| 1. Amar, Sofrer E Sonhar (Mitternachis Blues) |
| 2. Mentira |
| 3. As " Moca" |
| 4. Manha De Sol Piry E Seu Conjunto |
| 5. Priscila |
| 6. Posso Ver O Mundo Pela Janela |
| 7. Amar, Sofrer E Csonhar (Mitternachis Blues) |
| 8. Carinhoso |
| 9. Mannhatten |
| 10. Da Cor Do Pecado |
| 11. Chao De Estrelas |
| 12. Maria |
| 13. Mulher |
| 14. Nio Rancho Fundo |
Editorial Reviews
Product Description
Original Soundtrack from Globo TV Soap Opera.
Disc 1: 60 minutes
Disc 2: 50 minutes
Disc 3: 61 minutes
Disc 4: 58 minutes
What gives Silva? There is *MUCH* more John Williams in the silva screen back catalogue by the Prague Philharmonic than what is in this set, and thats not including their entire discs devoted to Star Wars Films, Indiana Jones Trilogy etc. Why isn't Hook "When You're Alone" included on Disc 2? There's room. Why isn't 1941 on Disc 1? There's room. Why isn't Earthquake on Disc 3? There's room. Why isn't Far and Away on disc 4? There's room. Where's the other ten minutes of the Rare Breed suite on disc 3? Why isn't Midway on disc 1? Where are the Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel and Lots In Space tv themes? Etc. Etc. Etc.
C'mon Silva, most of these 4 disc mega boxes released in the past few years are packed to the brim, but not this one, and with new recordings made after this was released (the terminal, munich, geisha, war of the worlds, star wars ep 3, harry potter 3), it only makes sense for a "re-do" in the next couple of years.
Further, with Silva releasing the 100 Greatest Film Themes on six discs in a couple of months, it's only a matter of time before we see the ultimate six disc john williams set.
This isn't a BAD set to own, but it could have been much better and when compared to the Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry sets in this same series, this one is a major letdown.
I remember my mother driving me to the Korvette's Dept store at the Blue Star Shopping Center to get the original Sweeney Todd LP (yes, that's how old I am...). I played it to death, almost literally. I think I went through another LP set and a casette tape set before CDs came out. In my mind, nothing will ever beat that LP for sound and emotion and power, but this remastered CD is the next best thing.
Angela Lansbury is sensational as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's "partner in crime". She delivers every song in a brilliant British music hall style, and every track she is on stands out. She is luminous.
Len Cariou is simply marvelous. While most people know (the highly overrated George Hearn) from the video, in my mind Len remains the definitive Sweeney. He plays the part with a brooding intensity and shocks as well as chills. His "Ephiphany" is possibly the best track on the album. A thrilling performance.
The rest of the cast is also spectacular. Ken Jennings is a very sweet and heartbreaking Tobias. Victor Garber delivers "Johanna" with a strong voice. Sarah Rice also does very well as Johanna, both sh a Garber are a delight in "Kiss Me".
This is a cast ablbum every true Broadway fan should own. It is, in a word, magnificent.
Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' has been described as quasi-operatic, so unending is the musical flow in this masterpiece. The plot is twisted and insidious, but something that many can take a sort of perverse pleasure in watching unfold. Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett is the jewel of this recording. Heartbreaking in 'The Worst Pies in London,' Lansbury also manages to sound obsequious and nasty ('God, that's good!') and even slightly insane (the final scene). Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd may feel a bit underpowered at times, but it all goes to underscore the differences between the Todd character's outward appearances and inward struggle.
The supporting cast rises to the challenge, with an especially wide-eyed Toby and a very fruity Pirelli. The chorus is powerful and borders on the edge of manic insanity in such gripping moments as 'City on Fire.' My personal favorite from this set is the crazed, joyous counterpoint of three soloists and the chorus all singing atop each other in 'God, that's good!'
This is a beautiful recording and a triumph of the 'musical' genre. Don't miss it!
With that said, Sweeny Todd is definitely his best work. There are a few good numbers in here. "Joanna" is a pretty tune and so is "Not While I'm Around" but, again, not gorgeous. My personal favorite has always been "Kiss Me", a lyrically witty love declaration between the two young lovers.
Everyone always criticizes Andrew Lloyd Webber's music, which, in my opinion, is often luscious, sweeping and dramatic. It evokes the days of Puccini and even Rogers & Hammerstein. I'll admit Andrew Lloyd Webber is far from brilliant and he is famous for using the most insipid lyricists in the history of musical theatre, but Sondheim's music is incapable of approaching the gorgeousness of Webber's work. Now I will say that if you attend a Sondheim musical, you're in for an intellectually stimulating experience.
Just because music is intellectual does not mean it's wonderful. Sometimes intellectual is just that. When I go to the theatre, I want to be moved, not quizzed. Sondheim needs to learn how to compose melodies that, at least, follow some form or structure and don't simply drift off into A-tonal murkiness. An audience can't be expected to cry or experience emotions if the music isn't lifting them or taking them anywhere.
On last thought...
Phantom of the Opera is the longest running show on Broadway...and there's a reason! It's moving. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moves by the sweeping melodies. You can point out all of the show's shortcomings but you cannot deny that most of Webber's score is gorgeous. No matter who you are, if you go see Phantom of the Opera you will be moved. You could also see Sweeny Todd on Broadway and find it interesting and amusing. To say the least, you'll walk out of the theatre thinking, "Wow I was just intellectually stimulated! ALL RIGHT!"...and that's about it.
Webber's music IS musical theatre, Sondheim's music is like a sea of watercolors that bleeds into a murky mess.
Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is a celebrated stage and film director famous for creating dance numbers with a super sexy style--and truly chaotic professional and personal life. Even as he edits a film he has recently directed, he begins rehearsals for a new Broadway show. Even as he duels with his acidic show-biz ex-wife over the needs of their daughter, he cheats on his girl friend with any lovely chorus girl who wants to fall across his bed. He goes from crisis to crisis in a round of late nights fueled by nicotine, caffine, alcohol, and drugs--and he loves every ego-gratifying moment of it. What he does not love is the heart attack he has in the middle of it all.
What divides viewers is not so much the plot as the overall style of the film. Like Joe Gideon, Bob Fosse (1927-1987) was most famous for his musicals, which were often akin to beautiful but distinctly dark hallucinations of super-stylized motion showing lots of skin. With ALL THAT JAZZ, Fosse takes his unique, highly surrealistic musical style and combines it with the similarly surrealistic approach of such master directors as Fellini. The result is a film that shifts between past, present, and future with glittering musical numbers that leap from the mind of Gideon himself to make wry comment on his egocentric madness--and in which beautiful show girls become the personification of death.
As Joe Gideon, Roy Scheider (perhaps best known for his tough-cop role in THE FRENCH CONNECTION) truly gives the performance of his career; he is amazing in the role of the driven, egocentric director/choreographer who will stop at nothing to pursue his desires, professional or otherwise. The film also gives us two performers who rarely appear on screen: Leland Palmer as Gideon's ex-wife Audrey Paris (a role based on Gwen Verdon) and Ann Rhineking as Gideon's long-suffering dancer-girlfried Kate Jagger (a role, ironically, based on herself.) Both prove extremely memorable--as does Ben Vereen, a performer I do not usually like, appearing here in as the emcee of Gideon's final and most memorable hallucination.
The cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno is sharp, clean, disquieting, and manages to convey the New York of the late 1970s in remarkable detail; the editing by Alan Heim (who also worked on such memorable films as NETWORK and STAR 80) is also memorable. Indeed, be it lighting, costumes, casting, or overall art design it is virtually impossible to fault the film at any level. Even so--ALL THAT JAZZ remains as likely to divide viewers today as it did in 1979. Movie musicals have changed a great deal over the past decade or so, but ALL THAT JAZZ remains a unique offering. You either get it or you don't; you either like it or you hate it.
There are at least two DVDs on the market. One is a no-frills edition with a good transfer; the other offers several bells and whistles that fans of the film will enjoy. Recommended in either version.
GFT, Amazon Reviewer
As a sequel to the original, this soundtrack contains many of the same arrangements that marked the first film score. The tracks have been remixed, but are just as good, if not better than the originals. For example, Rocky II's "Gonna Fly Now" has a late 70's disco beat and features a chorus of children (who in the picture run with Rocky during his training run in the street and up the steps to the Philadelphia City Hall). The remix works well, has more energy than the original,
and is highly satisfying and inspiring.
There are two vocal songs on this album. Bill Conti's wife, Shelby, co-wrote the vocal ballad "All of My Life." The song is preformed by DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford, who also performed on the original Rocky in "You Take My Heart Away". "All of My Life" was not included in the picture, but is a solid romantic song that depicts Rocky and Adrian's deep love for one another.
The other vocal track, "Two Kinds of Love" is performed by Frank Stallone, (Sly's talented brother) who also wrote the song. He sings it with his street group around a trash can fire, as Rocky carries Adrian home on their wedding night.
Last, but certainly not least, Conti inspires the listener with a stirring and dramatic theme used in the title fight with Apollo Creed, "Conquest", and is perhaps the best dramatic track on the album. Finally, Conti presents the emotional and haunting, "Vigil", which plays as Rocky awaits for Adrian to awaken from her coma. It is filled with sorrow, extremely tender, and delicate in its composition.
While the album "only" has eight tracks, they are all wonderful and showcase the brilliance that is Bill Conti. It is a must-have, and deserves it own place alongside the original Rocky.
Jim "Konedog" Koenig
I was fortunate to see the first "Rocky" on my best friends Top Loader VCR just prior...(that and Star Wars were my first 2 experiences with the now infamous bootleg copy!). But I was 10 - did I care?
Not only do I remember being as emotional as a 10 year old could be that Adrianne not only survived the childbirth, Rock had a kid, and of course being pumped during the workout and the fact he caught the chicken! (that "Kentucky Fried Idiot").
But what I also remember was getting the music from those key scenes stuck in my head as well...the music became just as important to me that year.
Of course the training music everyone knows, but I remembered the music during the final fight, the piano solo as Rock sits and waits out Addriane's coma, the 2 acapella songs the quartet is singing around the fire. It all stuck...and I remember getting the soundtrack to that (and Star Wars!) on that birthday that year and it was all on there.
As the hype machine started rolling months ago on Rocky Balboa was everywhere...something triggered me to find the soundtrack on cd. Went to a handful of stores and no luck..until I hit Amazon.
And I have to say it all holds up (except one track - which wasn't actaully in the movie). All the music triggers all the memories and it is amazing how after all this time it still sounds great.
The one track "All of My Life" with vocals - is a very dated, heavy synth sounding song, I assume attempt at a Top 40 single at the time. It sounds like a they wanted Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr to sing a duet - and they were both busy...so they found 2 session singers and recorded a demo....and never finished it. VERY - 80's sounding.
But the rest of the instrumentals hold up and still trigger some emotions from my past.
To me, still the best Rocky of the series, and still the best Soundtrack of the series as well.
If you are remotely sentimental about this movie - it will put a smile on your face.
The formula for the sequel soundtrack is much the same as the original: the famous opening fanfare is present, as is "Gonna Fly Now" (though the mix used on the CD is different from the one used in the film). DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford appear, as does Frank Stallone. What sets this soundtrack apart are "Redemption", the film's driving theme, and "Conquest", the suspenseful fight theme that would fittingly become a staple of future Rocky scores. The Overture also features a lengthy section unused in the final cut of the film, which bridges the opening music to the end credits reprise of "Redemption", and is likely of note to fans of composer Bill Conti. Last, but certainly not least, is "Vigil", the moving track that plays while Adrian is in her coma.
All in all, the Rocky II Soundtrack is a fine supplement to the original, infamous soundtrack to the original film. While I would have hoped to have had the film's mix of "Gonna Fly Now" as a CD bonus (as the disc is just over 34 minutes in length), this is a minor nitpick on such an enjoyable album.
Only 8 tracks?!! That may be your first reaction, but don't you worry, almost every musical piece of the film is included on this soundtrack!
--->(WARNING! The explanations of the Tracks can contain SPOILERS of the Movie!!) <---
1. Redemption - Yeah, Rocky is back! This song really captures that feeling. Being the main theme of Rocky II, Redemption is a completely new music track with hints in it that it is true music from a Rocky film. Rocky has just gone the distance and is transported to the hospital. The ambulances are riding through the dark city which is heard in the music, with another theme screaming: "Rocky is back!" through it. Length: (2:33)
2. Gonna Fly Now - Back is Rocky, so is the heartpumping Rocky theme! This time, a bit different from the original. More funky and even more seventies than the one the Rocky I soundtrack. Now, instead of adult voices, childeren are now singing the lyrics of the song, which gives a great power-up feeling. Length: (2:33)
3. Conquest - Rocky's back in the ring with Apollo for a rematch and gives absolutely everything he has got! The music shows this powerfully. A fantastic tence fight needs fantastic tence music must have Bill Conti thought, and he delivers that sort of music in a perfect way! When Rocky feels his strength leaving him, the music shows that feeling. When he's back fighting, the music lets you hear that! The music is just screaming: Go for it Rock!" Length: (4:36)
4. Vigil - Rocky's one and only true love Adrain has slipped into a coma. His world is upside down, his emotions are high up. His heart hurts and the music shows you that feeling. He doesn't wanna go on anymore. He is broken, defeated, without the love of his woman who he can't live without. The music guides your once again through Rocky's clouded soul with true emotion. Length: (6:29)
5. All My Life - A true seventies song which isn't in the movie. Sung by the same two people who sung "You take my Heart away" on the soundtrack of Rocky I (DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford) A fun song about once again a strong and important character in the Rocky films: Love. Length: (3:58)
6. Overtune - The longest track on the soundtrack starts with the music of the very beginning of the film. The title of the film floats over the screen from right to left and then flips over to the ending of round 14 of the boxingmatch in part I. The fantastic music of that moment is heard once again. After that the music goes over in another great, kind of, contest of trumpets which is not heard in the movie but has familiar sounds in it. Then it continues as a true seventies tune that also isn't heard in the movie. You can hear tunes of "Gonna Fy Now" and "Going the Distance" in it. A truely fasenating tune.
Then the music goes to the moment where the match has ended and Rocky has won! The music sweeps up and goes all the way to the fantastic moment where Rocky screams in the microphone: "Yo Adrian, I did it!" A true goosbump moment. Then the music fades out and the Main theme "Redemption" is heard once again (which was besides the beginning, also at the end credits in the movie). Length: (8:37)
7. Two kinds of Love - Again sung by Frank Stallone, Sylvester Stallone's brother. The song begins with true fifties humming and soundmaking. Then the man starts to sing with his Streetcornor band. A great song which is in the film at the scene after Rocky and Adrian are married and are walking over the street back home. Length: (2:36)
8. All of my Life - Instrumentical version of the song it says on the cd, but this is a different version of the Rocky love theme if you ask me. Great soft music which is heard in the film when Rocky and Adrian are telling each other that they will never leave each other, right after their wedding, in the appartment. Lenght: (2:27)
So again a fantastic Soundtrack by Bill Conti.
Rocky was back in 1979, and so was Bill Conti! Enjoy!
All 5 rocky films are brilliant, soundtrack is equally fantastic but in rocky 2 before he gets fired from his friends meat store, he's workin hard and a nice tune plays in the backround for a few minutes. Does anyone know the name of this tune? Also does anyone know what i'm talking about?
This one is clearly the winner. Not only because of Raimondi and Van Dam (both great); but mainly due to the great female cast. Te Kanawa sings here much better than on the Davis record. She is Dona Elvira! Even Schwarzkopf didn't impress me after have listened to this record. Edda Moser and Teresa Berganza are also unbelievable. Just listen to "Forse Un Giorno" or "Vedrai, Carino" to understand what I mean.
This may not be the best opera record ever record, but it is the one that I've listened the most.
My second Don is the Klemperer recording. It is a great recording, but the female cast doesn't compare to this one.
I've owned several collections of highlights from "Don Giovanni", which is to opera what Beethoven's 9th is to symphonies. I've also seen it in performance twice and saw Karajan conduct it live once on PBS. What shocked me most about the latter were two things: the titanic Karajan was a short guy, probably about 5-5, and appeared a dwarf on stage after the production; and the final scene, where the Don goes to Hell, was constructed electronically with bizarre concentric circles into which the Don was swallowed and disappeared. The final go to Hell scene in the film "Amadeus" is much better.
I don't know what the final scene is like in this performance since I've never seen the movie. But I've savored the "soundtrack" for almost three decades. It is clearly the best work Lorin Maazel has ever done, better than his 1960s Tchaikovsky and Sibelus symphonies, the second and third best things he's ever done.
When first I bought this highlight package the Internet was still a military-only operation and the score was not available in USA. Eschewing a scratchy LP in 1979, I bought the chrome cassette from a British dealer. I later burned a high quality CD from my cassette. You, of course, have the advantage of both the Internet and the availability of this wonderful music here in a direct to CD recording.
This is a dramatic telling of the story of Don Juan, his ribald antics, his contribution to the death of a woman and her father, and his comeuppance when one of the most bizarre figures in all art -- the commendatore -- comes to life and sentences him to Hell, where the Don goes in a blazing scene.
Raimondi's Don is dramatic and dynamic and he sings the part very well. The other members of the cast, Edda Moser as Donna Anna, Kiri Te Kanawa as Donna Elvira, Kenneth Riegel as Don Ottavio, Jaoyn Macurdy as the Commendatore, Jose Van Dam as Leporello, Malcom King as Masetto and a then not well-known Teresa Berganza as Zerlina -- are, in a word, wonderful. The singing on this collection is beyond criticism and continues to stand up to the best recorded accounts almost 30 years later.
The sound on this recording is very good, natural and captured as if taken from a staged recording. No accommodation is needed for the sound, which is five by five and warm. If you want an introduction to the wonders of "Don Giovanni" you can't do better than this.
Maazel pulls no perverse punches. He's mostly straightforward, although at times he takes pains to underline the drama for the camera, which is all to the good. From the fierce opening scene you'd think this was going to be an angry, thuggish Don (I wish it had been), but soon Raimondi lapses into smooth, somewhat bland singing that emphasizes mellifluous tone over character. Too bad, since everything else is outstanding. Sony's sonics are fine, and the orchestra plays very well.
In sum, this almost great Don Giovanni deserves a listen. It's among the best on the market, lacking only a charismatic Don to rise to the very top. If you object to Wachter's brutishness on the Giulini set or dislike the gloss of Karajan's conducting on the stary DG set, this one from Maazel may turn into a first choice.
I remember my mother driving me to the Korvette's Dept store at the Blue Star Shopping Center to get the original Sweeney Todd LP (yes, that's how old I am...). I played it to death, almost literally. I think I went through another LP set and a casette tape set before CDs came out. In my mind, nothing will ever beat that LP for sound and emotion and power, but this remastered CD is the next best thing.
Angela Lansbury is sensational as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's "partner in crime". She delivers every song in a brilliant British music hall style, and every track she is on stands out. She is luminous.
Len Cariou is simply marvelous. While most people know (the highly overrated George Hearn) from the video, in my mind Len remains the definitive Sweeney. He plays the part with a brooding intensity and shocks as well as chills. His "Ephiphany" is possibly the best track on the album. A thrilling performance.
The rest of the cast is also spectacular. Ken Jennings is a very sweet and heartbreaking Tobias. Victor Garber delivers "Johanna" with a strong voice. Sarah Rice also does very well as Johanna, both sh a Garber are a delight in "Kiss Me".
This is a cast ablbum every true Broadway fan should own. It is, in a word, magnificent.
Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' has been described as quasi-operatic, so unending is the musical flow in this masterpiece. The plot is twisted and insidious, but something that many can take a sort of perverse pleasure in watching unfold. Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett is the jewel of this recording. Heartbreaking in 'The Worst Pies in London,' Lansbury also manages to sound obsequious and nasty ('God, that's good!') and even slightly insane (the final scene). Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd may feel a bit underpowered at times, but it all goes to underscore the differences between the Todd character's outward appearances and inward struggle.
The supporting cast rises to the challenge, with an especially wide-eyed Toby and a very fruity Pirelli. The chorus is powerful and borders on the edge of manic insanity in such gripping moments as 'City on Fire.' My personal favorite from this set is the crazed, joyous counterpoint of three soloists and the chorus all singing atop each other in 'God, that's good!'
This is a beautiful recording and a triumph of the 'musical' genre. Don't miss it!
With that said, Sweeny Todd is definitely his best work. There are a few good numbers in here. "Joanna" is a pretty tune and so is "Not While I'm Around" but, again, not gorgeous. My personal favorite has always been "Kiss Me", a lyrically witty love declaration between the two young lovers.
Everyone always criticizes Andrew Lloyd Webber's music, which, in my opinion, is often luscious, sweeping and dramatic. It evokes the days of Puccini and even Rogers & Hammerstein. I'll admit Andrew Lloyd Webber is far from brilliant and he is famous for using the most insipid lyricists in the history of musical theatre, but Sondheim's music is incapable of approaching the gorgeousness of Webber's work. Now I will say that if you attend a Sondheim musical, you're in for an intellectually stimulating experience.
Just because music is intellectual does not mean it's wonderful. Sometimes intellectual is just that. When I go to the theatre, I want to be moved, not quizzed. Sondheim needs to learn how to compose melodies that, at least, follow some form or structure and don't simply drift off into A-tonal murkiness. An audience can't be expected to cry or experience emotions if the music isn't lifting them or taking them anywhere.
On last thought...
Phantom of the Opera is the longest running show on Broadway...and there's a reason! It's moving. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moves by the sweeping melodies. You can point out all of the show's shortcomings but you cannot deny that most of Webber's score is gorgeous. No matter who you are, if you go see Phantom of the Opera you will be moved. You could also see Sweeny Todd on Broadway and find it interesting and amusing. To say the least, you'll walk out of the theatre thinking, "Wow I was just intellectually stimulated! ALL RIGHT!"...and that's about it.
Webber's music IS musical theatre, Sondheim's music is like a sea of watercolors that bleeds into a murky mess.
Original Soundtrack from Globo TV Soap Opera.
Carinhoso 1973,Various Artists,Som Livre,World Music
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Very disappointing, considering what it could have been.......2007-04-20
Disc 1: 60 minutes
Disc 2: 50 minutes
Disc 3: 61 minutes
Disc 4: 58 minutes
What gives Silva? There is *MUCH* more John Williams in the silva screen back catalogue by the Prague Philharmonic than what is in this set, and thats not including their entire discs devoted to Star Wars Films, Indiana Jones Trilogy etc. Why isn't Hook "When You're Alone" included on Disc 2? There's room. Why isn't 1941 on Disc 1? There's room. Why isn't Earthquake on Disc 3? There's room. Why isn't Far and Away on disc 4? There's room. Where's the other ten minutes of the Rare Breed suite on disc 3? Why isn't Midway on disc 1? Where are the Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel and Lots In Space tv themes? Etc. Etc. Etc.
C'mon Silva, most of these 4 disc mega boxes released in the past few years are packed to the brim, but not this one, and with new recordings made after this was released (the terminal, munich, geisha, war of the worlds, star wars ep 3, harry potter 3), it only makes sense for a "re-do" in the next couple of years.
Further, with Silva releasing the 100 Greatest Film Themes on six discs in a couple of months, it's only a matter of time before we see the ultimate six disc john williams set.
This isn't a BAD set to own, but it could have been much better and when compared to the Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry sets in this same series, this one is a major letdown.
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- Not While I'm Around
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- The Ballad Of Sweeney Todd
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Despite being known for her televised sleuthing these days, Angela Lansbury once managed to both spook and delight Broadway audiences as the maker of very particular delicacies in Victorian London. In this macabre extravaganza, Lansbury's Nellie Lovett is the accomplice of Len Cariou's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. After he slashes his victims, she turns them into her meat pies' main ingredient. For this most ghoulish of shows, Sondheim looked for inspiration in the way the music is used in horror and suspense movies, particularly in the soundtracks of Bernard Herrmann. The winner of nine Tony Awards in 1979, Sweeney Todd may not be Sondheim's most accessible score, but its operatic complexity (it is almost entirely sung-through) makes it darkly spellbinding. --Elisabeth VincentelliAlbum Description
A Classic Stephen Sondheim Musical Available Now at a New Low Price!Features bonus tracks, digitally remastered and new liner notes.
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Sweeney Lives!.......2007-05-14
I remember my mother driving me to the Korvette's Dept store at the Blue Star Shopping Center to get the original Sweeney Todd LP (yes, that's how old I am...). I played it to death, almost literally. I think I went through another LP set and a casette tape set before CDs came out. In my mind, nothing will ever beat that LP for sound and emotion and power, but this remastered CD is the next best thing.
A Masterpiece.......2007-05-06
Angela Lansbury is sensational as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's "partner in crime". She delivers every song in a brilliant British music hall style, and every track she is on stands out. She is luminous.
Len Cariou is simply marvelous. While most people know (the highly overrated George Hearn) from the video, in my mind Len remains the definitive Sweeney. He plays the part with a brooding intensity and shocks as well as chills. His "Ephiphany" is possibly the best track on the album. A thrilling performance.
The rest of the cast is also spectacular. Ken Jennings is a very sweet and heartbreaking Tobias. Victor Garber delivers "Johanna" with a strong voice. Sarah Rice also does very well as Johanna, both sh a Garber are a delight in "Kiss Me".
This is a cast ablbum every true Broadway fan should own. It is, in a word, magnificent.
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street .......2007-01-13
If you're going to hear a musical..........2006-09-04
Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' has been described as quasi-operatic, so unending is the musical flow in this masterpiece. The plot is twisted and insidious, but something that many can take a sort of perverse pleasure in watching unfold. Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett is the jewel of this recording. Heartbreaking in 'The Worst Pies in London,' Lansbury also manages to sound obsequious and nasty ('God, that's good!') and even slightly insane (the final scene). Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd may feel a bit underpowered at times, but it all goes to underscore the differences between the Todd character's outward appearances and inward struggle.
The supporting cast rises to the challenge, with an especially wide-eyed Toby and a very fruity Pirelli. The chorus is powerful and borders on the edge of manic insanity in such gripping moments as 'City on Fire.' My personal favorite from this set is the crazed, joyous counterpoint of three soloists and the chorus all singing atop each other in 'God, that's good!'
This is a beautiful recording and a triumph of the 'musical' genre. Don't miss it!
Good but...........2006-06-16
With that said, Sweeny Todd is definitely his best work. There are a few good numbers in here. "Joanna" is a pretty tune and so is "Not While I'm Around" but, again, not gorgeous. My personal favorite has always been "Kiss Me", a lyrically witty love declaration between the two young lovers.
Everyone always criticizes Andrew Lloyd Webber's music, which, in my opinion, is often luscious, sweeping and dramatic. It evokes the days of Puccini and even Rogers & Hammerstein. I'll admit Andrew Lloyd Webber is far from brilliant and he is famous for using the most insipid lyricists in the history of musical theatre, but Sondheim's music is incapable of approaching the gorgeousness of Webber's work. Now I will say that if you attend a Sondheim musical, you're in for an intellectually stimulating experience.
Just because music is intellectual does not mean it's wonderful. Sometimes intellectual is just that. When I go to the theatre, I want to be moved, not quizzed. Sondheim needs to learn how to compose melodies that, at least, follow some form or structure and don't simply drift off into A-tonal murkiness. An audience can't be expected to cry or experience emotions if the music isn't lifting them or taking them anywhere.
On last thought...
Phantom of the Opera is the longest running show on Broadway...and there's a reason! It's moving. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moves by the sweeping melodies. You can point out all of the show's shortcomings but you cannot deny that most of Webber's score is gorgeous. No matter who you are, if you go see Phantom of the Opera you will be moved. You could also see Sweeny Todd on Broadway and find it interesting and amusing. To say the least, you'll walk out of the theatre thinking, "Wow I was just intellectually stimulated! ALL RIGHT!"...and that's about it.
Webber's music IS musical theatre, Sondheim's music is like a sea of watercolors that bleeds into a murky mess.
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All That Jazz (1979 Film)
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ASIN: B000008115 Release Date: 2000-04-25 |
Tracks:
- Main Title (Instrumental) - Ralph Burns
- On Broadway - George Benson
- Michelle (Instrumental) - Ralph Burns
- Take Off With Us - Sandahl Bergman & Chorus
- Vivaldi Concert In G (Instrumental) - Ralph Burns
- Ponte Vecchio (Instrumental) - Ralph Burns
- Everything Old Is New Again - Peter Allen
- South Mt Sinai Parade (Instrumental) - Ralph Burns
- After You've Gone - Leland Palmer
- There'll Be Some Changes Made - Ann Reinking
- Who's Sorry Now - Chorus
- Some Of These Days - Erzsebet Foldi
- Going Home Now (Instrumental) - Ralph Burns
- Bye Bye Love - Ben Vereen & Roy Scheider
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1995 reissue of the soundtrack to director Bob Fosse's acclaimed 1979 musical co-starring Roy Scheider and Jessica Lange. Ralph Burns arranged & conducted all 14 tracks, whichinclude performances by George Benson, Sandahl Bergman and Ben Vereen with Scheider. A Spectrum/ Karussell release.Album Details
Accompanying Music to the Critically Acclaimed, Oscar Winning (For Best Art Direction, Best Score and Best Costume Design) 1979 Musical which features Musical Performances by Roy Scheider and Ben Vereen and also Stars Jessica Lange and Johnathan Lithgow. Includes the George Benson Standard "On Broadway", plus a Piece of Vivaldi's "Concert in G" and More.Customer Reviews:
Life and Death On The Great White Way.......2007-06-24
Joe Gideon (Roy Scheider) is a celebrated stage and film director famous for creating dance numbers with a super sexy style--and truly chaotic professional and personal life. Even as he edits a film he has recently directed, he begins rehearsals for a new Broadway show. Even as he duels with his acidic show-biz ex-wife over the needs of their daughter, he cheats on his girl friend with any lovely chorus girl who wants to fall across his bed. He goes from crisis to crisis in a round of late nights fueled by nicotine, caffine, alcohol, and drugs--and he loves every ego-gratifying moment of it. What he does not love is the heart attack he has in the middle of it all.
What divides viewers is not so much the plot as the overall style of the film. Like Joe Gideon, Bob Fosse (1927-1987) was most famous for his musicals, which were often akin to beautiful but distinctly dark hallucinations of super-stylized motion showing lots of skin. With ALL THAT JAZZ, Fosse takes his unique, highly surrealistic musical style and combines it with the similarly surrealistic approach of such master directors as Fellini. The result is a film that shifts between past, present, and future with glittering musical numbers that leap from the mind of Gideon himself to make wry comment on his egocentric madness--and in which beautiful show girls become the personification of death.
As Joe Gideon, Roy Scheider (perhaps best known for his tough-cop role in THE FRENCH CONNECTION) truly gives the performance of his career; he is amazing in the role of the driven, egocentric director/choreographer who will stop at nothing to pursue his desires, professional or otherwise. The film also gives us two performers who rarely appear on screen: Leland Palmer as Gideon's ex-wife Audrey Paris (a role based on Gwen Verdon) and Ann Rhineking as Gideon's long-suffering dancer-girlfried Kate Jagger (a role, ironically, based on herself.) Both prove extremely memorable--as does Ben Vereen, a performer I do not usually like, appearing here in as the emcee of Gideon's final and most memorable hallucination.
The cinematography by Giuseppe Rotunno is sharp, clean, disquieting, and manages to convey the New York of the late 1970s in remarkable detail; the editing by Alan Heim (who also worked on such memorable films as NETWORK and STAR 80) is also memorable. Indeed, be it lighting, costumes, casting, or overall art design it is virtually impossible to fault the film at any level. Even so--ALL THAT JAZZ remains as likely to divide viewers today as it did in 1979. Movie musicals have changed a great deal over the past decade or so, but ALL THAT JAZZ remains a unique offering. You either get it or you don't; you either like it or you hate it.
There are at least two DVDs on the market. One is a no-frills edition with a good transfer; the other offers several bells and whistles that fans of the film will enjoy. Recommended in either version.
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Fantastic!.......2007-06-18
Well executed, entertaining, musical.......2007-03-25
Eclectic Mix.......2007-02-24
"Bye, bye love"...........2007-02-09
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Manhattan (1979 Film)
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ASIN: B0000025GH Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Rhapsody In Blue
- Land Of The Gay Caballero
- Someone To Watch Over Me
- I've Got A Crush On You
- Do, Do, Do
- Mine
- He Loves And She Loves
- Bronco Busters
- Oh Lady Be Good
- 'S Wonderful
- Love Is Here To Stay
- Sweet And Low-Down
- Blue, Blue, Blue
- Embraceable You
- He Loves And She Loves
- Love Is Sweeping The Country & Land Of The Gay Caballero
- Strike Up The Band
- But Not For Me
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another great Woody soundtrack.......2007-01-11
He Says and She Says.......2003-11-17
great soundtrack, well played, fantastic songs. Buy It!.......2003-09-29
Music of Manhattan is 'S Wonderful.......2001-03-14
Not much more than a Medley.......2000-08-01
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Rocky II (1979 Film)
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ASIN: B00000B9C2 Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Redemption
- Gonna Fly Now
- Conquest
- Vigil
- All Of My Life
- Overture
- Two Kinds Of Love
- All Of My Life
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Conti's Score for Rocky II Continues to Inspire.......2007-01-06
As a sequel to the original, this soundtrack contains many of the same arrangements that marked the first film score. The tracks have been remixed, but are just as good, if not better than the originals. For example, Rocky II's "Gonna Fly Now" has a late 70's disco beat and features a chorus of children (who in the picture run with Rocky during his training run in the street and up the steps to the Philadelphia City Hall). The remix works well, has more energy than the original,
and is highly satisfying and inspiring.
There are two vocal songs on this album. Bill Conti's wife, Shelby, co-wrote the vocal ballad "All of My Life." The song is preformed by DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford, who also performed on the original Rocky in "You Take My Heart Away". "All of My Life" was not included in the picture, but is a solid romantic song that depicts Rocky and Adrian's deep love for one another.
The other vocal track, "Two Kinds of Love" is performed by Frank Stallone, (Sly's talented brother) who also wrote the song. He sings it with his street group around a trash can fire, as Rocky carries Adrian home on their wedding night.
Last, but certainly not least, Conti inspires the listener with a stirring and dramatic theme used in the title fight with Apollo Creed, "Conquest", and is perhaps the best dramatic track on the album. Finally, Conti presents the emotional and haunting, "Vigil", which plays as Rocky awaits for Adrian to awaken from her coma. It is filled with sorrow, extremely tender, and delicate in its composition.
While the album "only" has eight tracks, they are all wonderful and showcase the brilliance that is Bill Conti. It is a must-have, and deserves it own place alongside the original Rocky.
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Still the winner..........2007-01-03
I was fortunate to see the first "Rocky" on my best friends Top Loader VCR just prior...(that and Star Wars were my first 2 experiences with the now infamous bootleg copy!). But I was 10 - did I care?
Not only do I remember being as emotional as a 10 year old could be that Adrianne not only survived the childbirth, Rock had a kid, and of course being pumped during the workout and the fact he caught the chicken! (that "Kentucky Fried Idiot").
But what I also remember was getting the music from those key scenes stuck in my head as well...the music became just as important to me that year.
Of course the training music everyone knows, but I remembered the music during the final fight, the piano solo as Rock sits and waits out Addriane's coma, the 2 acapella songs the quartet is singing around the fire. It all stuck...and I remember getting the soundtrack to that (and Star Wars!) on that birthday that year and it was all on there.
As the hype machine started rolling months ago on Rocky Balboa was everywhere...something triggered me to find the soundtrack on cd. Went to a handful of stores and no luck..until I hit Amazon.
And I have to say it all holds up (except one track - which wasn't actaully in the movie). All the music triggers all the memories and it is amazing how after all this time it still sounds great.
The one track "All of My Life" with vocals - is a very dated, heavy synth sounding song, I assume attempt at a Top 40 single at the time. It sounds like a they wanted Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr to sing a duet - and they were both busy...so they found 2 session singers and recorded a demo....and never finished it. VERY - 80's sounding.
But the rest of the instrumentals hold up and still trigger some emotions from my past.
To me, still the best Rocky of the series, and still the best Soundtrack of the series as well.
If you are remotely sentimental about this movie - it will put a smile on your face.
A rousing encore, much like the film.......2007-01-01
The formula for the sequel soundtrack is much the same as the original: the famous opening fanfare is present, as is "Gonna Fly Now" (though the mix used on the CD is different from the one used in the film). DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford appear, as does Frank Stallone. What sets this soundtrack apart are "Redemption", the film's driving theme, and "Conquest", the suspenseful fight theme that would fittingly become a staple of future Rocky scores. The Overture also features a lengthy section unused in the final cut of the film, which bridges the opening music to the end credits reprise of "Redemption", and is likely of note to fans of composer Bill Conti. Last, but certainly not least, is "Vigil", the moving track that plays while Adrian is in her coma.
All in all, the Rocky II Soundtrack is a fine supplement to the original, infamous soundtrack to the original film. While I would have hoped to have had the film's mix of "Gonna Fly Now" as a CD bonus (as the disc is just over 34 minutes in length), this is a minor nitpick on such an enjoyable album.
Back with Beautiful Music to Enjoy!.......2006-09-02
Only 8 tracks?!! That may be your first reaction, but don't you worry, almost every musical piece of the film is included on this soundtrack!
--->(WARNING! The explanations of the Tracks can contain SPOILERS of the Movie!!) <---
1. Redemption - Yeah, Rocky is back! This song really captures that feeling. Being the main theme of Rocky II, Redemption is a completely new music track with hints in it that it is true music from a Rocky film. Rocky has just gone the distance and is transported to the hospital. The ambulances are riding through the dark city which is heard in the music, with another theme screaming: "Rocky is back!" through it. Length: (2:33)
2. Gonna Fly Now - Back is Rocky, so is the heartpumping Rocky theme! This time, a bit different from the original. More funky and even more seventies than the one the Rocky I soundtrack. Now, instead of adult voices, childeren are now singing the lyrics of the song, which gives a great power-up feeling. Length: (2:33)
3. Conquest - Rocky's back in the ring with Apollo for a rematch and gives absolutely everything he has got! The music shows this powerfully. A fantastic tence fight needs fantastic tence music must have Bill Conti thought, and he delivers that sort of music in a perfect way! When Rocky feels his strength leaving him, the music shows that feeling. When he's back fighting, the music lets you hear that! The music is just screaming: Go for it Rock!" Length: (4:36)
4. Vigil - Rocky's one and only true love Adrain has slipped into a coma. His world is upside down, his emotions are high up. His heart hurts and the music shows you that feeling. He doesn't wanna go on anymore. He is broken, defeated, without the love of his woman who he can't live without. The music guides your once again through Rocky's clouded soul with true emotion. Length: (6:29)
5. All My Life - A true seventies song which isn't in the movie. Sung by the same two people who sung "You take my Heart away" on the soundtrack of Rocky I (DeEtta Little and Nelson Pigford) A fun song about once again a strong and important character in the Rocky films: Love. Length: (3:58)
6. Overtune - The longest track on the soundtrack starts with the music of the very beginning of the film. The title of the film floats over the screen from right to left and then flips over to the ending of round 14 of the boxingmatch in part I. The fantastic music of that moment is heard once again. After that the music goes over in another great, kind of, contest of trumpets which is not heard in the movie but has familiar sounds in it. Then it continues as a true seventies tune that also isn't heard in the movie. You can hear tunes of "Gonna Fy Now" and "Going the Distance" in it. A truely fasenating tune.
Then the music goes to the moment where the match has ended and Rocky has won! The music sweeps up and goes all the way to the fantastic moment where Rocky screams in the microphone: "Yo Adrian, I did it!" A true goosbump moment. Then the music fades out and the Main theme "Redemption" is heard once again (which was besides the beginning, also at the end credits in the movie). Length: (8:37)
7. Two kinds of Love - Again sung by Frank Stallone, Sylvester Stallone's brother. The song begins with true fifties humming and soundmaking. Then the man starts to sing with his Streetcornor band. A great song which is in the film at the scene after Rocky and Adrian are married and are walking over the street back home. Length: (2:36)
8. All of my Life - Instrumentical version of the song it says on the cd, but this is a different version of the Rocky love theme if you ask me. Great soft music which is heard in the film when Rocky and Adrian are telling each other that they will never leave each other, right after their wedding, in the appartment. Lenght: (2:27)
So again a fantastic Soundtrack by Bill Conti.
Rocky was back in 1979, and so was Bill Conti! Enjoy!
One Song Missing!! Someone Help!!.......2006-05-04
All 5 rocky films are brilliant, soundtrack is equally fantastic but in rocky 2 before he gets fired from his friends meat store, he's workin hard and a nice tune plays in the backround for a few minutes. Does anyone know the name of this tune? Also does anyone know what i'm talking about?
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Mozart: Don Giovanni / Maazel (1979 soundtrack) [RMST]
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Lorin Maazel , Raimondi , Te Kanawa , Berganza , Van Dam , Moser , King , Riegel , and Orchestra of the Paris Opera Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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ASIN: B000GCFAHK Release Date: 2006-08-29 |
Tracks:
- Overture
- No.1 Introduction: Notte E Giorno Faticar/Non Sperar, Se Non M'uccidi/Lasciala, Indegno!
- Leporello, Ove Sei?
- No.2 Accomapnied Recitative And Duet: Ah! Del Padre In Periglio
- Fuggi, Crudele, Fuggi!
- Orsu, Spicciati Presto. Cosa Vuoi?
- No.3 Aria: Ah! Chi Mi Dice Mai
- Chi E La?
- No.4 Aria: Madamina, Il Catalogo E Questo
- No.5 Chorus: Giovinette, Che FAte All'amore
- Manco Male, E Partita
- No.6 Aria: Ho Capito, Signor, Si!
- Alfin Siam Liberati
- No.7 Duet: La Ci Darem La Mano
- Fermati, Scellerato!
- No.8 Aria: Ah! Fuggi Il Traditor!
- Mi Par Ch'oggi Il Demonio
- Ah, Ti Ritrovo Ancor.../No.9 Quartet: Non Ti Fidar, O Misera
- Povera Sventurata!
- No.10 Accompanied Recitative And Aria: Don Ottavio...Son Morta!
- Or Sai Chi L'onore
- Come Mai Creder Deggio
- No.10b Aria: Dalla Sua Pace
Tracks:
- Io Deggio Ad Ogni Patto
- No.11 Aria: Fin Ch'han Dal Vino
- Masetto...Senti Un Po'!
- No.12 Aria: Batti, Batti, O Bel Masetto
- Guarda Un Po' Come Seppe
- No.13 Finale: Presto, Presto...Pria Che Venga
- Su, Svegliatevi, Da Bravi!
- Tra Quest'arbori Celata
- Bisogna Aver Corragio
- Protegga Il Giusto Cielo
- Riposate, Vezzose Ragazze
- Venite Pur Avanti
- cco Il Birbo Che T'ha Offesa!
- Trema, Trema Scellerato
- No.1 Duet: Eh Via Buffone, Non Mi Seccar!
- Lporello!...Signore?
- No.2 Trio: Ah! Taci, Ingiusto Core
- Amico, Che Ti Par?
- Eccomi A Voi
- No.3 Canzonetta: Deh Vieni Alla Finestra
- V'e Gente Alla Finestra
- No.4 Aria: Meta Di Voi Qua Vadano
- Zitto...Lascia Ch'io Senta
- Ahi! Ahi! La Testa Mia!
- No.5 Aria: Vedrai, Carino
- Di Molte Faci Il Lume
- No.6 Sextet: Sola, Sola In Buio Loco
- Ferma, Briccone! Dove Ten Vai?
- Mille Torbidi Pensieri
- Dunque Quello Sei Tu...
- No.7 Aria: Ah! Pieta, Signori Mieli!
- Ferma Perfido, Ferma!
- No.8 Aria: Il Mio Tesoro
Tracks:
- No.8c Aria: In Qali Eccessi...
- Mi Tradi Quell'alama Ingrata
- Ah! Ah! Ah! Questa E Buona!
- No.9 Duet: O Statua Gentilissima
- Calmatevi, Idol Mio!
- No.10 Accomanied Recitative And Aria: Crudele? Ah No! Mio Bene!...Non Mir Dir -
- Forse Un Giorno
- Ah, Si Segua Il Suo Passo
- No.11 Finale: Gia La Mensa E Preparata
- L'ultima Prova Dell'amor Mio/Che Grido E Questo Mai?
- Don Giovanni, A Cenar Teco
- Da Qual Tremore Insolito
- Ah! Dov'e Il Perfido?
- Or Che Tutti, O Mio Tesoro/Al Desio Di Chi T'adora/Resti Dunque Quel Birbon
- Questo E Il Fin
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Best Don.......2006-12-07
This one is clearly the winner. Not only because of Raimondi and Van Dam (both great); but mainly due to the great female cast. Te Kanawa sings here much better than on the Davis record. She is Dona Elvira! Even Schwarzkopf didn't impress me after have listened to this record. Edda Moser and Teresa Berganza are also unbelievable. Just listen to "Forse Un Giorno" or "Vedrai, Carino" to understand what I mean.
This may not be the best opera record ever record, but it is the one that I've listened the most.
My second Don is the Klemperer recording. It is a great recording, but the female cast doesn't compare to this one.
A "Regular People" Review.......2006-12-06
An outstanding collection from the film and, perhaps, opera.......2006-11-16
I've owned several collections of highlights from "Don Giovanni", which is to opera what Beethoven's 9th is to symphonies. I've also seen it in performance twice and saw Karajan conduct it live once on PBS. What shocked me most about the latter were two things: the titanic Karajan was a short guy, probably about 5-5, and appeared a dwarf on stage after the production; and the final scene, where the Don goes to Hell, was constructed electronically with bizarre concentric circles into which the Don was swallowed and disappeared. The final go to Hell scene in the film "Amadeus" is much better.
I don't know what the final scene is like in this performance since I've never seen the movie. But I've savored the "soundtrack" for almost three decades. It is clearly the best work Lorin Maazel has ever done, better than his 1960s Tchaikovsky and Sibelus symphonies, the second and third best things he's ever done.
When first I bought this highlight package the Internet was still a military-only operation and the score was not available in USA. Eschewing a scratchy LP in 1979, I bought the chrome cassette from a British dealer. I later burned a high quality CD from my cassette. You, of course, have the advantage of both the Internet and the availability of this wonderful music here in a direct to CD recording.
This is a dramatic telling of the story of Don Juan, his ribald antics, his contribution to the death of a woman and her father, and his comeuppance when one of the most bizarre figures in all art -- the commendatore -- comes to life and sentences him to Hell, where the Don goes in a blazing scene.
Raimondi's Don is dramatic and dynamic and he sings the part very well. The other members of the cast, Edda Moser as Donna Anna, Kiri Te Kanawa as Donna Elvira, Kenneth Riegel as Don Ottavio, Jaoyn Macurdy as the Commendatore, Jose Van Dam as Leporello, Malcom King as Masetto and a then not well-known Teresa Berganza as Zerlina -- are, in a word, wonderful. The singing on this collection is beyond criticism and continues to stand up to the best recorded accounts almost 30 years later.
The sound on this recording is very good, natural and captured as if taken from a staged recording. No accommodation is needed for the sound, which is five by five and warm. If you want an introduction to the wonders of "Don Giovanni" you can't do better than this.
A very fine performance, lacking only a charismatic Don.......2006-09-13
Maazel pulls no perverse punches. He's mostly straightforward, although at times he takes pains to underline the drama for the camera, which is all to the good. From the fierce opening scene you'd think this was going to be an angry, thuggish Don (I wish it had been), but soon Raimondi lapses into smooth, somewhat bland singing that emphasizes mellifluous tone over character. Too bad, since everything else is outstanding. Sony's sonics are fine, and the orchestra plays very well.
In sum, this almost great Don Giovanni deserves a listen. It's among the best on the market, lacking only a charismatic Don to rise to the very top. If you object to Wachter's brutishness on the Giulini set or dislike the gloss of Karajan's conducting on the stary DG set, this one from Maazel may turn into a first choice.
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Hair: Original Soundtrack Recording (1979 Film)
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ASIN: B000002W4I Release Date: 1990-03-27 |
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- Aquarius
- Sodomy
- Donna/Hashish
- Colored Spade
- Manchester
- Abie Baby/Fourscore
- I'm Black/Ain't Got No
- Air
- I Got Life
- Frank Mills
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- 3-5-0-0
- Good Morning Starshine
- What A Piece Of Work Is Man
- Somebody To Love
- Don't Put It Down
- The Flesh Failures/Let The Sunshine In
Customer Reviews:
Amazing!.......2005-12-30
Much better than Broadway, but I miss "Don't Put It Down".......1999-04-11
As incredible as ever!.......1999-03-20
Read your Shakespeare.......1998-09-24
Unlike the reviewer from Videohound's Soundtracks, I actually like this album, just as I like the movie. Twyla Tharp's choreography is stunning, and Treat Williams, John Savage (John Savage can sing? Who knew?), Beverly D'Angelo and the others are quite delightful. Milos Forman is a superb filmmaker, but I think (sadly) musicals have somehow gone out of style, and it takes a brave director to tackle one (witness Alan Parker's EVITA).
This is an awesome CD........1998-07-12
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Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street (1979 Original Broadway Cast)
Stephen Sondheim , Angela Lansbury , Cris Groenendaal , Len Cariou , and Victor Garber Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Sondheim, Stephen
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ASIN: B000002W4L Release Date: 1990-10-25 |
Tracks:
- Prelude
- No Place Like London
- The Barber and His Wife
- The Worst Pies in London
- Poor Thing
- My Friends
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Lift your razor high, Sweeney!...
- Green Finch and Linnet Bird
- Ah, Miss
- Johanna
- Pirelli's Miracle Elixir
- The Contest
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: Sweeney pondered and Sweeney planned
- Wait
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd: His hands were quick, his fingers strong...
- Johanna
- Kiss Me
- Ladies in Their Sensitivities
- Pretty Women
- Epiphany
- A Little Priest
Tracks:
- God, That's Good
- Johanna
- By the Sea
- Wigmaker Sequence
- Not While I'm Around
- Parlor Songs
- Final Sequence
- The Ballad of Sweeney Todd
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Despite being known for her televised sleuthing these days, Angela Lansbury once managed to both spook and delight Broadway audiences as the maker of very particular delicacies in Victorian London. In this macabre extravaganza, Lansbury's Nellie Lovett is the accomplice of Len Cariou's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. After he slashes his victims, she turns them into her meat pies' main ingredient. For this most ghoulish of shows, Sondheim looked for inspiration in the way the music is used in horror and suspense movies, particularly in the soundtracks of Bernard Herrmann. The winner of nine Tony Awards in 1979, Sweeney Todd may not be Sondheim's most accessible score, but its operatic complexity (it is almost entirely sung-through) makes it darkly spellbinding. --Elisabeth VincentelliAlbum Description
A Classic Stephen Sondheim Musical Available Now at a New Low Price!Features bonus tracks, digitally remastered and new liner notes.
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Sweeney Lives!.......2007-05-14
I remember my mother driving me to the Korvette's Dept store at the Blue Star Shopping Center to get the original Sweeney Todd LP (yes, that's how old I am...). I played it to death, almost literally. I think I went through another LP set and a casette tape set before CDs came out. In my mind, nothing will ever beat that LP for sound and emotion and power, but this remastered CD is the next best thing.
A Masterpiece.......2007-05-06
Angela Lansbury is sensational as Mrs. Lovett, Sweeney's "partner in crime". She delivers every song in a brilliant British music hall style, and every track she is on stands out. She is luminous.
Len Cariou is simply marvelous. While most people know (the highly overrated George Hearn) from the video, in my mind Len remains the definitive Sweeney. He plays the part with a brooding intensity and shocks as well as chills. His "Ephiphany" is possibly the best track on the album. A thrilling performance.
The rest of the cast is also spectacular. Ken Jennings is a very sweet and heartbreaking Tobias. Victor Garber delivers "Johanna" with a strong voice. Sarah Rice also does very well as Johanna, both sh a Garber are a delight in "Kiss Me".
This is a cast ablbum every true Broadway fan should own. It is, in a word, magnificent.
Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street .......2007-01-13
If you're going to hear a musical..........2006-09-04
Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd' has been described as quasi-operatic, so unending is the musical flow in this masterpiece. The plot is twisted and insidious, but something that many can take a sort of perverse pleasure in watching unfold. Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Lovett is the jewel of this recording. Heartbreaking in 'The Worst Pies in London,' Lansbury also manages to sound obsequious and nasty ('God, that's good!') and even slightly insane (the final scene). Len Cariou as Sweeney Todd may feel a bit underpowered at times, but it all goes to underscore the differences between the Todd character's outward appearances and inward struggle.
The supporting cast rises to the challenge, with an especially wide-eyed Toby and a very fruity Pirelli. The chorus is powerful and borders on the edge of manic insanity in such gripping moments as 'City on Fire.' My personal favorite from this set is the crazed, joyous counterpoint of three soloists and the chorus all singing atop each other in 'God, that's good!'
This is a beautiful recording and a triumph of the 'musical' genre. Don't miss it!
Good but...........2006-06-16
With that said, Sweeny Todd is definitely his best work. There are a few good numbers in here. "Joanna" is a pretty tune and so is "Not While I'm Around" but, again, not gorgeous. My personal favorite has always been "Kiss Me", a lyrically witty love declaration between the two young lovers.
Everyone always criticizes Andrew Lloyd Webber's music, which, in my opinion, is often luscious, sweeping and dramatic. It evokes the days of Puccini and even Rogers & Hammerstein. I'll admit Andrew Lloyd Webber is far from brilliant and he is famous for using the most insipid lyricists in the history of musical theatre, but Sondheim's music is incapable of approaching the gorgeousness of Webber's work. Now I will say that if you attend a Sondheim musical, you're in for an intellectually stimulating experience.
Just because music is intellectual does not mean it's wonderful. Sometimes intellectual is just that. When I go to the theatre, I want to be moved, not quizzed. Sondheim needs to learn how to compose melodies that, at least, follow some form or structure and don't simply drift off into A-tonal murkiness. An audience can't be expected to cry or experience emotions if the music isn't lifting them or taking them anywhere.
On last thought...
Phantom of the Opera is the longest running show on Broadway...and there's a reason! It's moving. You'd have to have a heart of stone not to be moves by the sweeping melodies. You can point out all of the show's shortcomings but you cannot deny that most of Webber's score is gorgeous. No matter who you are, if you go see Phantom of the Opera you will be moved. You could also see Sweeny Todd on Broadway and find it interesting and amusing. To say the least, you'll walk out of the theatre thinking, "Wow I was just intellectually stimulated! ALL RIGHT!"...and that's about it.
Webber's music IS musical theatre, Sondheim's music is like a sea of watercolors that bleeds into a murky mess.
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Baby Snakes (1979 Film)
Frank Zappa Manufacturer: Zappa Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General
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ASIN: B0000009T6 Release Date: 1995-05-02 |
Tracks:
- Intro Rap
- Baby Snakes
- Titties `N' Beer
- The Black Page #2
- Jones Crusher
- Disco Boy
- Dinah Moe Hum
- Punky's Whips
Customer Reviews:
great stuff-if only it wasn't so short.......2001-03-28
screw Clapton/Zappa is GOD.......2001-03-12
VERY LACKLUSTER PERFORMANCE.......2000-07-27
If you want the real "Live" magic try "Live in New York", "Roxy and Elsewhere", and "The Best Band You Never Heard in Your Life".
With the last being the best IMHO.
Some of my favourite Frank Zappa.......2000-01-17
Excellent Live CD.......1999-10-20
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Emilie Jolie (1979 French Studio Cast)
Philippe Chatel Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks
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ASIN: B000007U1N Release Date: 1995-11-06 |
Tracks:
- Prologue
- Chanson de la Petite Fille Dans la Chambre Vide - Henri Salvador
- Chanson de la Compagnie des Lapins Bleus - Robert Charlebois
- Chanson d'Emile Jolie Etr du Grand Oiseau - Julien Clerc,
- Chanson de l'Autruche - Sylvie Vartan
- Chanson de la Sorci - Franse Hardy
- Chanson des Baleines de Parapluie - Isabelle Mayereau
- Reprise de la Chanson de la Compagnie des Lapins Bleus - Robert Charlebois
- Chanson du Herisson - Georges Brassens, , Henri Salvador
- Chanson de l'Extra-Terrestre
- Chanson du Petiti Caillou - Henri Salvador, Yves Simon
- Chanson de du Coq et de l'Ane - Alain Souchon, Laurent Voulzy
- Chanson du Loup - Eddy Mitchell
- Chanson du Raton-Laveur-Reveur
- Chanson du Debut la Fin - Franse Hardy, , Henri Salvador
- Chanson de Prince Charmant Debutant
- Chanson Finale - Henri Salvador
- Rire d'Emilie
- Shanson de l'Autruche [*] - Diane Dufresne
Album Details
Musical Written by Philippe Chatel featuring Top French Stars: Georges Brassens, Julien Clerc, Francoise Hardy, Eddy Mitchell, Yves Simon, Sylvie Vartan, Laurent Voulzy and Many More.Customer Reviews:
Mon histoire préférée.......2004-07-15
BELLE BALADE.......2000-02-25
C'est tout doux et en Francais.......1999-12-13
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