different "Disney" for my students.I think it will come in handy in the future as well.

Average customer rating:

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Tracks:

1. When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
2. The Sunshine Of Your Smile
3. Macushla
4. The Bard Of Armagh
5. Come Into The Garden, Maud
6. Turn Ye To Me
7. Angels Guard Thee ('Berceuse')
8. I'll Sing The Songs Of Araby
9. Venetian Song
10. Flirtation
11. Since You Went Away (Seems Lak' To Me)
12. Dear Old Pal Of Mine
13. Dream Once Again
14. A Brown Bird Singing
15. When You And I Were Young, Maggie
16. The Garden Where The Praties Grow
17. I Hear You Calling Me
18. The Irish Emigrant
19. Jeannie With The Light Brown Hair
20. Believe Me, If All Those Endearing Young Charms
21. South Winds
22. She Moved Thro' The Fair
23. The Star Of The County Down
24. Waiting For You
25. The Kerry Dance

Tracks:

1. The Minstrel Boy
2. Nirvana
3. My Dreams
4. A Little Love, A Little Kiss
5. The Angel's Serenade
6. Ave Maria (Intermezzo From 'Cavalleria Rusticana')
7. Serenata
8. Barcarolle ('Night Of Stars And Night Of Love')
9. Before My Window
10. Swans
11. Come, My Beloved
12. Moonlight And Roses
13. I Look Into Your Garden
14. Bird Songs At Eventide
15. By The Short Cut To The Roses
16. The Fairy Tree
17. The Harp That Once Thro' Tara's Halls
18. Once In A Blue Moon
19. Charm Me Asleep
20. Vespers
21. Sweetly She Sleeps, My Alice Fair
22. A Song Remembered
23. The Dawning Of The Day
24. A House, Love, Made For You And Me
25. The Old House

Average customer rating: Great Interpretation from Heidi Skok

Ned Rorem: Women's Voices; Songs of Martin Hennessy Manufacturer: Newport Classic ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music ASIN: B000003W3D Release Date: 1998-01-27

Tracks:

1. Moon Poem
2. I'll Love You
3. In the Stillness
4. Now Let No Charitable Hope
5. Birthday
6. To My Dear and Loving Husband
7. To the Ladies
8. If Ever Hapless Woman
9. We Never Said Farewell
10. The Stranger
11. What Inn Is This
12. Defiled Is My Name
13. Electrocution
14. Smile, Death
15. Mother To Son
16. Sonnet For Michael
17. i thank You God
18. Mentor

Customer Reviews:

Great Interpretation from Heidi Skok.......2002-07-04

I really love this cycle by Ned Rorem, and any fan of 20th century american art song will like it as well I should imagine. Heidi Skok has an AMAZING voice, it is rich like chocolate and so emotive. Her high notes soar and still have the depth of her low and mid-voice. Martin Hennessy does a great job accompanying. This is seriously difficult music and they manage to make it sound rather effortless.
I'm not quite sure yet what to think of the songs composed by Martin Hennessy--he certainly writes beautiful music, but it does not have the character that Rorem's compositions have. Also, he has certain whispered sections in "In the Stillness" which could not be performed live because of balance issues. Still they are enjoyable, my personal favorite being "Sonnet for Micheal" with text by Edna St Vincent Millay.
If you are either a fan of Rorem's or simply of 20th Century american art song, this is an essential recording. I am eternally glad that I own it.

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