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Average customer rating: Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past A Good One!

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Tracks:

1. Oklahoma!: Oh, What A Beautiful Mornin' - John Raitt/Franz Allers
2. On The Town: New York, New York - Michael Kermoyan/Adolph Green/John Reardon/Cris Alexander & Chorus/Leonard Bernstein
3. Annie Get Your Gun: I Got The Sun In The Morning - Doris Day/Franz Allers
4. Fiddler On The Roof: If I Were A Rich Man - Topol/Gareth Davies
5. West Side Story: Tonight - Larry Kert/Carol Lawrence/Max Goberman
6. The Sound Of Music: The Sound Of Music - Mary Martin/Frederick Dvonch
7. My Fair Lady: On The Street Where You Live - Jerry Lanning/Theodore Saidenberg
8. Annie: Tomorrow - Andrea McArdle/Peter Howard
9. The Music Man: Seventy-Six Trombones - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
10. Anything Goes: You're The Top - Eileen Rodgers/Hal Linden/Julian Stein
11. Bye Bye Birdie: Put On A Happy Face - Dick Van Dyke/Elliot Lawrence
12. Mame: Open A New Window - Angela Lansbury & Cast/Don Pippin
13. Strike Up The Band: Strike Up The Band - The Chestnut Brass Co.
14. Sweet Charity: Hey, Big Spender - Helen Gallagher/Thelma Oliver/Fan-Dango Girls/Fred Werner
15. Bells Are Ringing: Just In Time - Judy Holliday/Sydney Chaplin/Milton Rosenstock
16. Gypst: Together, Wherever We Go - Ethel Merman/Jack Klugman/Sandra Church/Milton Rosenstock
17. Cabaret: Cabaret - Jill Haworth/Harold Hastings
18. Phantom Of The Opera: The Music Of The Night - The Boston Pops Orchestra/John Williams
19. Show Boat: Ol' Man River - William Warfield/Franz Allers
20. A Chorus Line: What I Did For Love - Priscilla Lopez & Cast/Don Pippin
21. A Little Night Music: Send In The Clowns - Glynis Johns/Harold Hastings

Customer Reviews:

Great to Hear All those great Voices from the Past.......2007-07-05

I just wanted to confirm what the first reviewer had to say about this CD. To hear Ethyl Merman, Mary Martin, Andrea McCardle etc. singing their trademark songs brought a lot of memories from the mid-centry musical theater back again. The last song by Glynis Johns is especially poignant.
You certainly can't beat the price!

A Good One!.......2006-11-10

This is a very good CD, mostly because it's the original artists. I've had some that were re-recorded by no name artists that were ghastly. This one is a really good one--including the sound quality. If I had one wish, I would wish it were longer!

Average customer rating: one of the worst live cds Roger at his finest work Was at the show and the DVD is a good reproduction A miss version of The Wall without Pink Floyd It's Not Pink Floyd But It's The Next Best Thing

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Tracks:

1. In The Flesh
2. The Thin Ice
3. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt.1
4. The Happiest Days Of Our Lives
5. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt.2
6. Mother
7. Goodbye Blue Sky
8. Empty Spaces
9. Young Lust
10. Oh My God - What A Fabulous Room
11. One Of My Turns
12. Don't Leave Me Now
13. Another Brick In The Wall, Pt.3
14. Goodbye Cruel World

Tracks:

1. Hey You
2. Is There Anybody Out There?
3. Nobody Home
4. Vera
5. Bring The Boys Back Home
6. Comfortably Numb
7. In The Flesh
8. Run Like Hell
9. Waiting For The Worms & Stop
10. The Trial
11. The Tide Is Turning
12. Encore: The Tide Is Turning

Amazon.com

Pink Floyd's 1979 double album The Wall was that strangest of beasts: a concept album, driven by a tortured rock-star protagonist, so obtusely personal it sometimes bordered on the inscrutable. But history was kind to the Roger Waters-spawned epic; when the communist bloc crumbled in 1989, taking the symbolic Berlin Wall with it, it inspired the ex-Floyd bassist and singer to frame his most ambitious work as another familiar tortured-rock-star conceit: the all-star benefit-concert TV broadcast. The shifting tides of history have undermined much of this remastered, double-disc soundtrack's momentous context, leaving behind a larger-than-life spectacle that, depending on one's viewpoint, could represent rock's most overarching populism--or the beginning of the end. Still, the star-heavy concept yields some unexpected surprises, from the Scorpions' bracing opening blast through haunting reinventions of "Mother" (Sinead O'Connor) and "Goodbye Blue Sky" (Joni Mitchell)--performances that blunt the oft-suspect misogyny of Waters's sprawling tale. Bryan Adams injects some vocal fire into "Empty Spaces" and "Young Lust," but by the time Waters, company, a massed German orchestra, choir, and the Military Orchestra of the Soviet Union reach the album's crescendos the event has gone so far over the top that it seems like nothing short of a neo-operatic Andrew Lloyd Webber wet dream. --Jerry McCulley

Album Description

Hailed as a musical, visual and historic landmark, Roger Waters' The Wall - Live In Berlin has been remixed and remastered (by Nick Griffiths, the original engineer) for the first time since its original 1990 premiere. The CD contains the entire two-hour-plus concert, featuring performances by Bryan Adams, The Band, Thomas Dolby, Cyndi Lauper, Sinead O'Connor, Van Morrison, Scorpions and more. The package boasts new, 2003 artwork, photos and liner notes. Mercury/Universal.

Customer Reviews:

one of the worst live cds.......2007-05-10

How can anyone even give this thing one star? ever heard of Live in the FLesh? one of the best live cd's EVER? from anyone? this thing flat blows, you can hardly hear it, it sounds like it was recorded from some bootlegger in the back row. and none of the songs mesh for beans. just a flat out waste of payola. The Flesh, the one and only. waiting for the new tours output of a cd/dvd hope its as good as FLesh but I dunno Doyle pretty much about stole the show in FLesh and he is not playing guitar on current tour. but the ladies are singing backup again so hoping for the best!

Roger at his finest work.......2007-03-09

First about the video then about the CD:

I first saw this video about three months ago when i found it at my local CD/Video bargain place for a buck! I was blown away at the superb way this work, already a master in itself was presented for the show. I kinda wish i would of seen this version (the stage production) first before i saw the movie. the live stage production was easier to follow. i love the music of course and had to have the CD. All of the different artist doing the songs from the best album ever. All of the performances are outstanding!!!! It all fits like a good ole pair of your favorite comfy worn jeans. Buy this CD and the DVD you will be amazed. PS: I loved it so much i purchased the DVD right here on Amazon for a Christmas gift to my dearest friends.

Was at the show and the DVD is a good reproduction.......2006-06-23

While nothing will ever come close to the experience of being there, the DVD did a pretty good job of capturing the moment. As snap shot in history, the summer of 1990. The Belin wall had just come down the previous November. On July 1st, for the first time since the wall went up, East and West Belin could freely cross the "Wall", Check Point Charlie was out of a job. This concert took place in Potsdam Platz, only months earlier, this was no man's land. You could be shot for being there. On this night in July, the world was finally at peace (Iraq would invade Kuwait two weeks later), I was standing in a crowd with Germans, English, French and countless other nationalities. We were all there taking in one of he greatest stages ever contructed for a concert. Roger Waters did it proud, to compare it to Pink Floyd's the Wall conerts (which I saw in Nassua Colisium in 1979) would be unfair. This concert was more than just the music and show, it was about a time in history. "Tear Down The Wall!!" it was already coming down. To watch the DVD, brings these memories streaming back and in these troubled times, is comforting to know that at one time peace was achieved.

A miss version of The Wall without Pink Floyd.......2005-12-02

Roger Waters' The Wall in Berlin was released in September of 1990.
This performance of The Wall was first recorded on July 21, 1990 and I heard the original radio broadcast.
Although this is a live album, portions of it were taken from a re-do of the show and the previous night's dress rehearsal. The original radio broadcast had the microphones all messing up and the power going out during The Thin Ice and Mother.
Initially, in a July, 1989 radio interview, Roger initially thought of having ex-bandmates David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Rick Wright play with him. Even David went through lawyers to get the OK to do it when asked at the Knebworth 1990 show backstage but then Roger shot down his ex-bandmates' offer in early July(hypocritical of Roger at the time). Then, Roger tried to get artists like Bruce Springsteen, Eric Clapton, Rod Stewart and Peter Gabriel(this would have been superb) for the performance. Unfortunately, those artists were either unavailable or wanted money so in the end he got some good artists(The Scorpions(whom were excellent on In the Flesh), Joni Mitchell(pretty good on Goodbye Blue Sky), Bryan Adams(his Young Lust was good), Paul Carrack(he did Hey You very well)) and some very bad artists(Van Morrison and The Band(they destroyed David Gilmour's parts on Comfortably Numb), Cyndi Lauper(her duetting with Roger on Another Brick in the Wall(pt. 2) was atrocious), Ute Lemper(tolerable on The Thin Ice but Mariah Carey-esquely annoying on The Trial), Sinead O' Connor(awful here but ironically was good on Rick Wright's Broken China) and Jerry Hall(her as the groupie was unnecessary)) for the performance.
Whilst original Wall show stalwarts Snowy White and Peter Wood plus Andy Fairweather-Low and Graham Broad were good, Rick DiFonso desecrated David Gilmour's solos thinking he was Eddie Van Halen.
Fortunately, Is There Anybody Out There? The Wall Live 1980 does great live justice to The Wall as it is the classic Floyd lineup performing The Wall(and there are videos filmed from those shows). If I were you, I'd spend my money on Is There Anybody Out There?.
Grab The Wall in Berlin ONLY if you are a collector.

It's Not Pink Floyd But It's The Next Best Thing.......2005-02-10

Not having been a big Roger Waters fan, this DVD changed my whole attitude and opinion of Roger Waters. This DVD/CD may not be Pink Floyd, but it sure is the next best thing. I thoroughly enjoyed this DVD. I had viewed Roger Waters as a whining, moaning, groaning, and complaining child who just wanted to have something to cry about. After seeing this DVD, that all changed. He was so cool, calm, and collected in this DVD and so relaxed. I was impressed with the way he shared the spotlight with other musicians and didn't cop an attitude by self-centeredness, selfishness, and egotism. I think he had the idea of performing this version of The Wall the same way Pink Floyd did the live version of The Wall. It was superbly done. All the musicians were superb especially Cyndi Lauper and Bryan Adams. You can always tell Cyndi even if you don't hear her because of her eccentricities. If you're not a Roger Waters fan or if you have doubts about him, check out The Wall: Live In Berlin and his other live album In The Flesh. I can guarantee you will have a change of heart. My friend gave me a copy of this DVD and after seeing it, I was totally blown away by the performance and came away with a different attitude toward Roger Waters. I was so impressed with this DVD/CD and the In The Flesh DVD I had to order the CDs. I do not regret it for a minute. I would highly recommend both these albums for any Pink Floyd or Roger Waters fan. You won't regret it!

Average customer rating: Is viewing better than just listening???? Awesome concert

Wall: Live in Berlin Roger Waters Manufacturer: Island / Mercury ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music New Wave | New Wave & Post-Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Blue-Eyed Soul | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music General | Soul | R&B | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: In the Flesh Live The Wall: Live in Berlin, 1990 Slowhand Eat a Peach Dark Side of the Moon 30th Anniversary Edition ASIN: B00009V7VC Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

1. In the Flesh - Scorpions
2. Thin Ice - Ute Lemper, Roger Waters
3. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 1 - Roger Waters
4. Happiest Days of Our Lives - Joe Chemay, Stan Farber, Jim Haas, John Joyce, Roger Waters
5. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 2 - Cyndi Lauper
6. Mother - Sin O'Connor
7. Goodbye Blue Sky - Joni Mitchell
8. Empty Spaces - Bryan Adams, Roger Waters
9. Young Lust - Bryan Adams
10. Oh My God/What a Fabulous Room - Jerry Hall
11. One of My Turns - Roger Waters
12. Don't Leave Me Now - Roger Waters
13. Another Brick in the Wall, Pt. 3 - Roger Waters
14. Goodbye Cruel World - Roger Waters

Tracks:

1. Hey You - Paul Carrack
2. Is There Anybody Out There?
3. Nobody Home - Roger Waters
4. Vera - Roger Waters
5. Bring the Boys Back Home - Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army,
6. Comfortably Numb - Van Morrison, Roger Waters
7. In the Flesh - Bleeding Heart Band, Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, , Roger Waters
8. Run Like Hell - Bleeding Heart Band, Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, , Roger Waters
9. Waiting for the Worms & Stop - Bleeding Heart Band, Military Orchestra of the Soviet Army, , Roger Waters
10. Trial - Company
11. Tide Is Turning - Company

Customer Reviews:

Is viewing better than just listening????.......2007-02-06

The music content of this SACD is excellent. However, the audio although very good, is presented essentially in concert mode. I would therefore suggest that viewing the concert on DVD (if available) would probably be a greater experience than just listening to the cd. That does not detract from the 'listenability' of this quality SACD.

Awesome concert.......2003-07-14

I like this concert. I think Roger Waters did a really good job of getting a good support group for this show. It's a shame that he couldn't get the support group that belongs in this concert - the other members of Pink Floyd. It's interesting that the two Germanies could unite, but Pink Floyd couldn't.
As I said, I liked the people that he did get. The Scorpions for In the Flesh, Sinead O' Conner for Mother and others. It is interesting that Roger Waters sounded old for this concert and not for In The Flesh.
I am happy they released this one in SACD. Now if they would release the others.

Average customer rating: Wow! Everyone Should Whistle An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master Beautiful, moving concert ... and I love Barbara Cook

Barbara Cook Sings Mostly Sondheim (Live at Carnegie Hall 2001) Manufacturer: Drg ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Bernstein | Bernstein, Leonard | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Sondheim, Stephen | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Film Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music 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 Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Nostalgia | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Barbara Cook's Broadway! Barbara Cook at the Met with Special Guests Tribute It's Better with a Band The Champion Season: Live at the Cafe Carlyle ASIN: B000059LFF Release Date: 2001-05-08

Tracks:

1. Everybody Says Don't
2. I Wonder What Became of Me?
3. The Eagle and Me
4. I Had Myself a True Love
5. Into the Woods / Giants in the Sky (Malcolm Gets)
6. Another Hundred People / So Many People (Malcolm Gets)
7. Let's Face the Music and Dance / The Song Is You (duet with Malcolm Gets)
8. Happiness
9. Loving You
10. You Could Drive a Person Crazy
11. Not A Day Goes By / Losing My Mind

Tracks:

1. Buds Won't Bud
2. I Got Lost in His Arms
3. West Side Story Segment: Something's Coming / Tonight (Malcolm Gets)
4. Move On (duet with Malcolm Gets)
5. Medley: Hard Hearted Hannah / Waiting for the Robert E. Lee / San Francisco
6. Ice Cream
7. Send in the Clowns
8. The Trolley Song
9. Not While I'm Around (duet with Malcolm Gets)
10. Anyone Can Whistle

Amazon.com's Best of 2001

Barbara Cook is one of today's most accomplished song stylists, and if you don't believe us, just listen to this live album. It's a master class in the art of singing. It documents an evening at Carnegie Hall during which Cook proved that she can dissect and extract the substance out of the simplest of lyrics. One of the best surprises is "You Could Drive a Person Crazy" (from Company), which is taken at an amiable trot and allows the singer to display its humor. Cook is not a swinging singer and uptempo is not her pace; give her a ballad, though, and she'll wring the last drop of emotion out of it. Her version of "Losing My Mind" (here paired with "Not a Day Goes By") is simply astonishing. The singer also performs songs that Sondheim has said he wished he had written, an awful lot of them by Harold Arlen. No complaints here. Guest Malcolm Gets solos on a few songs and duets with Cook on others, including "Let's Face the Music and Dance." This is classic material done masterfully by a classic singer. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

Wow!.......2004-02-20

Having read the other reviews there is little more for me to add. I have been a Barbara Cook fan for a longtime and for me, this is one of her best concerts ever. I do, however, prefer the DVD. As with some other reviewers, I do not want to hear Malcolm Gets (as much as I like him) when I want to listen to Barbara. Her flawless interpretation of music is a hard act to follow for any singer! I managed to see this concert 4 times over a year and a half. Each time I saw her the voice was stronger and more assured (I would not have thought that possible). I can't help but think we will have the pleasure of hearing Ms Cook for many years to come. For those people who enjoyed his CD I strongly recommend purchasing the DVD. Barabara's rendition of So Many People is breathtaking (literally, I don't think I breathed once during the entire song). If you ever have opportunity to see her live - go! She has an ability to make you feel as if every song she sings and every word she speaks is directed to you alone. She can take a large venue and make it feel as intimate as your own living room. Having had the pleasure of meeting her I can say she is as youthful and pleasurable in person as she is in her performance.

Everyone Should Whistle.......2003-10-11

After being privileged to attend this concert, I had to own the CD. Once a lyric coloratura and the original Cunegonde in Bernstein's Candide, Ms. Cook has become (in her 70s) a true diva, blessed with a velvety, warm sound. Every note has meaning. Her high B-flat on "Ice Cream" is still the envy of any soprano today. Everyone should whistle after hearing the superb performances on this CD. Even better, though, is the experience of having been in the concert hall for the live performance. Brava, Ms. Cook!

An amazing intro to the body of work of a true master.......2003-06-16

When I first bought tickets for the 'Mostly Sondheim' show on tour (in San Francisco) I figured it couldn't be too bad. Besides, I had only been exposed to a few of his songs (Anyone Can Whistle, Losing My Mind...) and had only seen "A Little Night Music". On the way out of the theater I immediately picked up this recording of the program. It is truly amazing. I immediately began listening to it and have barely put it down in the last few months. Furthermore, my Sondheim CD collection increased in size from an unflattering zero to five (and it's still growing)! This is an amazing introduction to the works of Stephen Sondheim, who is now my favorite modern musical composer). Buy this now if you don't already have it!

Beautiful, moving concert.......2003-04-13

This is a wonderful CD set with a great selection of songs. I do want to express a slight reservation, however. Barbara Cook has been one of my favorite singers for a number of years and the way her voice defies time is extraordinary -- for her to be singing with such bright, beautiful tone in her mid-70s with no wobble or beat in the voice is an amazing achievment.

I do have to say that by 2001, when this concert was recorded, Cook seemed to have a lost a little bit of power and intensity in her singing. This is only natural for someone of her age. Her voice is still lovely, but you can sense her keeping it in reserve a bit. She's as expressive as ever, but compare the rendition of "I got lost in his arms" on this album to the one on her previous album recorded in 1999, "The Champion Season", and there's less urgency and vocal depth in her singing here. That said, the high B at the end of "Ice Cream" is sensational.

So, despite that caveat, this is, again, a wonderful album, a must for Cook fans, especially for the gorgeous renditions of songs I'd never thought I'd get to hear her perform: "Not a Day Goes By", "Happiness/Loving You", "San Francisco", etc. Buy it!

... and I love Barbara Cook.......2003-02-11

This recording is a disappointment for me. It is not her best work, and Malcolm Gets is uninspired. My biggest complaint however is the engineering of the recording. Throughout the speaking was to soft, the singing volumes uneven, and the applause deafening. I will be passing this CD on to friends, and will later donate it to my local library.

Average customer rating: Willy is like a good wine! Live in Berlin Willy DeVille Music in its rawest and purest form: FABULOUS A Beautifully Aging Pirate Fantastic

Live in Berlin Willy DeVille Manufacturer: Eagle Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Live Albums | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music General | Live Albums | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Crow Jane Alley Live in the Lowlands Live Horse of a Different Color Miracle ASIN: B000089IZH Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. St Peter's Street
2. Betty And Dupree
3. It's Too Late She's Gone
4. Spanish Harlem
5. Trouble In Mind
6. Storybook Love
7. Big Blue Diamond
8. Shake Sugaree
9. Let It Be Me
10. Broken Heart
11. Hound Dog
12. Junker's Blues
13. You Better Move On
14. Nightfalls
15. Since I Met My Baby
16. Heaven Stood Still

Tracks:

1. I'm Blue So Blue
2. Keep A Knocking / Sea Cruise
3. Shake Rattle And Roll
4. Rambling On My Mind
5. One Night Of Sin
6. Steady Drivin' Man
7. Goin' Over The Hill
8. Bamboo Road
9. Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Toe
10. Carmelita
11. All By Myself
12. Billy The Kid

Album Description

First recording for Willy Deville's (of Mink Deville fame) latest incarnation, recorded live in Berlin in March 2002. Includes eight bonus tracks recorded by the still active Mink Deville band in Stockholm 2002 'One Night Of Sin', 'Steady Drivin' Man', 'Goin' Over The Hill', 'Bamboo Road', 'Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot', 'Carmelita', 'All By Myself & 'Billy The Kid.' Eagle. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Willy is like a good wine!.......2007-06-30

Yes! more old is, more good is, He sings "the roots" of our music, and He does the best live record I ever heard in these years!
Very good!

Live in Berlin Willy DeVille.......2007-05-31

Willy doing an Acoustic Show with Stand Up Bass,Acoustic Piano & Guitar (A must for Willy DeVille fans)also bonus tracks from Mink DeVille band.

Music in its rawest and purest form: FABULOUS.......2006-10-21

Willy Deville Accoustic Trio Live in Berlin is a performance that is unique nowadays. Willy is leaning more towards traditional Rhythm and Blues in a way that is raw, pure and just exellent. he also has great performances of his well known songs like Spanish Harlem, YOu better move on, Big Blue Diamond, Carmelia,... and a heart ripping version of the Everly Brother's "Let it be me" .. This CD is one that you MUST have.... I saw him Live just three days ago in Luxemburg, Europe and it was just as amazing as this cd.

A Beautifully Aging Pirate.......2006-04-25

If I was wealthy, I'd own everything with this man's name on it but "Live in Berlin" might be my favorite record. It is intimately produced; you can hear Willy's sniffs, giggles, finger snaps and guitar thumps. It's like being in his living room. Some highlights are "Spanish Harlem" where his brain slips into a special "handsome" gear and he flirts wildly with an unsuspecting microphone. His phrasing is deliberately reluctant and results in a super erotic delivery, which may be why I occasionally walk into walls while listening to him. (that's ok, Willy, I'd take a bonk on the head for you anytime). "All By Myself" has a tasty little breakdown after the 1st solo. There is a fierce ache to "Night Falls" and excruciating restraint in "Heaven Stood Still" where even the tough guys in the audience are momentarily humbled. "Who's Gonna Shoe Your Pretty Little Foot?" is a great treat and "Let It Be Me" could wrench loose a rusted bolt. Willy can tug at your heart like nothing else. Seth Farber (piano) is a treasure and master of finesse and with the ever-present David Keyes flawlessly manhandling an upright bass, it's no wonder Willy seems fearless. This feels like one of those moments that will never be duplicated again. I can't imagine Willy ever being in better voice. What a rare and perfect listen!

Fantastic.......2006-01-05

I cannot remember when I have been so captivated by the raw emotion expressed when Willy sings.He lives each song .....I am new to the Willy Deville fan club but am adding to my cd collection as quickly as my budget allows.
To me his voice sounds like a cross between Joe Cocker amd Bill Medley with a sprinkle of Louis Armstrong thrown in,yet at the same time uniquely his own style.One cannot pigeonhole him to one specific style,at times it is the Blues,,,,then Rock but...always fabulous.When you listen to Willy sing you feel as if he is singing to you and you alone.This double CD compilation is a must for all Willy Deville fans.

Average customer rating: Je Ne T'Aime Pas Superb musicianship! An excellent recording by a fast-rising cabaret star

Youkali - Cabaret and Art Songs by Satie, Poulenc, and Weill Manufacturer: Marquis Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Poulenc | Poulenc, Francis | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Satie | Satie, Erik | ( S ) | 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 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 Cantatas | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Cantatas | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Songs & Lieder | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Slow Fox Naked Beauty Habaneras, Milongas, Tangos Francis Poulenc (1899-1963) Melodies (Songs) Véronique Gens - Nuit d'étoiles (Mélodies Française) / Vignoles ASIN: B0000067TU Release Date: 2007-01-08

Tracks:

1. Chanson
2. La Diva De L'Empire
3. Elegie
4. Le Chapelier
5. Hotel
6. Violon
7. La Reine De Coeur
8. Lune D'Avril
9. Les Filles De Bordeaux
10. Le Roi D'Aquitaine
11. Je Ne T'Aime Pas
12. Youkali
13. Berlin Im Licht
14. Zu Potsdam Unter Den Eichen
15. Mon Manege A Moi
16. Non, Je Ne Regrette Rien
17. One Life To Live

Customer Reviews:

Je Ne T'Aime Pas .......2006-03-02

if i had to pick a favorite song on this cd, that would be the one...i heard this one more than the others. " one life to live," is superb...she did all these songs in one take ! and the passion and romance is undeniable...i had never listened to cabaret before this. i became a fan.

Superb musicianship!.......2002-01-19

This CD is thoroughly enjoyable. O'Callaghan's passionate interpretations of these cabaret/parlour style songs are never less than convincing in their colourful delivery. My particular favorite's are two of the Weill numbers: "Je ne t'aime pas", which is so full of heart-wrenching angst, and "Youkali", because it is so rarely heard. The lesser known works of Poulenc and Satie are also each sparkling little treasures. The musicians all seem to "gel" together beautifully, and one can imagine that they had a really great time recording this disc together. Fantastic artistry!

An excellent recording by a fast-rising cabaret star.......1998-11-04

This first CD by the talented soprano Patricia O'Callaghan is truly excellent. Ms. O'Callaghan has the rare ability to mesmerize the listener through her intuitive and expressive vocal instrument. Her voice and vocal style are unique..she imitates no one. This is the sign of a true artist. The selections, ranging from Poulenc to Weill to a rarely heard gem by George Gershwin, are performed with meticulous attention to detail. Nuances, articulation of the text combined with superb vocal technique are very evident. If you haven't yet purchased Youkali, put it on your definite "to do" list tomorrow!!!

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Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway - a selection Manufacturer: Pearl ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Musical Theater | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Musicals | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Kurt Weill: The Centennial Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill / Levine, Lenya, Armstrong, Gilford, et al Kurt Weill / Songs Volume 2 - A Centennial Anthology Kurt Weill / Songs Volume 1 - A Centennial Anthology Knickerbocker Holiday ASIN: B00004WZTK Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

1. The Threepenny Opr: Mack The Knife - Harald Paulsen With Orch
2. The Threepenny Opr: Cannon Song - Harald Paulsen With Orch
3. The Threepenny Opr: Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
4. The Threepenny Opr: Babarasong - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
5. The Threepenny Opr: Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menslichen Strebens - Bertolt Brecht With Theo Mackeben And His Orch
6. Happy End: Mandalay Song - Lewis Ruth Band
7. Happy End: Surabaya Johnny - Lotte Lenya With Pno
8. Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Moon Of Alabama - Lotte Lenya With The Three Admirals And Orch
9. Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya With Pno
10. Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
11. Knickerbocker Holiday: There's Nowhere To Go But Up - David Brooks With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
12. Knickerbocker Holiday: The Scars - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
13. Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Gertrude Lawrence With Orch/Leonard Joy
14. Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Danny Kaye With Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel
15. Lady In The Dark: And Other Russians - Danny Kaye With Chor And Orch/Maurice Abravanel
16. Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
17. Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
18. One Touch Of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
19. One Touch Of Venus: Westwind - Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
20. One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
21. One Touch Of Venus: Speak Low - Mary Martin/Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
22. One Touch Of Venus: That's Him - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
23. Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Walter Huston With Orch/Victor Young
24. Ulysses Africanus: Lover Man - Lotte Lenya With Pno
25. One Touch Of Venus: Very, Very, Very - Kurt Weill
26. One Touch Of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
27. One Touch Of Venus: Jersey Plonk - Kurt Weill
28. One Touch Of Venus: The Trouble With Women - Kurt Weill

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Tracks:

1. Blue Danube
2. Waltz of Flowers
3. Waltz No. 1
4. Waltz of the Snowflakes
5. Naila Waltz
6. Spanish Dance
7. I Dream of Jeannie With the Light Brown Hair
8. Sugar Plum Fairy
9. Dance of the Comedians
10. Camptown Races
11. Carnival of the Animals Finale
12. Dance of the Clown [From "A Midsummer Night's" Dream]
13. Dance of the Hours
14. Dance of the Swans [From "Swan Lake"]
15. Faust Ballet
16. Tritsch Tratsch Polka
17. Hungarian Dance
18. Dance of the Priestesses
19. Overture from "William Tell"
20. Toreador Song [From "Carmen"]
21. Overture from "Carmen"
22. Samson & Delilah
23. Ride of the Valkyries
24. Baracole from "The Tales of Hoffmann"
25. Scheherazade
26. Water Music - The Hornpipe
27. Nocturne
28. Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
29. Hungarian Rhapsody
30. Prde L& Arlenne
31. Preer Gynt Suite No. 1 Anitra's Dance
32. Liebestraum
33. Adagio from "The New World Symphony"
34. Flight of the Bumblebee
35. Ave Maria
36. Air on a G String
37. Neapolitan Song
38. Violin Concerto
39. Serenade No. 4

Tracks:

1. When You Wish Upon a Star
2. Chances Are
3. Calcutta
4. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
5. Gigi
6. They Call the Wind Maria
7. Memories Are Made of This
8. Catch a Falling Star
9. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
10. So in Love
11. Begin the Beguine
12. Misty
13. Little Things Mean a Lot
14. Embraceable You
15. It Might as Well Be Spring
16. On the Street Where You Live
17. Moment to Remember
18. Anniversary Song
19. Golden Days
20. Theme from a Summer Place
21. Tonight
22. Lullaby of Broadway
23. Easter Parade
24. Tenderly
25. Young at Heart

Tracks:

1. Claire de Lune
2. Piano Concerto No. 1
3. Minute Waltz
4. Piano Concerto
5. Fantasy Impromptu
6. Piano Sonata No. 20 - Finale
7. Swan
8. Polonaise No. 6
9. Waltz in C Minor
10. 1812 Overture
11. Light Cavalry Overture
12. Nutcracker Overture
13. Marche Militaire
14. Tannhauser Overture
15. Radetsky March
16. Tragic Overture
17. Triumphal March
18. Tales of Vienna Woods
19. Emperor's Waltz
20. Waltz. Wine, Women and Song
21. Voice of Spring
22. Fledermaus Overture
23. Skater's Waltz
24. Roses from the South
25. Romance
26. Symphony No. 5
27. Mer
28. Moonlight Sonata
29. Capriccio Espagnol
30. Lohengrin
31. Symphonie Fantastique
32. Greensleeves
33. Souvenir
34. Lonely Heart
35. Die Meistersinger
36. Polovtsian Dance

Customer Reviews:

Peculiar Amazon indexing.......2007-06-08

A search for Deep Purple's "Smoke on [in] the water," brought up this title. I rate it only #1 because I could not locate the "Smoke on the Water" listing. Amazon seems to be having an indexing problem.

Average customer rating: A representative introduction to Furtwängler's art

Wilhelm Furtwängler: Live Recordings 1944-1953 Ludwig van Beethoven , Franz Schubert , Robert Schumann , Johannes Brahms , Anton Bruckner , Richard Strauss , Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky , Paul Hindemith , Cesar Franck , Maurice Ravel , Richard Wagner , Wilhelm Furtwangler , Berlin Philharmonic , and Vienna Philharmonic Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Beethoven | Beethoven, Ludwig van | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Brahms | Brahms, Johannes | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Bruckner | Bruckner, Anton | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Franck, César | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Hindemith | Hindemith, Paul | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Ravel, Maurice | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Schubert | Schubert, Franz | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Robert Schumann | Schumann, Robert | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Strauss | Strauss, Richard | ( S ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Tchaikovsky | Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wagner | Wagner, Richard | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Romantic | Symphonies | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Incidental Music | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Overtures | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Tone Poems | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Variations | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra | ( B ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra | ( V ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music German | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Recordings 1942-1944, Vol. 1 Recordings 1942-1944, Vol. 2 An Anniversary Tribute Furtwangler Conducts Brahms - Complete Symphonies, etc / North German RSO, Berlin PO CARL SCHURICHT Decca Recordings 1949-1956 ASIN: B00007BGXS Release Date: 2003-02-11

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Original Masters serie.

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A representative introduction to Furtwängler's art.......2003-02-15

We are not exactly short on recordings by Wilhelm Furtwängler, and for collectors and aficionados of the great German conductor this box of 6 CDs with live recordings from 1944-1953 will undoubtedly be a severe disappointment. The only rarity is the (otherwise unnecessary) Tchaikovsky "Pathétique" from Cairo, 1951. All the rest are reissues and have been released by various labels in different couplings.

This set is therefore mainly destined for anybody wanting a well-programmed and representative introduction to the art of Furtwängler. Except for the already mentioned Tchaikovsky, the "Rapsodie espagnole" by Ravel, and the "Symphonic Metamorphosis" by Hindemith, interesting but not really indispensable, the rest of the box is required listening. There are stunningly revelatory cuts of Brahms 2nd (Vienna, 1945), Beethoven's 7th (Berlin, 1953), Schubert's 8th (Berlin, 1952), Bruckner's 8th (Vienna 1944), and a formidable disc of orchestral excerpts from Wagner's operas. On top of that the Vienna 1944 recording of Beethoven's Leonore III is a real killer. The "Haydn Variations" by Brahms, "Manfred" by Schumann, "Don Juan" by Strauss, and the "Symphony" by Franck are equally rewarding.

It goes without saying that the sound quality of these live recordings from the 1940s and 1950s is variable, although within context everything is acceptable and well remastered (There is some serious distortion though in the final movement of the Franck "Symphony").

This set comes in yet a new limited-edition historical series "Original Masters" from Deutsche Grammophon. The liner notes emphasizing the rarity of the recordings (so-called "buried musical treasures") are however to be taken with more than a grain of salt. The presentation of the CDs in paper bags with a transparent cover isn't exactly a great idea either.

Indispensable for those music lovers willing to find out what Wilhelm Furtwängler is all about.

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Tracks:

1. Diet
2. Headache for Michelle
3. Dear John
4. Love song
5. Set Up
6. Inconvenience
7. Armagh
8. Repitition
9. We're So Cool
10. Cum Again
11. Peace of My Heart

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8. PIYA RE
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10. Rituals of the Oubangui Gbanzili and Mbugu

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