title: "And the band played on" Temptations Greatest Hits

text:
The first couplet of the first song begins:

You've got a smile so bright, you know you could've been a candle.
I'm holding you so tight, you know you could've been a handle.

Anyone who has heard of the Temptations knows those lines from their classic "The Way You Do the Things You Do." It is crisply sung, almost doo-wop. It never loses its poise or falls into cliche.

Most of these songs were hits. If the titles don't jar your memory, listen to the samples. Expect to know at least 10 of these.

A couple weak links are present in "Treat Her Like a Lady" and "Error of Our Ways." In these two songs, there's no funk, no soul, and no depth. Both are acceptable, as pop R&B, but are musically pallid when compared to "Papa Was a Rolling Stone" and "Ball of Confusion."

The liner notes provide a puffy history, and credits song-by-song. That's not why this is worth buying. It is the sheer cool class and sway of the Temptations greatest hits. A couple songs might be left off, but most are here. Be sure to find the best price.

1. Way You Do the Things You Do
2. My Girl
3. It's Growing
4. Since I Lost My Baby
5. Don't Look Back
6. Get Ready
7. Ain't Too Proud to Beg
8. (I Know) I'm Losing You
9. All I Need
10. You're My Everything
11. Angel Doll
12. I Wish It Would Rain
13. Cloud Nine
14. I Can't Get Next to You
15. Ball of Confusion (That's What the World Is Today)
16. Just My Imagination (Running Away With Me)
17. Papa Was a Rolling Stone
18. Shakey Ground
19. Treat Her Like a Lady
20. Error of Our Ways
21. My Girl [Acappella]

I fully recommend "The Ultimate Collection" by the Temptations.

Anthony Trendl
anthonytrendl.com


title: favorite album

text: I have a number of The Residents albums, but this one is my favorite.  It's a collection, and they did a very nice job of selection and order of the songs.<br />Note that some of the songs are shortened from the originals, which is fine if you aren't expecting the original.  So this is a great introductory album.


title: not the blues by a ling shot

text: Not what I expected


title: Memories

text: Yeah Baby!


title: Beautifully Done!

text: Carrie Jean Wharton has done a beautiful job composing these stories.  The stories are wonderful for all ages.  Anyone who has lost someone special and is grieving will find these stories very helpful.  The transitions from one track to the next are very well done.  Each story leads to another aspect of "letting go" of grief.  The grief process is not a simple thing, this CD offers a gentle approach to aid children in working through a lot of the issues that come with grief.


title: "Let the Night Rooooooooaaaar"

text: Just a remarkable and moving album in every way.. One of the darkest, bleakest, blackest albums of all times.. The 40+ minute 'Mass Suicide'  sermon is breathtaking.. Otherwise, a great Sunday morning brunch record.


title: Great collection of oldies but goodies!

text: Sometimes you just want to hear some music that makes you feel young again!  I appreciate the music by the original artists and this cd is great!


title: Five Stars

text: Very nice


title: Brilliant collection

text: Over 30 solid hours of British history, all very listenable and accessible to even the non-historian. An excellent resource for anyone looking for an immersive British history experience. If you're travelling to Britain in the near future, and want to know more about the amazing land you'll be visiting, this is a great way to learn a lot whilst driving, working out, etc.


title: Meet John, George, Paul and Ringo!

text: I LOVE this music. It's not just "Beatles' songs", it's John, George, Paul and Ringo CREATING their songs. Earlier takes of their famous songs where they played around with different backup vocals or instruments. It's like you're in the studio with them. I'm definitely ordering Anthology 1 & 3 of this set. Can't wait to enjoy them!


title: Good quality shows

text: This was advertised as "the shadow" but every single show (293 of them) were all about Sherlock Holmes. I got sent the wrong item.<br />Update**** so 0TR has realized that they sent me the wrong flash drive and they are sending me a new one. I am very pleased with this seller (OTR) 100% to deal with and do recommend !!! They are very professional and I appreciate them.


title: Five Stars

text: This is a lovely, relaxing CD.


title: Repeats!!!

text: While I love Akram's music, I was very disappointed that a lot of the songs on this album were repeats from other albums.  If I had known, I would not have purchased this particular CD.  While it does contain new material, the overwhelming tracks are from his other albums.  Disappointed!!!


title: good job.

text: good product but did not receive in original cd case but that's ok I will still order products from Amazon in the future.


title: Awesome!

text: Wonderful music and great lyrics. Highly recommend.


title: Five Stars

text: excellent music


title: So many great classics, not a typical

text: So many great classics, not a typical, cheaply thrown together mix of mostly Bach and Mozart. This has many more artists that everyone should enjoy.


title: This therapist recommends it

text: Anything by Louise Hay is top notch and I have clients who love these 2 meditations, and find the evening one especially helpful in calming down and getting to sleep.


title: Best gift for the friend’s mother

text: The life one is cool, she love Boyzone, just the price a little bit higher than other stores


title: Five Stars

text: Good


title: Beautiful music with an uplifting message

text: This, IMHO, is Joanne Shenandoah's finest work. The melodies are lovely and uplifting and the story they relate is inspiring.


title: Great show and singing

text: Anyone from that era will love this!


title: Great and under rated band

text: Budgie rocks.  To me this is the most under rated band in history.  They are like a mix of Rush and Black Sabbath, but really they have their own sound.  Amazing to me that they were never adopted by mainstream US audiences, but you can discover them on Pandora to find out for yourself.


title: Great music

text: I gave this to my mom for Christmas and she loves it!!


title: Perfect

text: Love this music. CD arrived in great shape.


title: gift purchase

text: was highly recommended by a guy on trip advisor, gave it to the kids to take on their honeymoon, they didn't wind up going there, so no idea if it is any good or not!


title: It is all about the voice

text: David Cooks voice is like a rose among thorns. On this acoustic EP he takes several songs from his "This Loud Morning" album and does an acoustic version. When David does acoustic his voice is front and center and you get to experience the beauty of it full on. I love this ep, the only thing that would have made it better is if he had included "Fade Into Me" and "Hard to Believe" on it.<br />If you don't have it by all means buy it. If it sells out here you can get it from that wal store or that tuney place.


title: The Beginning!!

text: So worth the price.


title: An Album of Introspective Thinking

text:
You don't have to be from the Hampton Roads area to appreciate Waterworks.  But I guarantee, it helps.  1994's release, Soul Divining, Waterworks provides 10 cuts of fairly decent music.  Leading off with Sarah, not to be confused by Sara from Starship's [[ASIN:B000YMOA64 Knee Deep In The Hoopla]], tells of the story of how she, Sarah, ripped out his heart and as any country song goes, "stomped that sucker flat".

Other songs such as Miles Away, the second cut, is a song of wistful yearning of wishing to be with the one they love to What a Fool, the seventh cut, talks about that fateful night he took away his girls virginity.  Soul Divining is a look inwards.  It's not pretty in a dreamy, lovey way but beautiful in the way introspective thinking is.

This may not be for everybody and likely it's not.  It is for me and that's why I have it.


title: Not Alpert's Best

text:
If you knew nothing of Alpert, this might suffice. However, knowing what he is capable of and hearing this, they aren't one and the same. This isn't Herb's best at all!

While the sound is definitely the master, the arrangements aren't at their best. Alpert is much better than this. However, his treatment of Sting's Fragile is a fantastic cover. Having heard this from a variety of musicians, this is very, very good.

Go find some Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass to hear him at the top of his game.


title: Bowie Pulls Out All the Stops

text: Space Oddity is a MUST HAVE in just about any audiophile's library.  David Bowie pulls out all the stops in this album.  There's not a thing bad about it.


title: Worth Owning Just for the Mellowness it Offers

text:
Birds of a Feather is exactly that when the listener understands this disc.  Everybody who plays on it is acquainted one way or another musically.  I got this when I was in my Larry Carlton mode.  There are definitely times when a disc like this is exactly what your CD player wants.

Birds of a Feather is worth owning just for the mellowness it offers.


title: #1 in '73 and #1 Again in '94

text:
Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon gives your stereo a workout.  This is what music is all about.  This is where compact disc has the serious advantage over vinyl.  You get to hear those high notes, those very quiet notes, the reverberation within a note.

Dark Side of the Moon is a classic "Must Have" in just about any rocker's library.  The '94 "upgrade" to the original '73 release is a step forward.  Originally peaking at #1 in Billboard's Top Tapes and LPs, it again topped the chart in 1994 upon this rerelease.

Dark Side of the Moon is a monumental accomplishment by one of the leading progressive rock bands of the time.


title: Elemental IS Elemental

text:
Elemental is listed as McKennitt's first album originally released in 1985. The copyright date of my CD is 1994.

Elemental is, as one reviewer notes, purely Celtic in style. McKennitt had yet to spread her wings and move into other styles of music to meld together as she is most known. Elemental is elemental. The element is the Celtic style. My favorite, Track 3, Yeats' Stolen Child is a song that locks in the mind in both sound of the notes and lyrics as the refrain calls away the child to the faeries.

McKennitt's vocals are wonderful. She has the knack of making even the most mundane sound wonderful.


title: Mikés Makes Sitar Approachable

text:
You have to be in the mood to listen to this.  It's not bad at all, but it's likely not anything you'll just reach out and get unless you're in the mood for, as they said on Monty Python, "... something totally different".

Stephan Mikés is a sitar player who was based out of Miami and frequented the small venues in that area.  In 1996 I was down in Miami for school and happened to catch him at a coffee shop called Cool Beans Café.  He's interesting, approachable and I thoroughly enjoy the night and the music.  In fact, I bought both this and his other disc[[ASIN:B000CA7KWY Good the Bad & The Karmic]] that night.

It takes something special to make this kind of music approachable to mainstream America.  I do believe Mikés was attempting to get it that way.


title: Colors Carries Some Weight with Helios

text: I'd have to agree with the other reviewer.  Colors carries some weight based on track 6, Helios.  Beyond that, it's an interesting disc with an ambient sound that just could work for a quiet night.


title: Signal Hill's Sepia Tones Display the Group's Tight Harmonies

text:
Few outside of Nova Scotia know of the group Signal Hill.  These guys, four of them, started out in Halifax playing covers of major hits.  They didn't do them identically, fortunately, as that really wouldn't have shown off their talent.  These guys are much like Crosby, Stills and Nash.  They have VERY tight harmonies.  And speaking of CSN, one of their covers on this disc is Suite: Judy Blue Eyes.
Musical line up includes:
Greg Tobin, Jason Campbell, Jason Meadus and Terry Chaplin.
1.  Turn Up the Sunshine*,
2.  Video Killed the Radio Star,
3.  You Don't Have to Explain*,
4.  Crackerjack Box,*
5.  Suite: Judy Blue Eyes,
6.  All Together*,
7.  Clarity,*
8.  Black Water,
9.  Thank God I'm a Country Boy,
10. The Sun Will Shine*
* - Original music by Signal Hill

It was always quite a treat for me to see these guys play when I was in Halifax.  The Lower Deck, Halifax, NS, mostly hosted these guys.  Live recordings are out there and they convey the freedom and fun of the group.  They have a large local following who sing along with most songs.  It is a very entertaining thing, indeed.


title: Decent Remakes Suitable for Background Music at a Dinner Party

text:
These songs are done decently enough that it could provide background music for a dinner party or such.  If you were in the mood for music while reading, this would also do the trick.

These are all remakes, just as it says in the title, so if you do buy it, don't complain that "these aren't the original songs".  That's because they AREN'T.


title: Tight Harmonies, Great Guest Singers/Musicians Make this as Must Have Disc

text:
The Manhattan Transfer is probably one of the best vocal groups - ever.  Their tight harmonies and honest camaraderie shows well through any performance or audio disc.

Tonin' is a fun disc with Manhattan Transfer backing big names such as Frankie Valli with his hit, Let's Hang On.  Then there's Smokey Robinson and his phenomenal hit, I Second That Emotion.  The best, however, comes with James Taylor.  His treatment of Dream Lover is such that to hear it is to wonder why and how that wasn't the way writer and singer Bobby Darren had wanted it to begin with.

Of all the Manhattan Transfer discs I own, and they number a lot, this is definitely my favorite.


title: Roy Orbison's Final Album Does Not Lack in Awesomeness

text:
Shortly before his untimely death in February 1989, Roy Orbison completed this album, the 22nd of his career.  Orbison, no stranger to working with others, shares this album with the likes of Elvis Costello, U2, Albert Hammond, longtime collaborator, Bill Dees and his friends from the Traveling Wilburys, Tom Petty and Jeff Lynne.

Orbison's widow, Barbara, played executive producer upon her husband's death, ensuring both this album sounded the way he wished and making sure it was released.  There are no missteps here.  This is an album that was truly a labor of love and done with friends.

Mystery Girl is as much as homage to his wife as it was just bits from the line of the song, She's a Mystery to Me.


title: 11 Track from 9 Artists Recorded Between 1974 and 1988

text:
CTI (Creed Taylor Inc.) Masters of the Guitar, and yes, this is different cover from that other one offered, is a testament to guitarwork.  This was issued in 1988 with artist recordings ranging from 1974-1988 through CBS Records.  Creed Taylor, the label owner is also the producer of this album.

This is okay music.  There's nothing here that's going to get the listener too excited.  It is decently constructed, produced and executed.  There are 11 tracks from 9 different artists.  George Benson and Kenny Burrell both share the honor of having two tracks each.

If you're looking for something to use in the background for work or a party or even a gathering of sorts, this might well be a viable option.


title: Truly Their Greatest Songs

text:
The Mamas & The Papas were a staple of California radio in the 1960s and 1970s.  16 of Their Greatest Hits represents pretty much anything you might want to hear from Cass Elliot, John Phillips, Denny Doherty, and Michelle Phillips.

Folk music was the forte of John Phillips.  However, soft rock/pop rock was what the rest of the group were interested in doing.  Cass Elliot's voice proved to be one of the selling points of the group.  Her appearance also said, "You don't have to be one of the 'pretty people' to be successful".

Of all their music, and there is VERY MUCH that has been played for years, Creeque Alley is my favorite.  Creeque Alley, besides being a very harmonious song, is the story of the Mamas & the Papas.  The lyrics are a historical dialog of the who's who and how's and why's of the group.

This is a fantastic album to own.  If you have nothing more than this, this is probably just enough to enjoy from the Mamas & the Papas.


title: Waltzes Have a Habit of Changing Bad Moods to Good

text:
Johann Strauss is justifiably known for his waltzes.  Kids know the Blue Danube, even if they don't know its name.  Hum a few bars and they'll pick it right up.

This disc, with a playing time of just over an hour, offers six of Strauss' most famous waltzes.  The disc starts with Blue Danube (10:54) and ends with Tales from the Vienna Woods (12:31).  The Vienna Opera Orchestra plays with Peter Falk - no, not THAT Peter Falk - conducting both Blue Danube and Tales from the Vienna Woods.  Carlo Rottini and Alfred Scholz also conduct.

The music is exciting, happy and gay (and no, not THAT gay).  Waltzes have a habit of changing one's mood.  It's hard to be angry listening to one.


title: Wanna Learn About the Jazz Sound?  Here It Is

text:
Unless you absolutely hate jazz, there's no reason you shouldn't give this a listen.  This is a great primer to the genre.  Duke Ellington, Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman and Peggy Lee are just some of the names on this 15 cut disc.

With the exception of one cut, Sweet Georgia Brown by Benny Goodman, the album was recorded, mastered, mixed and released in full digital sound.  CDs at this time were hip to catching all those high and low notes which had been lost in the analog world.  This is the perfect way to get an idea of what jazz sounds like without throwing out a lot of cash.


title: Traveling Wilburys Vol 1 is a Collection of the Who's Who in Rock Music

text:
What do you get when you throw five of the greatest musicians of our lifetime into a recording studio?  You get "The Traveling Wilburys".  As a lark and after recording a B-side song for George Harrison, in May and April 1988, Harrison, Jeff Lynne, Tom Petty, George Harrison and Bob Dylan shared writing and singing responsibilities for what would become The Traveling Wilburys.

With Jeff Lynne's deft hand on the controls, ten songs were quickly recorded in the home of Dave Stewart (Eurythmics) and eventually released with Warner Brother Records.  You can hear Lynne's influence in many places with several songs seeming to be more at home with ELO than with this collection of artists.

One of the things that was best about the Traveling Wilburys was they didn't really take themselves seriously.  They weren't there trying to pump out music in order to fulfill some contract.  Instead, what you had here were five guys who knew and respected each other having fun.


title: Traveling Wilburys, Vol 3 Misses a Minor Beat Without Lefty

text:
Traveling Wilburys, Vol 3 is a huge mockery of a lot of things.  First, there was really no group formed as the Traveling Wilburys.  This was a joke in and of itself.  Second, and one of my favorites, I wonder how many people spent a lot of time trying to find Volume II?  There IS no Volume II.

It is actually rather easy to mix up Vol I and Vol III.  The albums seem to have the same feel and some of the songs seem to belong on one album but not necessarily the other and that other might be the one it's actually on!  Vol III offers some really good cuts in the form of 7 Deadly Sins, Where Were You Last Night and Wilbury Twist.  The latter pokes fun at themselves, and in a small way, honors Roy Orbison.

Having lost Roy Orbison in 1988, the Wilbury's changed up their pseudonyms and mixed up life a bit.  Dylan, Harrison, Lynne and Petty do their best to carry on.  However, I'm sure what started out as a lark became less fun with the death of their bandmate and friend.


title: Anka's 21 Golden Hits Definitely Are

text:
I could probably have lived without owning this disc.  However, have it I do.  I think the reason I did get it was because so much nostalgia was packed into these 21 songs.  Anka's young life definitely affected and shaped his music.  Who was Anka's babysitter?  Diana.  What was happening to him?  Puppy Love.

Anka was a gifted song writer and musician.  That worked well for him and, really, the rest of North America.  He was "every guy" and, like it or not, those guys knew the words to these songs.

Anka's 21 Golden Hits are certainly hits.  If you were to own only one Anka compilation, this would be it.  I can vouch for the one and only.


title: As Good A Place to Learn About Morrissey As Any

text:
This review is for the original Bona Drag, not the 20th Anniversary Issue nor the Remastered version.  Bona Drag gives us a good handful of Morrissey's early works.  Excellent songs like Interesting Drug, Last of the Famous International Playboys, Everyday is Like Sunday and Suedehead are all here.  If you've never listened to Morrissey, this is about as good a place to start as any.

Bona Drag has 14 cuts on the original.  I think there was something between 17 and 20 on the Remastered version.  Well, that's remastered.  This is the way it was.


title: Not Bad, But Definitely Not His Best Work

text:
Morrissey's Kill Uncle was Morrissey's second solo album.  This was not the music to which Morrissey was best known, but unlike the basher review, I've no malice towards either Steven Patrick Morrissey or this album.  (By the way, if you don't like him, why the hell'd you buy the album?)

Morrissey, who I often refer to as the King of Gloom and Doom, is hardly such in this album.  That's partially why this album is so different than most.  Most people know Morrissey as the guy that could sing about death in a poppy manner.

Kill Uncle is not bad.  But it's definitely not Morrissey's best work.


title: Radio Activity and Kraftwerk Resonate

text:
Many years ago I was learning to copy Morse Code courtesy of the U.S. Navy.  I had known of Kraftwerk because of their first U.S. album release, Autobahn.  Radio Activity had Morse Code scattered throughout.  It was a "must have" for me because of it.

However, it wasn't the only thing that kept me harnessed to the stereo.  Kraftwerk SOUNDED good!  They were a tight group of folks playing electronic music long before it was popular.  In fact, many give a nod to Krafwerk as pioneers of Electronika and, subsequently, techno-dance music.

Perhaps my favorite album by Kraftwerk, and I HAVE been listening to them since the 1970s, Radio Activity always sounds fresh to me, regardless when I play it or whether it be vinyl or compact disc.

If you like dance/club music, you'll like Kraftwerk.  If you like Electronika, you'll like Kraftwerk.  If you like Techo-pop, you'll like Kraftwerk.


title: A Trip WAY Back

text:
I used to live in Virginia Beach, VA.  I was the sous chef of a restaurant called Zia Marie when it first opened up in the 90's.  Among the staff was a guy named Mike Pio.  Mike was a member of OFS.  It was him who got me listening to OFS.

Honestly, I can't remember much about the disc other than, well, I KNEW somebody on it!  Sadly, about 5 years later, the disc was in my Fiero at my apartment in Watertown, NY when it was broken into and a handful of CDs and my chef knife kit were stolen.

Rock on, Pio, my sauté bro.


title: What Seemed to be the Oils Final Push

text:
In 1993 remember fondly waiting for this album to come out.  The radio station I listened to, 93.7, The Coast, WKOC (Norfolk, VA) told me of its release.  This station wasn't known for following the herd or leading "Sheeple," it was ahead of the curve.

My first listen to Truganini sold me on the album.  It told me the Oils weren't yet done with their work.  It told me offenses still waited to be set right.  It told me they, at least, would try to raise the conscienceness of a self engrossed people who generations earlier thought nothing of wholesale slaughter of others in the name of European white men and differences in the color of one's skin.

I don't know how I knew at the time it also signaled the end of Midnight Oil outside of Australia with only the album Breathe to follow in 1996.

Sadly, the Oils never received the worldwide success they so honestly deserved.  Hopefully during the years after their disbanding people occasionally think of the good they did through their music.  Yes, it was political.  Yes, it made ME think.  And yes, I miss them.


title: Absolutely Love Love Love

text:
Love this Artist the MOST, Love both CD's and the Music.
I have them both in my car and listen to them over and over.
They keep me calm while driving, and that is what I like the most~


title: Very attractive album cover.

text: I haven't listened to this record as I bought one that hadn't been opened & now I feel badly about opening something that's been undisturbed since 1981. I know it's good as this is pat mAcdonald & everything he does is good, though most of his work is fantastic. I do open some stuff.


title: The Last Starfighter

text: Why is this CD so good? Well one of the greatest soundtrack artist, Craig Safan, composed it. Safan is especially good at adventures like John Williams. Safan made this great movie even better. I am a big fan of the 1980s movies. They were full of hope, light adventure, and a touch of comedy. I enjoy current movies too,  but I must admit they are mostly darker themes, with an apocalypse, zombies, foul language, and gore. So if you haven't seen this movie be sure to set aside some time for a rousing adventure in space. This reprint is excellent. Excellent quality CD, great price, fast delivery, well packaged, and reliable seller. I highly recommend getting this CD now. When this goes out of print it will double or triple in price. Being a fan of Remo Williams I had to pay more than double this price to get the reprint Remo Willams: The Adventure Begins CD because I waited to long. [[ASIN:B000EZ91EC Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins]]


title: Fandango Background Music

text: This not the original soundtrack songs on this CD, just the background music, by Alan Silvestri, that is good, just not the songs by artists. The original songs for Fanare: We're Going Somewhere [0:32] 2.Elton John - Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting [4:54] 3.We've got to dig up Dom [0:24] 4.Cream - Badge [2:47] 5.You called off your wedding [0:40] 6.Carole King - It's Too Late [3:54] 7.Pat Metheny And Lyle Mays - September Fifteenth [7:39] That car's afflicted [1:12] 9.Classics IV - Spooky [2:52] 10.There's nothing wrong [0:44] 11.Pat Metheny - Farmer's Trust [6:24] 12.Here's to us, by God [0:43] 13.Steppenwolf - Born To Be Wild [3:31]14.Pat Metheny And Lyle Mays - It's For You [8:14]15.Goodbye friend [1:12] 16.Blind Faith - Can't Find My Way Home [3:15]. One source I know of is at [...]


title: Awesome!

text: Excellent and came with little pics of the artist, my daughter loved it! Thank you!


title: Classic Harrison....Excellent

text: Classic George Harrison. He was a gifted musician who clearly found his place in life. This music is evidence of this. Personally, I'll always treasure this album. I've never once had any regrets and the fact that it's on CD makes it convenient when traveling in my personal vehicles. Appreciated the fast shipping and overall protection of the item during transit.


title: Susan's Great!

text: You know the old saying, "Loved her, hated him?"  Well, I don't actually hate him, but in my opinion Mark Lindsay's voice has not withstood the test of time.  Susan Cowsill has been a valued session musician for about 40 years and does a great job of carrying this CD.  She is really good and gets better every time she records.  Nostalgia is nice and sometimes people hear what they want to hear, but as a fan of Mark's for over 50 years I am very disappointed with his ho-hum performance on this CD.  Again, this is just one musician's opinion.


title: Excellent collection.

text: Again, I needed this CD set for my Wagner classes this summer.<br />Excellent collection.


title: thanks!

text: similar


title: Decent collection from the Monkees

text: This collection has all the Monkee songs I remember. A nice CD to have, since only one member of the group survives todsy.


title: The Truly Gifted and Original Gregory Porter

text: This is Gregory Porter's signature style in full bodied sound.  His meaningful lyrics are punctuated with jazz riffs and beautifully syncopated tunes that make this a truly memorable sound experience. I saw Porter at a one man show several years ago and he sang many of the songs on this CD. This CD will make you a Gregory Porter fan if you are not one already!! Really good one!


title: Good Music

text: A very good collection of Peruvian traditional music.


title: Good but not the best collection.

text: Good but "16 biggest hits" is more bang for your buck.


title: Absolutely love

text: Good mix .  Since I’m new to their music, I can’t say how many are songs from their debut era.  Does include some of their more well know songs like ‘save me’, ‘run’ and ‘fire’.


title: Spectacular. Crying about the musicians

text: Have to hear it to believe it. So much talent.


title: Five Stars

text: William Kealoha record album is great!

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title: Five Stars

text: EXCELLENT !!!


title: Five Stars

text: Great product... smooth transaction... A+++++++

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title: Five Stars

text: Great collection of MJ's songs. Love it!


title: Five Stars

text: RIP JACKA! This Album was the DOPEST


title: GREAT DVD

text: This is a great yoga dvd. Rodney Yee is wonderful.


title: Dust it off!!!

text: Gotta' love the walking song


title: Two Stars

text: Love the album and I would of loved the delivery except it was really long over 3 weeks.


title: New favorite

text: He is my new favorite worship singer


title: Five Stars

text: Good Music


title: Excellent condition record!

text: This was in great condition and quickly shipped. AAAA++++


title: Wonderful sountrack

text: I was so happy to find the soundtrack to one of my favorite movies. Mancini was a genius, and I love listening to this record.


title: Wonderful CD!!! :)))

text: This is a wonderful CD! I first heard these tracks a few days ago on YouTube, and decided that I wanted my own copy. Beautifully sung and orchestrated! These favorite hymns will get you in the mood for worship and bible study. Helps you keep your mind on God, and uplifts your spirit, faith and trust in HIM only! And I found the cd right here on Amazon! :)))


title: Blessed CD!!!

text: Guided by God's Loving Holy Spirit through our Dear Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Pastor Doug Batchelor teaches on bringing your family, neighbors, friends, questions, doubts, complexities, resources (all that we have and all that we are), occupation/job, your sick bodies for healing and your bodies as a living sacrafice, your sins, your hearts, your burdens to Jesus at the foot of the Cross. Whatever your burdens are bring them to Jesus cause HE can bless and change your circumestances. Amen!  This is truly a blessed and powerful message. Amen


title: Very Good

text: Excellent soundtrack for excellent series.


title: Playlist on dash in foreign language.

text: The music is great but it would be nice to be able to interpret the playlist showing on the dash console.


title: Three Stars

text: Not my favorite...


title: Music

text: Not what I thought.


title: Worthy

text:
The previous reviewer is no doubt much more qualified than I to evaluate the classical discipline of "Etudes," and its value in the ballet studio (both apparently highly regarded).

What struck me about the music I heard, were the feelings of modesty, warmth, and kindness conveyed by Ms. Gortiz's performances, particularly on those pieces where she appears to have created her own arrangements. Its as if her personality is sneaking out from behind years of classical training to wink at us, as she gently glides through technically challenging piano music.


title: Metallica rules!

text: Metallica is tge greatest fkn metal band on the planet.


title: Why did I wait so long for Love?

text: I remember when I worked at The Wherehouse Records in the early 80's, my manager always used to talk about Love Forever Changes and how it's this hidden classic. I never believed him and was always too busy to sit down and listen to it. Plus, I was into punk and New Wave and that psychadelic stuff was passe at the time. Well here I am, about to turn 40 and I'm positively transfixed by this new Remaster. I am listening every night when I go to bed with my portable CD player and still moved every time I hear it.<br />The thing that blows me away about Forever Changes is the way it pulls you in. Upon first listen, you assume this is another late 60's peace and love album like Iron Butterfly or something. But as it grows on you, it begins to transcend it's own time. It's almost as if it could have been made in any era since and it would still have the same impact. This is one for the ages and I forsee myself playing it as much as my two other favorite late 60's classics Tommy and Velvet Underground and Nico. Thanks for this magnificent reissue.


title: Nostalgic Christmas for 70’s Kids

text: First Christmas music I heard as a kid.  Still the first one out of the box of Christmas stuff every year.

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title: ... is the old school and these overture performances are fantastic..

text: Winograd is the old school and these overture performances are fantastic...they got me interested in classical music years ago when<br />I was in college.


title: Wonderful

text: Bizets early opera is in a different league than Carmen but has some incredibly beautiful music. Tenor Leopold Simoneau is sublime.


title: AN ABSOLUTELY WONDERFUL NOVEL

text: I must say that Toni Morrison is indeed one of my top three favorite authors.  When I first saw this movie at the time of its release, I must admit, I didn't really enjoy it.  I thought it was hard to follow in that format and the recollections disjointed.  The novel, however, especially Ms Morrison's reading of it is totally the opposite.  I am thoroughly enjoying it, soaking up the experiences presented, and recommending to anyone who will listen (no pun intended).  I will watch the movie again when I'm finished the the audio book, and I've already pre-ordered her upcoming novel. She is an inspirational author!


title: Non stop fun, fun, fun!!!

text: I own several BigBang albums but this is probably my favorite. It’s non stop fun, fun, fun.<br />Can’t wait for them to be reunited after mandatory military service so I can go to concerts.


title: Sung Si Kyung's Winter Wonderland CD is a classic production for the ages.

text: I am very pleased with the purchase of Sung Si Kyung's Winter Wonderland CD. The production team, designers, and musicians really put their best efforts and talents in this CD and it shows. I have no doubt, this will become a classic choice for music lovers anywhere in the world. Once again Sung Si Kyung vocals warm the heart and now finally he sings all songs in English. One of my favorite songs in this production is his duet with Ailee: "Baby it's cold outside." Thanks to all artists involved in this project and of course to Jellyfish.


title: Five Stars

text: Great packaging that includes a photo album. Totally love the album and I am completely satisfied with this product!


title: Fantastic

text: This is a great record with 2 great songs on it, and it was shipped very quickly, two thumbs up!


title: Great music

text: My husband loves the Jackson family.  He enjoys all of the songs.  It came quickly and all in one piece!


title: Hallelujah

text: Great product at a great price. Buy it and you’ll be glad you did! Makes a great gift too!


title: As expected

text: Great value. Fast delivery


title: Very relaxing

text: Very relaxing


title: Very relaxing music

text: Very relaxing


title: Almighty God is Awesome

text: For years God has used Rhonda’s songs to inspire millions of people. She has used her beautifully gifted voice to praise and worship God, and so many are grateful she travelled the Christian road to the music Hall-of-Fame in our hearts.  Honoring Christ with your gifts and talents pleases Him greatly - as He taught us in The Parable of the Talents -  Matthew 25 KJV.  As a Christian, I testify to God’s amazing forgiveness and grace.  All of this is so beautifully expressed through Rhonda’s songs.  All her CD’s are a treasure!  You can bless others sharing her songs and CD's.  May God richly bless our sister in Christ, Rhonda Gunn.  The song Almighty God is awesome, friends!


title: Five Stars

text: Better than I expected.  The songs are beautiful, moving, and inspirational


title: Easy Listening

text: It replaced a vinyl lp.


title: Would recommend

text: Liked!


title: Essential Bird

text: This is the heart of the Charlie Parker canon. These are the recordings that made him famous, among them his best recordings like Koko and Warming up a riff. Listening to these on vinyl gives you the experience of all great post bop musicians learning about Bird and bebop.


title: it's a mexicats album, buy it

text: if you're already a mexicats fan, this is a no brainer.  if it so happens, this was suggested to you and you were curious, check them out on youtube.  personally, i prefer their more high tempo spanish songs, but you'll get a lot songs in english and in a variety of styles.  also, jenny's ability to switch between languages, sometimes even in the same song, is incredible, and her brass playing is very impressive.


title: Ambient Dub masterpiece.

text: Ambient Dub masterpiece. Chilled out bass grooves that are timeless. Seller shipped quickly.


title: Meh !?!

text: I thought this was their DVD, not the VHS version. I am still stoked to get this, but it is hard to watch as not many people use VHS anymore.


title: Old time music for the modern era!

text:
I have just recently found Jim Smoak & the Louisiana Honeydrippers. This is a fantastic band which plays old style country music in a ~40s-50s  style partly emulating Bill Monroe and his Bluegrass Boys. (Not surprising since Smoak had toured with Monroe for so long.) Unlike the Monroe versions there is a strong fiddle during many of the songs and the mandolin is more subdued.

The vocals are more reminiscent of country bands like the Carters than Monroe's bands. In most places the style is much closer to old time country than Monroe's style, Louisiana, Appalachian or Mississippi sounds. The lyrics are more upbeat than the sort of (whining ?) sound you see with some of Monroe's work and much other country music, nothing like the characteristic Stanley sound nor other 'bluesy' types of country music.

What I especially like about the album is that there are a number of old songs you seldom find nowadays. These are songs like Liza Jane, Old Dan Tucker, Bill Cheatum, The Fisher's Hornpipe, Mama Don't Allow.


title: Irish, Appalachian, Hebridean? Celtic music at its best!

text:
This album is smooth but not at all low energy. The full moon ensemble takes old traditional gaelic music and makes it into modern love songs. Sweet songs are interspersed with light and lively fiddle tunes which would be equally at home in Dublin, the Isle of Skye or Galax Virginia. Track seven, Take Her In Your Arms will take your breath away! And it's just my current favorite,subject to change when track eight comes up.

In some songs the fiddle is dominant, in others the vocals stand out, in most there is a nice interweave. Beautiful guitar supports and does not detract; and - a difficult conception in this age of overmixed drums - in none of them does the rhythm section lose  control. From time to time, is that a real Irish whistle? Bravo! Five stars!

This is traditional music with modern instrumentation and with excellent recording and engineering. Mastering was at Swampers Sound Studio so it is not Lomax sitting in some dark cabin!


title: Five Stars

text: love it


title: Five Stars

text: Quick to ship and great item. Thank You!!


title: Great Conway Twitty CD!

text: Great CD with all of his big hits. Well worth the price I paid.


title: Beautiful

text: Beautiful and relaxing music.  Told all my friends.


title: Five Stars

text: The music is like Louis Armstrong era--I love the base fiddle.


title: Another Fine, Dark Work from an American Master

text: As a longtime admirer of Maestro Corigliano, I purchased this recording quite a few years ago. If you are familiar with his film scores and previous orchestral works, you will not be disappointed with his Symphony #2. It is a rich, dark atmospheric work, written for an all-string orchestra. As always with Corigliano, it ranges from lyrical to discordant. Not an "easy" work, but well worthwhile.


title: Excellent Modern Sibelius

text: Everything about it, from the sound quality, the Berliners excellence and Levine's sometimes unusual tempi all work beautifully together. An exemplary recording.


title: Five Stars

text: on time and as described


title: Five Stars

text: Enjoy all of his music!!!!!!!


title: A Great Listen

text: Bocelli  as I like him with a great selection of tunes.  The man improves with time!


title: Finally found it!

text: I've had this CD for years and worried about it getting scratched or otherwise unplayable. So I searched high and low to have one in reserve. Finally found it! This is the most soothing, gentle CD I've ever had. It puts me in a very relaxed frame of mind.


title: Great music

text: Such uplifting music.


title: Bluegrass Lifescapes Pure Music

text: Nice


title: Voyage Pan Flute & Piano Adventure in World Music

text: This was a nice CD but I have others that I enjoy more but it is still a nice addition to any collection<br />and I would still recommend it.


title: Really liked this CD!

text: I originally bought this CD for two songs but ended up liking the whole CD!


title: Good Music but Best for Spanish Speakers

text: A fan recommended this group to me' promising original scales.  I like Norteno music with traditional accordion waltz backing.  These guys have very fine harmony and the tenor lead is among the finest in the genre.  Why don't I rate this work higher?  Simply because I don't understand Spanish.  These are songs that follow a set pattern (for the most part, but with wonderful exceptions).  The big deal is to understand the stories and the allusions.  Absent that, most of the music is of a sameness.  Anglophones probably won't 'get it.'


title: Happy Tunes!

text: a Great new CD from Na Leo - very cheery and upbeat tunes to drive by!  Mahalo!


title: Five Stars

text: This CD is awesome, the whole thing through and through!!!


title: Buble" at his best

text: Beautiful songs and his voice comes through really well.


title: Love it

text: Great Cd.


title: Nice product

text: Nice product


title: Five Stars

text: This is a great cd.. Paul McCartney was at his best vocally during this period. Love it!!!


title: Great band, great music

text: Many classic hits with NO Neil Young.


title: Play it loud

text: Live stones . . what else can I say


title: Wonderful wonderful wonderful!!!

text: I really like all of the pictures. They are so cute !


title: The most beautiful music I've ever heard

text: This is the most moving and beautiful guitar music I have ever heard.  It touches the heart.


title: Love

text: A great collection of beautiful gospel songs by a talented artist.


title: Five Stars

text: great book great company


title: God's involvement in solutions

text: Excellent highly emotionally charged talk by Joyce well worth getting.


title: great Horner

text: Typical, great Horner music


title: love NIALL

text:
this album goes through the motions and emotions of a relationship.
you meet connect. think it's going to last but nope...break up. ask for patience.
variety of upbeat songs like black and white and no judgment  to songs that make you cry like put a little love on me.
and who hasn't seen thier ex in everyone's faces like in everywhere?
WE LOVE NIALL
 can't wait to see you in person ❤ 💗 💓


title: Great music

text: Love the group


title: Great Music

text: Love the Music


title: love the music

text: I wound up getting more. love the music.


title: Music from my memories

text: Loved the music. Brought back  good child hood memories.


title: PERFECTION

text: There's nothing like a Marianne Faithfull CD. I'm happy to have this rare one.


title: Nice

text: Marianne's song is great. The rest is just fair.


title: Five Stars

text: Fantastic music! I listen all year round.


title: Five Stars

text: ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS!


title: Five Stars

text: Love all things Marianne. Nice addition to my collection. Mint condition.


title: Worth the time and expense

text: I was fortunate enough to have a neighbor who owned the complete set.  I was broke and recovering from bad accident, depressed, and having really tough time.  My neighbor said "Just do it.  Won't cost anything but time."  So I did just as it instructed.  Wasn't too sure if anything was happening.  One day driving long way to specialist, all of a sudden my vision became a complete blur.  Scared I was having a stroke, and out of desperation, jerked off glasses.  And to my surprise, perfect vision.  I had wore strong prescription glasses since age 6. That was all the proof I needed that this program was working and fixing stuff.  No more glasses for reading or distance at age 56.


title: True world premiere recording

text:
Despite the big label elbowing of Philips and Gardiner, this is the true first recording of the quite magnificent Messe solennelle.  It is a live capture from 1993 at the Basilica or Vézélay, performed by no less than the Cracow Philharmonic and Choir under Jean-Paul Penin and splendid soloists, none particularly well-known, including the mezzo Christa Pfeiler who sings her difficult part admirably.  Kudos to the conductor who has complete grasp of the innovative power of this score. The first publicly performed work of the composer (who penned it at the age of 20) saw the “création” in 1824 at the élite church of St Roch (Paris).  This means it was contemporaneous with Beethoven’s Missa Solemnis and actually preceded the last masses of Schubert.  The Missa Solemnis is of course a work sui generis, but the sheer originality of concept, sound world and variety of expression of Berlioz’s work far outshine the conventional Haydn-flavored works of Schubert.

The sound capture of this live session is admirable in all respects, without the stepping into the world of aural calibration of the Philips. Above all, this remarkable issue captures the live frisson of the live event — irreplaceable in my imagination.


title: Transcendent Dufay by peak Huelgas

text:
Even among the tens of superlative (and increasingly rare) discs Paul van Nevel and the Huelgas have made of early music, this Dufay disc is a standout.  Isorhythmic motets are compositions which free melodic lines are overlain on repeated rhythmic patterns (usually in the tenor) -- this increasing freedom points directly to the sixteenth century.  Dufay's works carry this concept to their height.  As van Nevel eloquently states in his liner notes, these works are a "symbolic farewell" to the medieval musical world (ars nova).

This irreplaceable disc has complete text and translations.  Even more striking, the cover photograph an exquisite image looking upwards into the cupola of Santa Maria Novella in Pesaro.  You may humbled to realize that art and music have not made any essential progress after five centuries.


title: An estimable gem

text:
Premières valses (1899) are charming,  turn of the century morceaux; the selection from le Rossignol éperdu (completed 1910) shows an ambitious advance in harmony and technique and bears rehearing.

Beautifully played by Mme Joly and captured in perfect sound by Accord. Another production of Georges Kisselhoff.


title: Historic organ beautifully documented

text: Another excellent recording from the Motette label, here capturing the exquisite Steinfeld (Rheinland) Basilica organ of 35 stops and 1,956 pipes.  Many of the tiniest pipes (<2') date from around 1600, while the largest pedal pipe (16') is a restoration of 1934.  Craig Cramer of Notre Dame plays an appropriate and unhackneyed Bach program (Prelude and Fugues BWV 531 and 542, the Partita Variations BWV 768, and the three 'Allein Gott in der Hoh sei Ehr' chorale preludes which exemplify his unlimited skills and the greatness of this music.


title: A highlight of early prime Caballe (1974)

text:
This is the second volume on CD of recordings made by Spanish Columbia (released later on DeccaLP) and even more difficult to find than the first.  But the rewards are immense as this was made at the zenith of the Caballe's power (1974) before her enormous expansion of roles in the lyrico-spinto repertoire at the greatest houses on three continents.  As such, the purity and flexibility of the 60s is evident, but also the incipient power and dramatic qualities of her later career.

Noteworthy are arias in three roles in she did not appear in on stage: Gilda, Suor Angelica, and Amina (Sonnambula) --- and they are sung to perfection with ideal accompaniment by Gianfranco Masini (who conducted some superb live recordings of Caballe in this period, all imperative listening).  Arias from concurrent stage roles include the Trovatore Leonora, Amelia, and the two striking arias of Vepres Siciliennes.

Although there is considerable overlap with other aria albums of this period (EMI, RCA etc), the Suor Angelica lament is truly special.


title: A most convincing Tabarro

text:
A powerful realization of this masterly work of Puccini — is there any doubt that Trittico is far more difficult to cast and produce in the theater than anything work in the standard Italian repertoire? And its rewards are commensurately grand.

This rendition features excellent singers in all the three leading roles — Tokody is superior in sound and manner to the late-captured Price whose voice (if were a barge) would sink.  Unfortunately, she failed to fine the voice down for her Angelica in the sister recording. But Casellato-Lamberti is the equal of Domingo and Nimsgern is excellent. Even the Frugola is cast with a real voice instead of a crone’s. Prêtre is completely convincing and the sound is spacious and well-captured.  The four language libretto in full sends this to the top of my flagpole of the versions I’ve encountered, including the famous Santini.


title: One of finest Trovatores from a great era of singing

text:
Wagnerians look back to the 50s and 60s —Verdians acclaim the 70s justifiably. Evidence lies in this live capture from 12/18/77 led by the redoubtable Muti, and studded with stars such as Cossotto, Manuguerra, Carlo Cossuta, and in very good broadcast sound from the 2000 seat Teatro Communale. At the head of the ledger is a soprano who is hardly remembered despite starring at the Met for some 158 performances, where she was much appreciated  — simply because she was not invited to make any commercial (studio) recordings.

What we hear is a voice of lustrous beauty throughout its range (which could hardly be said of many of her rivals such as Price and Scotto); exquisitely fine-grained despite it ability to expand to spinto power, and a technique of flexibility and accuracy (she tried to sing what “è scritto”, and sometime Muti is unforgiving as he’s used to Leonoras who smudge their fiorature).  One hopes that when a Mexican soprano anywhere near this calibre appears, the studios will have changed their attitude.

So the three key reasons for acquiring this recording (also available on at least one other release) are Cruz-Romo, Cossotto (in typically wonderful form), and Muti (who does not allow any interpolated high notes by the tenor). Carlo Cossuta is quite fine as Manrico (certainly better recalled for this rôle than Otello). Under no circumstances can Muti’s later release (in modern studio sound), with its superannuated principals be considered at all competitive to this rendition.

It’s ironic that the Trovatore recordings that give me the most respect for the opera are both live recorded with superb Leonoras: Cruz-Romo and Caballé (a different characterization).  I would not dispute another Amazon reviewer of this recording issued on a different label who has called this the finest Trovatore on disc.


title: A marvelous disc in every respect

text: This 1986 recording, dedicated to the later organ works of this great composer better known for his large scale works as the Weinen Klagen variations — without which it is difficult to imagine Franck’s creations — is wholly admirable is all respects. The contents include a selection from the inestimable Via Crucis and the Missa Pro Organo (from the same year, 1879) and are played to absolute perfection by the young Bousseau on the St Pithiviers organ outside Paris. This sweet sounding instrument from 1786 was refurbished by Cavaillé-Coll a century later, and by Robert Boisseau in 1962. A marvelous disc with the highest recommendation.


title: A wonderful supplement to the famous HMU Orgues historiques d'Europe box set

text: This exquisite disc featuring six Provencal organs features several of the eminent organists of the 6-disc box referenced above, and in slightly duplicative repertoire.  At the nominal price and the wingspan of the box (from Switzerland to the Balearic Islands to Spain), I would advise acquiring that set first and supplementing with disc.<br />Or, alternatively, if the set is too expansive, then this disc can serve a standalone window on French Mediterranean organs. Besides the two French organs played by Michel Chapuis (St-Maximin la Sainte Baume) and Rene Saorgin (Malaucene) in the set, this single disc includes four other organs in pieces by Couperin, Roberday and Frescobaldi by, in addition to the organists just named, Francois Chapelet and Lucienne Antonini.  A disc to delight those who have traveled to Provence, or those who wish to be transported to the living past.


title: Interesting early Debussy breaking out of Massenet mode

text: These two works are early Debussy rarities: l'Enfant prodigue (1884) won the composer the Prix de Rome and la Demoiselle elue (1884) fulfilled  a commission related thereto.  This disc is also unusual in that the soloists gathered  in the former work likely never appeared together in any other recording:  Jessye Norman, Jose Carreras and Fischer-Dieskau.  L'Enfant contains an oft excerpted work (Air de Lia) but otherwise the 35 minute work is obscure, as is the 20 minute Demoiselle. All soloists (including Cotrubas in Demoiselle) are in fine vocal estate; Carreras  shows little evidence of the stylistic proposition he faces, tending to scoop and sob in Italianate mode, but his voice is in its prime.  The studio sound is excellent, and full bilingual texts are included (in microfont); unfortunately, the disc is banded in single tracks for each work.  An essential recording for fans of significant French  fin-de-siecle music interpreted by four luminous singers of the era.


title: Not a reference recording

text: As an owner of many vintage recordings, the sound on this set is marginal. With so little music actually coming through, this interesting (but not altogether convincing) early middle period Verdi is heavily cloaked and perhaps only some of the arias come through with dramatic effect. Extensive cuts to the Paris ballet music.  For those unfamiliar with the work, It's recommended to choose a modern recording (Arroyo/Levine, Studer/Muti) to grasp the basic musical detail of Vespri.


title: A fine concert version of the shortened score

text:
This is a live concert performance in London in 1973, duplicated on the Opera d’Oro release (for which there is a fine, in depth review which is worthwhile). I would add that that the CD format is ideal for listening to this work is scarcely warrants a production in our time. The two CD recording omits perhaps 25% of the score, including ballet music (no regrets) but a soprano duet might have had some interest. As a whole, this music is a characteristically  melodramatic and bombastic and mostly forgettable (not to speak of the repulsive plot).

Tucker is a few years from his untimely death and the sound is solid but typically rather nasal and elderly sounding (suiting his part naturally). The other tenor Leopold (a high flying part) is sung convincingly by Juan Sabate.  Perhaps the best reason for a listen is to Hayashi’s Rachel (la juive) — who sings very well with a clean technique and clear timbre. Very little of her career is documented.  Michelle Le Bris sings a powerful Eudoxie.


title: A treasure of mid-century Bach pianism

text: There is almost a surfeit of excellent contemporary renditions of the partitas on the piano (the only way I enjoy hearing them) but this is a distinctive classic.  For the connoisseur or pianist, these interpretations of the largely forgotten Carl Seeman (1910-1983) are treasures. The purity, precision, fine rhythmic sense, and sheer fleet, pianistic brilliance on display here provides a window into a different performance tradition.  The fingers do it all — no octave emphasis/doublings in the base, minimal pedal, true legato, no détaché  — without agogic or rubato effects. This is less “romantic” playing than dominates today’s recording studio, but the uncovering of the composer’s creative world is exceptional and never tires.  The recording is close but fine in every way.


title: Superb capture of chant in an historic setting

text:
This recording encompasses four settings of the five movement 'propre de messe' for the Advent/Christmas period as sung at, and by the monks of the celebrated Monastery of Montserrat (outside Barcelona)  with its famed 'Black Madonna', and for whom the late, great soprano Montserrat Caballe was named.  A remembrance for those fortunate to have been to this prepossessing site (alas, not me), and otherwise a contribution to the lineage of a precious heritage.

Published by the label Jade in 1990, the disc timing is about 52 minutes, and contains fine textual notes in French and Catalan.


title: A superb Sunday Afternoon indeed

text: This is a treasurable recording (2002) of the complete Durufle organ solo works as played by the superb organist Erik Wm Suter of Washington Cathedral. The audio capture of this 10,650 pipe Skinner instrument  is exemplary, as are the notes by Mr Suter.  Kudos to all involved in this memorable “On a Sunday Afternoon”.


title: A treasure to sit alongside the live 1977 Aix

text:
This remarkable 1972 recording is outstanding on many levels (including the excellent sound recorded in vivo) but above all for the superlative principals.  Caballé was in her early prime and connects technically and dramatically with the heart of the role of the queen — even later, Verdi never surpassed the anger, despair and nervous energy of her final aria and finale. While we are fortunate to have  Caballé live in 1977 from Aix (with Carreras), her voice here has a unique, youthful beauty (indeed, it is the youngest sounding Elisabeth on record).

More surprising to me is the superlative Gianni Raimondi — ten years senior to Caballé) but scorchingly dramatic and perfectly executed with a voice of true, unpressured beauty. A pity the studios ignored him for, to me, he had a finer combination of plangent Mediterranean timbre and power than any of the Big Three who followed him (Pavarotti came closest). Raimondi also sang very difficult roles, including the high-flying heros of Puritani and Guillaume Tell.

The mezzo Sara, sung by the (unknown to me) Laura Londi, is very fine  — what hidden talent the Italian opera houses of the day cultivated.  Bartoletti is somewhat less dramatic than Rudel, but the balance inherent in dramatic lyricism is well guided.


title: Supersedes modern readings

text: Scherchen is truly incandescent in this astonishing score, and captured in amazing fidelity. I had never particularly liked this music, but listening to Scherchen’s reading has altered my perception and I’m in search of his other Berlioz readings.


title: Primus inter pares

text:
This is a review of the pictured recording, made in Bayreuth in situ in 1962. All previous reviews are not for this recording.

This Lohengrin carries the special electricity of live performance but also reflects a time where the spiritual qualities of the text and music were respected and carried no 'commercial' prospects.

At the heart of Lohengrin is the tragedy of Lohengrin and Elsa.  If the protagonists fail to convince, the drama fails. In the youthful Jess Thomas and the 22-year old Anja Silja, the recorded history of this opera reaches its pinnacle. In pure and translucent tones, these singers convey the vision of this mystical opera. The sound of Elisabeth Grummer in the Kempe studio EMI release, widely praised, has nothing like the youthful suppleness and tonal refulgence of Silja -- a matronly sound is far from ideal. Many other praised collaborations (e.g. Domingo/Norman) succeed in musical, but not dramatic, terms. Sawallisch is very fine, the Bayreuth acoustic is well-captured, and a complete [old-style] booklet with text and translation is luxuriously supplied.

 This is my favorite of my six Lohengrin versions -- and I'm chagrined to say that I bought it last for no clear reason.  Although the catalogue is overflowing with fine and very fine Lohengrins -- all worth hearing for some interesting singer, interpretation, conductor -- in a world of unlimited musical operatic masterpieces, and limited time, I'd advise to start here.


title: Recommended without hesitation

text: A very fine disc in every way that showcases the superb skills of Soviet musicians including excellent but lesser known violin and saxophone soloists; Alexeev is better known through his non-Melodiya recordings. Fine sound, additionally, render this an admirable collection of Glaxunov's concerted work.


title: A necessary acquisition for lovers of late 19th century opera

text:
The proverbial 'gem', an engaging -- even masterly -- work of German 'verismo'. Though I cannot compare this reading  against another recording, and despite the absence of libretto, the score's striking thematic and melodic materials paint an evident dramatic situation that drew me immediately, from the very striking opening bars to the final chords.

The first tier soloists (no less than Kollo, Marton, Moll, Weikl) clearly passionately believe in this work and absolute credit is due to Janowski for his leadership of this fine band and cast.  Although there is no libretto, there a very fine trilingual notes on the work and the soloists. Recommended strongly for aficionados of operatic history and true music lovers.


title: For Schubertians, an absolutely essential reading

text:
This rendition has every virtue and no faults whatsoever, and is unexcelled in modern recordings by baritones, enhanced by the superb plasticity of Ax's pianism.

With so many competitors, of whom Goerne is perhaps the most formidable, why so? First, Hagegard's timbre here at its prime is uniquely beautiful, more youthful and with tenor-ish overtones which enhance the reading for me as it binds this last collection to the poignant heroes of Mueller in and Winterreise. Second, his voice, which otherwise resembles the early DFD in luster, has absolute evenness in the lower reaches and in alt -- and expands thrillingly and fearlessly without the least loss in quality. Third, the unaffectedness of Hagegard's reading strike to the central core of this wild, even passionate collection of songs. At this supreme level of musicality, there is no need for the agogic emphases of Terfel, Bostridge or the later DFD. Goerne's very fine reading is darker, and Trekel has not recorded this [yet], this remains surpassed.


title: Superb disc in every way

text: Repertoire, performance, engineering and liner notes -- beyond first class. Refer the comprehensive review by g c for details. The essential open air disc for warm weather sally in the countryside  with the top or windows down.


title: Excellent late Richter recital

text:
This is one of the finest mementos of the late (1994) Richter, playing a very long program of works that were composed within a window of 20 years or so in the late 19th century.  As such, it was clearly a program that was close to the heart of this iconic pianist, and we can participate in this live performance in very fine sound (Lugano).  As Piero Rattalino points out in his moving program notes, this final stage of Richter played out in minor venues, almost at the spur of the moment, manifesting a withdrawal from public life.  There is a concomitant austerity in the performances which have a monumental quality (Rattalino hits the nail on the head when he says they are 'hieratic').  Although these compositions were performed and recorded elsewhere in Richter's long lifespan, this disc is indeed privileged.

The Schwetzinger recital recorded by Hanssler disc is the same recital. The Aura has the advantage of Rattalino’s wonderful notes.


title: Classic 50s performances

text: Assuming that performances of lieder recitals in general and Wolf specifically are steadily diminishing (at least outside German-speaking countries), this recording could very well represent the golden age of Wolf performances. Very sensitively performed by Seefried and Werba, this misses the fifth star by virtue of my reaction to Seefried's voice -- fine when not under pressure in terms of volume or above the staff -- but colorless and thin at many climatic moments. I suppose this is just the inherent drawback of the 'white' Germanic voice type.


title: What an Angelic voice, mom gave her the right name.

text:
I bought this because I have all Angel's other CD'S and have worn them out. I attended one of her concerts in Delanco NJ & was elated with praise. Got the concert CD. Now with this CD I am hearing new & some old, songs.
What a voice & blessing Angel has been to my life. I first heard her at my church, Christ's Bible Church, where she still sings.
If you read this Angel, thanks for all you do & the blessings I still get from your singing. I would love to go to another of your concerts so if you could let me know & I'm familiar with the area, I will try to attend.


title: True Native American-Beautiful!

text: Beautiful Album-True Spirit of the SW.  Rick Brosseau has the voice of an Angel and has recorded several other CD's since this album.  You cannot go wrong with this one! (My Husband!)  Enjoy!


title: Angelic Voices

text: I was a little hesitant to order the cd because so many of the hymns I was not familiar with. I was most pleasantly surprised after I listened to the cd a couple of times, because almost all of them now are my favorites! My husband and I enjoy this cd very much and play it often at night before bedtime, as we find it not only spirit-uplifting, but relaxing as well.


title: First of a Nice Set of Educational Classical Music Audios

text:
I purchased this set when it was released in serial format, and this CD was the first one.  We loved the music and also the commentary that accompanies the CD. Unfortunately, it was used so much at our house that it eventually disappeared, making it necessary to replace it.  I was so glad to find it on Amazon for a reasonable price.

I have always liked the sound of classical music but it was a sort of foreign language that I didn't always understand - this set gives some background on each track so that the enjoyment of the music is enhanced.

Volume 1 is light, pleasant and a perfect place to begin.  The music is enjoyable and the case is colorful and informative.

My only criticism is that the CD isn't securely affixed into the booklet/cover and it was constantly falling out when the album was handled.  This led to the CD being damaged and eventually being lost completely - that is why I had to buy another one.  I have compensated for this situation by downloading the music CDs to my computer and then filing the CDs into a protective album, leaving the booklet/covers accessible when someone wants to refer to them.  Now, when we want to listen, we simply plug our computer into our stereo system and read the accompanying booklet.


title: Wonderful Book Full of Information That Might Save Your Life

text:
I love this book, and this program helped me recover from serious disease.  You should be careful when buying it though, because third party vendors tend to sell this for TOO MUCH MONEY.

ABOUT THE PRICE:  This same product is offered on Doug Kaufman's website for $69.95 + shipping. (I think I paid only $10.00 shipping, making the total $79.95.)  The paperback print version is exactly the same price as the audio trilogy (and it is worthwhile to own both).  I have seen it sold by third parties for up to $150.00 + shipping, and I think that is outrageous!  If you shop directly from Doug Kaufman's website, you might save almost 1/2 the cost.  If you buy it from Amazon, or another third party vendor, it is possible that you could get a slight discount OR you could pay a mind bogling premium - depending on the seller.  Just be aware of the true retail value of this product, and you can make an educated decision about the value of the item being offered.

ABOUT THE PROGRAM RESULTS:  Having said that, it is a great book and still worth the cost of purchase even if you paid top dollar.  After 4 months of using this program, my type 2 diabetes disappeared, and I had lost 40 lbs.  The weight loss was shocking because I hadn't weighed in several months - wasn't really trying to lose weight and was only trying to normalize my blood sugar.  I began to notice that my clothes were loose, and when I went to buy new ones, I had gone down a size.  That is when I decided to weigh myself and see what was up. Very pleasant surprise!  Plus, I was free of a myriad of other symptoms.

His theories are scoffed at by the mainstream medical community, so if your are a medical conservative, you might want to pass this one by. However, I highly recommend them for anyone who has tried the conventional route and failed.  If you are ready for a change, and not afraid of some detailed medical information (with the sources to back them up), then these are good books to read or listen to in their entirety, and to have on hand for future reference.  The dry medical data is broken up with real life stories of people who were able to relieve themselves of a host of health issues, simply by changing their diet (and sometimes taking antifungal medications).  This makes the books much more accessible and easily readable.

ABOUT THE DIET PLAN:  This is an easy to understand and easy to follow plan.  Although it is lo carb, it is not like Atkins or the other lo carb diets out there.  It is specifically engineered to kill fungus in the system.  The set includes a program booklet, complete with foods allowed and not allowed on each of the three phases of the diet, and a full week's menu plan.  It is not a starvation diet, but very low in carbohydrates, with the carbs increasing gradually as the patient advances in the program.  The program advocates freshly juiced veggies in addition to the rest of the diet.  I ate a lot and was satisfied - sometimes I got depressed about the amount I was eating because I was already overweight and thought I must be gaining.  That is why I avoided weighing myself. The weight loss was a HUGE surprise!  I found out that good health and not diets produce weight loss and lean muscle mass.

Unfortunately, I slipped out of my good habits, and both the weight and the disease returned.  Now, I am back on the program and doing great.  This time I know what can happen if I let my guard down, and will never go back to a sugary, carb based, fungus feeding diet again.  The lapse back into diabetes and obesity was my own fault and not the fault of the program or it's authors.

I really hope this information gets out to the general public, as it doesn't seem to be a well known book.  Just be sure to buy it at a fair price.


title: Very smooth and calming

text: I love this CD. It is soothing and wonderful for anytime the stress level needs to come down. People with children or high stress jobs will love this. A cup of tea and some lotion for massage will round out a good 20 minute stress reducer.


title: Fast Tracks For Men, 2.4 Fl. Oz.

text:
[[ASIN:B01EUC2RG8 Fast Tracks For Men, 2.4 Fl. Oz. / 70 ml - Inspired By Ferrari Cologne]]

I was looking for new scents or signature scents for my fiance and wanted to try this cologne. I like and appreciate the scent of Ferrari cologne so I thought maybe my fiance (Bobby) would like to try it. This is a way for us to get an idea of what a scent smells like with Bobby's chemistry without spending a lot of money and then not like the scent of it. If he likes it then we can continue purchasing it. The seller delivered very quickly and we received packaged well. Since this cologne is an Eau De Toilette Spray, it will have slightly more of the oils (10%) that make the spray smell great than just cologne which has about 7% oil. The scent also is delivered in a convenient spray which me and Bobby both like. The cologne actually smells very nice on him. It's a sort of a fresh woodsy, masculine scent and you can definitely smell a hint of lavender and cedar in it. Ferrari describes the scent as " notes of mint and lavender with pepper, black tea, and lebanese cedar to create a memorable scent that weaves distinguished with daring." Some of those things I have no idea what they smell like, but I'd say this not really a musk based scent but it smells great on Bobby. It's still strong enough scent with about three or four sprays being all he needs. As far as wear, it lasts a pretty good while. It's a nice manly in it's scent and he said he received several complements on the cologne. It is also a large bottle at 2.4 ounces delivered to the door for under 11.00. We like the cologne and can recommend it. I purchased this product at a discounted price in exchange for my honest review. The discount I received will not alter my honest opinion in any way. Since I count on honest product reviews to make my selections on Amazon, I will always be forthcoming and sincere in all my reviews. No matter if the product is discounted or not, I will leave honest feedback that I base on my own personal experience with the product I receive. I am in no way affiliated with any supplier or manufacturer of goods.


title: Readers Digest Music

text: Great CD set. Lots of good old country songs. Nice easy listening background music perfect for any mood you're in.


title: From Sea to Shining Sea

text: Great music. Song by the original stars. Gets you in the patriotic mood so needed in these troubling times for the USA


title: Very relaxing

text: Very relaxing, great price for 3 cd's


title: Rock You Christmas Holiday

text:
Thank you Smithereens!!!

This version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer Really Rocks.

Get your Christmas started with Bang & get this CD.

Fine service from seller.


title: Nice CD

text: I love Brian Culbertson's music, so this album is to my liking as well.  I love the upbeat party songs, as well as the slower one.  He gives you a nice mix of music that always displays his musical talents.


title: Five Stars

text: Very enjoyable


title: Five Stars

text: I've always loved Elvis and really enjoy the combination of him and the Royal Philharmonic.


title: That MathisTouch!

text: Good Mathis quality, but a bit disappointed in arrangements on some.


title: Great music to a great Movie

text: Great music to a great Movie


title: Five Stars

text: Very great collection of their early work and cover material! A must!


title: Five Stars

text: Beautiful! and wonderful quality!


title: An irreplaceable one of a kind TOM PETTY

text: I've only managed to listen to the 1st CD so far but so far....I love it!!


title: Great set-list, not so great recording.

text: Great set-list, not so great recording. It is still worth it for the Massive Attack fans out there.


title: This was the one and only time these 4 performers were recorded together

text: This offers great memories prior to the time these four artists became top entertainers


title: Four Stars

text: as described


title: Tadeusz Wronski: Beautiful glimpse into a different world of performance practices.

text: Mr. Wronski had already retired from the performance world when he was in the U.S., where he taught for a few years at Indiana U. in Bloomington.  He was a brilliant man, very analytical of technical difficulties, and very inspiring for musical ones.  Fingerings and shifting are still way ahead of the times, and provide excellent solutions to thorny pieces like the Berg.  While this album is not recorded with the kind of equipment we have come to expect today, it clearly demonstrates that he was a first rate performer, and gives interesting insights as to how these pieces were being interpreted behind what was then the Iron Curtain.  He was the Rector of the Warsaw Conservatory, and told us that there, every aspect of the students' lives was guided by their teachers, from how often they went out partying or on dates, to when they had to start abstaining from alcohol before concerts, and so on. Of course, each teacher only 'supervised' three or four students for their work load, and their job was to turn them into marketable artists. Quite a contrast from the 'Henry Ford' approach used in schools in the US today!  The recording is a unique and fascinating glimpse into a different world of performance practices.


title: I do not like this collection one bit...

text: But my mom, for whom I bought it, absolutely loves it. That is all I was hoping for. So, yeah - five stars.


title: Memories

text: This was purchased because of special memories of my teenage years.  One of "old blue eyes' "songs just gives me a warm feeling again after all this time.  It's one that isn't heard much but will always be special to me.  It's called: "If You Are But a Dream" and it still melts my heart!


title: pretty nice

text: Like the songs - but the CD overall pretty much sounds like the same tune put to each song.  Nice overall CD


title: not my favorite ball brothers cd

text: its ok - only 2 songs on the cd I really enjoy.


title: Laverne Sunday Drive

text: I love the CD but when I got it the case was broken love the CD will buy more again


title: Five Stars

text: Excellent cd. Bought two copies,one to give away.


title: Hopefully I won't need these.

text: I haven't needed these yet, but good to have for emergencies.


title: Worth it for the second disc

text: I've long been a fan of Stevie, so the songs on the first disc aren't really anything new to me, but I still think this is worth purchasing for the second disc, which contains videos and behind-the-scenes footage.  To me, the best part is Stevie's commentary on the videos... She seems to be having a good time watching them and isn't afraid to make fun of herself.  It was a lot of fun to listen to.


title: layers of beauty and noise

text: the two prior reviews for this album indicate the two types of responses people are likely to have to this album -- some will just hear it as noise, while others will hear it as wonderful layers of beautiful bliss.  this isn't standard shoegaze... it's for people who appreciate big gauzy squalls of feedback and wisftul, barely-heard vocals, all held together by a semi-structured sense of melody.


title: Five Stars

text: Heard it in a boutique - found out what the CD was called and had to purchase.


title: Back to the Basics.....Blues Primer

text: Some old recordings that I have not heard before. You will notice that many have been recorded by some of the greats today who learned from the blues masters of yesteryear. Worth the investment.


title: Great

text: Was a gift and loved by the receiver


title: 1966 Birthday Gift

text: She loved it!


title: Who could afford that kind of price for 1 CD??

text: The five stars are for the cd itself. One of the best I’ve ever heard. But shame on the seller for charging such an inflated price for a cd!


title: Best of it kind

text: Informative. Up to date guide. Well worth it


title: Awesome

text: Really enjoy her CD! She has a beautiful voice and even though most of the songs are in Japanese I STILL love to listen to it!


title: Five Stars

text: You won't want to hear anyone else sing this after hearing Ms. Lynn's version


title: Unique

text: I got a copy of this single from my parents when I was a child around 1970.  I have no idea how they came to own it to pass it to me.  Unfortunately it has since been destroyed but I do have a tape recording of it and I managed to get a digital copy from the original 45 I owned before that happened.  It's a surreal experience listening to the two tracks, "In 1967," and "Catwalk."  To this day it's my favorite record.  If I could afford this seller's price I would most certainly buy it.  It's truly a unique experience.


title: Love this artist

text: Awesome worship music


title: Love it. Thanks seller

text: Love it.  Thanks seller!


title: gunfighter

text: had this album along time ago now I can listen to it over and over


title: Another "Best" Star Wars Movie Ever!

text:
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Scoring:
5 stars:  Star Wars Fans - MUST SEE!
1 star:  Non-Star Wars Fans - Don't Bother!
0 stars:  Younger Children - Mom's be careful, too scary!
4 stars:  Stuck-in-the-Middle Star Wars Viewers
Summary:
Simply, another great hit for star wars fans!  Filled with great movie technologies, great action, good script-writing, good acting, very good directing, and all those symbolic and instructive details that requires you to watch the movie 20 times to catch the story's subtle underlying themes.
 Truly another Star Wars movie that changes Hollywood and its technology!
Review:
While darker than Episode I, it continues to fill in the questions that are left in our minds, including how someone with the promise to do so much good (Anakin Skywalker - Hayden Christensen) can become trapped by evil.  (How many times do we fall prey to these same issues?)
One aspect of Lucas' genius is that we have waited almost 25 years to learn many of the underlying story drivers from the first movie.  Our curiosity drags us back searching for little details of the "force", Skywalker's beginning, Yoda, Jedi Knight' motives,
Lucas's digital film making and THX are dramatic, eye catching, enthralling, and bring the movie to new levels of entertainment.  (Where would Hollywood be today without George Lucas and his technology?)
The script has been attacked by many critics, but is a sure winner with the fans!
Story:

Anakin Skywalker / Darth Vader-to-be (Hayden Christiansen) is sent investigate attacks and protect Senator Padmé Amidala's (Natalie Portman) who struggles against the creation of an army by the Galactic Republic.  The Anakin's relationship with Amidala blossoms while it sours with his domineering Master Jedi, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan McGreggor).

Negatives:
Ok, there are some dialogue weaknesses within Skywalker and Padmé Amidala's (Portman) love story.
And, the movie is darker than some movie goers probably want.
Scare Factor:
Don't bring your younger children to this one: Episode I was made for younger children, this one is darker and therefore more fierce-some for the little ones.


title: Nice

text: Great set!


title: Like this joyful song very much

text: While I like this joyful song very much, this isn't a version that I especially like.  The lyrics seem hard to understand.<br />Juanita Henry


title: Perfect present for an 85th birthday!

text: Superb!


title: Why isn't this guy famous?

text: This is excellent, fun and funny for kids. Kids love the stories and rhyming stories and it doesn't annoy adults. i really don't understand why John Dashney isn't famous. in any event, this is one of those hidden treasures. Discover it.


title: Five Stars

text: Love the cd.


title: Prefer the original Peter, Paul and Mary!

text: It's okay--the melody is the same. I'm "old school" and love the old recording by Peter, Paul and Mary! simply okay!


title: Great music!

text: We absolutely love all the songs on these CDs. We have it in the car and the kids love the catchy tunes. They are easy to learn and sometimes I'm singing them around the house myself! We are thinking about having the kids sing a couple of their favorites in church. We have the most fun with "Keep Your Tongue!" haha. Great music, great voices and not cheesy. Thank you for these CDs!


title: Five Stars

text: Fun!


title: Five Stars

text: Fun music


title: A great compilation and great driving music!

text: This is a great introduction to Mozart with many of his "greatest hits", performed with skill and beautifully produced.  I keep this disk in my car and use it when I have to drive in blizzards or thunderstorms -- it is very energizing yet focusing.  My congratulations to the IMP group for putting this excellent compilation together.


title: ... this cd as a gift and they are very happy with it

text: I bought this cd as a gift and they are very happy with it.


title: Great CD

text: Just what I was looking for his Christmas present, he is so hard to buy for...


title: Love Miranda!

text: I absolutely love this CD!  From before Miranda was signed/famous.  Songs have an old country feel to them.  She's amazing even when she was just a teen.  If you are a fan, this is a must have.


title: Good Songs Well-performed

text: The western songs, including movie and TV western theme songs, are pleasant to listen to, especially as interpreted by the Boston Pops.


title: Amazing man

text: Learned songs in french, german,spanish & and japanese so whole world could enjoy his talent.  Learned phonetically and by rote.  Sings with soul & you'd never guess he doesn't know words he is singing.  Especially love the  Spanish CD.


title: Has a lot of good songs on it

text: "100 Greatest Kids Songs" is a little bit of a stretch. There are maybe 50 top kid songs and then a lot of nursery rhymes and random other kids related things that are set to a melody. With that said, with today's technology, one can easily create a CD with your child's favorite songs and leave out the random ones.


title: Gift

text: I bought this for a Christmas present for a Coldplay fan. I am told that this cd is awesome and has all of their hits on it. When I was searching for this cd, amazon was the only place that carried it.


title: no headline

text: The selections were for the most part uninspiring.  It's going into the donation box.


title: Great lyricist

text: Love love love this cd from Kyle Matthews


title: I never got it but I did eventually purchased it ...

text: I never got it but I did eventually purchased it again and it is a game changer for teaching. The price is amazingly affordable too!


title: Five Stars

text: Loved the dvd and cd!


Another incredible album. Love the middle eastern sound in the first track.


title: enjoy listening to their

text: very talented group from ukraine.  enjoy listening to their music


title: One of the greatest string quartets of all time.

text: Like  new even though it is 30years old.  Well packaged with quick shipment.  One of the best of all time string quartets.


title: Good mood music

text: I love listening to this cd. Great old song that put your mood right.


title: Such a fantastic CD staple to have in the car.

text: Arrived faster than expected and is such a great SD staple for those long summer drives to places unknown.


title: Four Stars

text: Nice copy, well rated, plays surprisingly quiet for a 30-40 year old vinyl.


title: Great price for great music

text: Everyone loves Nora’s crossover Jazz & country music.


title: Perfect

text: Amazing voice


Four Stars


title: good old rockin roll

text: have the record and now both albums on one cd great old 70s music takes me back.  came from germany but still made it here in 11 days great job


title: Better than what you are listening to right now ...

text:
Yes, I am being just slightly hyperbolic, but only a little. This recording, made in 1957 and re-mastered exactly fifty years later by United Archives, received a Diapason d'Or but does not seem to have caught on all that much with the listening or reviewing public. This is truly unfortunate, because it is an amazingly impressive traversal of Brahms' First, one of the pinnacles of the Germanic symphonic repertoire. In fact, as a great fan of this work, I am inclined to declare it my official choice (as of now) for reference recording. It would make a fantastic introduction to the symphony or the composer, and if you are even a diffident collector of Brahms Firsts, there is no excuse not to acquire this recording.

George Szell, as leader of the Cleveland Orchestra, has a reputation for clear, balanced, swift, and "classical" readings of standard repertoire, and while those adjectives apply here, this performance can certainly not be reduced to them. It is also tough, propulsive, precise, dramatic, and even aggressive at moments. Accents are precise and marked in a way that will be familiar to listeners immersed in today's historically-informed approach to Romantic works, but unlike those readings, it never sacrifices long-term architecture for momentary payoff in articulation. Overall, the sense here is of a single line; the tempi are consistent and steady (but never inflexible), and the music is always going somewhere. Szell and his instantaneously responsive Clevelanders never tread water, never waste a phrase: everything is in its place, and the structure of the symphony is beautifully revealed.

Above all, to my ears, the trap in Brahms is to indulge in his dense scoring and let everything become soupy and indistinct. In fact, the music will often sound reasonably passable even when presented by a conductor who fails to clarify all of the mid-register lines and subtle rhythmic elements. This is a testament to Brahms's compositional skill, but the effect of the music in the hands of a conductor and ensemble capable of presenting his work with perfect clarity is astonishing and revelatory. Szell/Cleveland, particularly on this recording, is just such a collaboration. If all performances were of this standard, Brahms would not be thought of as a "muddy" composer or orchestrator. This does not, however, mean that Szell's reading of this symphony is "light" or "classicized." The feat is accomplished with no lack of power. Indeed, the driving rhythm of the introduction has rarely sounded so arresting, and the physical impact of the timpani and strings throughout is quite impressive. And while the tempi tend not to linger, Szell is never more than a minute and a half brisker than Herbert von Karajan's reading from his 77-78 cycle (this rather lush, supremely Karajan-esque set was my introduction to the symphonies, and while those performances are not perfect, they do seem to represent a middle path between the lighter Brahms of Toscanini and Szell, and the slower, thicker textures of, say, Celibidache). In fact, he is more than twenty seconds broader in the Andante Sostenuto.

Finally, a word must be reserved for the remastering of this recording. I am not a serious audiophile or collector of historic recordings, but I have personally never heard a 1957 recording sound so clear and natural. This early stereo is demonstration-quality stuff, and it sounds worlds better than plenty of later stereo and digital recordings I could name. Never is anything remotely artificial, and Szell's interpretation is well served by an acoustic that allows the timpani to resound where they are often buried in a generalized orchestral slurry, and that bestows upon the strings a rosiny, just slightly gritty bite.

In short, you owe it to yourself to pick this up. It is a bit pricey right now on Amazon, but I've seen it here and there in used record shops, being sold new for less than $10. It is, however, well worth full price and more. In my opinion, the only serious competition comes from Fürtwängler, whose apocalyptic live 1952 performance might be the best thing that ever happened to the symphony. However, the sound is far inferior, and Fürtwängler's traversal has the character of a one-off "event," complete with extremely idiosyncratic tempi (the introduction is hammered out at probably less than half Szell's speed) and abrupt gear shifts that make little sense on paper but perfect sense in the moment. The difference should be obvious already: where Fürtwängler's performance emanates directly from his overwhelming personality, while Szell's is far more objective. It is, quite simply, the apotheosis of objective, clear, and propulsive Brahms, and as such, makes for the natural reference recording. It pairs well with the Fürtwängler, but does not suffer by comparison. Buy it.


title: Another loudness war victim.

text:
What could be an OK not great album made un listenable by an over amped overzealous audio engineer.

Completely blown out low end. Muddy crap.

Too bad cause I like these guys.


title: Four Stars

text: In good shape as described.


title: Love it

text: Old school what real music is


title: Great CD

text: Great CD. Well packaged


title: Great debut album

text:
This is one of my favorite unknown bands, from Champaign, Illinois.  They have a captivating, ethereal, relaxing sound that really is unique.  The guitarist sounds inspired somewhat by The Edge from U2 (in The Edge's quieter moments like the song "Bad") and the lead female singer has a whispy, sweet, but rich sound similar to the lead singer of the Cowboy Junkies.  Very excellent, relaxing music.  The drummer was a punkish type who really adds a bit of energy and spice to the otherwise lulling sound of the rest of the band.  A very good blend of sound.

The band never made anything better than this album, which is unfortunate because they are better than their Cowboy Junkie popular counterparts.


title: Fantastic CD

text: Fantastic CD


title: Good cd to learn code with

text: This CS is a no nonsense guide to learning code. It jumps right on in and starts. the narration gets to you so I would only recommend short lessons with frequency. Otherwise, you do really seem to pick up the code fairly easily.


title: Peerless Interpretations of Gershwin

text: What a wonderful concept and fantastic execution! Bennett still sounds great (Hey he's not 30-get over it), Krall is simply the preeminent jazz vocalist of this era, and the Bill Charlap Trio are simply divine as well. This record is a gift for fans of the Swing era, young and old. I've got a new appreciation for the Gershwins now and want to hear these songs again and again. Just like when I first heard Michael Buble, listening to this record makes not now only happy but also excited to learn more and seek out all the music of the Swing era and its modern interpreters.


title: Great Show: Taste of Things to Come

text:
I’m shocked this took so long to be released. It’s just astounding. The sound quality is much better than I anticipated for a bootleg- well is it really that? As others have stated, the “sound check” songs suffer in quality but are worth it for the Mean Streets prequel- Voodoo Queen.

Wish I had been at this show at the Pasadena Civic auditorium in October 77.  The energy is nothing short of tremendous.  This stunning set was recorded a couple of months before the band's superb debut album was released (in February 1978), the entire affair was recorded for live FM radio broadcast. According to many, this pivotal early gig remains quite probably the best concert the group put on during this time in their career.

This disc is worth buying for Eddie’s performance in Eruption alone. He changed rock forever, has no equal. All four musicians are flawless. Dave’s screaming act is as hilarious as it is entertaining; he really is the best front-man ever. On this set he’s an evangelist of hard rock. VH fans who don’t own this, order it today!


title: Party Frickin Hardy

text:
(Like tomorrow is the end of the world) - That exclamation pretty much sums up these discs and Steel Panther in general. This CD/DVD combo is some fantastic over-the-top entertainment, as only Steel Panther could pull off. The music is killer, and the “concert” with Bobbie Brown as bassist Lexxi’s mom is even better.

All the songs are great done acoustically: “Fat Girl’” “Community Property,” and “Gloryhole” and the other SP classics. The CD’s lone new track “That’s When You Came In” stands out as one of this disc’s best songs and one of the band’s most melodic- a true double entendre hit single. There are differences between the CD and DVD’s tracks, and I prefer the later.

All comedy bravado aside, these guys really excellent musicians who write memorable songs. Guitarist Satchel in particular impresses with his acoustic guitar in this short set.

In allowing himself to be the butt of the joke throughout the concert/story, Lexxi must have the greatest sense of humor ever. Spoiler alert: His bedroom, looks nothing like you’d expect-but stop and think about it. Thanks SP for bringing back hair metal icon Bobbie Brown; her return to fame is long overdue.

Come along for the “Weenie Ride!”


title: Don’t do it.

text: Overall, I’m happy to at least have the album, but if you’re going to buy to get the whole set as a fan, don’t do it. Pre-order pack came in broken at the bottom, not giving too much reasoning for the seal at the top. Also, pre-order states there should be a poster and I did not receive one. It did come in early, but overall it wasn’t much of a surprise.


title: Just the best, and only the best

text: All the songs I love on one CD, can't be beat.


title: Didn't expect this to be so expensive

text: Love EVH, and this album was their beginning, so I was glad to find it.


title: LOVE Linda's music

text: She is SO talented--I am also a singer so I cannot imagine singing all your life and then suddenly not being able to sing anymore.  To me, that sounds tragic.  I've seen interviews with her, and I guess at this stage she blessed to be to even talk.  Luckily, she left us a legacy of music with her beautiful and versatile voice.  Wow, this CD was so worth it.


title: As advertised

text: Excellent cd in excellent condition


title: Five Stars

text: My daughter love it


title: Great item

text: Great gift & fast delivery.


title: best hits from my youth

text: I'm a child of the 80's . This disc will take you back.


title: What a treat!

text: Bonus tracks galore, so very happy!


title: Brothers Four album is excellent

text: The Brothers Four could  not do a bad album if they tried.