Classical Sailing

Track Listings

1. Over the Waves

2. Flying Dutchman Overture

3. Engulfed Cathedral

4. Danube Waves Waltz

5. Hebrides Overture

6. Summer Night on the River

7. 3rd MVT. From Symphony No. 3 Rhenish

8. On the Beautiful Blue Danube

Classical Sailing, Music, Various Artists, Chamber Music & Recitals, Classical, Classical Collections-Artist Desc.

Over There - Songs From America's Wars
Average customer rating:

A very good CD to buy

What an Excellent Work of Art!

Excellent!

What A Blast - A Fun and Inspiring CD

What A Blast - A Fun and Inspiring CD

Over There - Songs From America's Wars
Marlborough Singers & Chamber Players
Manufacturer: Newport Classic
ProductGroup: Music
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Great War

The Great War: Classical And Popular Selections From The Time Of World War I (National Public Radio Milestones Of The Millennium)

Words and Music of World War II

Those Were Our Songs: Music of World War II

Songs That Got Us Through WWII

ASIN: B00006BCBU
Release Date: 2002-07-30

Tracks:

Free America
The Red, White And Blue (O Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean)
The Soldier's Tear
The Bonnie Blue Flag
The Battle Cry Of Freedom
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
Tenting To-Night
Tramp! Tramp! Tramp!
Marching Through Georgia
Captian Jinks Of The Horse Marines
The Faded Coat Of Blue
Over There
He Is There!
God Be With Our Boys To-Night
Give A Little Credit To The Navy
When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band To France
K-K-K-Katy
Over Yonder Where The Lilies Grow
Would You Rather Be A Colonel With An Eagle On Your Arm Than A Private With A Chicken On Your Knee?
There's A Long, Long Trail
When The Boys Come Sailing Home
My Buddy
Keep The Home-Fires Burning

Customer Reviews:

A very good CD to buy.......2005-07-06

I have bought many CD regarding American patriotic songs but it is the one that I prefer. The songs are sung in a very classic way and so, there are easy to listen. Jon English as a tenor gives an excellent performance. On the piano, Rob Carriker gives also an excellent performance; he does not try to cover the voice of Jon English but just to support his voice. So, Jon English and Rob Carriker form a very fine duo and the quality of recording is excellent. The choice of songs is also excellent. I strongly recommend this CD.

What an Excellent Work of Art!.......2002-08-30

John English has a booming and resounding voice. Well suited for the rough and tough songs of our countries historic wars. It is an excellent buy, and I recommend it to any fans of great songs and American historics!

Excellent!.......2002-08-30

This cd is excellent! I reccomend it to everyone!! Jonathon English has got an amazing voice!

What A Blast - A Fun and Inspiring CD.......2002-07-30

I have to admit - I didn't know what I'd be getting when I bought this album. I love Americana and have known some of these songs all my life: K-K-K-Katy, Keep the Home-Fires Burning, and Tenting on the Old Camp Ground. Others that are listed I had never heard before: The Soldier's Tear, When Alexander Takes His Ragtime Band to France, and the very funny Captain Jinks! From first to last I found this CD a joy to hear. Jon English has a beautiful voice, and he sings with such clarity that you can understand every word! There are songs that will get your feet taping, and others that will bring a tear to your eye. The chorus is quite obviously not a professional choir, and that's all the better! They sing with an infectious energy and spirit that'll make you want to sing along. Add into that the horns, flute and percussion and this album becomes very pleasant experience. This is one of the best CD's I've heard in a long time, and I heartily recommend it.

What A Blast - A Fun and Inspiring CD.......2002-07-30

Average customer rating:

Very nice music, but...
Second volume of a highly entertaining series.

British Light Music Classics, Vol. 2

Manufacturer: Hyperion UK
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002ZZT
Release Date: 1997-04-10

Tracks:

London Suite: Knightsbridge
Bal Masque (Valse-Caprice)
The Grasshopper's Dance
My Native Heath: Barwick Green
Rouge et Noir
The Peanut Polka
Carriage And Pair
London Landmarks: The Horse Guards, Whitehall
A Little Suite: March
Sailing By
Portuguese Party
Beachcomber
In The Shadows
Tabarinage
Sanctuary Of The Heart (Meditation religieuse)
The Westminster Waltz
Carissima
Girls In Grey
The Runaway Rocking-Horse
Robin Hood Suite: March Of The Bowmen

Customer Reviews:

Very nice music, but..........2005-12-28

If you are looking for incidental (background) music used in Monty Python's Flying Circus. This CD only contains one track, and it is the wrong version. The performance is completely different.

Knightsbridge March was The Dull Life of A City Stockbroker.

Second volume of a highly entertaining series........2000-11-09

Light orchestral works are becoming something of a lost art, but the British have excelled at them -- the form is especially popular during their annual "Proms" concerts -- and this second volume of Hyperion's popular series continues in the same high-quality vein as Volume One. Twenty pieces by some of the best British light music composers on a generously-packed 78 minute CD -- no skimping here!

These aren't meant to be challenging works, but are skillfully orchstrated, excellently played, and well recorded. The variety is tremendous -- you may even recognize a few of the pieces and say to yourself, "so THAT'S where that tune came from!"

Perfect music for easy listening on a lazy Sunday afternoon, or anytime you need a break from the classical music heavyweights. Hyperion's packaging and booklet notes are, as usual for this premium classical label, uniformly excellent.

Tracks:

Elizabethan Serenade
Scottish Rhapsody
Miss Melanie
Las Castanuelas
Madrugado
The Red Sombrero
Trade Winds
Faire Frou-Frou
String Song
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: Allegro spiritoso
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: Andante espressivo
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: Rondo (Allegro giocoso)
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: The Watermill
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: Scherzo: Allegro Molto
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: The Dance Of The Snowflakes
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: High Stepper (The 'Aggie' Theme)
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: Prelude: The Whispering Valley
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: Venetian Carnival
Concerto For E Flat Alto Saxophone: Sailing By

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Simply, she's one of the best sopranos I've ever heard!
I am enraptured
Beautiful music oversung
Beautiful Korean Art Songs

Korean Songs; Hei-Kyung Hong
Myung-Mun Yang , Kwang-Suk Lee , Su-Hyun Gum , Mal-Bong Kim , Duc-Ki Kim , and Ensemble Orchestral de Paris
Manufacturer: EMI Classics
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Bellezza vocale ~ Beautiful Opera Duets

ASIN: B0000B0A24
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

Mount Peak-Du Of Mine
The Barley Field
Missing You
The Daffodil
I Want To Go Home
New Arirang
The Hamlet In The Mountains
An Ode For My Home Town
The Swing
My Heart
Because You Are Here
Love
A Boat Sailing Away
My Heart Is Waiting
Dongshimcho
I Miss Mount Keumkang

Customer Reviews:

Simply, she's one of the best sopranos I've ever heard!.......2004-10-03

First of all, my review is not about this particular album. The previous reviewer compared her to Sumi Jo. If Hong should have a lesson on how to sing Korean songs from Jo, then Jo should learn how to act on the stage from Hong. I'm a Korean myself and I have almost all recordings of Ms. Jo including my favorites of her recordings, "Carnaval" and "Ariadene Aux Naxos." I also went to operas and heard both great singers on stage. I'm not an opera expert..but as an opera lover, I truely think Ms. Jo has technical perfection. However, that's not enough for singing an opera. Ms. Jo can sing beautifully in recordings but on the stage, her voice is not big enough and her acting is weak. I'm not talking about physical expression. but vocal expression. Ms. Jo is a Great coloratura soprano but I don't think she's a Great opera singer. I still remember Kei-kyung Hong in Turandot. I don't understand Italian and I didn't even have to read translations because my heart already understood every word she sings.

I am enraptured.......2004-08-31

I listened to this because I am studying Korean, and I have been listening to anything Korean that I can get my hands on.

On my first listening I was not too impressed. But subsequent listenings have left an indelible impression of incredible beauty that grows and grows with every return.

I have only one complaint. The CD includes translations of these traditional Korean songs in English, German, and French, but without either the Korean or a transliteration.

Beautiful music oversung.......2003-10-27

I would actually give this about 3 and a half stars if that were an option. I enjoyed Hei-Kyung Hong's recital disc from 1998 immensely, and I've seen her live and she is amazing. However, on this disc of traditional Korean songs she seems to be over-singing. Her vibrato is uncontrolled and sometimes she actually sounds like a parody of an opera singer. Which is unfortunate, because her voice is gorgeous and if she had held back a little bit this album could have been amazingly beautiful.

Korean coloratura Sumi Jo is a singer who understands that you must change the way you sing when you sing different styles of music. Perhaps she could have given Ms. Hong lessons on how to sing this type of material, as she released a couple of similar albums several years ago. She still sings them "correctly," that is to say, operatically, but her vibrato doesn't get in the way and she doesn't try to sound bigger than she is. Her CD's are difficult to find, but if you can, I highly recommend them over this version.

Beautiful Korean Art Songs.......2003-10-08

Considering the status of Korean Music in the classica field, it is very understandable that this CD didn't get much publicity from media like Bartoli or Fleming's new CDs.
However, in my opinion, this CD deserves some attention.
Because it has beautiful art songs from Korea. You will find something new from this CD. It can be said something Oriental flavor from some songs like "mt Paek du"
or "New Aririang". But, generally, I don't think you can tell much difference of it from the European operatic art songs especailly if you are not familiar with the language.
So I have to say this CD is worthy for listening to because it is so beautiful and moving.
My favorites are "Mt Pake-du(reminds of a piece of dramatic opera aria), "Missing You", "I want to go home", "my heart",
"Boat sailing away", "Dongshimcho".
For me, these songs are quite familiar since I have CDs by
Sumi jo and Youngok Shin for same songs.
Unlike Jo or Shin's, Hong's interpretations for songs are quite
dramatic and expressive. In terms of who was the best, I guess,it depends on songs.
For instance like "Barley field", Jo has more suitable voice.
Shin has her own merit as well for her soothing and vulnerable voice.
Anyhow, Hong did express her own color on each songs.
I loved this CD more aftering listening several times since her voice was too dramatic for some songs(needed time to get used to it).
For Marketing aspect for EMI, I am not sure if this was good decision to release Korean songs for first project by EMI for Hong(in my opinon, neither Hong or Korean art song doesnot have big name recognition in the market except New York area and Korea). She might have released more safe well-known opera arias.
Anyhow,I hope you could enjoy these songs as much as I enjoyed.

Average customer rating:

Keeps you happy in between beach vacations!
This music beckons, just like the sea!
Great for skating programs!
The Cure for Land Locked Sailors!

Sailing
Erich Kunzel , and Cincinnati Pops
Manufacturer: Telarc
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ASIN: B000003CY4
Release Date: 1992-06-30

Tracks:

Sounds Of The Sea
Sailing
Theme From The Great Whales
Theme From 'The Dove'
Love Came For Me From 'Splash'
Wave
Foghorn
Under The Sea From 'The Little Mermaid'
New Hampshire Hornpipe 'On Golden Pond'
Ebb Tide
Sea Chanteys: Blow The Man Down/A-Rovin'/Oh, Shenandoah/Drunken Sailor
Beyond The Sea
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': Lonely Looking Sky
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': Be
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': Dear Father
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': Banana Boat Song
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': (By The) Sleepy Lagoon
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': (Sittin On The) Dock Of The Bay
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': Sleepy Shores
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': Margaritaville
'Jonathan Livingston Seagull': Calypso

Customer Reviews:

Keeps you happy in between beach vacations!.......2003-04-07

A wonderful mix of themes and "ocean" music. Great choral work, too--esp. "What Shall We Do With A Drunken Sailor". You have to get up and move your feet! This is a "must-have" CD for lovers of the sea.

This music beckons, just like the sea!.......2001-12-23

The fact that we human beings originated from the Earth's waters gives us a bond to all things associated with the sea. We find the oceans cool, soothing, refreshing, treacherous, exciting, and just plain fun. Thus, these same adjectives (and more) can be applied to this collection of "sea-inspired" tunes. From the classic pop standards ("Ebb Tide," "Banana Boat Song, "Sitting on the Dock of the Bay," "Calypso," and "Margaritaville") to traditional folk ("Sea Chanteys") to songs from the movies ("Under the Sea" from "The Little Mermaid," "Love Came for Me" from "Splash," and selections from "Jonathan Livingston Seagull") this is a seafarer's delight.

Hey, even a landlubber might set sail after hearing this one.

Great for skating programs!.......2000-05-02

It's often hard to find music for skating programs. You have to find instrumental music with changes of tempo that are easy to cut and splice.

A friend of mine was competing at the first United States Adult National Figure Skating Championships and she used my suggestion to take cuts from this album's "Banana Boat Song" and put that together with "The Chiquita Banana Song" from Erich Kunzel's "Fiesta!" album. The music got raves from everyone who saw it.

I've heard numerous other tracks from this cd at the rink including the "New Hampshire Hornpipe", "Ebb Tide", "Dear Father" and "Under the Sea." It seems to be popular!

The rest of the album is fun to listen to if you enjoy instrumentals. These aren't sappy 101 Strings instrumentals either. They have interesting orchestrations with varied use of different sections when you'd least expect it.

The Cure for Land Locked Sailors!.......1999-12-08

We have the CD and the tape of this album. One is on our boat and the other is at our island summer place. We are getting another for our home so that we can listen to it all winter while we wait for sailing season again. The album includes sailing themes from popular movies, a small number of sea chanties (just enough to be fun) and some sea sounds. It is relaxing -- perfect for cocktails on the boat, by the water, or wishing that you were!

Average customer rating:

CROSSOVER DOES NOT WORK
Nice album
Caballe and other great voices
A ROSE IN DECEMBER by Gino Vannelli
Montserrat does it again!

Friends for Life

Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l
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These Are the Days
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ASIN: B000006TBT
Release Date: 1997-05-02

Tracks:

Bohemian Rhapsody
March With Me
Visions of Glory
Ci Vorebbe Il Mare
Chanter Pour Ceux Qui Sont Loin de Chez Eux
One Life, One Soul
Rose in December
Sailing
Mi Amiga Rigoberta
Had to Be
Friends Again
Out of the Blue
Love Is the Key
Like a Dream
Put the Weight on My Shoulders
Barcelona

Album Details

1997 Recording from Montserrat Caballe featuring 16 Duets with International Stars Such as Johnny Hallyday and Khadja Nin from France, Carlos Cano from Spain, Marco Masini from Italy, Gotthard from Switzerland, RenÒ Froger from Holland and Others.

Customer Reviews:

CROSSOVER DOES NOT WORK.......2005-03-07

Some interesting tracks but this is a Caballe album and should be reviewed as such. Fans of other artists should look at their artists' own releases and not this one. Caballe is a great operatic soprano but the crossover does not work for me. The classical operatic training does not do justice to the songs which require an altogether different voice. Finally, the mixing is very poor. Clearly the tracks are recorded at different times, studios and with different equipment. This makes it difficult to balance the songs from an audio quality point of view.

Nice album.......2003-10-07

Nice album overall, Great interpretation of Bohemian Rhapsody by Bruce Dickinson(Iron Maiden's singer), making it a memorable version.

Caballe and other great voices.......2003-03-19

Interesting mix of talent but over all Caballe and Gino Vannelli shine. They are both superb vocalists. Also love the version of Sailing - great song. This is a great investment, especially if you are a Gino Vannelli fan.

A ROSE IN DECEMBER by Gino Vannelli.......2003-02-07

Every Gino Vannelli fan on this planet have to buy this cd FRIENDS FOR LIFE with these 2 masterpieces by Gino Vannelli :
A ROSE IN DECEMBER and
PUT THE WEIGHT ON YOUR SHOULDERS, especially A ROSE IN DECEMBER touched us very deep and makes free all kinds of emotions.....
First tears, real tears than thoughts, deep thoughts !! One of the most beautiful and emotional songs ever created and composed a real masterpiece created by the Master of Music : GINO VANNELLI.Gino Vannelli's voice is superb !!!

This cd is various and for everyone something to like and to enjoy...... so a real MUST for music-lovers around this world.
Go for it !!! Go for the amazing mix of pop-stars and an opera singer !!! KEEP ON ENJOYING GINO VANNELLI'S VOICE AND MUSIC FOREVER.............. One of life's greatest joys !!! Barend and Trees in Holland who are even not ashamed for writing this review.

Montserrat does it again!.......2003-02-01

I haven't heard the whole cd. But I believe Montserrat to be one of the greatest sopranos ever. She certainly has great vocal beauty, power, and class. And she has probably the most unique voice in all of opera. Nearly every recording that has her voice on it is great.

Tracks:

By The Sleepy Lagoon - Slovak PO/Andrew Penny
Robin Hood Ste: March Of The Bowmen - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper
Bells Across The Meadows - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper
Coronation Scot - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson
Sketch Of A Dandy - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper
The Westminster Waltz - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper
Little Ste: March - Slovak PO/Andrew Penny
Sailing By - Slovak RSO/Ernest Tomlinson
Jamaican Rumba - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson
London Ste: Knightsbridge March - Czecho-Slovak RSOAdrian Leaper
In A Monastery Garden - Slovak Phil Male Chor/Adrian Leaper
Little Serenade - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Ernest Tomlinson
Roses Of Picardy - Slovak RSO/Ernest Tomlinson
Puffin' Billy - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson
Elizabethan Ser - Slovak RSO/Ernest Tomlinso
Tom Jones Waltz - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper
Vanity Fair - RTE Concert Orch/Ernest Tomlinson
Marigold - Slovak RSO/Gary Carpenter
In A Persian Market - Slovak Phil Male Chor/Adrian Leaper
The Dam Busters March - Czecho-Slovak RSO/Adrian Leaper

Customer Reviews:

A Disc Which is Pure Delight!.......2004-03-02

This cd will lift your spirits from the first song right through to the end. I loved every song, even though I was listening to many of them for the first time. This is one of my all-time favorite albums. Try it, you'll like it!

Excellent Sampler Disc From Important Series!.......2000-01-30

If you have always wanted to try out some of Marco Polo's British Light Music series, here is your chance, and for only pennies. This CD whets your appetite for investigating the rest of the series. At first, it seems strange that the orchestras would not be very idiomatic for this music, but the conductor makes these performances shine.There are a few favorites but many pieces that I have never heard before and are welcome in any collection. My favorites are "Sleepy Lagoon", "Dam Busters March", and "Knightsbridge March".These are by Eric Coates, the most famous person on these discs (at least to American Listeners). Fans of Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops will recognize "In A Persian Market" with the chanting "Bakseesh, Bakseesh, Allah". Arthur Benjamin is represented by the Jamaican Rhumba,his popular hit (although we need more recordings of his serious music.) Edward German is represented by one work,but it would have been nice to have the Henry VIII dances on here also. You will also recognize "Sleepy Lagoon" and "Roses of Picardy" because they were turned into pop songs in America. Try this one out-it is fun!

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Flying on the Viewless Wings of Poesy
Playful Mera and the over-zealous pianist
Excellent, if a bit of an oddity
The travails of life melt away listening to "Nightingale."
Haunting

Nightingale: Japanese Art Songs

Manufacturer: Bis
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ASIN: B0000016PT
Release Date: 2000-08-07

Tracks:

Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Cherry Blossoms Lane
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Songs Of Aiyan - Noskai
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Songs Of Aiyan - Rabit-ear Irides
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Songs Of Aiyan - Song of Aiyan
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Songs Of Aiyan - Higanbana
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Songs Of Aiyan - Caprice
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Six Songs For Children - The Weasel
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Six Songs For Children - Gourds
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Six Songs For Children - Autumn Fields
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Six Songs For Children - Saury Fish
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Six Songs For Children - Karariko
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Six Songs For Children - The Snow Maiden
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Uguisu
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Japanese Flute - Ina
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Japanese Flute - Sailing Out
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Japanese Flute - Yanshichi Of Yabe
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Four Songs Of Dusk - Dusk Is A Huge Book...
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Four Songs Of Dusk - Who Turns The Light Off...
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Four Songs Of Dusk - In The Next Room With Nobody In...
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Four Songs Of Dusk - For The Night To Receive The Dead...
Nightingale - Japanese Art Songs: Cherry Blossoms Lane

Customer Reviews:

Flying on the Viewless Wings of Poesy.......2006-09-01

I was quite impressed with this CD. I'm not very knowledgeable about classical vocals, but the music on "Nightingale" reminded me somewhat of the songs written by Schubert with lyrics by Goethe I learned about back in Music Appreciation class in college. Most of the selections here are light-hearted and simple with a mild undertone of melancholy, though "The Snow Maiden" is somewhat darker in feel (rather like "The Erl King") and the "Four Songs of Dusk" are positively eerie. As for the vocalist himself, Yoshikazu Mera has an incredible voice, clearly a native endowment of talent that he has fine-tuned with practice and training into a precision instrument. I was struck by the way he not only just sings the words but evokes their mood with his singing, summoning them forth as it were, so that the listener not only hears but really feels the lyrics.

This album was interesting to me in other ways, too, besides its primary appeal as twentieth century classical music. It brought to my attention a whole genre of music in modern Japan, and most of the selections are key pieces in this tradition, giving this CD much value in terms of "music history" more generally and "Japanese cultural history" more specifically. Furthermore, the texts of the lyrics in these pieces are taken from key Japanese poets such as Kitahara Hakushu, Sato Haruo, Kato Shuichi, and Tanikawa Shuntaro, so there is much of interest here for anyone into Japanese literature as well.

Many thanks to my Amazon friend Nurit David for suggesting this fine CD.

Playful Mera and the over-zealous pianist.......2006-04-20

This CD has to be one of Mera's best. That said it's not particularly original and verges on being a shade dull in places. "How could this be possible"?, I hear you ask. The answer is simple. Whilst Mera's voice is pure and sweet; soars and sweeps with the grace and elegance one has come to expect from this world-class artist, Kikuko OGURA on the piano has a lot to learn. We have bought the disc because we want to listen to Mera, not some heavy-handed, over-zealous support act that is drowning out the main attraction. The piano is clumsly, heavy and not quite at the same level of excellence as Mera, that coupled with the sheer blandness of the playing gives the impression the composition was not considered nearly enough. The producer believing that shoddy production levels and poor balance would be compensated for Mera's angelic tones was WRONG. This CD finds Mera in a playful mood, but TWENTY-ONE TRACKS of clunky piano and Mera's vocals (however brilliant) is enough to test the patience of even the most ardent fan.

Excellent, if a bit of an oddity.......2002-05-13

These are true 'Art songs', Japanese Lieder, and I'm not sure that many Japanese would be familiar with these songs which are some distance from classical folk songs like Esashi oiwake. Mera's voice of course is exemplary, and credit to BIS for including the full Japanese sung texts (in Japanese script), along with accurate English translations.

The travails of life melt away listening to "Nightingale.".......1999-03-01

Yoshikazu Mera, the counter-tenor from Japan, is, perhaps, the finest classical voice I have ever heard. Now, I say "classical voice" as if I knew what I was talking about but here is what I mean: when it comes to a singer, male or female, interpreting the works of Strauss, Handel, Bach, etc., there is no finer counter-tenor in the world than Mera in my humble opinion. His command of his vocal cords is so precise and so hauntingly consistent that I have been spiritually transported to places I have never been before thanks to this man's incredible gift for nailing down notes with precision and grace. I wish the President of the United States would showcase this man's work at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts because then America could become familiar with the world-class counter-tenor we simply know as Yoshikazu Mera. He would, I believe, leave everyone who heard him in person bereft of words and filled, to the brim, with awe. I wish my words were as eloquent as his voice but they are not so you will just have to get a copy of this excellent CD and what I consider to be the companion piece, "Romance." Happy listening!!

Haunting.......1999-01-18

When I first heard Mera, I was taken aback by the quality of his voice. A sampler disc arrived with a Gramophone magazine and it took me some time to get around to listening to it, thinking that he was "just another counter-tenor". However, it became apparent very quickly that Yoshikazu Mera is not "just another counter-tenor". His voice floats, it soars. It is haunting, sometimes it seems to come from another world. I have also listened to his Baroque recordings, but this disc (as well as the recent "Romance") sets Mera apart from the other counter-tenors. The material on "Nightingale" is very evocative and Mera paints beautiful pictures with the shadings in his voice.

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The Best of Gilbert & Sullivan

Manufacturer: Angel Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00004SSJR
Release Date: 2002-11-05

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

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

Tracks:

When All Night Long A Chap Remains
When Britain Really Ruled The Waves
When You're Lying Awake With A Dismal Headache
If You Go In, You're Sure To Win
Ruddigore: My Boy, May Take It From Me
Ruddigore: The Battle's Roar Is Over
Ruddigore: In Sailing O'er Life's Ocean Wide
Ruddigore: You Understand?
Ruddigore: When The Night Wind Howls
Ruddigore: My Eyes Are Fully Open
Ruddigore: There Grew A Little Flower
The Gondoliers: We're Called Gondolieri
The Gondoliers: From The Sunny Spanish Shore...In Enterprise Of Martial Kind
The Gondoliers: I Stole The Prince
The Gondoliers: When A Merry Maiden Marries
The Gondoliers: Take A Pair Of Sparkling Eyes
The Gondoliers: Dance A Cachucha, Fandango, Bolero
The Gondoliers: There Lived A King, As I've Been Told
The Gondoliers: I Am A Courtier Grave And Serious
The Yeoman Of The Guard: I Have A Song To Sing, O!
The Yeoman Of The Guard: How You Say Maiden, Will You Wed
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Where I Thy Bride
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Oh! A Private Buffoon Is A Light Hearted Loon
The Yeoman Of The Guard: Comes The Pretty Young Bride

Anne Sofie von Otter - Wings in the Night (Swedish Songs)

Average customer rating:

I wish I was Swedish
A feeling of discovery

Anne Sofie von Otter - Wings in the Night (Swedish Songs)
Wilhelm Peterson-Berger , Sigurd von Koch , Wilhelm Stenhammar , Ture Rangstrom , Emil Sjogren , Anne Sofie von Otter , and Bengt Forsberg
Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Otter, Anne Sophie von | Divas | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music

Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music
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ASIN: B000001GRT
Release Date: 1996-03-26

Tracks:

Nothing Is Like The Time Of Waiting
When I Walk By Myself
Like The Stars In The Sky
In The Month Of Tjaitra
Of Lotus Scent And Moonlight
The Wanderer
A Ship Is Sailing
Maiden Blond And Maiden Brunette
A Seaside Song
Wings In The Night
The Farewell
Pan
Come Little Buck To The Boy
The Sun Shines Prettily In The Evening
If You Love Me
Spring Night's Rain
Mankind's Lot
The Wild Swans
The Forest Is Asleep
I Kiss Your White Hand
In The Maple's Shade
Jutta Comes to the Volkungs
Old Swedish
Melody
Supplication to Night
Boljeby Waltz
Return
You Look At Me With Silent Questions
I Broke Off A Little Rose For You
I Should Like to Hover over Valley and Hill
Aspaker's Polka

Customer Reviews:

I wish I was Swedish.......2006-06-10

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

A feeling of discovery.......2000-09-23

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

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

If that's not enough, this disc also won the coveted Gramophone Award.

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