I LIKE YOU A LOT [Live]

Editorial Reviews
NEW YORKER
"The freshest small-group swing in the city."

NEW YORK TIMES
""Transcends time and idiom... the group re-combines familiar ingredients to create its own brand of classicism."

Album Description
HFQ's second recording is a darker follow up to the group's eponymous debut. This CD features original music, including the favorites "Dirty," "Hey Little Girl," "Molly's Pies" and an intense, exploratory rendition of the traditional "Oh Death." Clocking in at almost seventy minutes of music, the disc is a veritable catalogue of American roots styles, a starker predecessor to Dylan's latest "Love and Theft." Blues, Jazz, Country, Tango, Swing, Old-Time, Avante-Garde, Parlor Songs and Waltzes intermingle not from song to song but from moment to moment to create a rich, mysterious tapestry of sound. I LIKE YOU A LOT received four stars from THE ALL MUSIC GUIDE, charted at #3 on ROLLINGSTONE.COM's TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2001 and was featured in a lengthy profile on Terry Gross' FRESH AIR on NPR. Recorded live in the studio to all-analog tape, I LIKE YOU A LOT was a sleeper hit and has found fans all over the globe.

I LIKE YOU A LOT [Live]

I LIKE YOU A LOT, Music, Howard Fishman Quartet, An epic journey through the heart of American music filled with dark humor, romance, heartbreak, death and redemption., New Orleans Jazz, Pop, Rock, Swing, Vocal Jazz
Dittersdorf: Arcifanfano, King of Fools
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Comic-Opera Treasure!
  • an obscure delight!
 Dittersdorf: Arcifanfano, King of Fools

Manufacturer: Video Artists Int'l
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000003LIK
Release Date: 1994-12-12

Tracks:

  1. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Overture
  2. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Chorus - We've Traveled Far (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  3. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Approach! What Is Your Name, Sir? (Furibondo)
  4. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - With A Sword That Is Sterner Than Moses (Furibondo)
  5. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Unhappy Oddling (Gloriosa)
  6. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - My Fair Skin, My Bare Chin (Gloriosa)
  7. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Was Ever There Insanity (Sordidone)
  8. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Snugly Hidden Safe From Prying (Sordidone)
  9. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Madness Beyond All Measure (Malgoverno)
  10. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - When The Purse Is Clinking (Malgoverno)
  11. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - There, Like A Vapor (Semplicina)
  12. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - O Look So Woeful (Semplicina)
  13. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - Such As She Seems To Be Frigid (Garbata)
  14. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - Let's Sing, Let's All Be Jolly (Garbata)
  15. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Recitative - For All Types Of Confusion
  16. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act I: Aria - The Fierce One Lives Only For The Slaughter
  17. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - I Beg You To Stop (Malgoverna, Gloriosa, Garbata)
  18. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - We Praise The Sun For Beauty (Malgoverna)
  19. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Bumpkin, Coarse-grained (Gloriosa, Garbata)
  20. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - If You Will Love Me, I Will Love You (Garbata)
  21. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - No, They Cannot Persuade Me! (Gloriosa)
  22. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Lovely Ladies, You Enjoying (Gloriosa)
  23. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Where's My Lover, Sweetheart (Sordidone)

Tracks:

  1. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - Sordidone, Be A Bunny
  2. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Are You Hiding? (Sordidone, Garbata)
  3. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - See Comely Phyllis Wander (Garbata, Sordidone)
  4. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Don't Come Near Me (Semplicina, Furibondo)
  5. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Aria - The High And Mighty Lion (Furibondo)
  6. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - Quiet At Last (Semplicina)
  7. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Duet - Semplicina, Do You Hear Me? (Semplicina)
  8. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Quartet - Ever More Bitter Shall Be My Raging (Gloriosa, Garbata, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  9. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Recitative - What Now? What New Forms Of Madness? (Gloriosa, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  10. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act II: Chorus - Long Live King Arcifanfano (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  11. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Earth, Our Dearest, Good And Nearest (Sordidone)
  12. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - That His Sowing Yield A Growing (Malgoverno)
  13. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Has The Fool Committed (Malgoverna, Gloriosa)
  14. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Ask Of Beauty, She Will Answer (Gloriosa)
  15. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Hop And Stop It! (Furibondo, Gloriosa)
  16. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - All Of This Planet, I Cry To Each Man (Furibondo)
  17. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What's Unleashed These Dreadful Roars? (Garbata, Furibondo)
  18. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - I'm Simple And I'm Candid (Garbata)
  19. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - What Mischief And Load This Purse Is!
  20. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - Goddess Bright As Morning
  21. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Mother Always Used To Tell Me (Sordidone, Semplicina)
  22. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - What A Lot I Need What I Need Lot's Of! (Sordidone)
  23. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - May He Not Come To Harm (Semplicina)
  24. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Aria - There's A Devil In A Ducat (Semplicina)
  25. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Gather, O Subjects, About Us (Gloriosa, Garbata, Semplicina)
  26. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Duet - If You Marry Me (Semplicina)
  27. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - With Curiosity All Aflame (Semplicina, Gloriosa, Garbata, Sordidone, Malgoverno, Furibondo)
  28. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Recitative - Quiet, Please, We Implore You!
  29. Arcifanfano, King Of Fools: Act III: Chorus - The Wise And The Mad Have Got One Word For Their Dwelling

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Comic-Opera Treasure!.......2007-01-28

Dittersdorf is a sort of working-man's Mozart; in fact, this opera sounds similar to some of Mozart's early operas. But Mozart sought to break the rules and to explore new musical ideas; Dittersdorf is not an innovator...yet he is no less a master! This performance, too, is a materpiece of refined (not always!) comedy; the arias include some extremely difficult vocal leaps and trills, yet the primary joy is the witty verse. W.H. Auden (no less!) ramrodded this translation to English. And Anna Russell, famed for her "Analysis of Wagner's Ring Cycle" steals every scene she's in! Ad-libbing shamelessly, her introductory aria, all by itself, is worth more than the purchase price!

5 out of 5 stars an obscure delight!.......2002-07-31

Eleanor Steber's image on the cover of this set caught my eye while rummaging through the cut-out bins of San Francisco on a recent opera whirlwind. What a lost treasure this performance is - recorded "LIVE" in NYC 1965! All the principles shine, their energy ebullient. Don't hesitate, buy it and smile before it disappears.
The Nervous Set (1959 Original Broadway Cast)
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • An underrated gem!
  • Dig that beat...
 The Nervous Set (1959 Original Broadway Cast)
Tommy Wolf , Fran Landesman , and Richard Hayes
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ASIN: B00005YKIO
Release Date: 2002-02-26

Tracks:

  1. Overture/Man, We're Beat
  2. New York
  3. What's To Lose/Stars Have Blown My Way
  4. Fun Life
  5. How Do You Like Your Love?
  6. Party Song
  7. Night People
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  9. Party Song (Reprise)
  10. I've Got A Lot To Learn About Life
  11. The Ballad Of The Sad Young Man
  12. A Country Gentleman
  13. Max The Millionaire
  14. Travel The Road Of Love
  15. Laugh, I THought I'd Die
  16. Fun Life (Reprise)
  17. Bonus Track 1: Fun Life (By Jackie Cain & Roy Kral)

Amazon.com

As fans of musical theater, we're used to offbeat projects, but this long-forgotten show takes the cake--and it's completely entrancing. The opening number alone makes nasty fun of the then-popular beatniks and is immediately followed by "New York," a list song enumerating all the awful things about the city. Rarely has so much bile been spilled on the New York stage--but perhaps that's because the show originated in St. Louis. Tommy Wolf's finger-snapping score and Fran Landesman's biting lyrics are very compelling, especially because it's hard to tell when they're serious and when they're drily sarcastic. The energetic cast, which includes Larry Hagman (best known as JR in Dallas), is backed by a jazz quartet, and the result often sounds strangely contemporary. And then you have some numbers, such as "Night People," that are almost Sondheimian. What a strange, wonderful little show this is. --Elisabeth Vincentelli

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars An underrated gem!.......2003-06-03

The songs in this musical are simply wonderful! Canny, passionate, "beat," and sardonic. The story, its characters, and the lyrics are classic Greenwich Village of the late 1950's. This CD features talented singers and actors (including a very young Larry Hagman),a great lyricist, lush and complex music. To reiterate, it's just WONDERFUL! I ruined my LP long ago, and am THRILLED to find this CD replacement.

3 out of 5 stars Dig that beat..........2002-02-28

A fun recording to have on CD. Very beatnik oriented musical from 1959 with such interesting names in the cast as Tom Aldredge (Into the Woods, Passion) and Larry Hagman!? The song "New York" is a lot of fun. The best of the rest the score include "The Ballad of the Sad Young Man" sung by Tan Seitz and "Laugh, I Thought I'd Die" sung by Richard Hayes. Larry Hagman has one song, "Travel the Road of Love" and although he doesn't embarrass himself, thank God "I Dream of Jeannie" and "Dallas" were still be come. He definitely did not inherit his mother's singing ability. In fact, I think his mother was performing in "The Sound of Music" during the short run of this show.
I LIKE YOU A LOT
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • As True And Unique As An Artisanal Cheese
  • A Different World
  • Disappointment
  • Socratic rendition of a futuristic opera
 I LIKE YOU A LOT
Howard Fishman
Manufacturer: Monkey Farm
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00005435T
Release Date: 2001-02-01

Tracks:

  1. Night After Night
  2. Dirty
  3. Another Night
  4. Hey Little Girl
  5. Time Will Tell
  6. Dreams of You
  7. Tango
  8. Molly's Pies
  9. It Won't Be Long
  10. Your Guess Waltz
  11. I Surrender, Dear
  12. Your Guess
  13. Oh, Death

Album Description

HFQ's second recording is a darker follow up to the group's eponymous debut. This CD features original music, including the favorites "Dirty," "Hey Little Girl," "Molly's Pies" and an intense, exploratory rendition of the traditional "Oh Death." Clocking in at almost seventy minutes of music, the disc is a veritable catalogue of American roots styles, a starker predecessor to Dylan's latest "Love and Theft." Blues, Jazz, Country, Tango, Swing, Old-Time, Avante-Garde, Parlor Songs and Waltzes intermingle not from song to song but from moment to moment to create a rich, mysterious tapestry of sound. I LIKE YOU A LOT received four stars from THE ALL MUSIC GUIDE, charted at #3 on ROLLINGSTONE.COM's TOP TEN ALBUMS OF 2001 and was featured in a lengthy profile on Terry Gross' FRESH AIR on NPR. Recorded live in the studio to all-analog tape, I LIKE YOU A LOT was a sleeper hit and has found fans all over the globe.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars As True And Unique As An Artisanal Cheese.......2004-06-07

As individuals, we are rightly picky about our music preferences. But there is an essential quality to HFQ's music which defies traditional description. Whatever you think you might not like about HFQ -- don't. Try it. 'I Like You A Lot', and all of HFQ's music, delivers a flavor you know, and yet don't know, and you just have to have more. This is real music, second only to hearing HFQ 'live'.

5 out of 5 stars A Different World.......2002-02-27

I don't know who these guys are (a friend gave me the CD for Christmas) but after a few casual listens here and there I put this disc on the other day and I can't get it off of my player! These tunes creep under your skin. I love the rootsy vibe mingled with the punky passion and realness. Now I understand my friend's need to evangalize for this band. It's the best stuff I've heard in a long time.

2 out of 5 stars Disappointment.......2002-02-19

Read good reviews and articles in magazines, liked the idea, and what a disappointment. The music is nice, but then that voice! Horrendous! Also, why waste time, go back to the originals this band is copying: Tom Waits, Leon Redbone, Dan Hicks, Django, etc. The voice and delivery are supposed to be quirky and evoke the time period, but it's like nails on a blackboard.

5 out of 5 stars Socratic rendition of a futuristic opera.......2001-07-12

This album transcends modern musical ways of thinking. It encompasses the glimmering significance of every musical genre, becoming itself purely genreless. With the combination of a sexy trumpet dancing casually and sometimes forcefully in the foreground, an elegant violin, a femininly shaped bass,and a defeated romantic guitar player, this arrangement of ballads and blistering harmonics is a must for any jazz, folk, blues, rockabilly, or classical enthusiast. Imagine sashaying through a ballroom lit with blue, cupping a golden glass of champagne, meeting the intoxicating charismas of cowboys, and slow dancing with Django Reinhardt and you will still have no idea of the fantastical world that these songs will send your mind and body to.
It's Always Fair Weather (1955 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade)
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    		It's Always Fair Weather (1955 Movie Soundtrack) (Rhino Handmade)
    Betty Comden
    Manufacturer: Rhino Handmade
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    ASIN: B0001LYFYA
    Release Date: 2004-01-01

    Tracks:

    1. Main Title - MGM Studio Orchestra
    2. March March - Jud Conlon, Dan Dailey, Gene Kelly
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    4. Time for Parting - Jud Conlon, Dan Dailey, Gene Kelly
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    20. Madeline's Commercial (Klenzrite) [#]
    21. Thanks a Lot, But No Thanks
    22. Time for Parting-TV Girls [#] - Ruth Clark, , Loulie Jean Norman, Betty Wand, Gloria Wood
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    31. I Thought They'd Never Leave [#] - Betty Comden, Adolph Green
    32. Thanks a Lot, But No Thanks [#] - Betty Comden
    Songs from the Silver Screen
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    		 Songs from the Silver Screen
    Judy Kaye , Jason Graae , Gene de Paul , Rupert Holmes , Harry Warren , Jerome Kern , Hoagy Carmichael , Sammy Fain , Andre Previn , Irving Berlin , Friedrich Hollander , Richard A. Whiting , Steve Orich , and Leslie Bricusse
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    ASIN: B0000060E7
    Release Date: 1998-02-24

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    3. Springtime In The Rockies: (I Had The) Craziest Dream
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    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars GET OUT OF A BAD MOOD!!!!!!!.......2006-01-17

    THIS CD PUTS A SMILE ON MY FACE EVERYTIME I HEAR IT! JUDY KAYE IS A MOST UNDERUTILIZED TALENT ON THE BROADWAY SCENE, AND THIS CD PROVES IT. CLICK THIS RECORDING INTO YOUR CART THIS INSTANT!

    5 out of 5 stars Pure Energy.......2000-09-17

    What an incredible recording! What energy, what a fantastic voice! The songs, many of which are rarely recorded, are presented in a wonderful upbeat and stylish mood. It's almost impossible not to love this CD. Her tributes to the greats of the silver screen are very witty and yet not overly campy. Judy manages to almost one up Carmen Miranda, with her Carmen Tribute. I must say I never really liked the song "Thanks alot, but no thanks" until I heard Judy's version. This CD will leave you exhausted but with lots of happy memories. It will also leave you wishing that Judy Kaye recorded more often!!
    The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      		The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

      Manufacturer: Angel Records
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

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      ASIN: B00004SSJR
      Release Date: 2002-11-05

      Tracks:

      1. The Mikado: Overture
      2. The Mikado: A Wandering Minstrel I
      3. The Mikado: Our Great Mikado, Virtuous Man
      4. The Mikado: Young Man, Despair
      5. The Mikado: Behold The Lord High Executioner!...Taken From The County Jail
      6. The Mikado: As Some Day It May Happen
      7. The Mikado: Three Little Maids From School Are We
      8. The Mikado: Were You Not To Ko-Ko Plighted
      9. The Mikado: I Am So Proud
      10. The Mikado: The Sun, Whose Rays
      11. The Mikado: Here's A How-De-Do!
      12. The Mikado: Miya Sama (Entrance Of The Mikado)
      13. The Mikado: A More Humane Mikado Never
      14. The Mikado: The Criminal Cried
      15. The Mikado: See How The Fates Their Gifts Allot
      16. The Mikado: The Flowers That Bloom In The Spring
      17. The Mikado: Alone, And Yet Alive!...Hearts Do Not Break!
      18. The Mikado: On A Tree By A River
      19. The Mikado: There Is Beauty In The Bellow Of The Blast
      20. The Mikado: For He's Gone And Married Yum-Yum
      21. Trail By Jury: The Learned Jungle
      22. H.M.S. Pinafore: I'm Called Litttle Buttercup
      23. H.M.S. Pinafore: My Gallant Crew...I Am The Captain Of The Pinafore
      24. Sorry Her Lot Who Loves Too Well
      25. H.M.S. Pinafore: When I Was A Lad I Served A Term

      Tracks:

      1. H.M.S. Pinafore: Fair Moon, To Thee I Sing
      2. H.M.S. Pinafore: Things Are Seldom What They Seem
      3. H.M.S. Pinafore: The Hours Creep On Apace
      4. H.M.S. Pinafore: Never Mind The Why And Wherefore
      5. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Better Far To Live And Die
      6. The Pirates Of Penzance: Oh, Is There Not One Maiden Breast
      7. The Pirates Of Penzance: Poor Wandering One!
      8. The Pirates Of Penzance: I Am The Very Model Of A Modern Major-General
      9. The Pirates Of Penzance: When The Foeman Bears His Steel
      10. The Pirates Of Penzance: Ah, Leave Me Not To Pine
      11. The Pirates Of Penzance: When A Felon's Not Engaged In His Employment
      12. The Pirates Of Penzance: With Cat-Like Tread
      13. Patience: The Soldiers Of Our Queen...If You Want A Receipt For That Popular Mystery
      14. Patience: Am I Alone And Unobserved...If You're Anxious For To Shine
      15. Patience: Sad Is That Woman's Lot...Silvered Is The Raven Hair
      16. Patience: A Magnet Hung In A Hardware Shop
      17. Patience: Love Is A Plaintive Song
      18. Patience: So Go To Him And Say To Him
      19. Patience: When I Go Out Of Door
      20. Patience: After Much Debate (Finale Act 2)
      21. Iolanthe: When I Went To The Bar As A Very Young Man
      22. The Lady Of My Love...(Finale Act 1)

      Tracks:

      1. When All Night Long A Chap Remains
      2. When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
      3. When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
      4. If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
      5. Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
      6. Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
      7. Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
      8. Ruddigore: You Understand?
      9. Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
      10. Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
      11. Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
      12. The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
      13. The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
      14. The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
      15. The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
      16. The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
      17. The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
      18. The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
      19. The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
      20. The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
      21. The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
      22. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
      23. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
      24. The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride
      Anne Sofie von Otter - Wings in the Night (Swedish Songs)
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • I wish I was Swedish
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      		 Anne Sofie von Otter - Wings in the Night (Swedish Songs)
      Wilhelm Peterson-Berger , Sigurd von Koch , Wilhelm Stenhammar , Ture Rangstrom , Emil Sjogren , Anne Sofie von Otter , and Bengt Forsberg
      Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
      ProductGroup: Music
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      ASIN: B000001GRT
      Release Date: 1996-03-26

      Tracks:

      1. Nothing Is Like The Time Of Waiting
      2. When I Walk By Myself
      3. Like The Stars In The Sky
      4. In The Month Of Tjaitra
      5. Of Lotus Scent And Moonlight
      6. The Wanderer
      7. A Ship Is Sailing
      8. Maiden Blond And Maiden Brunette
      9. A Seaside Song
      10. Wings In The Night
      11. The Farewell
      12. Pan
      13. Come Little Buck To The Boy
      14. The Sun Shines Prettily In The Evening
      15. If You Love Me
      16. Spring Night's Rain
      17. Mankind's Lot
      18. The Wild Swans
      19. The Forest Is Asleep
      20. I Kiss Your White Hand
      21. In The Maple's Shade
      22. Jutta Comes to the Volkungs
      23. Old Swedish
      24. Melody
      25. Supplication to Night
      26. Boljeby Waltz
      27. Return
      28. You Look At Me With Silent Questions
      29. I Broke Off A Little Rose For You
      30. I Should Like to Hover over Valley and Hill
      31. Aspaker's Polka

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars I wish I was Swedish.......2006-06-10

      This is simply my favorite disc of song out there. As a recreational singer, it's wonderful to come across a disc like this and be given an entire new world of song that you can't even find music for. The songs by Sigurd von Koch, who spent some time in Asia, are beautiful enough to dissolve your brain! In The Month Of Tjaitra and Of Lotus Scent And Moonlight are so full of beautiful imagery and wonderful music I can't see why people sing anything else. And the folk-inspired Pertersen-Berger songs are loads of fun too, although of course not as moving.

      5 out of 5 stars A feeling of discovery.......2000-09-23

      The songs on this wonderful Swedish anthology may not be familiar to most listeners but they occupy an idiom not so dissimilar to the world of Grieg. (Otter and Forsberg's Grieg recital from a few years earlier is also indispensible.). The nostalgia-tinged melancholy (or is it wistful joy?) of Wilhelm Peterson-Berger's folk-inspired songs, for example, convey a hint of Grieg's art yet are distinctively Swedish. There are nine selections by Peterson-Berger, out of 31 total, and they all exemplify this composer in full melodic flower. The other composers offer something closer to what we think of as art songs: somewhat rarefied, reserved, melodically rich and often evocative. The piano accompaniments are always first rate. This treasury provides a rich and varied 74-minute overview of Swedish song.

      If the quality of the Swedish literature as a whole is half as good as what's presented here, let's hope that this is only an introduction from Otter and Forsberg, who would seem to have this repertoire to themselves although one could not hope for more understanding interpreters. After all, they are Swedish! All of imagination of their earlier Grieg interpretations is present here as well. There is all the necessary depth of characterization without affected artsiness.

      If that's not enough, this disc also won the coveted Gramophone Award.
      The Wizard of Oz - Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Broadway Musical
      Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
      • A Collection of the Original Oz Stage Productions
      • Ain't it a Shame!
      • Why the 1903 "Wizard" was forgotten
      • A long overdue revisit to a classic American musical
      • Long-Forgotten Broadway Hit Gets First Rate Revival
      		 The Wizard of Oz - Vintage Recordings from the 1903 Broadway Musical

      Manufacturer: Original Cast Record
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      ASIN: B00009MPYQ

      Tracks:

      1. Wizard of OzSelection (Arthur Pryor's Band)
      2. The Bullfrog and the Coon (Ada Jones)
      3. Pocahontas (Edward M. Favor)
      4. Daisy Donohue (Harry Tally)
      5. Down on the Brandywine (Collins & Harlan)
      6. Come Take a Skate with Me Sung (Collins & Harlan)
      7. I Love You All the Time (Harry Macdonough)
      8. The Moon Has His Eyes on You (Ada Jones)
      9. When You Love, Love, Love (Thomas E. Whitbred)
      10. When We Get Whats a-Comin to Us
      11. Mister Dooley Sung (Edward M. Favor)
      12. Julie Dooley (J. W. Myers)
      13. Meet Me Down at the Corner (Jones & Spencer)
      14. Budweisers a Friend of Mine (Billy Murray)
      15. Theres a Lot of Things You Never Learn at School (Bob Roberts)
      16. Under a Panama (Billy Murray)
      17. Good Bye Fedora (Collins & Harlan)
      18. Sitting Bull (Collins & Harlan)
      19. I Love Only One Girl in this Wide Wide World (Harry Macdonough)
      20. Sammy (Harry Macdonough)
      21. The Tale of a Stroll (Morgan & Stanley)
      22. Cant You See Im Lonely? (Ada Jones)
      23. Are You Sincere? (Byron G. Harlan)
      24. Hurrah for Baffins Bay (Collins & Harlan)
      25. Football (Dan W. Quinn)
      26. Id Like to Go Halves in That (Burt Shepard)
      27. Rejoice!The Wizard is No Longer King
      28. The Traveler and the Pie
      29. Must You? (Dan W. Quinn)
      30. Thats Where She Sits All Day (Dan W. Quinn)
      31. The Sweetest Girl in Dixie (Henry Burr)
      32. Scarecrow Laugh (Fred Stone)

      Tracks:

      1. Sammy Mira (Music Box Disc)
      2. Must You? (Mira Music Box Disc)
      3. Opening Prayer
      4. Phantom Patrol
      5. Just a Simple Girl from the Prairie
      6. Poppy Song
      7. Love is Love
      8. When We Get What's A-Comin' to Us
      9. The Traveler and the Pie
      10. When You Love, Love, Love
      11. Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King
      12. Phantom Patrol (Aeolian Piano Roll)
      13. My Little Maid of Oz Aeolian Piano Roll
      14. The Tik-Tok Man of OzSelection (Rythmodik Piano Roll)
      15. The Tik-Tok Man of OzSelection (Piano Roll)
      16. Ask the Flowers to Tell You (Macdonough & Dunlap)
      17. My Beautiful Dream Girl (John Barnes Wells)
      18. My Pretty Little Piece of Dresden China (Bessie Wynn)
      19. Gay Paree (Montgomery & Stone)
      20. Travel Travel Little Star (Montgomery & Stone)
      21. A Scotch Moriah (Montgomery & Stone)
      22. Hurrah for Baffins Bay (Dan W. Quinn)
      23. Daisy Donohue (Trombone Solo by Arthur Pryor)
      24. Mr. DooleyMedley (Xylophone Solo J. Frank Hopkins)
      25. Down on the BrandywineMedley (Edison Military Band)
      26. The Bullfrog and the CoonMedley (Six Brown Brothers)
      27. Ill Take You Back to Italy (Ada Jones & Billy Murray)
      28. Father Goose Songs (Sallie Osbourne)

      Album Description

      The Wizard of Oz a musical with book and lyrics by L. Frank Baum and music by Paul Tietjens premiered on June 16, 1902, at the Grand Opera House in Chicago. It was an instant hit and made stars of David Montgomery (the Tin Woodman) and Fred Stone (the Scarecrow). On January 21, 1903 the show opened at the Majestic Theatre in New York. It ran for nine months and set out on the road with a second company right on its heels. The show toured, came back to New York, toured, and returned to New York again many times until finally disbanding around 1911. Stock and amateur companies continued to present it into the 1930s when it was overshadowed by the classic MGM film starring Judy Garland.

      The show was legendary for its success and its impact on American culture. It was the Cats or Les Mis of the early 1900s--but the show has been swallowed by history. What made audiences of the early 1900s devour the show and return for more again and again? In this unprecedented 2-CD set—featuring over 145 minutes of vintage recordings and 64 pages of lyrics, photos, notes and synopsis—you can discover how The Wizard of Oz entertained the American public for the first two decades of the 20th century. And like the audiences of nearly a hundred years ago, you can hum along to "Budweiser," "Sammy," and "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay"—everyone's favorite songs from The Wizard of Oz! Also included in this comprehensive collection are recordings from later Oz musicals, The Woggle-Bug and The Tik-Tok Man of Oz written by Oz creator L. Frank Baum, as well as vintage non-Oz recordings by original "Wizard of Oz stars" Montgomery & Stone and Bessie Wynn

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars A Collection of the Original Oz Stage Productions.......2006-12-07

      This Double-Disk Collection contains music from the original and varied Oz Stage Productions: "the Wizard of Oz", "the Woggle-Bug" (based on 'Marvelous Land of Oz) and "the Tik-Tok Man of Oz" (based on 'Ozma of Oz'). There are plenty of "Wizard" songs and music, but there isn't a lot of "Woggle-Bug" and/or "Tik-Tok Man".
      I often wondered how different the 1st & Original Production of 'Oz Wizard' was different to the book, and thanks to Mark Evan Schwartz's book "Oz: Before the Rainbow" I found out for myself (WORTH A READ!!). Later I got this CD to go along with the book's stage telling (more or less) and I listened in interest to the songs which, I read, were entirely different to the future Musicals of Oz. The songs are good, but not all of them are actually completely restored to perfection, so the singing may/will sound somewhat muffled. Also, due to the time it was made (for some reason), the songs don't actually fit into the story (even the stage's rewritten story) and sound distant/unrelated. But there are songs that sound similar to the original story ("Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King"). CD 2's Track 3 has music played during Silent Oz Film "His Majesty, Scarecrow" on the MGM 3-Disk DVD.
      The best thing about this CD Collection is the two booklets packaged along with the disks: the first (entitled "The Records") has writing on "What the Wizard Was" with a synopsis of the stage production story and "About the Recordings", a listing of all the songs on CD 1 (which are helpful for "Selection" Tracks not specifically named on the back) and notes on the songs like their origins and background. Booklet 2 (entitled "The Lyrics") has the words to the songs (in case you can't make out the words/want to sing-along). BOTH CDs include b&w photos of the actors, performance (few of which can be seen in "Oz: Before the Rainbow" book) and even reprints of a few illustrations made for the stage. The pictures are the best part of this purchase.
      The Entirely Different Songs may not fit with the story, original or rewritten, but there's nothing really wrong with the music when one enjoys to what they're listening to.
      I know that there is also another 'Oz on Stage' CD Collection called "Before the Rainbow" . . . hmmm, I wonder if I should get that too?

      5 out of 5 stars Ain't it a Shame!.......2006-05-20

      I think that this is a wonderful album of HISTORICAL value. Not too many people know this, but "the wizard of oz" was made into a smash hit in 1903, but because all the history was BARELY in obscurity, hungry tiger press wanted to educate the blockheads in the world about this remarkable piece of history. that being said, david maxine collected all of the old material, such as Piano rolls (my especial favorite of all of them is "the poppy song", i LOVE the bass notes: "nnn-ded-deh mmmm-ded-deh"), and music boxes, and cylinders, and records!
      however, it is quite a shame that that CRAPPY movie with judy garland pushed this lovely musical into obscurity. i would have liked to see it in my day, but it was already lost in darkness, but thanks to the highly DIGNIFIED people in the world, this cd is available!! BUY IT!!!! I *ORDER* YOU!!! YOU CANNOT BE DIGNIFIED WITHOUT THIS REPLACING YOUR "RAP" GARBAGE WITH THIS JEWEL!!!!

      4 out of 5 stars Why the 1903 "Wizard" was forgotten.......2004-03-20

      This truly remarkable 2-disc collection of old cylinders, discs, music boxes and piano rolls explains why the 1903 musical version of "The Wizard of Oz" did not survive the early thirties. It wasn't because it was before its time or even of its time, but simply because it was way behind the times. Its producers resisted composer's Paul Tietjens' attempts to write plot-driven numbers. His contribution survives only in the incidental music preserved on piano rolls (and the most interesting element on this collection) linking very disparate and even incongruous vaudeville acts by various authors and performers that graced the stage during the musical's multi-decade run. In other words, Baum was telling a story and the songs were telling another... As fascinating as they are for historical reasons, those numbers are commonplace, mostly uninspired flash-in-the-tin-pan ditties, with timid syncopation and a stong reliance on musical clichés. There is not a single standard among them and not even a decent lyric where "fine" doesn't rhyme with "mine" and "love you" doesn't rhyme with "I do"- or even "I know you know I know you do", as happens more than once. As an assemblage of shtick pieces and ephemeral sentimental or nonsensical ditties, this collection cannot be topped and it represents a monumental effort. Without it and its very generous and informative liner notes, I would not have the same appreciation for the absolute genius of Victor Herbert's operettas ("Babes in Toyland" came out the same year) where the more memorable songs are plot-driven and introduced and linked by the most luscious, inventive and varied incidental music ever heard outside an opera house. This sort of unified concept would culminate in Jerome Kern's "Show Boat" and it remains a truth today that the integration of plot and music - reminiscent of opera - is the true secret of successful and perennial musicals, whatever the current idiom. This collection also makes one appreciate the complete originality of the Hollywood film for actually going back to Baum's books, entrusting the songs, lyrics and music to Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg and Herbert Stothart and scrapping the musical's colourful but checkered history (except for casting ex-vaudevillians as the main characters, of course!). Highly recommended for its nostalgia value, its irreplaceable rarities and a better understanding of the history of American popular music.

      5 out of 5 stars A long overdue revisit to a classic American musical.......2003-09-30

      Although it was one of the most financially successful stage musicals of the early 1900's, very little information is presently available on the 1903 production of THE WIZARD OF OZ. In what was obviously a labor of love, David Maxine has done much to correct this oversight by releasing a 2-CD set with over 145 minutes worth of extremely rare recordings of music from this and other OZ-themed musicals dating back to before World War I. Recorded materials include vintage acoustical disc and cylinder phonograph records, piano rolls, and music box discs, many of which go back almost a century. In addition, he has included two booklets worth of historical background information on the 1903 WIZARD OF OZ production, its stars, the individual musical numbers, and lyrics for the songs included on the CDs. (Lavishly illustrated with rare old black and white photos and artwork, these booklets, and the information they contain, are themselves worth the price of the set!) Several bonus CD tracks are included that offer rare recordings by Montgomery & Stone (the original Tin Woodsman and Scarecrow) and Bessie Wynn, who was also in the 1903 cast. Not just for dedicated Oz fans, this set is a "must have" for anyone interested in the history of American musical theater and American popular culture of the early 1900's.

      5 out of 5 stars Long-Forgotten Broadway Hit Gets First Rate Revival.......2003-09-17

      One hundred and three years ago, author L. Frank Baum published the best-selling children's book of the 20th century, THE WIZARD OF OZ. Although the book was adapted several times as plays, silent motion pictures, animated cartoons, and radio shows in the next few decades, it is the 1939 MGM film that most people think of as THE WIZARD OF OZ. The success and popularity of that film completely eclipsed the memories of previous incarnations and even the book itself in popular culture. However, prior to the film's release, there was a successful stage version which premiered on Broadway in 1903 and delighted audiences for many years, making stars of Fred Stone and David Montgomery, the original Scarecrow and Tinman. As with the MGM film, chilren who saw THE WIZARD OF OZ on stage carried fond memories of the production into adulthood. Ray Bolger was so impressed with the Fred Stone's Scarecrow, that he remembered it vividly as an adult and based his own protrayal of the character in the movie on Mr. Stone's stage version.

      Unfortunately, time and Judy Garland have pushed the once popular Broadway Smash into history. It has been all but forgotten...until now.

      As the show moved from theater to theater and casts changed, so did the songs. Many of these were recorded on the primative equipment of the day: Wax cylinders, 78-RPM records, piano rolls, and music Boxes, and surprisingly many of these still exist. Now, thanks to those hard-working gents at HUNGRY TIGER PRESS, you can own these historic recordings on this awesome 2-CD set. THE WIZARD OF OZ: Vintage Recordings From The 1903 Broadway Musical contains over 145 minutes of terrific early 20th century music. You won't find "Over the Rainbow" or "Ding! Dong! The Witch Is Dead!" here. Instead, this WIZARD OF OZ contains tracks like "Budweiser's a Friend of Mine", "Sammy", "Hurrah for Baffin's Bay", and "Rejoice! The Wizard is No Longer King", each one a portal over the rainbow to the Broadway stage of a century ago.

      Obviously the play was quite different in plot from the movie--Dorothy travelled to Oz with her cow Imogene instead of Toto, for starters--, but the songs represent the style of popular music of 100 years ago and are collected here in a beautiful compilation. The set contains two booklets of liner notes which contain credits, lyrics, a written history of the production, and are extensively illustrated with photos and illustrations. Although the sound quality of the source material is not always up to today's standards, the songs are presented in the best versions possible, and the music is highly enjoyable. With 60 tracks and the wealth of information contained here, both written and photographic, this 2-CD set is good value for the money. A must-have for all collectors of WIZARD OF OZ memorabilia, an insightful look at popular music and Broadway history from a century ago, a glimpse into ethnic and racial stereotypes that were accepted at the time, and a curiosity for fans of the 1939 film, this set is big on appeal. Kudos to the Hungry Tiger Press for rescuing this treasure trove of musical history from obscurity!
      Secular Folk-songs from Dalecarlia
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        		Secular Folk-songs from Dalecarlia

        Manufacturer: Bis
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        ASIN: B000001665
        Release Date: 1994-09-22
        I'll Be Home for the Holidays
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Festive & Wonderful
        • Add a little "class" to your Holiday
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        		 I'll Be Home for the Holidays

        Manufacturer: Naxos
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        ASIN: B00002SSQI
        Release Date: 1999-10-12

        Tracks:

        1. I'll Be Home For Christmas
        2. It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas
        3. The Son Of Mary
        4. We Wish You The Merriest
        5. Ave Maria
        6. Great Is The Miracle: Ma'oz Tsur And S'ivon (German Synagogue Melodies)
        7. Great Is The Miracle: Al Hanisin (Folk Melody)
        8. Great Is The Miracle: Mi Ze Hidlik (Folk Melody)
        9. Great Is The Miracle: Ozi And Oy Chanukah (Chassidic Melody)
        10. I Wonder As I Wander
        11. Let It Snow Let It Snow Let It Snow
        12. The Chassid (Prayer)
        13. Panis Angelicus
        14. Haunerot Hallalu
        15. Jesu, Joy Of Man's Desiring
        16. Eight Bright Candles
        17. Feliz Navidad
        18. Jesus, Jesus Rest Your Head
        19. Carol of the Bells - We Three Kings
        20. Simchas Torah from
        21. May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Festive & Wonderful.......2000-02-08

        The Eaken Piano Trio is a glorious combination of terrific talent! They play so well together, it is as if there are six hands, playing three different instruments with one mind. Try any recording you can find of this tremendous trio!

        5 out of 5 stars Add a little "class" to your Holiday.......1999-12-16

        This CD, like 1996's "Home for the Holidays", has the Eaken Piano Trio providing a wonderful change to the usual holiday musical fare. Here we get some familiar, and some not so familiar, holiday tunes presented in an intimate chamber setting (piano, cello, and violin) with wonderfully inventive arrangements. At times the music is jazzy, at times "classical", at times light and bouncy, at other times quiet and contemplative. But it is always beautiful. In addition to Christmas numbers a number of these selections center on Chanukah as well. This music is perfect for serious listening - the creativity will amaze - also as background music for entertaining during the holidays. Pick this one up and while you're at it grab the Eaken Piano Trio's earlier release, "Home for the Holidays", as well... at this price you can't afford not to.

        I hope this talented ensemble releases some non-holiday music as well, to entertain us for the other eleven months of the year.

        5 out of 5 stars Pure Pleasure.......1999-12-01

        If you are not in the mood for Christmas, buy and listen to this CD. I guarantee your mood will change when you have finished. The choice of music and the sound is exquisite.

        Music:

        1. In Scandinavia, Vol. 1: 1933-1952 [Live]
        2. In the Name of Love
        3. It Could Happen to You
        4. It's Not About the Melody
        5. Jazz 'Round Midnight
        6. Jiving Jamboree
        7. Laughing in Rhythm: The Best of the Verve Years
        8. Let Yourself Go
        9. Listen With Your Heart
        10. Live at Ronnie Scott's [Import] [Live]

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