Moon Rise

On this CD:

1. Afro blue
Composed by Mongo Santamaria
Performed by Shoko Araya, Christopher Hardy

2. Night rain, for percussion
Composed by Shoko Araya
Performed by Shoko Araya, Christopher Hardy

3. Moon rise, for percussion
Composed by Christopher Hardy
Performed by Shoko Araya, Christopher Hardy

4. Señor Mouse
Composed by Armando Anthony ("Chick") Corea
Performed by Shoko Araya, Christopher Hardy

5. like breathing out and breathing in, for percussion
Composed by Morgan Fisher
Performed by Shoko Araya, Christopher Hardy, Morgan Fisher, Morgan Fisher

6. Mr. Yasaburo, for percussion
Composed by Shoko Araya
Performed by Shoko Araya, Christopher Hardy

Tracks:

The Desert Song: It
Maytime: Waltz Medley
Girl Of The Golden West: Who Are We To Say?
The New Moon: Introduction - Stout Hearted Men - Lover Come Back To Me - Girl On The Prow - Try Her Out At Dances - Wanting You - Softly As In A Morning Sunrise - One Kiss - Finale
Nina Rosa: The Gaucho March
The Desert Song: Waltz
Viennese Nights: Introduction - I Bring You A Love Song - Here We Are - You Will Remember Vienna - Regimental March
Blossom Time: Song Of Love
My Maryland: Introduction - Dixie - Boys In Grey - Mother - Silver Moon - Your Land Is My Land
Bimbo: In Old Granada
The Desert Song: Introduction - Riff Song - One Flower In Your Garden - Waltz - The Foreign Legion - Romance - One Alone
Maytime: Farewell To Dreams
Nina Rosa: Your Smiles, Your Tears
The New Moon: Marienne
The New Moon: Softly As In A Morning Sunrise
Nina Rosa: My First Love, My Last Love
Viennese Nights: I Bring A Love Song
The Night Is Young: When I Grow Too Old To Dream
The Student Prince: Intorduction - Arrival Of The Prince - Serenade - Deep In My Heart, Dear - Drinking Song - Just We Two - Students' March Song

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Great Hits from Sigmund Romberg.......2007-01-04

Excellent audio product, especially considering its age and the state of technology.

Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway - a selection

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Kurt Weill from Berlin to Broadway - a selection

Manufacturer: Pearl
ProductGroup: Music
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Kurt Weill: The Centennial
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Knickerbocker Holiday

ASIN: B00004WZTK
Release Date: 2000-10-24

Tracks:

The Threepenny Opr: Mack The Knife - Harald Paulsen With Orch
The Threepenny Opr: Cannon Song - Harald Paulsen With Orch
The Threepenny Opr: Pirate Jenny - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
The Threepenny Opr: Babarasong - Lotte Lenya With The Lewis Ruth Band/Theo Mackeben
The Threepenny Opr: Lied Von Der Unzulanglichkeit Menslichen Strebens - Bertolt Brecht With Theo Mackeben And His Orch
Happy End: Mandalay Song - Lewis Ruth Band
Happy End: Surabaya Johnny - Lotte Lenya With Pno
Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Moon Of Alabama - Lotte Lenya With The Three Admirals And Orch
Rise And Fall Of The City Of Mahagonny: Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya With Pno
Knickerbocker Holiday: September Song - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Knickerbocker Holiday: There's Nowhere To Go But Up - David Brooks With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Knickerbocker Holiday: The Scars - Walter Huston With Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Lady In The Dark: One Life To Live - Gertrude Lawrence With Orch/Leonard Joy
Lady In The Dark: The Princess Of Pure Delight - Danny Kaye With Orchestra/Maurice Abravanel
Lady In The Dark: And Other Russians - Danny Kaye With Chor And Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Lady In The Dark: The Saga Of Jenny - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
Lady In The Dark: My Ship - Gertrude Lawrence With Chor And Orch/Leonard Joy
One Touch Of Venus: I'm A Stranger Here Myself - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: Westwind - Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: Foolish Heart - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: Speak Low - Mary Martin/Kenny Baker With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
One Touch Of Venus: That's Him - Mary Martin With The 'One Touch Of Venus' Orch/Maurice Abravanel
Ulysses Africanus: Lost In The Stars - Walter Huston With Orch/Victor Young
Ulysses Africanus: Lover Man - Lotte Lenya With Pno
One Touch Of Venus: Very, Very, Very - Kurt Weill
One Touch Of Venus: Wooden Wedding - Kurt Weill
One Touch Of Venus: Jersey Plonk - Kurt Weill
One Touch Of Venus: The Trouble With Women - Kurt Weill

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BMR's creativity & aptitude give them an unconditional and thoroughly enthralling sound

On the Rise
Blue Moon Rising
Manufacturer: Lonesome Day
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Time
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No Apologies
New Day

ASIN: B000A2H5LU
Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

This Old Martin Box
Papaw Taught Me
Next Big Thing
Crime I'm Guilty Of
Cold Kentucky Night
He Arose
I Keep Callin'
Sling Blade
Old Time Preacher Man
Modern Day Outlaw
Far Away from Home
Holy Manna
Big Wheels Turnin'

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BMR's creativity & aptitude give them an unconditional and thoroughly enthralling sound.......2005-09-17

Playing Time - 39:24
SONGS - 1. This Old Martin Box 2 PawPaw Taught Me 3 The Next Big Thing 4 The Crime I'm Guilty Of 5 Cold Kentucy Night 6 He Arose 7 I keep Callin' 8 Sling Blade 9 The Old Time Preacher Man 10 Modern Day Outlaw 11 Far Away From Home 12 Holy Manna 13 Big Wheels Turnin'

"On the Rise" marks the third highly successful release from Blue Moon Rising, a lively Tennessee-based bluegrass group. This emerging band only has about five years under their belts, and their 2002 "Where Wood Meets Steel" CD (Crosscut CR 1133) brought the national spotlight in their direction. Now, "On the Rise" is sure to launch them to an even higher level of international attention and acclaim. BMR is Chris West (guitar), Keith Garrett (mandolin, guitar two tracks), Randall Massengill (tenor vocal, guitar one track), Justin Jenkins (banjo), and Tim Tipton (bass). Jenkins' banjo-playing shows his strong influence of the styling of J.D. Crowe. BMR also added guitarist/tenor singer Randall Massengill within the recent past. Randall spent 9 years playing guitar and singing with the bluegrass gospel band, New Road. On this project, the band's third album, guest dobro-player Randy Kohrs joins in on three song, while award-winning fiddler Ron Stewart provides just the right touch on seven tracks. Jenkin's and Garrett's original instrumental "Sling Blade" gives all the picks a chance to shine. Stewart also engineered this album.

Like "Where Wood Meets Steel," this album emphasizes originals, mostly written by band members. Chris West has a flair for songsmithing, and he contributes some fine material to the bluegrass canon. Tipton and Garrett also get involved in the songwriting. It's a good team and collaborative approach to build the band's peerless sound. Lead vocals are also passed around between Garrett, West and Massengill. The band's quartet is featured on "Holy Manna," with Jenkins handling the baritone vocal harmony. This album offers plenty of highlights, and a radio programmer can't go wrong by airing any of the songs. Some personal favorites are Modern Day Outlaw, PaPaw Taught Me, The Crime I'm Guilty of, I Keep Callin', and He Arose.

I like the many diversified and sundry influences in this band's music. It's tricky to write, arrange and record a healthy body of original material that reflects both a traditional consciousness and contemporary innovativeness. The creativity and aptitude of Blue Moon Rising give them an unconditional and thoroughly enthralling sound. Bluegrass fare with significant flair! Based on their high potential and cohesive sound, they've got my vote for emerging artists of the year. I predict that it won't be long before they're headlining the biggest bluegrass festivals in the world. (Joe Ross, staff writer, Bluegrass Now)

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Wonderful

Homeland
Spivey Hall Children's Choir
Manufacturer: Aca Digital
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B0000793UE
Release Date: 2002-11-26

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Wonderful.......2003-03-16

This CD is absolutely wonderful. It would be a great addition to anyones personal collection. When I think about a children's choir, this sound is definitly not what comes to mind. The Spivey Hall Children's Choir is by far the best choir I've ever heard, children or not. They can be heard live at Spivey Hall in May and December every year. The Spivey Hall website would give you exact dates.

O Moon of Alabama: Historische Aufnahmen 1928-1944

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O Moon of Alabama: Historische Aufnahmen 1928-1944

Manufacturer: Capriccio
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Die Dreigroschenoper: Berlin 1930

ASIN: B000001WNR
Release Date: 1994-04-05

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Alabama Song - Marek Weber & His Orchestra
Tango Angele - Dobbri Saxophone Orchestra
Die Muschel Von Margate - Otto Pasetti
Surabaya-Johnny - Lotte Lenya
Bilbao-Song - Lotte Lenya
Matrosensong - Lotte Lenya
Surabaya-Johnny - Lewis Ruth Band
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Surabaya-Johnny - Theo Mackeben
Surabaya-Johnny - Marianne Oswald
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Denn Wie Man Sich Bettet - Lotte Lenya
Mahogonny - Lotte Lenya
Das Lied von Schlaraffenland - Ernst Busch
Der Backer Back Ums Morgenrot - Ernst Busch
Lost In The Stars - Kurt Weill
Lover Man - Kurt Weill
J' Atteds Un Navire - Kurt Weill
Complainte De La Seine - Kurt Weill
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Kurt Weill: Life, Love, & Laughter--Dance Arrangements, 1927-50

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SAIL ON, KURT!
Not at All Vile Weill
ELEVATOR MUSIC

Kurt Weill: Life, Love, & Laughter--Dance Arrangements, 1927-50
H.K. Gruber , and Palast Orchestra
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ASIN: B000055YBR
Release Date: 2001-02-12

Tracks:

Mile After Mile
Bilbao Song
Stay Well
Life, Love And Laughter
My Ship
Green-up Time
The Little Gray House
Blues Potpourri
September Song
All At Once
Le Roi d'Aquitaine (Waltz)
Foxtrot Potporri
Alabama Song
Lied Der Jenny
Speak Low
It Never Was You
What Good Would the Moon Be
Tango Ballade
Kanonen-Song

Amazon.com

Here's a disc of 19 familiar and unfamiliar Kurt Weill songs arranged for dance band and played by an expert group of specialists in Roaring Twenties band music. They're led by singer-conductor-composer H.K. Gruber, whose previous recordings include Weill's Die Dreigroschenoper. The result is a start-to-finish delight. From the first notes, you're beamed back in time to one of those sleek transatlantic passenger liners, sitting in an art deco ballroom watching elegant couples in tuxedos and ball-gowns swirl by while the band plays hits from Weill's German and Broadway triumphs. Sure, the venom is leached from the originals, but who needs agitprop when you're on a dance floor? The arrangements are by a variety of hands, hired by Weill's European and American publishers with his approval to get more mileage from his musical theater works. They're delightfully square rhythmically and formulaic in transferring Weill's music to conventional dance bands, but the music still holds up and is fun to hear in its new clothes. A special treat is the eight tracks with Max Raabe, whose light tenor and falsetto singing preserve the spirit of Weill's songs, as well as perfectly mimic the boy band singers of times gone by. --Dan Davis

Customer Reviews:

SAIL ON, KURT!.......2006-04-23

I wouldn't take offence here oh, Weill purists! These reconstructions are charming and harmonically reverent to their originals, more than could be said for many versions of the Weill Songbook through the decades, including Lou Reed's friendly `adaptation' of the September Song's chord progression and melodic line!

Shoenberg and Webern expressed their disdain of Weill's music; curiously, Arnold had also disclosed a secret wish of having his own audiences walk back home "whistling his tunes", oh, don't ask why... You can certainly whistle, hum and sway your partner now, as the transatlantic's bouncy dancehall sails on just as Kurt, Lotte and the lot of them did when escaping the lethal hounds of early 30s Berlin.... the-next-little-dollar bound.

Not at All Vile Weill.......2001-08-13

The ever versatile HK Gruber has done it again digging up these gorgeous dance arrangements for Weill's music--proving, if anything, Weill's versatility. Anyone familiar with the Capriccio historical Weill recordings will be aware of the long tradition of dance bands taking Weill's music as the lead for dance music or pop music incarnations (all the way up through the more obvious appropriations familiar to Americans: Mack the Knife and September Song). Hardly MUZAK arrangements (listen to the delicate violin in track 17's "What Good Would the Moon Be" to hear what I mean), this generous helping of 19 songs offers a chance to see Weill through a delightfully different but entirely compatible lens. Max Raabe provides the ideal vocal compliment on 8 of the tracks, his tenor floating effortlessly into his head voice suggesting a "period" sound reminiscent of Bing Crosby. The import title for this disc is "Charming Weill," and that modest adjective expresses the least of its virtues.

ELEVATOR MUSIC.......2001-05-23

This is a very strange CD: why would anyone want to take the quirky rhythms and melodies of the great Kurt Weill and "tame" them into dance arrangements? Certainly one has listened to (& even perhaps admired) dance arrangements of composers from Victor Herbert to Cole Porter to Jerry Herman, but these are all, if you will, main stream composers-- men whose music sounds good in original Broadway or Hollywood arrangements and just as good (or almost as good) as played by a dance band...think "Begin The Beguine" as done by Fred Astaire on film or "Begin The Beguine" done by Jo Stafford with the Paul Weston Orchestra.

But Weill was an innovator: a man who can still be listened to experiencing the thrill of something fresh and new. One immediately thinks of his collaborations with Bertolt Brecht in Germany: "Threepenny Opera" and "The Rise & Fall Of The City of Mahagonny" or "The Seven Deadly Sins", etc. his American opera, "Street Scene" with Langston Hughes or his American musical plays: "One Touch of Venus" with Ogden Nash or "Love Life" with Alan Jay Lerner, etc. The songs on this CD all deserve great recordings from the "Alabama Song" to "September Song" but they turn into a kind of flattened elevator music instead of having fresh interpretations or even more traditional ones. What happens is that the longing in "What Good Would the Moon Be" and the romance of "Speak Low" and the raucousness of "Bilbao Song" are all much too similar and much too easy.

Tracks:

Fire In My Heart
Pari Mahal
Listen To The Nay

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This is the third collaboration between Kayhan Kalhor, the Iranian kamancheh (a vertical, four-string fiddle) player, and Shujaat Husain Khan, a sitar virtuoso. Kalhor in particular has made great inroads in Europe and America, bringing the music of Iran to listeners who would never have known about it, in no small part because of Ghazal. The idea behind this duo's work is to bring together two rather disparate classical traditions, Persian and Hindustani. The results are mixed. The casual listener will find this music interesting and approachable. Those who appreciate complex improvisation will find the talents of these two artists irresistible. Those who are well versed in either Persian or Indian music, however, may find that the improvisations wander a bit too much, having solid roots in neither tradition. Many may find Kalhor's solo recording, Scattering Stars Like Dust, to be far more satisfying. --Louis Gibson

Customer Reviews:

Wonderful music..........2005-07-26

with a beautiful soul. I do massage and have had so many people comment on how wonderful this music is to relax with.

Passion, Energy, Fire.......2002-07-31

The first track basically sets the tone of the whole CD:
fast improvisations between sitar and kamancheh, with the tabla rhythmically following their pace ... like a conversation between two long lost friends/lovers who meet after 20 - 25 years have passed: there are emotional highs, lows, and everything in between. It is exactly like two passionate, emotional people talking. I give the artists credit for stretching into new venues ... just because the listener can't always follow, doesn't mean it isn't good: just try interrupting two people who have an emotional bond and lots of history together, you can't get a word in edgewise & if you try, they'd shut you up because you're just not tuned in, not on their plane.

Ghazal demonstrates integrity in redefining improvisation by melding two cultures: Indian and Persia. This is a very fine CD. However, like the previous reviewers: I dropped one star *only* because I expected one solid meditative, mysterious melody that I could call blissful. There is nothing wrong with passion, fire and energy but I *would* appreciate *MORE* relaxation, meditation, and peace ... produce this & I'll buy the next one, too. Erika Borsos (erikab93)

Not as good as the first two and repetitious.......2000-06-10

I found the third CD of Ghazal to be repetitious, as though they had said everything they had to say in the first two albums. Undoubtedly the musicianship is excellent but in terms of compositions and creativity, it was much less exciting and very "deja vu". Too bad! I had expected such wonderful musicians to expand beyond and not to just adhere to a formula that had worked before.

Building on previous recordings...........2000-03-28

Ghazal's third album "Moon Rise Over the Silk Road" is an extremely strong recording that has some extremely bright spots and memorable moments.

Swapan Chaudhuri's explosive entrance into "Fire In My Heart" is unforgettable and shows why he is one of the world's most sought-after tabla players. Sitarist Shujaat Khan and kemencheh player Kayhan Kalhor continue to tighten up their "great experiment" (by that I mean the fusing of two distinct musical traditions.) They pull it off 99% of the time and have created an emotional, passionate, and beautiful album. At times it seems a little rushed or forced perhaps, but this album is superior to virtually every fusion record on the market. I still prefer Ghazal's "As Night Falls on the Silk Road" album, it is tight and never meanders.

That's not to say that this isn't a fine recording though and worthwhile of your hard-earned cash. The short instrumental "Pari Mahal" sees the group expanding its parameters a little bit by bringing in some auxillary percussion and its quite a nice addition.

Also the group brings in additional help on "Besh'no az Nay." Chaudhuri is replaced by the young tabla titan Sandeep Das who's playing can be likened to a machine-gun in concert! Also present on this track is Kayhor's longtime accompanist Pejman Hadadi, who is an incredible tombak player. I know I've spent a lot of time talking about the accompanists, but its because they play a major role on this recording. Kalhor's kemencheh is just as beautiful (and capable of evoking tears of both joy and sadness) as it ever was, and Khan's lilting sitar is still capable of lulling the listener into a better mood.

The music is accessible, but not trite (a good combination.) Like the Amazon.com reviewer, I also highly recommend Kalhor's solo album "Scattering Stars Like Dust," and many of Shujaat Khan's solo albums are worth looking into as well (especially the one with 6 tracks that's self-titled and released on India Archive Music.)

Tracks:

Cowboys to Girls
Rise Up
Losing You
Who's Making Love?
Sing a Simple Song
Baby This Is Forever
Love Canoe
Come by Here
Keep on Dancing

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Full Moon to Rise
The Barbed Wire Cutters
Manufacturer: Blue Light Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000NL6Y88

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14 tracks fiddle, banjo, mandolin

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Years of Blood
Witchcraft
Manufacturer: Regimental Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000Q021G0

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Excellent. 10 tracks of harsh, furious, tightly performed (with looser, more "chaotic" passages where desired) black metal from this Hungarian horde. I believe this is the band's first full-length release, and what a superb outing it is. The recording is somewhat thin, but while I wouldn't mind hearing some thudding low-end in there, the elements that drive the record are quite well balanced, and the songwriting is top-notch in its blend of raging speeds, snarling screams, and scarce hints of melodic influence. There are countless bands within this genre that stick to the basic foundations of its roots who seem content to get by on the standards without really communicating any sense of legitimate rage beyond what it takes to elicit their performances, and then there are those bands who remain true to the aesthetic roots of the genre and see no need to push the boundaries that still succeed because of the overwhelming sense of anguished intensity brandished by their compositions. Witchcraft is among the elite who fall into the latter category. They don't need to experiment, they don't need to stray from convention, and they don't need to yield to melody or breathing room to create a certain level of atmosphere within their music: They have clear intentions, they know what they're doing, and they do it right. When those rare yet striking moments of subtle melodic dissonance or slower, pounding tempos rear their heads they act to further amplify the explosive bursts and hateful scenarios that follow. I'll say again: Excellent. Very much recommended.

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