I'm in Love [Limited Edition] [Import]

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Limtied edition Japanese pressing includes a hand towel with the first pressing. Sony. 2005.

I'm in Love,Magokoro Brothers,Sony,Rock/Pop,World Music
Prelude: The Best Of Charlotte Church [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Classic Grace
  • Great CD and DVD!
  • too pretty too bad
  • This CD is SO good! A must for Charlotte Church fans!
  • AWESOME!!
Prelude: The Best Of Charlotte Church [Limited Edition w/ Bonus DVD]
Charlotte Church
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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  5. Dream a Dream

ASIN: B00007E8OU
Release Date: 2002-11-26

Tracks:

  1. Pie Jesu from Requiem
  2. My Lagan Love
  3. In Trutina (from Carmina Burana)
  4. Panis Angelicus
  5. Amazing Grace
  6. Just Wave Hello
  7. La Pastorella (The Little Shepherdess)
  8. She Moved Through The Fair
  9. Ave Maria
  10. Dream A Dream (w/ Billy Gilman)
  11. The Flower Duet
  12. Haba
  13. The Prayer (w/ Josh Groban)
  14. All Love Can Be
  15. It's The Heart That Matters Most
  16. Tantum Ergo
  17. Bridge Over Troubled Water
  18. Sancta Maria

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Need more evidence of the record industry's obsession with youth? Consider that budding Welsh diva Charlotte Church was a ripe, old 16 when this, her first greatest-hits anthology was released. Spanning her first four releases, as well as some outside collaborations and unreleased material, this 18-track collection underscores the soprano's seemingly boundless potential--as well as some potential career obstacles ahead. Her crystalline, still-maturing voice is best showcased on classically oriented works like Andrew Lloyd Webber's "Pie Jesu," Franck's "Panis Angelicus," and her now-ubiquitous rendering of Delibes' "Flower Duet." She also excels on folk traditionals such as "She Moved Through the Fair" and "My Langan Love." But overwrought productions like the already-dated "Dream a Dream" and "Habanera," a faux-flamenco take on Bizet, nearly get the best of her. Still, her promising duet with fellow young phenom Josh Groban on "The Prayer" and her mature, dreamy reading of A Beautiful Mind's "All Love Can Be," as well as strong performances on the previously unreleased "It's the Heart That Matters Most" and "Bridge over Troubled Waters," are ample evidence of her potential for rewarding pop crossover--if she doesn't retire by 21. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Classic Grace.......2003-01-30

Bravo! This CD, is such a great compilation of all Charl's albums. It's sort of sad though that this was a Prelude, to a different type of music.
However I think Charlotte is just so talented and she is getting better in every album I hear her. Bravo!

5 out of 5 stars Great CD and DVD!.......2003-01-08

This is my first Charlotte cd and dvd. I wasn't really into this type of music but I work at a retail store and when I saw her cd fly of the shelf, I wanted to know what the fuss is all about so I bought this cd...and I'm glad I did. I also liked the dvd included. I was awed.

1 out of 5 stars too pretty too bad.......2002-12-27

This album is appropriately dubbed as greatest hits. Appropriately because, judging by how much the voice has deteriorated over the last 4 years, it's unlikely that we'll see more of Charlotte Church's albums. What's needed now is a skilled vocal coach who might (!) be able to restore Church's originally pretty soubrette soprano back to the way it sounded when "A voice of an angel" was recorded. Big labels, shame on you. A talent needs to be nurtured and brought up SLOWLY, so that it could first develop into something. By shamelessly exploiting Charlotte's adorable looks and youth, Sony executives have ruined a promising career before she could even develop into a real opera singer.
Charlotte, if you're reading this, STOP singing now and look for a good teacher. Or just be content as one of richest children in the world.

5 out of 5 stars This CD is SO good! A must for Charlotte Church fans!.......2002-12-20

This CD is filled with her best songs from all of her albums, including new ones. My favorite new ones are "It's The Heart That Matters Most" and "Bridge Over Troubled Water." They are all really good! It is the best! Go Charlotte!

5 out of 5 stars AWESOME!!.......2002-12-06

I can't get enough of this CD and DVD! It absolutely ROCKS!! This gal is so talented. A must-have selection!
{Limited Edition} Bob Marley and friends - Dreamland "CD & Bumper Sticker" [featuring: the Wailers / The Upsetters / Peter Tosh / Big Youth / Dave Barker & Bunny Livingston
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    {Limited Edition} Bob Marley and friends - Dreamland "CD & Bumper Sticker" [featuring: the Wailers / The Upsetters / Peter Tosh / Big Youth / Dave Barker & Bunny Livingston
    Zig Zag - The Upsetters, Arise Black Man - Peter Tosh Duppy Conqueror - Bob Marley & the Wailers , Dreamland - Big Youth, Memphis - Peter Tosh Dreamland - Bob Marley , Moving Version [DJ Version] - Big Youth, Brand New Second Hand - Bob Marley Keep on Movin' - Bob Marley & the Wailers , Fi Get a Beaten - Peter Tosh, Small Axe - Bob Marley & the Wailers Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying - Bob Marley , Downpresser - Bob Marley Battle Axe - The Upsetters , All in One Medley: (Bend Down Low/Nice Time/One Love/Simmer Down/It Hur - Bob Marley & the Wailers , and Maga Dog - Peter Tosh, What a Confusion - Dave Barker, Bunny Livingston Copasetic - The Upsetters
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    Binding: Audio CD
    ASIN: B000IZG6UU
    So in Love With You (Limited Edition)
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      So in Love With You (Limited Edition)
      Duke
      Manufacturer: Dst
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
      ASIN: B0000525UQ
      Release Date: 2000-11-20

      Tracks:

      1. Pizzaman's Latin Mix
      2. Funky Engine Vocal Remix
      3. Brm Radio Edit
      4. T C Radio Mix
      5. Full Intension 7 Mix
      6. Original Album Version
      Behind The Eyes - Limited Edition Picture Disc
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        Behind The Eyes - Limited Edition Picture Disc

        Manufacturer: Myrrh Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music
        Christian Contemporary MusicChristian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B000H4ZUCM

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        Songs are: 1. Nobody Home 2. I Will Be Your Friend 3. Like I Love You 4. Takes A Little Time 5. Cry A River 6. Turn This World Around 7. Curious Thing 8. Every Road 9. Leave It All Behind 10. Missing You 11. The Feeling I Had 12. Somewhere Down The Road
        The Complete Psalms of David (Limited Edition) (Box Set)
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          The Complete Psalms of David (Limited Edition) (Box Set)

          Manufacturer: Priory Records UK
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          All Works by BoyceAll Works by Boyce | Boyce, William | ( B ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
          Howells, HerbertHowells, Herbert | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music
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          ASIN: B000003WJ3
          Release Date: 1996-10-15
          Little Sister Leaving Town
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            Little Sister Leaving Town

            Manufacturer: WEA Records Ltd. (EastWest)
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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            ASIN: B0007YG5WQ

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            UK LTD ORIGINAL CD SINGLE CARD P/S... Limited edition with competition card insert in a special cellophane translucent wrapper. This Limited Edition CD includes 4 songs including Twist in My Sobriety (Live) previously unavailable. TRACK LISTING: 1) Little Sister Leaving Town; 2) I Love the Heaven's Solo; 3) Hot Pork Sandwiches; 4) Twist In My Sobriety (live).
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              Revolver Usa: Mic: Midheaven.04
              Andre Afram Asmar , Cut-Out , Goldcard , The Cuts , Deadly Snakes , Blues Goblins , Horrors , Red Thread , Ursa Minor , and James William Hindle
              Manufacturer: Revolver USA / Midheaven
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

              GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
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              ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
              ASIN: B000QHRBUE

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              Tracks:1. Andre Afram Asmar - Scientism;2. Cut-Out - At It Again;3. Goldcard - We Only Doubt;4. The Cuts - How Can I Get Through;5. Deadly Snakes - Burn Down the Valley;6. Blues Goblins - Spoonful Blues;7. Horrors - Shake Your Shit;8. Red Thread - Five;9. Ursa Minor - Silent Moving Picture;10. James William Hindle - Come Down Slowly;11. Clue to Kalo - Empty Save the Oxygen;12. Why? - Early Whitney;13. Gresham - Come In;14. Dengue Fever - Hold My Hips;15. Busdriver & Radioinactive - Exaggerated Joy;16. Modey Lemon - Predator;17. Clone Defects - Shapes of Venus;18. Awol One & Daddy Kev - One High School Love Story;19. Flying Lizards - Skin and Stone.Limited Edition Compact Disc Compilation.
              The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) [Box Set]
              Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
              • There were greater talents.
              • This Is No Lesson in Economics...
              • CLASSICAL MUSIC AT ITS MOST EXPENSIVE (AND BEST)
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              The Rubinstein Collection (Limited Edition) [Box Set]

              Manufacturer: RCA
              ProductGroup: Music
              Binding: Audio CD

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              Lullabies & BerceuseLullabies & Berceuse | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music
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              ASIN: B00001O2XZ
              Release Date: 1999-10-26

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              A retail price of $1,600 for a box set? Granted, it's not something most of us can afford. But, for piano buffs and fans of Artur Rubinstein, this mammoth limited-edition 94-CD set might be an investment to consider. For starters, BMG has collected all of the approved studio recordings of Rubinstein (including 200 or so that have never been on CD) and added a handful of previously unreleased recordings and some interviews. The lot has been remastered for this collection using the latest technology (RCA's disc-and-a-half Highlights sampler actually showcases some of the more dramatic remasterings)--a good thing, when you consider that many of these master tapes have a lifetime's worth of surface noise. You get a lavishly illustrated book with essays and photographs and a nice case to store the works; everything but the credit plan is included, really. Of course, it's up to you to decide whether you want 706 recordings of 347 pieces played by the same great pianist. And, though owning Rubinstein's three complete cycles of Beethoven's concertos might sound tempting, will you really listen to each of them? Probably not, but if you need 'em, here they are. (His Chopin cycles, on the other hand, you will listen to repeatedly!) It's easily one of the most impressive and comprehensive box sets that classical music has seen: a true career overview with excellent remastering and handsome packaging that reflects the collection's price tag (unlike some box sets that are just that: CDs in boxes). Do you need it? Probably not. Will you want it? You bet. --Jason Verlinde

              Customer Reviews:

              3 out of 5 stars There were greater talents........2005-05-30

              I must confess that I hate Rubinstein's sound as a pianist, but his dedication and verve were notable. Think though of Claudio Aurru's gifts, remarkable... I feel that to love Rubinstein one must love a world of safe emotional borders and sameness; sorry A.R fans. jb

              5 out of 5 stars This Is No Lesson in Economics..........2004-10-10

              It is a natural tendency when reviewing items in this price-point to contemplate cost-effectiveness first and foremost. Considering that CDs have no nutritional value and cannot keep kids off crack, I am uncomfortable recognizing, much less crossing, some line in the sand where space ordinarily reserved for record-reviews must yield to amateur musings on the evils of conspicuous consumption or macroeconomic conceptions of social justice. Let's assume for the moment that this box set is free, removing from our purview the materialistic thrill or global economic blight one might seek and/or wish to stave off in purchasing it.

              Rubinstein's "official" recorded output is astounding. It spans 5 decades, and encompasses significant forays into the oeuvre of dozens of composers. Though technique is generally expected to decline with age, few pianists live to be 96 years old. Rubinstein the pianist and Rubinstein the musician reached their highest collective summit when Rubinstein the man was well into his 60s. The "late-bloomer" aspect of his career places a considerable quorum of his most polished recordings squarely within the stereo era. Some of this material had made its way onto CD prior to this release, most notably his Chopin. Unfortunately, Rubinstein's well-deserved public acclaim as Chopin's supreme torchbearer unjustly limits his reputation along "expresio unius est exclusio alterius" lines. For example, though Rubinstein chose to record only a small handful of Beethoven sonatas, it is doubtful that one might hear them better played, even by his Beethoven specialist contemporaries Schnabel and Kempff. Rubinstein also ardently championed French and Spanish music, and is said to have loved performing Brahms most of all. This release places many of his most accomplished recordings before the ears of the listening public for the first time since their original release on vinyl.

              I am frequently intoxicated by the earliest recordings from the 30s and 40s. Some of them, like his first traversal of the Chopin scherzi, are bite-your-nails-til-they-bleed thrilling. On the other hand, the initial limitations of the recording process required this (and every) pianist to make bothersome compromises with respect to tempi and dynamics at times. Ultimately, it comes down to personal taste. I am more consistently drawn to Rubinstein the wise-master than Rubinstein the young Turk.

              RCA invested undisclosed sums of time and money into restoring, remixing, and remastering all of the recordings for this release. Some of the earlier recordings have been available on CD for quite some time (e.g. Chopin's Op. 28 Preludes, the Ormandy/Philadelphia Grieg concerto). Despite the intervention of acoustical restorationist-par-excellence Ward Marston, the remastering undertaken in the course of this project has not dramatically improved the sound on these releases. Short of traveling several decades into the past and placing more sensitive microphones in more strategic locations, there was probably little else that could have been done. Marston's brilliance is far more obvious in restoring to near original luster many deteriorating tape recordings from the late 40s and early 50s. The stereo recordings also sound fuller.

              I am pleased with my purchase because having access (and, most importantly, having listened to) all of these recordings is a moving experience. It allows me to contemplate this extraordinary artist as a man, whose performance is inevitably colored by the accumulation of experience, the expanding flexibility of the recording process, the onset of maturity, and (perhaps sadly) declining physical powers. There are multiple recordings of most pieces in this collection, but I rarely find it difficult to cull a favorite among them. At this point, I play some of the records frequently, and others rarely. If your aim is to hear Rubinstein at his best, this set provides the resources you need to make what are at turns obvious, and others hopelessly personal choices. This set includes detailed (and mostly newly written) liner notes for each record as a well as an engaging hardcover book providing no fewer than 3 complete indices to the recordings (by date of recording, Composer, and Volume number). The box itself is a work of art, looks stunning on a shelf, and never requires polishing. Most of the 81 volumes are sold separately, and have been made available for download on the Apple Music Store.

              While I will not claim that Rubinstein's interpretations are equally effective, I cannot think of any other pianist, now living or forever deceased, who could approach such a broad repertoire with the unwaivering technical finesse and prophetic musicianship evident in the bulk of his recorded output. If you never see the likes of a "Rubinstein Collection" on the shelf again, do not dismiss it as another textbook illustration of price elasticity. To do so is to dwell on on the vagaries of consumerism when the more important issue is that the next Rubinstein may never be.

              5 out of 5 stars CLASSICAL MUSIC AT ITS MOST EXPENSIVE (AND BEST).......2003-05-30

              You have two choices: Starve the kids or skip the mortgage payments for a month or two. How else can you afford this 94 (!) disc set that captures every studio recording the classical icon ever recorded. Trust us: The kids are fat enough.

              5 out of 5 stars It's actually not so expensive.......2001-06-06

              Provided you have the time, listening to this collection not only helps you better appreciate Rubinstein's supreme talent but also gives you some idea of his unfolding genius--how his technique and interpretation changed through the years. There's enough room in music for every kind of interpretation, as long as you take the music first, and all the interpretations Rubinstein offered are interesting. Of course this set is expensive, but it's nearly 100 CDs plus liner notes, so the price is not that bad. Besides, if you decide to really listen to this set the way it deserves, it's going to be years before you buy another CD.

              5 out of 5 stars A Superb Reissue.......2000-04-30

              A friend of mine was able to aquire the Rubinstein Collection and I have been borrowing from it liberally.

              RCA deserves to be commended on going the extra mile and releasing ALL of the authorized Rubinstein recordings, well organized and superbly remastered in this comprehensive edition. Hopefully, RCA will also release the individual volumes for those who are not completists or who simply cannot afford the entire set. True, this set is at full price. A source who was connected with this reissure has told me that RCA planned to issue the set at mid price, but the cost of this mammoth edition went far overbudget--and the full price was dictated by their production costs. Certainly, the money was well spent. The ramastering, particularly in the earlier recordings, must be heard to be believed. The packaging, documentation, and liner notes are all first class.

              It is fascinating to trace Rubinstein's evolution as an interpreter--from the devil-may-care early days through the mature recordings of the 1950s, into the 1970s, when his playing on record tended to be a bit cautions.

              Hopefully, the cost of producing this magnum opus and the reported slow sales it has been getting will not deter RCA from producing more boxed sets of Horowitz and many of the other artists in the RCA vaults. Bravo, RCA!
              Limited Edition Collector's Package [CD & SILK 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 foot ZOSO BANNER] Physical Graffiti [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] {see product details below}
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                Limited Edition Collector's Package [CD & SILK 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 foot ZOSO BANNER] Physical Graffiti [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] {see product details below}
                Led Zeppelin
                ProductGroup: Music
                Binding: Audio CD

                GeneralGeneral | Blues | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
                Guitar GodsGuitar Gods | Rock Guitarists | Rock | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Soundtracks | Styles | Music
                SupergroupsSupergroups | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
                GeneralGeneral | Classic Rock | Styles | Music
                ASIN: B000JI9BBM

                Product Description

                "SILK BANNER" is 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 foot, High durable, imported from Italy. "TRACK LISTINGS" Disc: 1 1. Custard Pie 2. The Rover 3. In My Time Of Dying 4. Houses Of The Holy 5. Trampled Underfoot 6. Kashmir Disc: 2 1. In The Light 2. Bron-Yr-Aur 3. Down By The Seaside 4. Ten Years Gone 5. Night Flight 6. Wanton Song 7. Boogie With Stu 8. Black Country Woman 9. Sick Again

                International Music:

                1. Incognito [Import]
                2. Irish Collection [Box set]
                3. Jah Works
                4. Jinsei Enka: Inochi [Import]
                5. Joao Gilberto & Bossa Nova Friends [Import]
                6. Keep on Going
                7. La Mia Storia, Vol. 5
                8. Le Jour d'A Cote [Import]
                9. Liko
                10. Lord of Dance & Famous Irish Songs & Dances

                International Music

                International Music