Sweet Emily

About the Artist
This solo album catapaulted Emily into stardom and she is recognized locally as the first female artist in the modern era. Emily formerly sang with the Falcons.

Product Description
Bahamian music mixing the sounds of calypso, junkanoo and goombay rhythms. Her first solo album captures all the island beats. Her song "Someday" was background music in the movie "Wild Things" starring Kevin Bacon and Matt Dillon.

Sweet Emily,Sweet Emily

Average customer rating: Gifts from musical theater heaven! Tell Me More and more and more Two restored little Gershwin gems

Tip-Toes/Tell Me More Manufacturer: New World Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Lady, Be Good! (1992 Studio Cast Recording) Strike Up The Band (1990 Studio Cast) Pardon My English (1993 Studio Cast) Oh, Kay! (1994 Studio Recording) Girl Crazy (1990 Studio Cast) ASIN: B00005RGM8 Release Date: 2001-10-30

Tracks:

1. Overture
2. Florida
3. Nice Baby
4. Looking For A Boy
5. Lady Luck
6. When Do We Dance?
7. These Charming People
8. That Certain Feeling
9. Sweet And Low-Down
10. Finale-Act I
11. Entr'acte
12. Our Little Captain
13. Looking For A Boy
14. It's A Great Little World!
15. Nightie-Night!
16. Tip-Toes
17. Finale-Act II
18. Overture
19. Tell Me More
20. Tell Me More
21. Shopgirls And Mannequins
22. Mr & Mrs. Sipkin
23. When The Debbies Go By
24. Three Times A Day
25. Why Do I Love You?
26. How Can I Win You Now?
27. Kickin' The Clouds Away
28. Finale-Act I
29. Love Is In The Air
30. My Fair Lady
31. In Sardina
32. Baby!
33. Finaletto-Act 2
34. Opening Ensemble
35. Ukelele Lorelei
36. Finale-Act II

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This two-CD set collects a couple of shows by George and Ira Gershwin. Both produced in 1925, the two musicals--Tip-Toes and Tell Me More--are fairly obscure and don't boast as many famous songs as contemporary Gershwin offerings such as Oh, Kay! and Lady Be Good. Still, they are bursting with wit, invention, and joie de vivre. Based on a 1998 concert production, Tip-Toes is delicious, and several songs deserve a place in the Gershwin pantheon: the ballad "Looking for a Boy," the love duet "That Certain Feeling," and the rousing dance number "Sweet and Low-Down." The score is also notable for its spectacular writing for duo pianos. Tell Me More is not as immediately accessible (indeed, it had the shortest run of any Gershwin musical, with 32 performances), but it's delivered with élan by its topnotch cast, which includes Sally Mayes, Christine Ebersole, Diane Fratantoni, and David Garrison. Under the expert musical direction of Rob Fisher (from New York's famed Encores! series), this double set is, of course, essential for Gershwin completists. In fact, just about any fan of zany Jazz Age artifacts should relish it. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Album Description

Tip-Toes, which made its Broadway debut on December 28, 1925, was produced by Alex A. Aarons and Vinton Freedley, who had been the producers of the Gershwins' smash hit Lady, Be Good! the year before. Attempting to repeat that success, they once again combined the same book writers, Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, with the Gershwin brothers. Tip-Toes was well received by audiences and the press, and ran for 194 performances. It was given a subsequent production at the Winter Garden Theatre in London, opening August 31, 1926, running for 181 performances.

One of the most overlooked Gershwin shows, Tell Me More was also the most unlikely of Jazz Age musicals. In an era marked by lavish extravaganzas and brash star vehicles, Tell Me More, which opened on April 13, 1925, relied on charm, modesty, and an impish sense of humor. Because it failed to recoup its investment on Broadway, it was relegated to the list of Gershwin flops; because its score was largely forgotten, it has been widely regarded as a minor effort. In truth, it's a key show. As the only full-length collaboration between George and Ira Gershwin and B.G. DeSylva, it combines the delicacy and grace of the scores George had written earlier in the decade with DeSylva and the bold wit he had pioneered in partnership with his brother Ira four months earlier in Lady, Be Good! The best of both worlds, Tell Me More was a one-of-a-kind achievement.

Customer Reviews:

Gifts from musical theater heaven!.......2005-07-24

The restoration of several complete Gershwin scores in recent years has been a gift from the theater gods. These two shows lack the bite of "Strike Up the Band," "Of Thee I Sing" and other earlier releases, but they have no lack of the Ira's wit and George's effortless melodies. Upbeat tuners "Kickin' the Clouds Away" and "Sweet and Low-Down" are especially engaging, and the authentic-sounding orchestrations lend a nostalgic aura. The first-rate casts seem to be having the time of their lives.

Tell Me More and more and more.......2001-12-07

I bought this CD because I had seen the concert of Tip-Toes, which I found enjoyable if uneven: great songs in Act I and not much in Act II. But for me, the real revelation here is Tell Me More, a totally forgotten Gershwin musical from the Twenties. I only knew one of the songs, "Kickin' the Clouds Away," but this score hits all the right notes, from gently melodic to flat-out funny. And the cast couldn't be better. David Garrison and Christine Ebersole are hugely funny in the comic roles, tossing out their one-liners like the Broadway pros that they are. And what a delight to hear the romantic couple on one of these vintage recordings -- in this case, Diane Fratantoni and Philip Chaffin -- sing just like a real period couple: him with the creamy tenor voice and her with the boop-a-doop flapper sound. Their rendition of "Three Times a Day," a lovely ballad with a Kern-like flavor, is, for me, the highlight of this 2-CD set.

Two restored little Gershwin gems.......2001-11-10

Although the Princess shows of Kern, Bolton and Wodehouse back in 1917 tried to introduce a solid plot into the American musical comedy, the story lines still did not amount to much until "Show Boat " set the standard. So when George and Ira Gershwin opened with two musicals in 1925, the first was based on a mistaken-identity situation already a cliché in the genre (Bolton did the book); and the second (again with Bolton, plus B.D. de Sylva) was about the Florida land boom that also formed the basis of Berlin's "The Coconuts" the very same year.

Both "Tell Me More" and "Tip-Toes" were part of the discovery of many Gershwin manuscripts buried in a New Jersey warehouse; and we can be most thankful to New World Records for restoring the scores and bits of the dialogue in a two-CD boxed set (80598-2). The music is what you would expect from Gershwin: 1920s jazzy with that special core of Gershwin genius. Yes, a good deal of it sounds like Berlin and Kern--as did just about every other contemporary composer except Romberg (who sounded like Herbert). On the other hand, "Kickin' the Clouds Away" from the earlier show seems to be the inspiration for Berlin's "Shakin' the Blues Away" written two years later! "Tell Me More" also does not shy away from ethnic jokes (i.e., mistaking a request to disguise oneself as British for doing so as Yiddish) that do not offend at all. And if we moderns grow impatient with the rich bubbleheads of the F. Scott Fitzgerald crowd, they are still a breath of fresh air after the population of "Miss Saigon" and plays of that sort.

The game casts have voices just right for this sort of characterization and delivery. The "Tip-Toes" production is taken from the Carnegie Hall Concert version and is outstanding.

This New World set deserves a place of honor among the other Gershwin Brothers restorations on other labels. And do not forget the New World complete recording of Kern's "Sitting Pretty," which (like these two Gershwin shows) did not produce any hits but is delightful from overture to Finale Ultimo.

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Soft Lights and Sweet Music Manufacturer: Dutton Vocalion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Duke, Vernon | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | 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 | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classic Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Contemporary Big Band | Swing Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Indie Music | Stores | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Moonlight Becomes You Film & Television Music of Angela Morley Orchestral Jazz ASIN: B00005UWOH Release Date: 2002-04-09

Tracks:

1. April in Paris
2. Soft Lights and Sweet Music
3. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
4. Time on My Hands
5. Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
6. Ruby
7. Snowfall
8. Where or When
9. Emily
10. Embraceable You
11. I Didn't Know What Time It Was
12. Lonely Town
13. Bad and The Beautiful
14. My Ship
15. Nobody Else But Me
16. With a Song in My Heart

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How Sweet the Sound Manufacturer: Marquis Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Galuppi | Galuppi, Baldassare | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Michael Haydn | Haydn, Michael | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Kodály, Zoltán | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Debussy | Debussy, Claude | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | 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 | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Choruses | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Psalms | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music A Cappella | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B000JMK64Y Release Date: 2007-05-08

Tracks:

1. Dixit Dominus
2. Juravit Dominus
3. Judicabit In Nationibus
4. Kyrie Eleison
5. Gloria
6. Credo
7. Sanctus
8. Benedictus
9. Agnus Dei/Dona Nobis Pacem
10. Cantique De Jean Racine
11. Noel Des Enfants
12. Ave Maria
13. Pie Jesu
14. Psalm 92
15. Psalm 47
16. Psalm 23
17. A Psalm Of Praise
18. Evening Song
19. Freedom Trilogy

Average customer rating: A Spectrum of Romance in American Musical Composition a rare gem of a CD

Sure on This Shining Night: 20th-Century Romantic Songs of America Manufacturer: Hyperion UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Barber | Barber, Samuel | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Beach | Beach, Amy Marcy Cheney | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Bolcom, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Copland | Copland, Aaron | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Corigliano | Corigliano, John | ( C ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Griffes | Griffes, Charles T. | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Herbert | Herbert, Victor | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hindemith | Hindemith, Paul | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ives, Charles | ( I ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | ( K ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romberg, Sigmund | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schuman | Schuman, William | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Ives, Charles | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Korngold, Erich Wolfgang | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | 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 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 | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Operettas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs from the Labyrinth (Music by John Dowland) ASIN: B000002ZYW Release Date: 1997-04-10

Tracks:

1. The Children
2. The Year's At The Spring
3. When Stars Are In The Quiet Skies
4. Orpheus With His Lute
5. Rose Marie
6. Ives
7. Song To The Witch Of The Cloisters
8. Sure On This Shining Night
9. Sigh No More, Ladies
10. Come Away, Death
11. On Hearing 'The Last Rose Of Summer'
12. Echo
13. If I Could Tell You
14. The Collection
15. The Lord's Prayer
16. Nature, The Gentlest Mother
17. The Tiger
18. Never More Will The Wind
19. Little Elegy
20. One Alone
21. Do Not Go, My Love
22. To A Stranger
23. When I Have Sung My Songs
24. These, My Ophelia
25. An Old Song Re-sung
26. Ah! Sweet Mystery Of Life
27. June Night
28. Triolet

Customer Reviews:

A Spectrum of Romance in American Musical Composition.......2006-01-15

Often American music is thought to be jaunty, combative, or tragic in content, especially when it comes to songs/lieder for the classical repertoire. This engaging CD takes umbrage with that misconception and in presenting some twenty-eight songs by various composers clearly identifies the romantic side of American composers.

Here are songs well known and not so well known by familiar and not so familiar composers, and in the hands of tenor Robert White and pianist Samuel Sanders they all come across as important. Included are rarities by composers such as Amy Beach, Theodor Chanler, Isabelle Firestone, Eric Ewazen, Albert Hay Malotte, Marc Marder, John Musto and Richard Hageman, with popular composers Rudolf Friml and Sigmund Romberg, along with the greats: Ives, Schuman, Hindemith, Barber, Thomson, Korngold, Copland. Rorem, Bolcom, Corigliano, and Griffes. It is a huge spectrum of work and while some are less successful than other, they all are given respectful and loving renditions by White and Sanders. It is great fun to hear Firestone's famous 'If I could tell you' that opened the Voice of Firestone for so many years along side Samuel Barber's gorgeous 'Sure on this shining night' and Aaron Copland's settings of Emily Dickinson's poems.

This a rare treat for connoisseurs of lieder and for lovers of beautiful songs. Recommended. Grady Harp, January 06

a rare gem of a CD.......2002-07-08

Sure On This Shining Night is not my usual musical cup of tea...yet, it has become one of my favorite CDs. This collection of American Romantic songs has burrowed its way into my heart.

There is a universality to the longing involved in Romanticism. These songs capture this feeling perfectly. From the first song to the last, these songs do one thing perfectly: evoke an emotional response.

This is due in no short measure to the wonderful performance Robert White gives. Rather than being merely technically accurate, White actually gives each of these songs a life of their own. He achieves this effect by getting inside not only the words, but the feelings involved.

Some of the highlights for me are: the lovely and memorable "Rose Marie," Ewazen's setting of Blake's "The Tiger," a moving version of "The Lord's Prayer" and the haunting "Never More Will the Wind."

Samuel Sanders is a worthy musical companion to White. His playing is reciprocally lovely and introspective. The notes are extensive and informative as well.

Even though it may be an acquired taste in our postmodern age, I give Sure On This Shining Night my full recommendation.

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Paul Sperry Sings Romantic American Songs Manufacturer: Albany Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Thomson | Thomson, Virgil | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | 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 | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Similar Items: William Sharp Paul Sperry Sings An American Sampler Permit Me Voyage: Songs by American Composers Just-Spring: Art Songs of John Duke But Yesterday Is Not Today-The American Art Song 1927-1972 ASIN: B0000049LM Release Date: 1995-08-10

Tracks:

1. Ballad On Queen Anne' Death (Annon.)
2. Bartholomew Green (James Purdy)
3. Come Ready And See Me (James Purdy)
4. Sweet Suffolk Owl (Annon.)
5. Spring (Shakespeare)
6. Waterbird (James Purdy)
7. I Do (James Purdy)
8. Isaac Greentree (An Epitaph)
9. On A Wife (An Epitaph)
10. The Astronomers (An Epitaph)
11. Some Sheep Are Loving (Gertrude Stein)
12. Once A Lady Was Here(Paul Boweles)
13. Three (Tennessee Williams)
14. Letter To Freddy (Gertrude Stein)
15. April Fool Baby (Gertrude Stein)
16. Baby, Baby (Paul Boweles)
17. A Prayer To St. Catherine (Kennith Koch)
18. There is A Garden In Her Face (Thomas Campion)
19. English Usage (Marianne Moore)
20. Take, O Take Those Lips Away (Shakespeare)
21. Preciosilla (Gertrude Stein)
22. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinsons: I'm Nobody
23. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinsons: Safe In Thier Alabaster Chambers
24. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinsons: The Level Bee
25. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: The Butterfly
26. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Summer's Armies
27. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Presentiment
28. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: The Grass Has So Little Has To Do
29. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Aristocracy
30. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Tie The Strings To My Life
31. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Papa Above!
32. Eleven Poems Of Emily Dickinson: Ample Make This Bed
33. O Mistress Mine (Shakespeare)
34. These, My Ophelia (Archibald MacLeish)
35. The Doves (Leonard Feeney)
36. Memory (William Blake)
37. I Rise When You Enter (Leonard Feeney)

Average customer rating: great music, but not a great recording BEST OF BRITISH

Britten: Ceremony of Carols Manufacturer: Naxos ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Britten | Britten, Sir Benjamin | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | 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 | Sacred & Religious | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Holiday Music | Miscellaneous | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music $7 - $10 | Today's Deals | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Under $7 | Today's Deals | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, etc Britten: Choral Works Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor; Motets Walton: Choral Music Stanford: Anthems and Services ASIN: B00000145U Release Date: 1995-08-22

Tracks:

1. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 1 - Begone, dull care!
2. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 2 - A tragic story
3. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 3 - Cucko!
4. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 4 - Ee-oh!
5. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 5 - A New Year Carol
6. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 6 - I mun be married on Sunday
7. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 7 - There was a man of Neingtoon
8. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 8 - Fishinf song
9. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 9 - The useful plough
10. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 10 - Jazz-Man
11. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 11 - There was a monkey
12. Friday Afternoons, Op. 7: 12 - Old Abraham Brown
13. Sweet was the song
14. King Herold and the Cock
15. The Oxen
16. Francie
17. The Birds
18. Three Two-Part songs: 1 - The Ride-by-nights
19. Three Two-Part songs: 2 - The Rainbow
20. Three Two-Part songs: 3 - The Ship of Rio
21. A Wqalden Trio: Christmas song of the women
22. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 1 - Procession
23. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 2 - Wolcum Yole!
24. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 3 - There is no Rose
25. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 4 - That yonge child
26. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 5 - Balulalow
27. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 6 - As dew in Aprille
28. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 7 - This littl Babe
29. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 8 - Interlude Andante pastorale
30. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 9 - Im Freezing Winter Night
31. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 10 - Spring Carol
32. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 12 - Adam lay i-bounden
33. A Cermony of Carols, op 28: 13 - Recession

Customer Reviews:

great music, but not a great recording.......2006-07-17

This is a recording of treble-choir music by Benjamin Britten, performed by the New London Children's Choir and directed by Ronald Corp.

I love Britten's music, and having sung several of these songs as a treble-choir chorister myself, I am very familar with a lot of the music presented here. But I'm not completely happy with this recording. While it is sometimes very nice, overall, there are problems with the performance that detract from this CD.

One issue I have is with the ensemble. The choir hasn't achieved a very blended sound. I frequently hear five or more distinct vowel-sounds, when there should only be one. This is particularly obvious in the unison songs, which make up about 50% of this CD, but is also noticable in the Ceremony of Carols in some of the higher first soprano passages. And in the opening and closing Hodie.

There are also occaisional problems with the tuning throughout the recording, one section in Welcome Yol, in particular, becoming quite flat.

One or two of the songs on this disc are performed beautifully, I liked the recording of "Sweet was the Song" for example. Some of the soloists do a good job, but in general, the lack of togetherness and iffy tuning on this CD makes it difficult to enjoy.

BEST OF BRITISH.......2004-05-14

This disc can be recommended enthusiastically to all admirers of Britten's work and also to newcomers. His genius and originality often show up most clearly when he writes for small forces. There are 33 items in total here, twelve in the Ceremony of Carols itself and twelve more songs in the collection entitled `Friday afternoons' because that was when they were first rehearsed by his brother's pupils. Three others form a single group of settings of the highly individual and atmospheric Walter de la Mare, and the remaining six are isolated compositions from various stages of Britten's life, the Shakespeare number being accurately `Fancie' and not `Francie'. The Ceremony itself is set for trebles with a virtuosic harp accompaniment despatched with enormous panache by Skaila Kanga. The other items are occasionally unaccompanied a capella but mainly with a simple but resourceful piano accompaniment provided by a specialist in such work Alexander Wells, and the 1994 direction is from Ronald Corp, founder of the London Children's Choir.

Britten had exquisite literary taste. His knowledge of the byways of English poetry would have shamed many a professor of literature. His instinct for what poetry goes to music and what does not was unerring and to the best of my knowledge he never commits the deadly sin of trying to set Housman, a source of great distress to that poet and no wonder. There is no particularly strong Christmas theme in the Ceremony, although A Wealden Trio for two sopranos and alto is specifically `a Christmas song'. So far as I can detect, all the vocal parts are such as amateurs, in many cases children, can handle, the only thing calling for a professional being the harp part in the Ceremony. What one needs to sense is that the performers understand the music with the marrow of their bones. That understanding is largely communicated by the choirmaster, and Ronald Corp's cv as outlined here confirms what my ears tell me anyway, namely that this kind of music is his line of country. One thing I find particularly pleasant is that Britten does not patronise children in his music for them, just as Bach did not.

Once again I feel we are indebted to Naxos for a production like this. Presumably it required only a low budget, and it is a heartening confirmation of my own conviction that financial restrictions are fully compatible with high quality and with some sense of adventure and discovery rather than yet more complete sets of Beethoven and Brahms. This collection dates from a time when people still made their own music as best they could without technical support, and it is encouraging to find how strong the tradition remains. Words are not provided, but the diction and recording are clear enough for one to get a very fair idea of each song even at first hearing. The leaflet provides information regarding the performers, and the short commentary on the music by Ates Orga is notably sensitive and knowledgeable. Obviously the ideal thing would be to organise one's own performances of this music. Pending that unlikely event in my own case I am more than happy to have it done so well for me.

Average customer rating: A new take on Verse Anthems

Elizabethan Christmas Anthems Manufacturer: Amon Ra ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Gibbons, Orlando | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Anthems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Partsongs | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music ASIN: B00000204O Release Date: 1999-09-15

Customer Reviews:

A new take on Verse Anthems.......2007-06-20

I just listened to this compilation for the first time, expecting to hear another re-hashing of these beloved tunes done by a fine ensemble (and completely devoid of character!). However, this is not the typical domesticated Men and Boys rendetion you might be accustomed to.

Red Byrd utilizes not only pronunciation appropriate to the period, but sings these pieces in a manner more like shaped note American tunes. It is, at first, a bit off-putting. However if one bears with it the pieces spring to life in a new way. In no piece is this more striking than "This is the Record of John". The rendetion heard here of the solo line becomes less pious and righteous, and a bit more tongue in cheek with John's repeated "no" answer to the questions asked of him by the Temple elders.

A must! I know of no other disk quite like this.

Average customer rating: So many great songs The Missing Songs from Some Major Musicals ONCE ON THIS ISLAND RULES The first in this great series Lost Songs From Musicals Are Fun To Hear!!

Lost in Boston: Songs You Never Heard From Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Rodgers, Richard | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Lost in Boston II Unsung Musicals Lost in Boston, Vol. 4 Unsung Musicals II (Studio Cast) Unsung Musicals - The Ultimate Collection Lost in Boston - The Ultimate Collection ASIN: B0000AVHD0 Release Date: 2003-08-19

Tracks:

1. English Music Hall [Mystery of Edwin Drood] - Tim Ewing, Jonathan Freeman, , , Dan Shaheen
2. Just Fine [110 in the Shade] - Sally Mayes, Ron Raines
3. Sweetriver [110 in the Shade] - Sally Mayes
4. Flibbertgibbet [110 in the Shade] - Sally Mayes
5. Where Do I Go from Here? [Fiorello!] - Liz Callaway
6. Waiting [From The King and I] - Judy Kaye, Ron Raines, Lee Wilkof
7. Dear, Sweet Sewing Machine [From Fiddler on the Roof] - Emily Loesser
8. Like Everybody Else [From West Side Story] - Judy Malloy, Richard Roland, Sal Viviano
9. Evensong [The Mystery of Edwin Drood] - Carolee Carmello, Gregg Edelman
10. Ten Percent [From Chicago] - Harry Groener
11. Come Down from the Tree [Once on This Island] - Lillias White
12. Tick Tock Goes the Clock [Promises, Promises] - Judy Malloy, Lisa Mayer,
13. When I Went Home [From Peter Pan] - Michelle Nicastro
14. Let's Make It a Night - Jonathan Freeman,
15. If You Leave Me Now [The Happy Time] - Michael Rupert
16. Take It in Your Stride [From Annie Get Your Gun] - Liz Larsen

Customer Reviews:

So many great songs.......2007-02-26

So many great songs almost lost. How is it possible that a Kander & Ebb song like Mr Ten Percent got cut? This CD is worth its cost for that one song alone, but this disc is chock full of great songs that didn't make it to opening night...

The Missing Songs from Some Major Musicals.......2003-12-02

This is the first of four CDs that contain recordings of songs that for one reason or another were cut from their shows. Highlights include:

From 110 DEGREES IN THE SHADE:
"Sweetriver" - replaced in the show by "Love Don't Look Away", parts of the melody appear in "Everything Beautiful Happens at Night".
"Flibbertigibbet" - became "Raunchy" in the musical. The music is pretty much the same, but the lyrics are a bit different.

From THE KING AND I:
"Waiting" - Anna sings her frustration of being kept waiting for weeks to see the King. This song was cut after the premier of the show in New Haven.

From FIDDLER ON THE ROOF:
"Dear, Sweet Sewing Machine" - A lullaby sung at the start of the second act by the tailor and Tzeitel. Cut because audiences in previews just didn't respond.

From WEST SIDE STORY:
"Like Everybody Else" - a short fugue for the delinquents A-Rab (the "Shrimp"), Baby John (the young one) and Anybodys (the girl) intended to lighten up the first act. This song was edged out by "Gee, Officer Krupke".

From PETER PAN:
"When I Went Home" - a ballad sung by Peter about the time he tried to go back to his old life, and found everyone had moved on. Seems to have been replaced by the lullaby "Distant Melody".

From ANNIE GET YOUR GUN:
Annie's song about keeping her ego in check when she sees herself on the larger-than-life poster advertising the show. Cut possibly because the melody was too challenging to sing.

Other tracks on this CD include songs cut from CHICAGO, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND, PROMISES PROMISES, THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, FIORELLO!, SILK STOCKINGS and THE HAPPY TIME.

If you enjoyed this CD, you must check out the other three in the series. Also, the same label, Varese Sarabande, has a series and a few composer albums of UNSUNG MUSICALS.

ONCE ON THIS ISLAND RULES.......2001-07-02

I'm not usually one to buy a CD for just one track...but in this case, I have to admit, that's precisely what I did. Anyone who has seen the musical, ONCE ON THIS ISLAND or had a chance to listen to its soundtrack will be won over. The idea that there were songs cut from this marvelous, "every song is a winner" album, was just impossible for me to resist. And WHEN DANIEL MARRIES in this CD does not disappoint. La Chanze's voice is absolutely marvelous. And the bonus? The other tracks are pleasing and fun for any Broadway buff: Liz Callaway's HONEY from Merrily We Roll Along is musically winning. I also liked the songs cut from GYPSY and FLOWER DRUM SONG. For an impulsive buy, I was completely rewarded. I have also ordered the other CD in the series for the ONCE ON THIS ISLAND song, DOWN FROM THE TREE...which also carries a Liz Callaway song. For musical enthusiasts, this series is a nice collector's item...and something to play on a rainy day.

The first in this great series.......2001-02-13

This CD is the first in a fine series of four releases consisting of songs cut from well-known musicals. Just about any successful musical has had songs cut from it, not always because the song wasn't good, but because it no longer fit the show as updated, or a character or scene was cut (the booklet explains why each song was removed from its show). The songs are all good, some better than others or course, and the performances are wonderful. My favorites are "Ten Percent" (cut from Chicago), "Come Down from the Tree" (Once on this Island), "An English Music Hall" (Mystery of Edwin Drood), and "Take it in your Stride" (Annie Get Your Gun). Bruce Kimmel was smart in using show singers instead of pop singers. I recommend the entire series. This one's a great start and a fine addition to any show music collection.

Lost Songs From Musicals Are Fun To Hear!!.......2001-01-18

The "Lost In Boston" series, starting with this first disc, is a great set to have. There are some songs that are pretty apparent as to why they were cut from the show, but others that you might scratch your head about. Some great performers get the opportunity to record these hardly, if ever, heard before songs and preserve them on disc.

Of particular note on this particular disc are Lillias White singing "Come Down From The Tree" from "Once On This Island." This is a beautiful, beautiful song and while it may not have worked on stage, it works very well on CD.

From such classical musicals as "The King And I" comes "Waiting." This song, designed as a trio between the King, Anna, and the Krahalome is interesting to hear, but definitely is not on the same page as "Getting to Know You" or "Something Wonderful," both classic songs from the show.

Also of interest are the songs from "West Side Story," "Fiddler On The Roof," and what was almost the song that Annie Oakley sang in "Annie Get Your Gun" instead of "There's No Business Like Show Business."

This is a fun disc. It does have that overproduced sound that tends to be Bruce Kimmel's trademark, but it's still interesting to hear what almost made it in.

Average customer rating: A Worthy Follow Up to the First Collection Fresh and Vital

Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: John Marks Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by J.S. Bach | Bach, Johann Sebastian | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Berlioz | Berlioz, Hector | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Handel | Handel, George Frideric | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Holst | Holst, Gustav | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Warlock | Warlock, Peter | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | 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 Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Lullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Lieder | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Noels | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Oratorios | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Holiday Music | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Classical Instrumental | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Rejoice: String Quartet Christmas, Vol. 3 Rejoice! A String Quartet Christmas Voice of the Violin A Festival of Carols in Brass ASIN: B000003Y9G Release Date: 1997-10-14

Tracks:

1. Ave Maria
2. Adam Lay Ybounden
3. The Shepherds' Farewell
4. II Est Ne Le Devin Enfant
5. In The Bleak Mid-Winter
6. Sheep May Safely Graze
7. All Through The Night
8. El Noi De La Mare
9. Once In Royal David's City
10. Ding Dong Merrily On High
11. Crusader's Hymn
12. Ave Maria
13. Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring
14. The Eastern Star So Bright And Clear
15. I Saw Three Ships
16. Innsbruck Ich Muss Dich Lassen
17. He Shall Feed His Flock
18. Cherry Tree Carol
19. O Little One Sweet
20. Lute-Book Lullabye
21. Wexford Carol
22. How Brightly Beams The Morning Star

Customer Reviews:

A Worthy Follow Up to the First Collection.......2003-12-11

This second disc is from the same performers of REJOICE: A STRING QUARTET CHRISTMAS and it basically follows the same formula. Christmas carols are arranged for a string quartet. The arrangements, which are in styles similar to the great classical composers' works, suit the music rather well. The major strength of this recording is the variety. The first disc has all the traditional holiday favorites, but this disc has a few well known carols as well as some lesser known works which makes the collection interesting. People who enjoyed the first collection will certainly enjoy the second as well.

Fresh and Vital.......2002-09-04

#2 of the Rejoice! triumvirate is equally fresh and satisfying as the first.Christmas music for all year long. John Marks proves again there is much excitement in the unfamiliar.Bravo to this masterpiece of sound and performance.I hear the angels and I Rejoice! But alas,Santa came down the chimney,left the cookies and milk and made off with my copy.I'll need another ASAP.

Average customer rating: A gorgeous masterpiece; my favorite CD all year!

My Lady Rich Anonymous , English Anonymous , Jane Pickeringe's Lute Book Anonymous , John Bartlet , William Byrd , Giovanni Coprario , John Dowland , Antony Holborne , Robert [composer] Jones , Charles Tessier , English Traditional , Christopher Morrongiello , Emily Van Evera , Daniel Norman , John Potter , Asako Morikawa , Reiko Ichise , Richard Campbell , Susanna Pell , and Susanne Heinrich Manufacturer: Avie ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Byrd, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Dowland | Dowland, John | ( D ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Holborne, Anthony | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Ballets & Dances | Renaissance (c.1450-1600) | 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 Folk Songs | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Madrigals | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Classical | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Bacheler: The Bachelar's Delight - Lute Music of Daniel Bacheler Songs from the Labyrinth (Music by John Dowland) ASIN: B0006FGH24 Release Date: 2005-06-21

Customer Reviews:

A gorgeous masterpiece; my favorite CD all year!.......2005-11-29

Emily Van Evera is the Penelope Rich of the 21st century... beautiful, brilliantly gifted, and a scrupulous steward of those gifts. Her voice is pure magic, passionate and fiercely intelligent, both elegant and sensual. She is more than musician - she's a complete actress, portraying the meaning embedded in each word. Her voice is consistently masterful, precise, like a bell ringing in a cathedral. The way she nails each pitch, and inhabits it, and sustains... and sustains... is delicious.

The arrangements for this recording are impeccable. Even the running order seems perfectly organic. The scholarship behind the entire project is thorougly engaging, a gripping story artfully told. Van Evera's liner notes describe each piece with meticulous eloquence. The material traverses a wide variety of moods from the playful "Pretty Woods" to the sexy "In Fields Abroad" to a lullaby so tender and gentle it is almost whispered. I can't pick a favorite track: right now it's a three-way tie between "Deceitful Fancy", "The Thrush", and "Sweet Stay Awhile". Whatever she is singing, Van Evera's voice is always lush, haunting, thrilling.

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