Let's Call It a Day [Import]

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1. Big Ears Wet Nose    
2. Elephant Song    
3. Tomorrow Is Another Day    
4. All The Things You Are    
5. Let's Call It A Day    
6. Blueth    
7. Hot Pants    
8. Warme Melk Met Chokolade    
9. You'd Be So Nice To    

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Features Keith Copeland.

Let's Call It a Day, Music, Markus Fleischer, Classical, Early Music / Chant, Jazz, Jazz Music
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A musical treasure-box
  • a beautiful journey into melancholy
Dowland - The Collected Works / The Consort of Musicke, Rooley
John Dowland , Anthony Rooley , Emma Kirkby , Christopher Wilson , The Consort of Musicke , Colin Tilney , Anthony Bailes , Jakob Lindberg , Nigel North , Glenda Simpson , Peter Holman , and John Donne
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ASIN: B000004CYV
Release Date: 2007-03-13

Tracks:

  1. First Booke Of Songes: I. Unquiet Thoughts
  2. First Booke Of Songes: II. Who Ever Thinks Or Hopes Of Love
  3. First Booke Of Songes: III. My Thoughts Are Wing'd With Hopes
  4. First Booke Of Songes: IV. If My Complaints Could Passions Move
  5. First Booke Of Songes: V. Can She Excuse My Wrongs
  6. First Booke Of Songes: VI. Now, O Now, I Needs Must Part
  7. First Booke Of Songes: VII. Dear, If You Change
  8. First Booke Of Songes: VIII. Burst Fourth My Tears
  9. First Booke Of Songes: IX. Go Crystal Tears
  10. First Booke Of Songes: X. Think'st Thou Then By Thy Feigning
  11. First Booke Of Songes: XI. Come Away, Come Sweet Love
  12. First Booke Of Songes: XII. Rest Awhile, You Cruel Cares
  13. First Booke Of Songes: XIII. Sleep, Wayward Thoughts
  14. First Booke Of Songes: XIV. All Ye, Whom Love Or Fortune Hath Betray'd
  15. First Booke Of Songes: XV. Wilt Thou Unkind Thus Reave Me
  16. First Booke Of Songes: XVI. Would My Conceit
  17. First Booke Of Songes: XVII. Come Again: Sweet Love Doth Now Invite
  18. First Booke Of Songes: XVIII. His Golden Locks
  19. First Booke Of Songes: XIX. Awake, Sweet Love
  20. First Booke Of Songes: XX. Come, Heavy Sleep
  21. First Booke Of Songes: XXI. Away With These Self-Loving Lads

Tracks:

  1. Second Booke Of Songs: I. I Saw My Lady Weep
  2. Second Booke Of Songs: II. Flow My Tears
  3. Second Booke Of Songs: III. Sorrow, Stay
  4. Second Booke Of Songs: IV. Die Not Before Thy Day
  5. Second Booke Of Songs: V. Mourn, Mourn, Day Is With Darkness Fled
  6. Second Booke Of Songs: VI. Time's Eldest Son
  7. Second Booke Of Songs: VII. Then Sit Thee Down
  8. Second Booke Of Songs: VIII. When Others Sing Venite
  9. Second Booke Of Songs: IX. Praise Blindness Eyes
  10. Second Booke Of Songs: X. O Sweet Woods
  11. Second Booke Of Songs: XI. If Floods Of Tears
  12. Second Booke Of Songs: XII. Fine Knacks For Ladies
  13. Second Booke Of Songs: XIII. Now Cease My Wand'ring Eyes
  14. Second Booke Of Songs: XIV. Come Ye Heavy States Of Night
  15. Second Booke Of Songs: XV. White As Lilies Was Her Face
  16. Second Booke Of Songs: XVI. Woeful Heart
  17. Second Booke Of Songs: XVII. A Shepherd In A Shade
  18. Second Booke Of Songs: XVIII. Faction That Ever Dwells
  19. Second Booke Of Songs: XIX. Shall I Sue
  20. Second Booke Of Songs: XX. Toss Not My Soul
  21. Second Booke Of Songs: XXI. Clear Or Cloudy
  22. Second Booke Of Songs: XXII. Humour Say What Mak'st Thou Here

Tracks:

  1. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: I. Farewell, Too Fair
  2. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: II. Time Stands Still
  3. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: III. Behold A Wonder Here
  4. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IV. Daphne Was Not So Chaste
  5. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: V. Me, Me, And None But Me
  6. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VI. When Phoebus First Did Daphne Love
  7. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VII. Say, Love, If Ever Thou Didst Find
  8. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: VIII. Flow Not So Fast, Ye Fountains
  9. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: IX. What If I Never Speed?
  10. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: X. Love Stood Amazed
  11. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XI. Lend Your Ears To My Sorrow
  12. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XII. By A Fountain Where I Lay
  13. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIII. O What Hath Overwrought
  14. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIV. Farewell, Unkind
  15. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XV. Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
  16. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVI. Fie On This Feigning!
  17. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVII. I Must Complain
  18. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XVIII. It Was A Time When Silly Bees
  19. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XIX. The Lowest Trees Have Tops
  20. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XX. What Poor Astronomers Are They
  21. Third Booke Of Songs 1603: XXI. Come When I Call

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: I. Disdain Me Still
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: II. Sweet Stay Awhile
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: III. To Ask For All Thy Love
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: IV. Love, Those Beams That Breed
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: V. Shall I Strive Wih Words To Move?
  6. A Pilgrimes Solace: VI. Were Every Thought An Eye
  7. A Pilgrimes Solace: VII. Stay, Time, Awhile Thy Flying
  8. A Pilgrimes Solace: VIII. Tell Me, True Love
  9. A Pilgrimes Solace: IX. Go Nightly Cares
  10. A Pilgrimes Solace: X. From Silent Night
  11. A Pilgrimes Solace: XI. Lasso vita mia
  12. A Pilgrimes Solace: XII. In This Trembling Shadow Cast
  13. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIII. If That A Sinner's Sights
  14. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIV. Thou Mighty God
  15. A Pilgrimes Solace: XV. When David's Life
  16. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVI. When The Poor Cripple

Tracks:

  1. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVII. Where Sin Sore Wounding
  2. A Pilgrimes Solace: XVIII. My Heart And Tongue Were Twins
  3. A Pilgrimes Solace: XIX. Up Merry Mates
  4. A Pilgrimes Solace: XX. Welcome Black Night
  5. A Pilgrimes Solace: XXI. Cease, Cease These False Sports
  6. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Lachrimae Pavane
  7. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can Shee
  8. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana
  9. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: The Frogge
  10. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Frog's Galliard
  11. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavana And Galiarda
  12. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Paduana Lachrymae
  13. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Can She Excuse
  14. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavion Solus cum sola
  15. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Dowland's Almayne
  16. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Piper's Paven And Galliard
  17. Keyboard Transcriptions Of Dowland's Music By Other Musicians: Pavan Lachrymae

Tracks:

  1. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: I. The Lamentation Of A Sinner
  2. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: II. Domine ne in furore
  3. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: III. Miserere mei Deus
  4. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: IV. The Humble Suit Of A Sinner
  5. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: V. The Humble Complaint Of A Sinner
  6. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VI. De profundis
  7. Mr. Henry Noell Lamentations: VII. Domine exaudi
  8. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae
  9. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae
  10. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Gementes
  11. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Tristes
  12. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Coactae
  13. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Amantis
  14. Lachrimae: Lachrimae Verae
  15. Lachrimae: Mr. John Langton's Pavan
  16. Lachrimae: Mr. Nicholas Gryffith His Galiard
  17. Lachrimae: Sir John Souch His Galiard
  18. Lachrimae: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens
  19. Lachrimae: Mr. Giles Hobies Galiard
  20. Lachrimae: The King Of Denmark's Galiard
  21. Lachrimae: Sir Henry Umpton's Funerall
  22. Lachrimae: Mr. Henry Noell His Galiard
  23. Lachrimae: The Earl Of Essex Galiard
  24. Lachrimae: Mr. Bucton His Galiard
  25. Lachrimae: Mr. George Whitehead His Almand
  26. Lachrimae: Captain Digorie Piper His Galiard
  27. Lachrimae: Mr. Thomas Collier His Galiard
  28. Lachrimae: Mrs. Nichols Almand

Tracks:

  1. Sacred Songs: Sorrow, Come!
  2. Sacred Songs: I Shame At Mine Unworthiness
  3. Sacred Songs: An Heart That's Broken And Contrite
  4. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  5. Psalms: Psalm 38: Put Me Not To Rebuke O Lord
  6. Psalms: Psalm 130: Lord To Thee I Make My Moan
  7. Psalms: Psalm 104: My Soul Praise The Lord
  8. Psalms: Psalm 100: All People That On Earth Do Dwell
  9. Psalms: Psalm 134: Behold And Have Regard
  10. A Prayer For The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty
  11. Instrumental Music: Solus cum sola pavan
  12. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  13. Instrumental Music: Galliard
  14. Instrumental Music: Pipers Pavan
  15. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae
  16. Instrumental Music: Lady Rich Galliard
  17. Instrumental Music: Earl Of Essex Galliard
  18. Instrumental Music: If My Complaints
  19. Instrumental Music: Lachrimae Doolande
  20. Instrumental Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home
  21. Instrumental Music: My Lord Chamberlaine His Galliard
  22. Instrumental Music: Comagain
  23. Instrumental Music: Pavan Lachrymae
  24. Instrumental Music: Sorrow Stay

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Preludium
  2. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: Can She Excuse
  4. Lute Music: Dr. Case's Pavan
  5. Lute Music: Melancholy Galliard
  6. Lute Music: Sir John Smith, His Almain
  7. Lute Music: Fantasia
  8. Lute Music: A Dream
  9. Lute Music: Almain
  10. Lute Music: The Queen's Galliard
  11. Lute Music: Coranto
  12. Lute Music: Resolution
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux Galliard
  14. Lute Music: Almain
  15. Lute Music: Mr. Dowland's MIdnight
  16. Lute Music: Fantasia
  17. Lute Music: Loth To Depart
  18. Lute Music: The Most Sacred Queen Elizabeth, Her Galliard
  19. Lute Music: The Earl Of Essex, His Galliard
  20. Lute Music: Pavan
  21. Lute Music: John Dowland's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Aloe
  23. Lute Music: The Lady Clifton's Spirit
  24. Lute Music: What If A Day
  25. Lute Music: Mr. Giles Hobie's Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Come Away (Song arrangement)
  27. Lute Music: Galliard
  28. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Lachrimae (Basic Version)
  2. Lute Music: Galliard To Lachrimae
  3. Lute Music: [Jig]
  4. Lute Music: Galliard On 'Wasingham'
  5. Lute Music: Complaint (Ballad Setting)
  6. Lute Music: Mignarda (Galliard)
  7. Lute Music: Semper Dowland Semper Dolens (Pavan)
  8. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  9. Lute Music: A Fancy (Fantasia)
  10. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  11. Lute Music: Piper's Pavan
  12. Lute Music: Captain Digorie Piper's Galliard
  13. Lute Music: Lady Laiton's Almain
  14. Lute Music: Dowland's Galliard
  15. Lute Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  16. Lute Music: Tarleton's Jig
  17. Lute Music: Walsingham (ballad Setting)
  18. Lute Music: Lord Willoughbie's Welcome Home (Ballad Setting)
  19. Lute Music: Sir Henry Guilforde, His Almain
  20. Lute Music: Pavan (Related To 'Lachrimae')
  21. Lute Music: Mr. Langton's Galliard
  22. Lute Music: Mrs. Clifton's Almain
  23. Lute Music: Galliard
  24. Lute Music: Lady Hunsdon's Puffe (Almain)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard
  26. Lute Music: Go From My Window (Ballad Setting)
  27. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: Pavana Johan Douland
  2. Lute Music: Mrs. Brigide Fleetwood's Pavan (Solus sine sola)
  3. Lute Music: La mia Barbara
  4. Lute Music: Sir Henry Umpton's Funeral (Pavan)
  5. Lute Music: Lachrimae
  6. Lute Music: Farewell Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)
  7. Lute Music: Farewell (On The 'In Nomine' Theme)
  8. Lute Music: The King of Denmark's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Mrs. Vaux's Jig
  10. Lute Music: Mrs. Nichol's Almain
  11. Lute Music: Galliard
  12. Lute Music: Lord Strang's March
  13. Lute Music: Mrs. Winter's Jump
  14. Lute Music: Can She Excuse (Galliard)
  15. Lute Music: The Shoemaker's Wife, A Toy
  16. Lute Music: Mrs. Norrish's Delight
  17. Lute Music: Galliard
  18. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Thing (Almain)
  19. Lute Music: Mrs. White's Nothing
  20. Lute Music: The Frog Galliard
  21. Lute Music: Solus cum sola
  22. Lute Music: The Lord Viscount Lisle, His Galliard
  23. Lute Music: Orlando Sleepeth (Ballad Setting)
  24. Lute Music: Robin (Ballad Setting)
  25. Lute Music: Galliard (On A Galliard By Daniel Bacheler)
  26. Lute Music: Forlorn Hope Fancy (Chromatic Fantasia)

Tracks:

  1. Lute Music: The Lady Russell's Pavan
  2. Lute Music: Fancy (Fantasia)
  3. Lute Music: Sir John Langton's Pavan
  4. Lute Music: Earl Of Derby, His Galliard
  5. Lute Music: A Coy Toy
  6. Lute Music: Fortune My Foe
  7. Lute Music: [Almain]
  8. Lute Music: Mr. Knight's Galliard
  9. Lute Music: Sir John Souch His Galliard
  10. Lute Music: Tarletone's Riserrectione
  11. Lute Music: The Lady Rich, Her Galliard
  12. Consort Music: Lachrimae Pavan
  13. Consort Music: Can She Excuse Galliard
  14. Consort Music: Captain Piper's Pavan And Galliard
  15. Consort Music: The Frog Galliard
  16. Consort Music: Round Battell Galliard
  17. Consort Music: Fortune My Foe
  18. Consort Music: Dowland's First Galliard
  19. Consort Music: Katherine Darcie's Galliard
  20. Consort Music: Tarleton's Jigge
  21. Consort Music: Almain a 2
  22. Consort Music: Mistress Nichols Almain a 2
  23. Fullsack And Hildebrandt: Auserlesener Paduanen und Galliarden: Susanna Fair (Galliard)
  24. Haussmann: Rest von polnischen und andern Tanzen: Mistress Nichols Alman a 5
  25. Opusculum: Mr. John Langton Pavan And Galliard
  26. Opusculum: La mia Barbara Pavan and Galliard
  27. Opusculum: Lachrimae Antiquae Novae Pavan and Galliard

Tracks:

  1. Consort Music: Mistress NIchols Almain
  2. Consort Music: Volta a 4 ('Ioh. Douland')
  3. Consort Music: Were Every Thought an Eye
  4. Consort Music: Lady If You So Spite Me
  5. Consort Music: Pavan a 4
  6. A Musicall Banquet: I. My Heavy Sprite (Anthony Holborne)
  7. A Musicall Banquet: II. Change Thy Mind Since She Doth Change (Richard Martin)
  8. A Musicall Banquet: III. O Eyes, Leave Off Your Weeping (Robert Hales)
  9. A Musicall Banquet: IV. Go, My Flock, Go Get You Hence (Anon.)
  10. A Musicall Banquet: V. O Dear Life, When Shall It Be? (Anon.)
  11. A Musicall Banquet: VI. To Plead My Faith (Daniel Bacheler)
  12. A Musicall Banquet: VII. In A Grove Most Rich Of Shade (Guillaume Tessier)
  13. A Musicall Banquet: VIII. Far From Triumphing Court
  14. A Musicall Banquet: IX. Lady, If You So Spite Me
  15. A Musicall Banquet: X. In Darkness Let Me Dwell
  16. A Musicall Banquet: XI. Si le parler et le silence (Pierre Guedron)
  17. A Musicall Banquet: XII. Ce penser qui sans fin tirannise ma vie (Pierre Guedron)
  18. A Musicall Banquet: XIII. Vous que le Bonheur rappelle (Pierre Guedron)
  19. A Musicall Banquet: XIV. Passava Amor su arco desarmado (Anon. Spanish)
  20. A Musicall Banquet: XV. Sta notte mi sognava (Anon. Italian)
  21. A Musicall Banquet: XVI. Vuestros ojos tienen d'Amor (Anon. Spanish)
  22. A Musicall Banquet: XVII. Se di farmi morire (Domenico Maria Megli)
  23. A Musicall Banquet: XVIII. Dovro dunque morire? (Giulio Caccini)
  24. A Musicall Banquet: XIX. Amarilli mia bella (Giulio Caccini)
  25. A Musicall Banquet: XX. O bella piu (Anon, Italian)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A musical treasure-box.......2006-09-10

Both the music and this actual product are masterpieces. John Dowland's collected works here - covering 12 compact discs - exhibit the depth and power of this composer, a composer who many now regard as suffering from clinical depression. I doubt that the issue of the diagnosis of Dowland's depression can ever be settled, however, it is certainly obvious from his music, so completely on display here, that he was a man with very dark depths and corners in his mind. Dowland's various manifestations and "takes" on his own tune, "Flow my tears"/"Lachrimae" are here. This tune has haunted me ever since I first heard it when I was a child. It seems to sum up Dowland's feelings - at least Dowland seems to have thought so.

The First, Second, Third and Fourth Bookes of Songes, A Musicall Banquet, the keyboard transcriptions, all the lute music, consort music are here and virtually everything else written or supposedly written by John Dowland. Anthony Rooley and The Consort of Musicke perform this music with style and feeling throughout. This 12 CD set is something of a monument to the ensemble - I only wish they'd finished their collection of Monteverdi madrigals, which was equally good (La Venexiana are currently doing a magnificent job of recording all Monteverdi's books of madrigals for the GLOSSA label).

This is an expensive set, however, you will probably never need to buy another John Dowland CD again after buying and listening to this collection.

I bought this CD set on a mild Summer evening of 1998 and listened to it while sitting in my sun room - which a glorious orange sunset in progress, and a glass of wine. It brought back so many memories.

5 out of 5 stars a beautiful journey into melancholy.......2001-06-15

I'm amazed at how many people tend to associate John Dowland's music with a tragic sense of drama. While no doubt this is art highly based on sadness, the "tragic" sense of it is more a legacy from the Romantic period. During the Renaissance, however, sadness was undestood as a very aesthetic way of approaching life. That is also the reason why Shakespeare's tragedies appear more sophisticated than his comedies.

Dowland, a contemporary of Shakespeare, discovered that meditating on a sad theme is, at the same time, a way of discovering a special beauty that we tend to avoid (maybe because of the "tragic" heritage of the Romantics). So, in the end, meditating on sadness is an uplifting experience! This box set is a journey into melancholy that includes songs, chamber music, pieces for lute, some rare sacred music and -as a highlight- Dowland's beautiful collection of seven pieces for viola which he called "Lachrimae" (Tears).
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5 out of 5 stars Arguably "The Best" English "Merry Widow ".......2006-09-12

This is the "Merry Widow" with English translation by Christopher Hassel sung by June Bronhill. I loved this rendition ever since I first heard it in about 1960. What's to love? First the translation is the best I've heard. The language doesn't sound "stilted" as some others. And, you can understand almost every word sung. Plus, the famous song, "Vilja" has some wording that moves me every time I hear it: The soprano sings, "Love me and I'll DIE for you!" with the word "die" somewhat emphasized. I don't know, there's just something "powerful" about someone saying they'd "die" for love! AND, at the end of "Vilja" the chorus and soprano raise to a crescendo hitting a high note together. In many renditions the chorus is heard but not the soprano on the final high note. In THIS version, the soprano, June Bronhill, can be heard rising to the final high note with an incressing crescendo and fortissimo louder than the chorus and holding the final high note---which gives a very thrilling effect as she holds that final note, I assure you!

The "problem" is that this June Bronhill, Reid, and Hassel version is hard to find on CD. For example, this CD is made in Holland and "there is one left" so it says on Amazon. But, if you can find it, I think it would be very much worth a listen. Then, after hearing it, if you think there's a "better" Merry Widow, please let ME know! Thanks. Email:boland7214@aol.
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ASIN: B000002OJO
Release Date: 2001-05-15

Tracks:

  1. Call Me Madam: The Hostess With The Mostes' On The Ball
  2. Call Me Madam: Washington Square Dance
  3. Call Me Madam: Lichtenburg (Cosmo's Opening)
  4. Call Me Madam: Can You Use Any Money Today?
  5. Call Me Madam: Marrying For Love
  6. Call Me Madam: The Ocarina
  7. Call Me Madam: It's A Lovely Day Today
  8. Call Me Madam: The Best Thing For You
  9. Call Me Madam: Something To Dance About
  10. Call Me Madam: Once Upon A Time Today
  11. Call Me Madam: They Like Ike
  12. Call Me Madam: You're Just In Love
  13. Panama Hattie: My Mother Would Love You
  14. Panama Hattie: I've Still Got My Health
  15. Panama Hattie: Let's Be Buddies
  16. Panama Hattie: Make It Another Old Fashioned, Please

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Ethel Deserved Better Than This.......2001-06-22

There may indeed be no business like show business. RCA was a major backer of this musical, and fully expected to record the original cast album. Decca, Merman's recording label, wouldn't allow her to appear. The solution the two compnaies decided on was an original cast album on RCA featuring Dinah Shore doing Merman's numbers, and this mediocre studio album.

Decca was never a winner when it came to modern recording techniques. Merman's voice has no echo or reverb to enhance her performance. The arrangements are by Gordon Jenkins, which fit Ethel's style like it was a dress bought in a bargain basement. It is a shame that in the later years of her life, Ethel didn't choose to revisit this score and re-record it, as she did with Annie Get Your Gun twice.

The selections from Panama Hattie are a nice rarity, but they are taken from scratchy shellac originals. There are several compilations that include these numbers with no annoying extraneous noise.
A Treasury of English Song
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    A Treasury of English Song

    Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
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    ASIN: B0001O2OBI
    Release Date: 2004-05-11
    'S Wonderful
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      'S Wonderful

      Manufacturer: Avid Records UK
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      ASIN: B00002MRH1
      Release Date: 1998-12-15

      Tracks:

      1. 'S Wonderful - Buddy Clark, Dinah Shore
      2. He Loves and She Loves
      3. My One and Only - Jack Hylton Orchestra
      4. How Long Has This Been Going On? - Mel Torm
      5. I've Got a Crush on You - George Gershwin, Sarah Vaughan
      6. Liza (All the Clouds'll Roll Away) - Al Jolson
      7. Strike up the Band - Carroll Gibbons & His Orchestra
      8. Bidin' My Time - The Foursome
      9. Could You Use Me? - Judy Garland, Mickey Rooney
      10. Embraceable You - Frank Sinatra
      11. I Got Rhythm
      12. But Not for Me - Teddy Wilson
      13. Treat Me Rough - Mickey Rooney
      14. Boy! What Love Has Done to Me! - Jane Froman
      15. You've Got What Gets Me - Roy Fox & His Band
      16. Gems from of Thee I Sing: Wintergreen for President/Who Cares?/Of Thee - Jane Froman, , Victor Salon Group
      17. Mine
      18. Slap That Bass - Fred Astaire, Johnny Green & His Orchestra
      19. (I've Got) Beginner's Luck - Roy Fox & His Orchestra
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      24. I Can't Be Bothered Now - Fred Astaire, Ray Noble & His Orchestra
      25. Things Are Looking Up - Fred Astaire, Ray Noble & His Orchestra
      26. Foggy Day
      27. Nice Work If You Can Get It
      Essential Gershwin
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        Manufacturer: Decca
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        ASIN: B000088E4C
        Release Date: 2003-02-11

        Tracks:

        1. Rhapsody In Blue - Andre Previn
        2. Symphonic Portrait Of Porgy & Bess - Robert Russell Bennett
        3. Cuban Overture - Howard Hanson
        4. An American In Paris - Lorin Maazel

        Tracks:

        1. 3 Preludes For Piano Solo - Werner Haas
        2. 3 Preludes For Piano Solo - Werner Haas
        3. 3 Preludes For Piano Solo - Werner Haas
        4. Lullaby - Riccardo Chailly
        5. Variations On I Got Rhythm - Bernard Herrmann
        6. The Man I Love - Barbara Hendricks
        7. Oh Kay! - Overture - Arthur Fiedler
        8. Walking The Dog From Shall We Dance - John Mauceri
        9. They All Laughed From Shall We Dance - John Mauceri
        10. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off From Shall We Dance - John Mauceri
        11. They Can't Take That Away From Me From Shall We Dance - Barbara Hendricks
        12. A Foggy Day From A Damsel In Distress - John Mauceri
        13. Nice Work If You Can Get It From A Damsel In Distress - Barbara Hendricks
        14. Love Walked In From The Goldwyn Follies - John Mauceri
        15. Love Is Here To Stay From The Goldwyn Follies - Barbara Hendricks
        Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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        • Definative
        Authentic George Gershwin, Vol. 1-4

        Manufacturer: Asv Living Era
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        ASIN: B0001Z2RSC
        Release Date: 2004-08-24

        Tracks:

        1. Swanee
        2. Come To the Moon
        3. I Was So Young (You Were So Beautiful)
        4. Tee-Oodle-Um-bum-Bo
        5. Nobody But You
        6. Limehouse Nights
        7. Drifting Along With The Tide
        8. Rhapsody In Blue
        9. Oh Lady Be Good!
        10. Fascinating Rhythm
        11. Hang On To Me
        12. I'd Rather Charleston
        13. The Man I Love
        14. The Half Of It, Dearie, Blues
        15. So Am I
        16. Kickin' The Clouds Away
        17. Concerto In F

        Tracks:

        1. Sweet And Low-Down (I)
        2. That Certain Feeling (I)
        3. Looking For A Boy
        4. When Do We Dance?
        5. Sweet And Low-Down (II)
        6. That Certain Feeling (II)
        7. Irish Waltz
        8. Do, Do, Do
        9. Someone To Watch Over Me
        10. Clap Yo' Hands
        11. Maybe
        12. Three Preludes: I. No.1: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso / II. No.2: Andante Con Moto / III No.3: Allegro Ben Ritmato E Deciso
        13. Meadow Serenade
        14. My One And Only
        15. 'S Wonderful/Funny Face
        16. He Loves And She Loves
        17. An American In Paris
        18. Liza
        19. Strike Up The Band
        20. Embraceable You
        21. I Got Rhythm (I)
        22. I Got Rhythm (II)

        Tracks:

        1. Of Thee I Sing
        2. Jilted
        3. Second Rhapsody
        4. For You, For Me, For Evermore
        5. Cuban Overture
        6. Isn't It A Pity?
        7. Variations On 'I Got Rhythm'
        8. I. Catfish Row: Introduction - Jazzbo Brown - First Chorus, 'Summertime'
        9. II. Porgy Sings: 'I got Plenty O' Nuthin' - 'Bess, You Is My Woman Now'
        10. III. Fugue: Murder Of Crown, Act III Scene 1
        11. IV. Hurricane: Introduction, Act II Scene 3 - Hurricane, Act II Scene 3
        12. V. Good Morning, Brother: Occupational Humoresque, Act III Scene 3 - 'Good Morning, Brother' - Children's Song 'Sure To Go To Heaven' - 'I'm On My Way' (Finale)
        13. They Can't Take That Away From Me
        14. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
        15. Our Love Is Here To Stay

        Tracks:

        1. Girl Crazy Overture
        2. French Ballet Class
        3. Dance Of The Waves
        4. Slap That Bass
        5. Walking The Dog
        6. I've Got Beginner's Luck
        7. They All Laughed
        8. They Can't Take That Away From Me
        9. Shall We Dance
        10. By Strauss
        11. I Can't Be Bothered Now
        12. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (1st Version)
        13. Put Me To The Test
        14. The Jolly Tar And The Milkmaid (2nd Version)
        15. Stiff Upper Lip
        16. A Foggy day (In London Town)
        17. Nice Work If You Can Get It
        18. Things Are Looking Up
        19. I Was Doing All Right
        20. Love Walked In

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Excellent performer.......2007-03-09

        This plates are wonderful. I was charmed, and when I close my eyes now, I see scenes with American in Paris or Porgy and Bess but my favorite piece of music is Rhapsody in Blue. It's more than excellent is fantastic. Jack Gibbons perfectly feels the unique tone Gershwin's music, the mixture rythms of jazz with influences of impressionists and clear and beauty melodies.
        I'm fascinating.

        5 out of 5 stars A unique project.......2006-11-23

        Gibbons' undertaking is unique: to reconstruct and then execute and record the note-for-note playing of Gershwin as documented on the composers' piano rolls, sound recordings and certain published arrangements. I agree with the reviewer who points out that the result is like a library and not a recital you sit back and listen to (or get up and dance to). In fact Gibbons does some editing of his "library" now and then, and clearly documents it in his liner notes: in some reconstructions he augments accompaniment effects and even the melodic line itself. I don't mind that at all, especially as Gibbons scrupulously accounts for such tampering in his liner notes; but it seems to me that it is in this area of "tampering" that Gibbons the artist is asserting himself...which of course undermines the "library", the "historical archive": you have to search and read a bit to find out when you're hearing only Gershwin and when you're hearing some added Gibbons. I don't mind; Gibbons is a remarkable artist in his own right, not merely an impeccable documentarian. For sheer generosity of production Gibbons' Gershwin must also be unique: 4 cd's, scholar-level liner notes (yes, you need a magnifying glass to read them), and rock-bottom bargain price.

        5 out of 5 stars Gershwin historical, manic, perfect, archival.......2006-06-12

        First: this is 4 high-end produced cd's (in low-end jewel cases) for the price of 2. The liner notes of all 4 cd's are condensed in a booklet of microscopic print, so you may need to spend the savings on a magnifying glass. MONEY WELL SPENT.
        Second: Jack Gibbons plays (and has recorded) the Alkan op 39 etudes (he probably plays a lot more Alkan than that). For those of you not in the know, this is to say he has world-class chops, indeed history-class (Liszt, who never played his friend Alkan, at least in public). But it's also to say that Gibbons knows how to interpret and personalize fantastically difficult piano music. For me, his Alkan op 39 is personal and passionate and real (contrast the facile and over-pedalled Hamelin and the just-the-notes-ma'me Ringeissen). An appreciation of Gibbons' Alkan is important here because while his Alkan is uniquely personal (as such music must be, no matter how hard it is to play) his Gershwin is deliberately impersonal...which is to say: no pianist, no singer would want to reproduce what Gibbons has given us in these 4 cd's, and in fact few listeners will be able to listen for long to these 4 cd's without a respite, a break , some silence, some minimal styling from somebody (anybody) else...which brings me to
        Third: This is an archive, not a recital. This is a library, not a program. There is no track-by-track contrast of moods here, no track-by-track concession to easy listening, varied delight, any more than a library shelf of novels is alphabetized by authors' last names as a concession to mood or fancy or taste of the searching patron. This is the documented Gershwin in his recording mode: manic, notey, clever, "on", and never, as generations of stylists found in him, ravishing, tender, longing, sweet, glad, hopeful...person-to-person, in a word. I can listen to these cd's about half an hour at a time, max. This is Gerwhsin, not Gibbons. And this is just one side of Gershwin. He died at 38, in the summer. Brain tumor. A lot of pain.
        Finally, Jack Gibbons has given the world a uniquely valuable and easily available resource. Gibbons could now do us a service by playing us some Gershwin as he feels it, as it hits him and makes him sing (as Gershwin, our American Schubert, does to all of us, and as I think Alkan has done to Gibbons). I would love to see a Gershwin stylings by Gibbons now that Gibbons himself has made sure Gershwin in his authenticity is safe and sound.

        5 out of 5 stars Definative.......2005-07-23

        Here's the whole Gershwin catalog at a great price... Five plus hours of bliss. Definately five stars!

        Gibbons, according to a family friend and biographer Edward jablonski "recreates Gershwin's style." I'll never know. I can say this is a lively recording and has the perfect balance. It's neither stuffy and plodding or cute.
        Songwriters Collection
        Average customer rating: 1 out of 5 stars
        • Songwriters Collection ~ George Gershwin
        Songwriters Collection
        George Gershwin
        Manufacturer: Orpheus Records
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000067UPE
        Release Date: 2002-06-18

        Tracks:

        1. Rhapsody In Blue
        2. I've Got Rhythm
        3. Swanee
        4. Our Love Is Here To Stay
        5. Summertime
        6. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off
        7. Embraceable You
        8. But Not For Me
        9. Plenty Of Nothing
        10. The Man That I Love
        11. A Foggy Day
        12. Someone To Watch Over Me
        13. It Ain't Necessarily So
        14. Somebody Loves Me
        15. Lady Be Good
        16. They Can't Take That Away From Me
        17. I Got A Crush On You
        18. They All Laughed
        19. S'Wonderful
        20. Strike Up The Band

        Customer Reviews:

        1 out of 5 stars Songwriters Collection ~ George Gershwin.......2002-07-19

        I am SO disappointed with this CD!! I was expecting to hear the mellifluous tunes that I have heard in so many wonderful movies and instead hear something I would expect to be called the "polka" version.
        Greatest Hits
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • Patti Austin and Gregory Hines Are Brilliant
        Greatest Hits

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        ASIN: B00005J712
        Release Date: 2001-05-22

        Tracks:

        1. Let Yourself Go - Steppin' Out With My Baby - Patti LuPone
        2. Slap That Bass - Gregory Hines
        3. Love Is Here To Stay - Patti Austin
        4. Mood Indigo - Dee Dee Bridgewater
        5. A Foggy Day - Gregory Hines
        6. Let's Call The Whole Thing Off - Patti Austin/Gregory Hines
        7. Heatwave - Patti LuPone
        8. Something Wonderful - Marilyn Horne
        9. O Mio Babbino Caro - Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
        10. Prelude To A Kiss - Dee Dee Bridgewater
        11. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Dee Dee Bridgewater
        12. Nice Work If You Can Get It - Gregory Hines
        13. The All Laughed - Patti Austin
        14. I've Got Beginner's Luck - Gregory Hines/Patti Austin
        15. Doin' What Comes Natur-lly - Patti LuPone
        16. I Have Dreamed - Peabo Bryson/Lea Salonga
        17. For You, For Me, For Evermore - Patti Austin/Gregory Hines

        Tracks:

        1. Gone With The Wind: Main Title - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        2. An American In Paris - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        3. Carousel: Heaven Effect And Carousel Waltz - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        4. Peyton Place - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        5. The Wizard Of Oz Concert Suite - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        6. Morning Mood - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        7. Cinema Paradiso - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        8. Somewhere In Time - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        9. Eternal Love - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        10. John Dunbar Theme - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra
        11. Throne Room And Finale - John Mauceri/Hollywood Bowl Orchestra

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars Patti Austin and Gregory Hines Are Brilliant.......2007-07-07

        I own the Hollywood Bowl Gershwin CD and I love it. I was surprised by it. Play the samples if you can but the singing and sound are clear and crisp and you can understand every word.
        The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook
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          The George & Ira Gershwin Songbook

          Manufacturer: RCA
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B000008AZI
          Release Date: 1990-10-25

          Tracks:

          1. Shall We Dance, Film Socre: They Can't Take That Away from Me
          2. Damsel in Distress, Musical Play: Nice Work If You Can Get It
          3. Shall We Dance, Musical Play: Let's Call the Whole Thing Off
          4. Damsel in Distress, Musical Play: A Foggy Day (In London Town)
          5. Funny Face, Musical Play: 's Wonderful
          6. Of Thee I Sing, Musical Play: Wintergreen for President
          7. Funny Face, Musical Play: He Loves and She Loves
          8. Of Thee I Sing, Musical Play: Who Cares
          9. Girl Crazy, Musical Play: Bidin' My Time
          10. Girl Crazy, Musical Play: Embraceable You
          11. Strike Up the Band, Musical Play: Strike Up the Band!
          12. Love Walked In [The Goldwyn Follies]
          13. Of Thee I Sing, Musical Play: Of Thee I Sing, Baby
          14. I Was Doing Alright [The Goldwyn Follies]
          15. Girl Crazy, Musical Play: But Not for Me
          16. Shall We Dance, Musical Play: They All Laughed
          17. Strike Up the Band, Musical Play: I've Got a Crush on You
          18. Shocking Miss Pilgrim, Musical Play: Aren't You Kind of Glad We Did
          19. Tip-Toes, Musical Play: Looking for a Boy
          20. Girl Crazy, Musical Play: I Got Rhythm

          Music Review:

          1. Let's Dance [Import]
          2. Linda Wang/ Sebastien Koch
          3. Liszt: Symphonic Poems Nos. 3, 4, 6, Hungarian Rhapsody No.2 [Import]
          4. Lully: Grand Motets, Vol. 3
          5. Mauricio Kagel: Sankt-Bach-Passion
          6. Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 4; Symphony No. 3
          7. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 20 & 21 [Import]
          8. Mozart: Piano Concertos Nos. 9, 14, 27; Eine Kleine Nachtmusik
          9. Mozart: Symphonies Nos. 40, 29 & 25
          10. Music of the Ars Nova & Renaissance

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