Mona [CD-single] [Import]

Mona [CD-single] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Product Description
The 2nd single taken from Where's The Party?, their first studio album since the death of legendary frontman Mr. Ian Dury. Another classic written by Johnny Turnball. 'Mona' is backed with the non-album track 'Get Up & Dance'. Right. 2004.

Tracks:

Lady D'arbanville
Maybe You're Right
Pop Star
I Think I See The Light
Trouble
Mona Bone Jakon
I Wish, I Wish
Katmandu
Time
Fill My Eyes
Lilywhite

Amazon.com essential recording

Mona Bone Jakon marked the beginning of the Cat Stevens we know and love, forming alongside Teaser & the Firecat and Tea for the Tillerman the creative heart of Stevens's oeuvre. Though previous releases showcased his sticky burr of a voice and flashes of his songwriting brilliance, it was on Mona Bone that Stevens became disillusioned enough with the music industry to write more deeply introspective and personal songs. It's interesting to note that his disavowal of the biz (wryly commented upon in the song "Pop Star") coincides with his increasing popularity. You can hear Stevens finding his distinctive voice and sound on the first few bars of "Lady D'Arbanville" in all its baroque, emotive glory. "I Think I See the Light" marks the beginning of Stevens's lyrical spiritual pursuits, and "Trouble" stands among the best tracks in his career. All in all, Mona Bone Jakon is a delight, and because it never achieved the Top 40 radio ubiquity of later albums, it sounds fresh and distinct. --Tod Nelson

Customer Reviews:

Essential Cat.......2007-07-19

I view this album as the first third to the amazing three part masterpiece that is MBJ/TFTT/TATF. I was already very familiar with Teaser and the Firecat from when I was young and partially familiar with Tea for the Tillerman from "best of" collections I've heard but it wasn't until a few months ago that I actually got the Mona Bone Jakon album. There's a lot of good stuff on here and I would say it's on par with the other two albums. It's really hard for me to pick a favorite out of the three. The only song I find kind of mediocre is Lady D'Arbanville. Not sure why but it just doesn't do anything for me. So the album for me starts with Maybe You're Right, which might be my favorite of the album. I can't explain what about the song I like so much; I just think it has a great tune. Next comes the catchy Pop Star, which is kinda repetitive but I still like it. I Think I See the Light just plain rocks; I love the piano in it. Trouble is the only song I'd heard before buying the album. It's a classic with a very nice, slow and easy tune. Mona Bone Jakon is almost there with Lady D'Arbanville as a throw-away track for me but it's pretty short and there's something kinda interesting about it so I usually don't skip it. I Wish, I Wish is a catchy song with an interesting beat that seems to keep building up; I really like it. Katmandu has a nice flow and descriptive lyrics that really reminds me of camping. Peter Gabriel plays the flute in this song. Time is a really short song which really is just the intro to Fill My Eyes, which is a very pretty song--one of my favorites. And the album ends with Lilywhite, a nice slow song that has some beautiful violin playing in it. Also, I noticed at the 2:10 mark of this song he starts strumming the chords to Don't Be Shy, a song he did for the movie Harold & Maude. Anyway, that's my opinion of this album: one of his best and seemingly most overlooked.

Well Done.......2007-04-15

This cd's got a couple of songs from the movie "Harold and Maude", which I understand can be found on no other album.

Its Poetry.......2006-10-07

Cat Stevens is a poet, and this is . . . great poetry. Its tender, angry, sublime, reaching, and even transcendent.
He's part angry young man, and all Seeker of Life's Meaning. These are the songs of a profound human being; take it when you find it, its rare, cheap imitations abound; this is the real thing.
This album is the kind of music I would like my son and daughter to grow up with, alongside the literature of Hermann Hesse, Somerset Maugham, and James Hilton.

nostalgia.......2006-03-12

When you are addicted to 'must have' old cd's this is one that shoul be in your collection !

Light As A Feather.......2005-07-08

When Cat Stevens got out of hospital (as the Brits say) in 1970, he had a catalog of songs that would stretch over 2 years and 3 albums. So why, I wondered, didn't he put all the best stuff on the first record? After all, most people would say Tea For the Tillerman and Teaser and the Firecat contained most of the Stevens classics. Then it occurred to me that a lot of this music had already appeared in the movie Harold and Maude, so there may have been an attempt to tie it in with the movie release. THEN it occurred to me that this isn't really inferior stuff, even though sometimes you don't notice its brilliance the way you should. The great songs here are Trouble, I Think I See The Light, Katmandu and maybe Pop Star. The others are very good. All the songs have a weightlessness to them that might cause you to overlook the worthiness of the album on the whole. So in a way, the whole is not as good as the sum of its parts. But it's definitely worth checking out.

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Great CD, many great songs and versions
One of the best movie soundtracks around!
Smile in Warmth!
Deliciously retro tunes from today's hottest stars
Mona Lisa Smile

Mona Lisa Smile
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000DG06V
Release Date: 2003-11-21

Tracks:

Mona Lisa Smile - Seal
You Belong To Me - Tori Amos
Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered - Celine Dion
The Heart Of Every Girl - Elton John
Santa Baby - Macy Gray
Murder, He Says - Tori Amos
Beseme Mucho - Chris Isaak
Secret Love - Mandy Moore
What'll I Do - Alison Krauss
Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Trevor Horn Orchestra
Sh Boom - Trevor Horn Orchestra
I'm Beginning To See The Light - Kelly Rowland
I've Got The World On A String - Lisa Stansfield
Smile - Barbra Streisand

Customer Reviews:

Great CD, many great songs and versions.......2007-07-18

It's nice to see a good soundtrack to a good (though not brilliant) movie.
Tori Amos is great and the songs are really nice to hear. I bought this CD after seeing the movie and I hear it all the time.

One of the best movie soundtracks around! .......2006-12-15

I don't even know where to start. Very much enjoy the whole collection. At the very start, Seal's rendition of "Mona Lisa Smile" is a stunner.

Macy Gray's "Santa Baby" almost rivals Eartha Kitt's. It's all good--great music to put on when you're in a vintage mood.

Smile in Warmth!.......2006-07-30

Relaxing and romantic music, this soundtrack sounds like something you would listen to in this sixties and seventies. Most soundtracks aren't like this which gives this soundtrack the "center stage" if you know what I mean. This soundtrack captures the warmth of the movie and is highly recommended!

1. Mona Lisa Smile - Seal 4/5
2. You Belong To Me - Tori Amos 5/5
3. Bewitched Bothered and Bewildered - Celine Dion 5/5
4. The Heart Of Every Girl - Elton John 4/5
5. Santa Baby - Macy Gray 5/5 (Go Macy!)
6. Murder, He Says - Tori Amos 4/5
7. Besame Mucho - Chris Isaak 3/5
8. Secret Love - Mandy Moore 5/5
9. What'll I Do - Alison Krauss 4/5
10. Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Trevor Horn Orchestra 3/5
11. Sh Boom - Trevor Horn Orchestra 4/5
12. I'm Beginning To See The Light - Kelly Rowland 5/5
13. I've Got The World On A String - Lisa Stansfield 4/5
14. Smile - Barbra Streisand 5/5
15. Suite 5/5

If you liked this, you may like
1. Le Divorce original soundtrack
2. The Lake House original soundtrack
OR
3. Under The Tuscan Sun original soundtrack

Hope you enjoy!

Jordan
Overall grade* A-

Deliciously retro tunes from today's hottest stars.......2005-10-23

As someone who grew up on Sinatra, Lawrence Welk, and crooners, I love any and all modern covers of classic standards from the Great American Songbook, so when Mona Lisa Smile came along, I counted my blessings. Most of the fourteen songs on Mona Lisa Smile appear in the movie, either as background music (Bewitched, Bothered & Bewildered, Celine Dion, Santa Baby, Macy Gray, Mona Lisa Smile, Seal) or as cameos (a sultry Tori Amos on Murder, He Says). Sir Elton John's contribution on The Heart of Every Girl appears as a music video on the DVD.

So how do the standards hold up to modernization? I found the "updating a classic" treatment of De-Lovely to be awful, so I was wary of Mona Lisa Smile's list of pop stars (Sir Elton John, Mandy Moore, Kelly Rowland) tackling songs that are near and dear to my stodgy, traditional heart. I needn't have worried--Mona Lisa Smile takes great efforts to sound vintage, and succeeds.

The album kicks off with Nat King Cole's classic anthem Mona Lisa Smile, sung by a smooth, barely-recognizable Seal (better known for Kiss For A Rose), who does an uncanny impersonation of Nat. Next, Tori Amos's You Belong To Me (originally sung by Jo Stafford). The background horns have been softened on the remake, and this is a beautiful song perfectly suited for slow dancing. Celine Dion's Bewitched, Bothered, and Bewildered is stunningly executed, from the oboe solos, sweeping strings, and background chorus; in fact, I didn't even guess that this was my favourite diva until I looked at the tracklisting.

Elton John's The Heart Of Every Girl did nothing for me, but to be fair, I've never been a fan of his singing style, with one exception: Sir Elton recorded two standards for a British soundtrack (Shoreditch), Makin' Whoopee (which he recently duetted with Rod Stewart on his latest standards album) and Ain't Misbehavin'. A pity that one of these songs wasn't featured instead; when Sir Elton belts a showtune, he transforms. Macy Gray's Santa Baby is even scratchier than Eartha Kitt's sexy original, with a nearly-identical soundtrack that will put any Grinch or Scrooge into the holiday spirit. Tori Amos's second contribution, Murder He Says, is featured in the film. It's a rollicking swing tune with a killer horn section and a saucy delivery. Next, Chris Isaak (Wicked Game) charms on Besame Mucho.

Mandy Moore's Secret Love is surprisingly strong vocally; I remember Mandy's earlier pop releases, and can't believe this is the same singer. Allison Krauss's What'll I Do is a breathy, haunted love song that seems to have stepped out of WWII. Trevor Horn's Istanbul (Not Constantinople) and Sh Boom put the swing in the `40s with girl group glee. Kelly Rowland's I'm Beginning to See the Light is a very bluesy, jazzy number, Lisa Stanfield's I've Got The World On A String is an ode to sultry jazz. The album closes with Barbara Streisand's Smile.

Kudos to the producers to sticking closely to the original background instrumentation and vocal stylings of the original hits. The roster of current pop stars carry these tunes with grace, wit, and their own styles while staying true to the longevity of standards that have been around for fifty years or more. This will appeal to fans of the Great American Songbook, 1940's tunes, and Wink Martindale's The Music of Your Life. Don't waste your time on the horrid De-Lovely soundtrack looking for updated takes on vintage tunes; opt for the excellent Mona Lisa Smile OST instead!

Mona Lisa Smile.......2005-09-28

Great Soundtrack! It's fun to hear the old songs re-made by today's artists. Very Good!!

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Highly enjoyable for all.
Reconstructing the beauty of a Symposium
CD-Hypothesis

Melpomen: Ancient Greek Music

Manufacturer: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
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Musique de la Grece Antique
Music of the Ancient Greeks
Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks
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Ankh: The Sound of Ancient Egypt

ASIN: B000BTE4LG
Release Date: 2006-01-10

Tracks:

Akousate/Argos
Melomai
Sappho
Eros
Mater
Nomos M
Tenge Pleumonas Oino
Dithyrambos
Gaia
Daktylos Amera
Makrotatos
Anakreon
Perikleitos
Agallis
Dialogos
Mona
Protos
Ekleipsis
Proteron
Hypne Anax
Kretikos

Customer Reviews:

Highly enjoyable for all........2006-12-12

I enthusiastically recommend this recording to everyone, regardless of your musicological expertise. The novelty and variety of the music should be enough to draw in all but the most desensitized of the mainstream audience, and after repeated listenings a depth of enthusiastic musicianship is exposed. The mood ranges from the excruciatingly delicate lyre, falsetto, and chimes to the forcefully rhythmic hand-drums, shakers and (my personal favorite) the wooden double auloi that pack all the punch of a distortion guitar.

If, on the other hand, you are a bit of a scholar, this will please all but the most slavish positivist. This is not interpretation N of the Seikilos epitaph, and in fact I don't believe the notational fragments are at all represented on this recording. [It really shouldn't be attributed to "Ancient Greek Anonymous."] There are, however, rigorously-researched reconstructions of period instruments and relatively virtuosic performances. The melodies have been composed with a thorough appreciation for the greek vocal aesthetic, taking into account the tonality, rhythm and accent of the language and the fundamentally syllabic nature of ancient greek art song. Also well-represented is the "epicentric" melodic paradigm inherited from Sumeria, gravitating toward the central string, "mese".

My only disappointment is the lack of harmonic variety. The entire CD is performed in the diatonic genus (without even variations of chroma, unfortunately). In their defense, I admit that to modern ears the chromatic genus can sound like very bad jazz, and the enharmonic genus is (just as Plato said) prohibitively difficult for most singers. I sincerely hope this ensemble will explore them in future recordings. Nonetheless, this is most certainly not equal-tempered music, with an unmistakable, exciting "microtonal" spice.

I have owned this recording for a year, and it is one of my absolute favorites.

Reconstructing the beauty of a Symposium.......2006-04-27

The first remark concerns the instruments of this music, instruments that have been reconstituted on the model of the ancient ones. We will consider them as germanely faithful and they create sounds, a sound environment or ambience that is particularly original. The second remark is that this music is based on the pythagorian five-note scale (note Conrad Steinmann does not mention this pythagorian origin and the physical process used to determine the first five degrees based on vibrations, from C to G, but this process fails for A and B : these last two notes will be regulated and introduced in the scale only in the Renaissance) that corresponds to the first five degrees of our modern major scale. Then a second group of these five degrees and intervals are added to the first five in a second identical group constituting a ten-note scale that will be the basis of all western music up to the Renaissance, and thus the basis of all Christian sacred music of the Middle Ages, a music known as gregorian. So, in the surprising sound ambience we also recognize some elements we have already heard and enjoyed in our heritage. The next choice is to reconstitute the music of a symposium, a banquet with musical entertainment for free Athenian citizens, though there were no un-free citizens : it corresponds then to the extremely small minority of the people in Athens and ancient Greece who had civil rights because they were free. This music is based on texts from the poets of the time singing love and wine, the pleasures of love and wine and then the disruptive alienating impact of love. Finally the music itself is reconstituted from the tidbits that have survived, the accents, stresses and intonations of the language itself, and what we can know of the status of music in this free social elite. The result is very surprising. We will first mention the voices : only a (female) soprano and a/n (male) alto. This is a little bit too restrictive and it reduces the male voice to a very particular case. The music brings up some Mediterranean styles that will develop later on in Europe with medieval music and in the Arab world. We can hear some oriental passages, for instance in track # 9, ? Gaia ?. I will mention track # 18 on the sun eclipse of April 8, 648 B.C. that has a sombre depth created by the contrast between the soprano and the alto, and track # 20, ? Hypne Anax ?, in which the alto develops in his solo a vocal texture that is absolutely unexpected.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU, Universit? Paris Dauphine, Universit? Paris I Panth?on Sorbonne

CD-Hypothesis.......2006-02-12

Lyrics and the instruments on this record are authentic. Music is composed by Conrad Steinmann. So it is contemporary "newly imagined" music in Ancient Greek style.
His reconstruction based on 2 main sources: 1. careful re-creation of the instruments, which helps to understand playing techinc; 2. Ancient Greek language, because "Ancient Greek is subject to rhythmical rules that regulate the lengh of the syllables...[These rules were] reconciled with tonal order of the respective instrument".
The result of this re-construction could be described in one word - beautiful!
Arianna Savall (soprano) so beautifully sings well-known lyrics by Sappho ("He Seems to Me Like Unto Gods That Man Who Sits Opposite You", "Eros Shook My Heart") and Anacreon, Alcaios so you could buy this CD only to understand how beautiful and melodic was Ancient Greek language.
As example, many sources stated that verses by Sappho were sung and these songs seemed to Ancient Greeks very melodic, delicate and beautiful. And when you are reading modern translation or even original - you have to have great imagination to understand this musical aspect of the poetry.
Here you have original lyrics, English translation and the singing, so this CD could be a kind of the textbook for the student-historian of the Antiquty.
This CD-hypothesis could be also viewed not only as academic experiment but also as best CD of New Age World music in Ancient Greek style.
Well, and if you are decided to buy this CD, why not to listen to authenitic Ancient Greek music?
I highly recommend you CDs by ENSEMBLE DE ORGANOGRAPHIA "Music of Ancient Greeks" and "Music of the Ancient Sumerians, Egyptians and Greeks" (North Pacific Music)!!!!

P.S. To compare different approaches to performance of the Antique music - try also European CDs - search the Web -
Annie Belis and Ensemble Kerylos "Ancient Greek Music" (label K617)
Musica Romana "Mesomedes" and "Symphonia Panica" (label Emmuty Records)

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not enough Galway
Too Good to Last

Henry Mancini -The Ultimate Collection
James Galway
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ASIN: B0000071UZ
Release Date: 1995-12-06

Tracks:

Pink Panther Theme - Plas Johnson, Henry Mancini & His Orchestra
Moon River
Days of Wine and Roses
Baby Elephant Walk
Theme from Hatari
Charade - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini
Thorn Birds Theme - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Blue Satin
Two for the Road
Mr Lucky
Theme from the Molly Maguires - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Moment to Moment
As Time Goes By - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini
Shot in the Dark
Misty
Theme from Love Story
Pennywhistle Jig - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Everything I Do (I Do It for You) - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini
Moonlight Sonata
Tender Is the Night - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini
Theme from "Mommie Dearest" - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini
Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head
Crazy World
Mona Lisa

Tracks:

Peter Gunn
Unchained Melody - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini
Summer Knows
Experiment in Terror
Windmills of Your Mind
Till There Was You
Speedy Gonzales - Henry Mancini,
Sweetheart Tree
Love Theme from Romeo and Juliet
Dream a Little Dream of Me
Lonesome
Pie in the Face Polka - National Philharmonic Orchestra
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing
By the Time I Get to Phoenix
Dear Heart
Charade [Opening Titles]
Shadow of Your Smile
One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) - Henry Mancini, Henry Mancini
Breakfast at Tiffany's
That Old Black Magic
Evergreen
Midnight Cowboy

Album Description

1995 compilation on RCA Victor featuring 46 of the composer's finest & most memorable recordings from 1956-1991on two digitally remastered, full color picture CDs. Contains 'The Pink Panther Theme', 'Moon River', 'A Shot In The Dark', Wine And Roses', 'Baby Elephant Walk', 'Peter Gunn', 'Everything I Do (I Do It For You)', 'Mona Lisa', 'Unchained Melody', 'Midnight Cowboy' and much more. Well over two hours of easy listening ecstasy! Double slimline jewel case. The full title is 'In The Pink: The Ultimate Collection'.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Double Anthology of the Pop and Soundtrack Composer from the 50's and 60's. Perhaps his Best Counterpart of Today Would Be John Williams. A Film Maker Could Always Rely on Mancini to Deliver a Composition that Hit the Mark for a Film and Conveyed Exactly What was Required and More. He also Filled the Role of an American Mantovani, Recording 'muzak' Versions of Popular Hits. He was Handsome, Personable, but Most of All, Well Respected for his Craft.

Customer Reviews:

not enough Galway.......2003-10-02

There are only four songs with James Galway. The way this recording is presented is misleading and buyers should be aware that this is NOT a joint effort between these two great artists.. I was totally disappointed. I think Henry Mancini is wonderful but was expecting to hear a collaboration. So if you're looking for flute music this isn't it. However it's a great collecton of Henry Mancini's work.

Too Good to Last.......2000-03-03

I heard this on PBS. Galway and Mancini may be two of the most talented musicians of our century. Galway for his complete mastery of the flute and Mancini for his ability to arrange , produce and in this instance direct the orchestra while Galway performs. They do several duets of a comical nature as well. This is important because it is one of Mancini's last efforts prior to his unfortunate passing.

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The Mona Lisa's Sister
Graham Parker
Manufacturer: RCA
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Get Started, Start a Fire
Girl Isn't Ready
Blue Highways
Success
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Nice album to listen to.
I don't know what ya'll talkin' about...
just buy the ep
Uhhh...
Asia's Last Stand

The Last Stand
Planet Asia
Manufacturer: Mona
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ASIN: B00004YRCK
Release Date: 2000-10-03

Tracks:

Holdin' The Crown
You Can't Miss
Head Honchos
You & Yours
Stupid
Takin' Ova
Weight
Head Honchos (Clean)

Customer Reviews:

Nice album to listen to........2005-04-14

I can't believe how bad are the reviews this album got. So many three stars given. Man, the only reason I didn't give this one more stars is because there were only eight songs on it. That was my only hesitation to buy this album, since living in California as a teenager meant you needed to pinch your pennies a little bit. But I got it, and was pleased. The beats were the rugged underground beats that you would love to listen to any underground cat spit over. His lyrics are great, he rhymes so smooth and puts in good words in his flows. This is definitely ten times better than the Grand Opening, where he starts talking about hoes and money, blah blah. Get this for the pure lyrics that Asia spits out. peace

I don't know what ya'll talkin' about..........2003-05-07

I'm not sure what ya'll are saying about this album. It's not on the same level of his EP, but it's still a banger. I've always enjoyed his mellow beats. It's something to chill out to and still hear dope lyrics. Planet Asia is one of the most underated emcee's on Earth, next to Eligh. Both of them don't get enough respect. PICK THIS ALBUM UP!

just buy the ep.......2001-05-15

you would be wise to pick up asia's ep instead. Also of interest might be Blackalicious or the Jurassic 5. Not that this album is bad... but it is just not really worth owning. You will probably get tired of it asfter a few listens.

Uhhh..........2001-02-14

Since ive got the time on my hands, il let everyone who even wants to buy this album in on a secret: its not all that bad but still its not truly what one would expect from an MC like asia. Let's go thru the songs:

Holdin the Crown- look, this song is alright, even the beat's ok, gets your head movin, flows are typic. But after two or three listens you can get over it.

You Cant Miss- this song has had me on it for quite some time...i can say that it is one of my personal fav. from this album. I like the beat though the flows are not up to par.

Head Honchies- haha - this song i felt got tooo much airtime but il take it. Alright beat, flows are kinda not right for underground hiphop but its ok.

You & urs- this song aint that great, flows ok but mei is kinda off the topic.

stupid - all i can say is that asia called this for what it is on the album.

Takin ova- nice beat, good flowin, nice 427, it gets boring but il take it.

anotha fav. weight- i like the topics and the flows, the beat is nice nice too too. :)

Thats all. My review on this stunk, but im better than the rest of this review junk.

Asia's Last Stand.......2000-10-25

Planet Asia's last solo album "Last Stand" (before signing with Interscope) is a mediocre-produced album. I love Asia's flow, but his lyrics and beats are plain. If you have heard his EP, this album is very similar, also having only 8 tracks to cop. I feel Asia is better on collaborations [20000 Leagues under the Street, Sway & Tech, Cali Agents, to name just a few] than his solo effort. I am a huge Asia fan, but not much on this album. Maybe Interscope will notice how much talent Asia has, and get him a fresh producer like Premier, Pete Rock, or Hi-Tek.

Korngold - Violanta / Marton · Berry · Jerusalem · Hesse · Laubenthal · Janowski

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Wagnerian Pagliacci
Amazing Korngold-opera!

Korngold - Violanta / Marton · Berry · Jerusalem · Hesse · Laubenthal · Janowski
Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Marek Janowski , Eva Marton , Bayerichen Rundfunksorchester , Paul Hansen , Karin Hautermann , Ruth Hesse , Siegfried Jerusalem , Horst R. Laubenthal , Heinrich Weber , and Renate Freyer
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ASIN: B0000025G4
Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Violanta: Prelude
Violanta: Scene 1: Unsre Barke
Violanta: Scene 1: He, was machts Du
Violanta: Scene 2: Schweigt still!
Violanta: Scene 3: Ich hol Dich. Komm!
Violanta: Scene 3: Sie hasst ihn!
Violanta: Scene 3: Wein! Blumen...!
Violanta: Scene 4: Violanta?... Er kommt
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Violanta: Scene 4: Ja, du wirst ihn toeten!
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Violanta: Scene 6: Noch nicht das Lied!
Violanta: Scene 6: Sterben wollt ich oft
Violanta: Scene 6: Mona Violanta?
Violanta: Scene 6: Nie hab ich gelebt
Violanta: Scene 6: Reine Liebe
Violanta: Scene 6: Violanta! Hoerst Du?
Violanta: Scene 7: Du riefst... Hier bin ich
Violanta: Scene 7: Still...

Customer Reviews:

Wagnerian Pagliacci.......2000-04-29

A must for post-romantic opera fans! Strauss meets Puccini in this lush, lyrical score- full of Korngold's characteristically multi-colored orchestration. When you hear the prelude, you wonder how an 18-year-old could produce such an inspired, techincally masterful score. And the big love duet is a real treat with its Tristan-like fatalism and its delectably Italianate lyricism (and a tune you'll remember!). The story is Italian verismo with a German-flavored heroine bent on self-destruction/spiritual redemption, but it's the performance that really wins the day. The orchestra and chorus are superb: the whole opening scene from magnificent, lyrical prelude and the very exciting choral climax are fabulous. Jerusalem sings more sweetly than usual with heady ardor, and Berry shows himself to be a real singing actor- glorious tone, full of shading and highly dramatic. However, Marton steals the show. You have heard her in the roles that stress her voice beyond its limits (Turandot and some Wagnerian roles come to mind) but as Violanta, she is wonderful. The tone is much more beautiful than usual, creamier and she floats some high soft notes of startling purity. Her death scene (I'm not giving anything away: it's a post-Wagnerian opera, so we expect the heroine to die) is very expressive and affecting. A fine addition to your collection- recommended to everyone.

Amazing Korngold-opera!.......1999-06-17

This is really a fantastic opera! I am sure many of you have not even heard of Korngold before, but if you listen to this, you will not forget him again. This opera has got everything: wonderful music, a mix between Wagner, Strauss and Puccini, and a plot with a good intrigue. Especially the love duet at the end of the opera is fantastic. You should all buy this one!

Average customer rating:

Fabulous!

HSQ Rides Again

Manufacturer: Mona Lisas Sound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001ZIT2A
Release Date: 2004-01-01

Tracks:

Layla, Derek & The Dominoes
Over the Hills and Far Away, Led Zeppelin
Break on Through, The Doors
All My Love, Led Zeppelin
Eleanor Rigby, The Beatles
Evil Ways, Santana
I'm Gonna Crawl, Led Zeppelin
Rock 'n' Roll, Led Zeppelin
Dust in the Wind, Kansas
Going to California, Led Zeppelin
Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You, Led Zeppelin
The Battle of Evermore, Led Zeppelin
White Rabbit, Jefferson Airplane
Bohemian Rhapsody, Queen

Album Description

Classic rock arranged and performed as only The Hampton (ROCK) String Quartet can do it. The Grammy nominated and Juilliard trained HSQ is at it again.

Customer Reviews:

Fabulous!.......2004-04-14

Can be listened to over and over again - a real gem!

Average customer rating:

Finally...I found it!
Diamond In The Rough...
THIS IS A CLASSIC!!!
Still a Big Fan , Mona lisa
Mona Lisa, smile.....your fans still bump your CD

11-20-79
Mona Lisa
Manufacturer: Polygram Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Nobody Does It Better
Vybe
Paradise
Do You Wanna Ride?
Comin' Atcha

ASIN: B000001E9Q
Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

Sweet Memories
Just Wanna Please U
Where I Wanna Be
Love U Enough
I'm Not Your Girl
Keep Fallin'
You Said
Mom Lude
You Gave Me Love
Crazy
Can't Be Wasting My Time
You Keep Leading Me On
Our Time To Shine

Customer Reviews:

Finally...I found it!.......2007-01-16

Yet another one of my great cds that walked out of my house! This is the one cd that I had been trying for years to find, and I finally found it! Mona Lisa was (is) so talented. I was looking forward to her 2nd cd coming out, but that never happened. If she came out with a cd tomorrow, you best believe I would be the 1st in line to buy it! Love this girl's cd!

Diamond In The Rough..........2006-08-19

This is one of the BEST albums, best VOICES, I have ever heard. I cannot BELIEVE she never made it to the top, it's a CRIME.

Ever since I first heard You Said all the way back in '96; I became obsessed with this girl; I thought she was gonna go on to be the next Mariah (and that is a SERIOUS compliment coming from me, believe me!). To this day, 10 years on, I have NEVER understood why that second album never got released? This girl was HUGE!!!

Sorry, but Brandy, even Monica couldn't hold a candle to her, she outsang them in the space of an opening note. And it just makes me SO damn mad to see the likes of Britney and Christina taking up the spotlight when there are those so much better who have disappeared off the face of the earth!!!

It's near impossible to pick a best song from this album, because in all honesty; I don't think there are any bad ones. You know how like 98% of the time, even with the best albums, there is usually at least one song that they could have done without adding to the running order? Well that song does not exist on this album. If I was forced to pick on pain of death; I guess my preference would have to run something like this:

Just Wanna Please U
U Said
Keep Fallin'
Crazy
Our Time To Shine
You Keep Leading Me On
Sweet Memories
Where I Wanna Be
Can't Be Wasting My Time
Love U Enough
You Gave Me Love
I'm Not Your Girl

Bear in mind my opinion changes with the start of each track; but you can put money on those first three only rotating between themselves...

BUY IT.

THIS IS A CLASSIC!!!.......2005-03-21

this album came out in 1996 and i didn't buy it until 1998 and i still have it to this day its hard to tell you how i feel about this album its laidback, smooth and ahead of its time not one R&B album out right now sound better than this if you find it let me know but i wish mona lisa second album would have came out who knows it might have sold some units if it ever would have came out but this is a gem one love MONA LISA!!

Still a Big Fan , Mona lisa.......2004-09-13

This albums is the greatest I've heard in a while, I wish she was still out she was an great artist, She had an, second album that never came out called peach, with Island Records, than a third album with Defsoul, Called Gettin it on but neither never came out, I was waiting for their release.

Gettin it on is on the woo soundtrack though it's tight.

Hope she comes back on day.

Mona Lisa, smile.....your fans still bump your CD.......2004-03-22

Who knows why some artists take a dip into early retirement. While the reasons are endless, Mona Lisa shined back in '96 making appearances on "Soul Train" with hits like "Can't Be Wasting My Time", "You Said", "Just Wanna Please U", "Music Makes Me High" and the remix to "Renee", two of the songs being from the LB family. But that was an astounding 8 years ago nearly in the making. Once again a flea markt sale led me to her breath-taking debut. Other than the tracks mentioned, her CD is very solid and her voice is gorgeous. Although she may never grace the music industry again, make sure to have this album in your library. Keep smiling, Mona.

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Babar the Elephant/Mother Goose Suite

Manufacturer: Koch Int'l Classics
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001SJF
Release Date: 1996-09-15

Tracks:

Babar The Elephant - Meryl Streep
Mother Goose Suite: Sleeping Beauty - Meryl Streep/Mona Golabek/Renee Golabek
Mother Goose Suite: Tom Thumb - Meryl Streep/Mona Golabek/Renee Golabek
Mother Goose Suite: Empress of the Pagodes - Meryl Streep/Mona Golabek/Renee Golabek
Mother Goose Suite: Beauty and the Beast - Meryl Streep/Mona Golabek/Renee Golabek
Mother Goose Suite: The Fairy Garden - Meryl Streep/Mona Golabek/Renee Golabek
Mother Goose Suite: Sleeping Beauty - New Zealand SO/Falletta
Mother Goose Suite: Tom Thumb - New Zealand SO/Falletta
Mother Goose Suite: Empress of the Pagodes - New Zealand SO/Falletta
Mother Goose Suite: Beauty and the Beast - New Zealand SO/Falletta
Mother Goose Suite: The Fairy Garden - New Zealand SO/Falletta

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