Live in Paris [Import] [Live]

Gente
Un' Emergenza D'Amore
Vivimi
La Solitudine
Se Fue
Strani Amori
Escucha Atento
La Prospettiva Di Me
Medley: Cuando Se Ama/Mi Rubi L'Anima/Un Amico E Cosi/Come Se Non Fosse Stato Mai Amore
Tra Te E Il Mare
In Assenza Di Te
Incancellabile
Surrender
E Ritorno Da Te
Le Cose Che Vivi
Viveme (Unplugged)

Customer Reviews:

Best Concert in ANY language.......2007-05-13

This is an amazingly well done concert in every respect. I have never seen a concert DVD that has as much quality in EVERY area. Laura Pausini is amazing, and she is supported by a dynamite band, backup singers, great video/audio work, and a audience that is INTO the performance (too bad the one guy with the air horn had to ruin it). Literally, I do not understand 90% of the lyrics, but this performance is musically and technically riveting from beginning to end. I can't keep myself from playing it once or twice a week.

Excellent!!!!!!!.......2007-02-22

Laura Pausini is one of the best POP singers going, She sings well in Italian, English and Spanish. She has one of those voices that you just fall in love with. This live CD, Live in Paris 05 is cooking, it is a greatest hits live basically and you will definitely enjoy it. Vivimi, Se Fue, Tra Te E Il Mare, Surrender, E Retiorno Di Te, and La Cose Che Vivi are all excellent, well every song is excellent. This is a must have for Laura fans and I would recommend it anyone.

Probably the best concert in any language in the last 5 years .......2007-01-07

Spectacular voice, great set. This is one of those finds you go into with low expectations and get totally blown away by.

CD only in the US but the dvd is available at the euro amazon sites. NTSC format but region 2 so you will need a region free dvd player to watch it. If I didn't already have one I would buy one just to be able to watch it.

Sexiest woman on the planet. It's not the body, it's not the face, it's the hands. If you have a chance to watch the concert you will know what I mean. Never considered hands to be erotic but I have been converted.

Simply Excellent!.......2006-10-24

This defenitly is a must to have for sure. I got the special edition with a DVD. Totally recommended. You can fall in love of her voice since the first song. She's so professional! I can't wait she came to my town.

Grande Laura.......2006-09-01

A portrait of Laura's great 2005 World Tour.

Well sung, well recorded, well packed..in a few words, absolutely PERFECT!

Rastafari Centennial: Live in Paris - Elysee Montmartre

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RASTAFARI CENTENNIAL - Steel Pulse
Best Steel Pulse album
Steel Pulse at their best
Awesome CD
Living Legacy is much better

Rastafari Centennial: Live in Paris - Elysee Montmartre
Steel Pulse
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Customer Reviews:

RASTAFARI CENTENNIAL - Steel Pulse.......2007-01-11

Steel Pulse's album of their live performance in Paris is a masterpiece and a very good compilation of their hit songs.

Best Steel Pulse album.......2005-12-04

I have owned all of the Steel Pulse albums w/ the exception of Living Legacy (will try it out)and I love this one the best. I used to listen to it in High School and needed a new copy. Still love it. I like roots and real instruments, but I don't think that this killed the vibe.

Steel Pulse at their best.......2005-08-09

Wow. I was amazed to see that someone actually did not care for this album. This live in Paris album is quite possibly the greatest reggae album ever. Contrary to another comment, the sound quality is crystal clear and Steel Pulse has never performed with such a large number of instruments. The synthesizers and rap you hear are from the killer guest appearance of KRS-1, which helped make this album amazing and way ahead of its time. The rap is a short and very pleasing surprise close to the end of the CD that moves the entire crowd into glorious participation with the band.

Awesome CD.......2005-03-10

This is one of Steel Pulse's best albums ever. If you don't have it yet you are lacking a very great CD in your collection. I also recommend Living Legacy in addition to this one, however don't forget to get this one first.

Living Legacy is much better.......2002-07-09

THis album just isn't that good. The recording quality is nowhere near that of Pulse's other live album, "Living Legacy." Plus there are not enough real instruments, too many synthesizers and whatnot. Furthermore, there are so absolutely atrocious raps on a few tracks, ughh!! the rapper they use is just not good at all.
But there are a few good tracks such as Taxi Driver. However if you want a live Pulse album, Living Legacy is twice as good as this.

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Few groups can produce this much high energy
All the elements
Serious Jazz

Live in Paris
Enrico Pieranunzi
Manufacturer: Challenge
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Release Date: 2006-01-10

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Album Description

"Enrico Pieranunzi is a force to be reckond with both as a musician and coposer...[giving] new listeners a further display of the brilliant capabilities he has honed over the many years in Italy and Europe with numerous projects and musicians." -ALL ABOUT JAZZ

Very intimate live recording with pianist Enrico Pieranunzi (who worked with Chet Baker, Art Farmer and Lee Konitz); drummer André Ceccarelli (who performed with Dee Dee Bridgewater, Brad Mehldau and Sting); and bassist Hein van de Geyn (who recorded with Chet Baker, Bobby Watson and many more).

Customer Reviews:

Few groups can produce this much high energy.......2006-04-16

Pieranunzi's group just packs the most in the least amount of time with an efficiency that leaves me breathless. Damn, they're good. No, over the edge good! May they be together and play and make music like this for a very long time. The album is non-stop, meaning one tune flows like a bubbling mountain stream into another leaving the listener to realize with surprise we're in new territory. New territory indeed. This recording is getting a lot of ear time.

All the elements.......2006-03-18

This EP date has humor, adventure and beauty. What more do you want?

Serious Jazz.......2006-01-25

One of last year's Top 20 was Enrico Pieranunzi's trio album with Charlie Haden and Paul Motian titled "Special Encounter." It was published by CAM Jazz, a label that has built a reputation for producing stellar music. Challenge Records has a comparable reputation; and if this album can hang on for 11 months, it's a contender for this year's list.

Pieranunzi is joined by bassist Hein van de Geyn and drummer Andre Ceccarelli for 14 tracks recorded over three days in 2001. The band has recorded as a trio before, and Van de Geyn and Ceccarelli spent years working back-up together for Dee Dee Bridgewater. Here, they blend like coffee. European musicians are often cheaply labeled "Impressionistic"; but in this case, the term's a bullseye. Often they barely hint at the original melody, and only briefly. To put it another way: this is one of those albums you buy for the music, not the songs.

Piano, bass, and drums is the most ubiquitous configuration in jazz; and the truth is, very few of them have a unique sound. This one does. "Live in Paris" isn't a conventional blowing session with constant 4/4 swing pushing through alternating heads and solos. There's far more improvisation with regard to form, and far more interaction than soloist against accompaniment. The closest parallel might be the cliche, Bill Evans's trio, or else maybe Brad Mehldau's Vanguard recordings -- except that I think these guys leave a lot more space.

The shortest tune is "What Is This Thing Called Love," at 4:33; most of the tracks clock between six and ten minutes apiece. This is exactly what I want from a live CD, because it's what I love in a concert: to hear the band stretch out, to hear them really dig into a tune and find something different from what they played the night before. This isn't every other piano album, but it is a perfect example of a live CD that brings you the experience of sitting in a club.

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kiri kern
Kiri sing Kern is a great experience
Lacks Splendor
White Glove Kern
mildly disappointing

Kiri Sings Kern: Dame Kiri TeKanawa
Dame Kiri TeKanawa , Jerome Kern , Jonathan Tunick , and London Sinfonietta
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As Hammerstein writes in the opening song, "Many dames with lofty aims strive for lofty goals"--and Te Kanawa strives for successful crossover. Her beautiful singing exhibits impeccable diction and excellent phrasing; but "A Fine Romance" lacks anger and humor, "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" lacks a storyteller, and "All the Things You Are" lacks romanticism. However, happy songs like "All Through the Day," "Look for the Silver Lining," and "The Folks Who Live on the Hill," are successfully interpreted. Jonathan Tunick's orchestrations enhance Kern's beauty through his captivating use of obbligato instruments. A pleasant, if not wholly satisfactory, listening experience. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

kiri kern.......2007-03-29

Kiri is sensational on this CD. Jerome Kern music is stupendous and the arrangements superb. Three top esses.

Kiri sing Kern is a great experience.......2004-01-18

I love the way she sings Kern's songs. Though certainly not opera, Kern's songs benefit from an an operatic approach--not all of them, but certainly ones such Smoke gets in your Eyes, The song is you, All the things you are. I love Kern;s songs sung in many styles but Kiri's way is one of the best.

On the other hand, I did not like Kiri singing Berlin.

Lacks Splendor.......2002-09-01

Though I do enjoy Kiri's interpretation of most music, and this CD was decent, I did not find any piece particularly memorable.

The voice is undeniably beautiful, and Kiri has managed to keep her maturing voice sounding somewhat young, yet I find that I much prefer her rendition of "The Laughing Song" to that of "Smoke Gets in YOur Eyes."

If you love Kern, and couldn't care less who performs it, than purchase this CD. If you are a fan of Kiris', then perhaps it would be best to avoid this purchase...for it is not a shining star in her vast collection of CDs. All in all, it was a disappointment.

White Glove Kern.......2001-05-20

I am the first to admit that most "crossover" albums, be they of classical performers singing pop or vice versa never quite cross over. This album does splendidly. Kern's music is the most related to classical operetta , and therefore the least jazziest. Operatic soprano Kiri Te Kanawa gives luscious, heartfelt readings of these wonderful songs, backed by glamorous orchestrations. Hearing a voice of such opulence and beauty in this music is a rare treat. Just listen to "Smoke Gets In Your Eyes" ,"Long Ago and Far Away" or "The Song is You" and prepare to be swept away to another, more elegant time.

mildly disappointing.......2000-09-30

Sometimes cross-over works, sometimes not. While Kiri te Kanawa has a beautiful voice, she never gets into the idiom of these Jerome Kern masterpieces sufficiently to convey their stories or their subtleties. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes especially stands out, she sings it with none of the pathos the song demands and her version pales compared to the Platters. The orchestral arrangements are decent and in many of the songs the purity of her voice is enough to carry them, but overall I would say this is a disappointing example of a crossover record. Ms. te Kanawa should stick to what she does best.

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