Portrait of Johnny

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1. Cosa Pa Ti
2. Son Montuño
3. Panadero
4. Ya-Yi-Ki
5. New York Mambo
6. Guajira y Tambor
7. Retorno del Mambo
8. Afincao

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Portrait of Johnny

Portrait of Johnny
Chanticleer: A Portrait
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • My idea of heaven
  • Wonderful, but not quite the best of I had hoped
  • A treasury
  • Chanticleer: A Portrait
 Chanticleer: A Portrait
Caroll Coates , Harold / Mercer, Johnny Arlen , Spiritual Traditional , Vince Guaraldi , Joseph Jennings , Ettore Stratta , Eric Alatorre , Tim Krol , Corey McKnight , Kevin Baum , David Munderloh , and Dawn Upshaw
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ASIN: B00008J2VP
Release Date: 2003-03-18

Tracks:

  1. Quem Terra Pontus Sidera
  2. Ave Maria (Gregorian Chant)
  3. Alma Redemptoris Mater
  4. The Angel Cried Out
  5. Angelicas Milicias
  6. Wherewithal Shall A Young Man...
  7. Love Is A Beautiful Dream
  8. This Heart That Flutters Near My Heart
  9. Wild Grass
  10. Labbra Vermiglie E Belle
  11. Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair
  12. Dulaman
  13. Shenandoah
  14. Spanish Carol
  15. Love Is Letting Go
  16. Blues In The Night
  17. Wade In The Wate
  18. We Shall Walk Through The Valley In Peace
  19. Christmas Time Is Here

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With this disc, Chanticleer, the internationally renowned, all-male 12-voice chamber choir, celebrates its 25th anniversary. Presenting songs from earlier albums plus one not previously recorded, the selection displays the group's remarkable stylistic and linguistic versatility, as well as all the qualities that have made it famous: the impeccable precision and intonation; the pristine tonal purity; the deep, inner expressiveness; the infinitely variable range of colors, textures, dynamics and moods; and the incredible vocal control that allows voices to stand out as well as to blend into a seamless, sonorous whole. Not for nothing has the group been called "an orchestra of voices" with its ability to sound like a big band in chordal passages and to imitate bass pizzicati as well as patter-songs and gospel shouts. The sopranos take off into stratospheric heights with florid coloratura; it is hard to believe that these are male voices. The program ranges from Gregorian chant and liturgical music of the 16th and 17th century, through traditional and jazz-influenced folk songs and spirituals (some in deplorably bad arrangements), to works by contemporary composers. Chanticleer's mostly vibrato-less vocal style still reflects its roots in its original Renaissance repertoire, but the way the singers use their voices in the popular, jazzy songs makes one aware of the evolving kinship between the two traditions. Though primarily an a capella ensemble, Chanticleer is occasionally joined by various instrumental groups, from period instrument orchestras to a jazz trio, and Dawn Upshaw adds her radiant, smiling, unmistakably "real" soprano to a delightful, high-spirited performance of a Spanish Carol. This disc is a fine, varied sampling of Chanticleer's discography and should inspire listeners to search out all the complete albums. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars My idea of heaven.......2007-02-17

If you liked Norman Luboff's Song's of the Sea's "Shenandoah", the price of this CD is worth it alone. That's why I ordered the CD. I heard Chanticleer's version and immediately ordered it. The rest is just the icing on the cake.

Then there is the one Kiri Tekanawa (sp?) offering, which is the only female voice on the recording.

4 out of 5 stars Wonderful, but not quite the best of I had hoped.......2006-07-18

Some great material truly shines on this album, but I wsih that the group had been a little less populist in their choice of repertoire. There is a little too many arrangements and folk-like material, with the exception of the wonderful "Dulaman", and I would like to have heard some more varied repertoire. That said this is an excellent starting point for this amazing group.

5 out of 5 stars A treasury.......2005-11-06

As you can tell from the samples, the music here is amazing and covers a wide territory. It is less obvious that much of this is available on other CDs. I am confident, for example, that "We Shall Walk Through the Valley In Peace" is the same track that you will find on their phenomenal and highly recommended gospel collection, _Where the Sun Shall Never Go Down_, and I see a number of familiar-looking titles from other CDs. My advice is: if you're looking for a broad sample of the group's repertoire, then you can't go wrong here -- but if you've already got several Chanticleer albums, then you'll want to check your existing collection for potential duplications before buying this 'treasury.'

5 out of 5 stars Chanticleer: A Portrait.......2005-10-26

This is a marvelous singing group of all males with a little addition of Dawn Upshaw on a couple of pieces. They are thourally amazing at what they can sing with Male Voices usually unaccompanied. Obviously they have good strong Contra-Tenors that can manage the high notes without any problems. I would recommend this album to anyone who enjoys vocal music, unaccompanied and like Male Voices
Thomas Hampson - A Portrait
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • The best is wonderful, but there are a few duds
  • Beautiful Voice, Bad Choices
  • A Great Showcase of Hampson's Voice and Artistry
  • Comprehensive coverage of Hampson's range in song
 Thomas Hampson - A Portrait

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ASIN: B000024D1I
Release Date: 1997-01-01

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars The best is wonderful, but there are a few duds.......2006-07-17

No portrait of a singer can satisfy all cmers, so EMI has shrugged its shoulders and tossed a bit of everything into the pot. (Without including any bonus tracks, one should note.) Hampson is without a doubt the successor to Fischer-Dieskau as the world's most famous operatic baritone. His strengths, like F-D's, are in song, especially American song. Seven of the 19 cuts here are American songs, which isn't enough. We don't really need Hampson's rather plodding and earnest Viennese operetta aria, nor his duet, "Anything You Can Do, I Can Do Better" with the shrill Kim Criswell (to tell the truth, neither does very well). Two small slivers from Schumann's Dichterlieve cycle seems rather silly, too.

But that leaves a lot that's wonderful--all the American selections, the Rossini and Liszt songs, the aria form Korngold's Die Tote Stadt, and above all Hampson's rollicking, let-'er-rip rendition of Figaro's aria form the Barber of Seville. If this omnium gatherum entices listeners to bu the complete recordings, it will serve a very good purpose.

3 out of 5 stars Beautiful Voice, Bad Choices.......2003-11-25

Short and Sweet.

I love listening to this beautiful baritone's voice, but I really don't like his choice of songs on this album. Beautiful Dreamer is so hackneyed and I can't stand to listen to it (also why I didn't buy the Stephen Foster album). I did like is choice of two classic lieder by Schumann. I would have chosen more lieder for a different album, he does great things with it. The Live recording of Largo al factotum from Barber is distracting with audience claps and poor mics for the recording. You can hear him walking away from the mics (fading in and out). The absolute worst choice is "Anything You Can Do" from Annie Get Your Gun. It sounds nice but I hate this song. The rest of the songs swing from Sappy awful to beautifully sung.

Bottom Line: Inconsistent and Not worth your money. He can do much better

5 out of 5 stars A Great Showcase of Hampson's Voice and Artistry.......2002-02-23

Thomas Hampson is definitely one of the greatest artists on today's musical scene. This CD displays the beauty of Hampson's voice and the intelligence and artistry that he brings to a great variety of musical styles (German, French and Italian Opera; Italian, French and German art song, and American music). Among the highlights are the first selection, the beautiful "Mein Sehnen, mein Wähnen" from DIE TOTE STADT by Korngold, sung with great control and melting pianissimos. The same can be said of the aria from TANNHAUSER. His live "Largo al Factotum" from IL BARBIERE DI SIVIGLIA is just virtuosistic, with effortless high notes (even a cadenza up to high C) and energetic vocal acting. In the art songs he is no less impressive, with total involvement in the style and mood of the songs, being particularly impressive "Oh, quand je dors" by Lizt. The American repertoire is also a delight. Hampson displays all kind of nuances for this repertoire, from the estatic quality of "Beautiful Dreamer" to the humor and bawdiness of "Where Is The Life that Late I Led". In summary, this is a delightful and eclectic souvenir from one of the most charismatic and intelligent singers of our time.

5 out of 5 stars Comprehensive coverage of Hampson's range in song.......2001-11-01

This EMI disc, "Thomas Hampson, Portrait" is an excellent example of the wide range of this melliflous baritone. From the first German aria, Korngold's "Mein Sehnen, mein Wahnen" one of my personal favourites, to Jerome Kern's "The Last Time I saw Paris" you have great variety of opera, lieder and popular song offering you examples of Hampson's great talent. Buy and enjoy! Jill Whitburn
The Voice of America
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  3. Columbia, The Gem Of The Ocean - Eric Rogers Choir And Orchestra
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Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Good double CD at a good price.......2005-06-22

2 CD for only 6$ plus shipping and handling is a good price. The quality and the choices of tunes are good and the quality of recording is good too. The orchestras, the singers and the choirs are good too. So, if the titles of tunes please you, it is a good 2-CD boxset to buy. If you are an American, I am sure that you know all these tunes. If you are not an American, you will say to yourself : "I think that I have heard this song somewhere."
Jazz Portrait of Johnny Mercer
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5 out of 5 stars MARVOLOUS MERCER.......2001-12-28

THE CHUBBY BROAD FROM B'KLYN SINGS MERCER LIKE THEY DESERVE TO BE SUNG. EVERYTHING ON THE ALBUM JUST SHINES. MY FAV..."SKYLARK"
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Portrait of Johnny
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    		Portrait of Johnny
    Johnny Colon
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    Release Date: 1993-10-22

    Tracks:

    1. Cosa Pa Ti
    2. Son Montu
    3. Panadero
    4. Ya-Yi-Ki
    5. New York Mambo
    6. Guajira y Tambor
    7. Retorno del Mambo
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    A Portrait of George Gershwin
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    • The white "Art Tatum" The "Mozart" of jazz-piano
    • Gershwin wrote and Costa played from the heart.
    		 A Portrait of George Gershwin
    Johnny Costa
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    2. Bidin' My Time/I've Got A Crush On You/Nice Work If You Can Get It
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    5. Love Walked In
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    5 out of 5 stars The white "Art Tatum" The "Mozart" of jazz-piano.......2005-02-19

    I should be deeply ashamed that up until a few month ago, I had never even heard of this great master of Jazz-piano. And I thought I knew a few. Thanks to SWING FM, the Jazz-radio station of LIMOGES here in FRANCE, I got to know the name of this wonderful piano player. My attention got attracted "By Accident" when I turned on the radio and I heard Johnny Costa's gorgeous interpretation of "Do nothing till you hear from me". I heard such unusual frasing and beautiful chords, that I could not place with any of the many pianoplayers that I know, that I grabbed the phone and called the radiostation. They gladly told me that I had been listening to, certainly one of the great masters of 20th century Jazz-piano, Mr. JOHNNY COSTA.
    Ofcourse I ordered his CD's immediately with AMAZON.com and I very gladly will spread the news of these four CD's that are a MUST to posess for musicians and lovers of the good music from that era. As a permanent legacy of this extraordinary musician. It's as good as Chopin. I never ever heard a pianist play beautiful tunes better than JOHNNY COSTA. Like George Gerswin, Costa must be a man of the heart, who's inner qualities are revealed in his music.

    Arnold Van Beest (France)

    5 out of 5 stars Gershwin wrote and Costa played from the heart........1998-07-05

    Johnny Costa was a world-class pianist who spent his life making music for others. Deciding to stay near his family and friends in his native Pittsburgh, Johnny stopped traveling in the late 1950s. He joined talents with Fred Rogers and was the musical director of "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" until his death.

    During these decades, Johnny didn't record. It was Dick Hyman and Hank O'Neal that resurrected Johnny's recording career about 1990. Johnny would record four CD's for Chiaroscuro and a Christmas CD for LME Productions, a recording that is available only in Pittsburgh or via mail.

    I flew to Pittsburgh from California in 1993 to attend the Gerswhin sessions, which Johnny completed on a Saturday and half a Sunday.

    This Chiaroscuro recording is a smattering of Gershwin classics--played superbly by a Steinway superstar.

    It you like Gershwin, you will like Johnny Costa's interpretations. Johnny, like Gershwin, was all heart. Personally, Johnny Costa was as beautiful a person as the music he played.

    The Neighborhood has never been the same sihce Johnny Costa died.
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          ASIN: B0000029NQ
          Release Date: 1995-12-05
          Jazz Portrait Blues - "Blues Sky" by Muddy Waters / "Scorchin' Blues" by Johnny Winter
          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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          		 Jazz Portrait Blues - "Blues Sky" by Muddy Waters / "Scorchin' Blues" by Johnny Winter
          Muddy Waters , and Johnny Winter
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD
          ASIN: B000SKLLIC

          Product Description

          Sony Music Entertainment France/Columbia Import ! Disc: 1 1. Jealous Hearted Man - Muddy Waters 2. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters 3. Crosseyed Cat - Muddy Waters 4. Who Do You Trust - Muddy Waters 5. Mamie - Muddy Waters 6. Screamin' and Cryin' - Muddy Waters 7. Too Young to Know - Muddy Waters 8. Forever Lonely - Muddy Waters 9. I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters 10. (My Eyes) Keep Me in Trouble - Muddy Waters 11. Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters 12. Deep Down in Florida - Muddy Waters Disc: 2 1. Walking by Myself - Johnny Winter 2. Divin' Duck - Johnny Winter 3. One Step at a Time - Johnny Winter 4. Bladie Mae - Johnny Winter 5. Mad Blues - Johnny Winter 6. It Was Rainin' - Johnny Winter 7. Mean Mistreater - Johnny Winter 8. Mother-In-Law Blues - Johnny Winter 9. Dallas - Johnny Winter 10. Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter

          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Track listing !.......2007-06-25

          Disc 1 - Blues Sky
          1. Jealous Hearted Man - Muddy Waters
          2. I Can't Be Satisfied - Muddy Waters
          3. Crosseyed Cat - Muddy Waters
          4. Who Do You Trust - Muddy Waters
          5. Mamie - Muddy Waters
          6. Screamin' and Cryin' - Muddy Waters
          7. Too Young to Know - Muddy Waters
          8. Forever Lonely - Muddy Waters
          9. I Feel Like Going Home - Muddy Waters
          10. (My Eyes) Keep Me in Trouble - Muddy Waters
          11. Streamline Woman - Muddy Waters
          12. Deep Down in Florida - Muddy Waters

          Disc 2 - Scorchin' Blues
          1. Walking by Myself - Johnny Winter
          2. Divin' Duck - Johnny Winter
          3. One Step at a Time - Johnny Winter
          4. Bladie Mae - Johnny Winter
          5. Mad Blues - Johnny Winter
          6. It Was Rainin' - Johnny Winter
          7. Mean Mistreater - Johnny Winter
          8. Mother-In-Law Blues - Johnny Winter
          9. Dallas - Johnny Winter
          10. Mean Town Blues - Johnny Winter

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