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Best Gift Shopping > Music > Broadway and Vocalists
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Mamma Mia!(more) »rank: 4from: Decca
Our review:Album Description:Bringing the timeless lyrics and melodies of iconic super group ABBA to movie audiences, this summer is the season for Mamma Mia! Meryl Streep leads an all-star cast in the feature-film adaptation of the beloved musical that has been seen by more than 30 million people in 160 cities and 8 languages around the world. Meryl Streep plays an independent, single mother and owner of a small hotel on an idyllic Greek island, about to let go of her spirited daughter whom she’s raised alone. But the young bride ... Detail |
Gypsy - 2008 Original Broadway Cast(more) »rank: 36by: Laura Benanti, Boyd Gaines
Our review:Album Description:The Gypsy soundtrack includes bonus tracks.Curtain Up! The smash Broadway musical comes to life in this all new cast recording! It's the new 2008 revival of Gypsy, starring Tony and Olivier award-winner Patti Lupone as the indomitable Momma Rose. This classic American musical by Arthur Laurents, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim about a fractured family stars the larger than life, true Broadway diva Lupone heading the cast as the 'stage mother of all stage mothers,' determined to make a star out of at least one of her children. Four ... Detail |
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Mamma Mia! The Musical Based on the Songs of ABBA: A Decca Broadway Original Cast Recording (1999 London Cast)(more) »rank: 79by: Benny Andersson, Julian Poole, Jenny Galloway, Nicolas Colicos, Paul Clarkson, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Lisa Stokke, Eliza Lumley, Melissa Gibson, Siobhan McCarthy, Louise Plowright, Jenny Galloway, Bjorn Ulvaeus, Stig Anderson
Our review: :Put together by Abba's own Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, Mamma Mia! manages to cram over 20 of the Swedish supergroup's songs into a threadbare plot. It goes a little like this: Young Sophie is getting married and she's trying to identify which of three men is her father. That's about it. Wisely, the musical doesn't mess around with the songs, save for the insertion of some dialogue or for having some of them performed by a man (it works amazingly well). Abba fans will jump on this import of ... Detail |
Wicked (2003 Original Broadway Cast)(more) »rank: 62by: Stephen Schwartz, Kristin Chenoweth, Idina Menzel
Our review: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: WICKEDTitle: ORIGINAL CAST RECORDINGStreet Release Date: 12/16/2003DomesticGenre: CAST RECORDINGS :One of the most common complaints about musicals is that the books are flimsy pretexts from which to hang numbers. Wicked runs into the opposite problem: it has a great plot, but too often the songs just get in the way. Based on Gregory Maguire's novel of the same name, Wicked tells us what happened between Glinda the Good and Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, before Dorothy showed up in ... Detail |
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Call Me Irresponsible(more) »rank: 76by: Michael Bublé
Our review:Album Description:Melding the contemporary and the classic in ways only he can, Michael Buble has created his most complete studio effort yet. Ranging from 'I've Got The World On a String' to 'Me and Mrs. Jones,' in addition to two new songs co-written by Michael, Call Me Irresponsible makes this album irresistible. :It's no coincidence that Michael Bublé's new album starts with just his voice and some fingersnaps on 'The Best Is Yet to Come,' a song made famous by Frank Sinatra. The Canadian smoothie looks longingly towards early-'60s Vegas, ... Detail |
The Sinatra Project(more) »rank: 19by: Michael Feinstein
Our review:Album Description: Classic romantic songs of the legendary Frank Sinatra delivered by the Master of the American Songbook himself, Michael Feinstein. On this amazing release Feinstein has chosen to reflect the Sinatra sensibility by interpreting the songs in conceptually different styles from Sinatra's own renditions. The results are a fascinatingly unique and memorably beautiful. Detail |
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Jersey Boys (2005 Original Broadway Cast Recording)(more) »rank: 106by: Ronald Melrose, Ken Dow, Anik Oulianine, Stephanie Cummins, Deborah Hurwitz, Kevin Dow, Joe Payne, Larry Saltzman, Dave Spier, Bill Hayes, Randall Andos, Bob Milikan, Debra Shufelt, Maxine Roach, Belinda Whitney, Cenovia Cummins, Eric de Gioia, Louise Owen, Robin Zeh, Sarah Schwartz, Shinwon Kim, Christian Hoff, Daniel Reichard, Donnie Kehr, Erica Piccininni, J. Robert Spencer, Jennifer Naimo, John Lloyd Young, Sara Schmidt, Tituss Burgess, Steve Orich, Bob Gaudio
Our review:Album Description:Recounting the rich history and reliving the timeless sounds of the phenomenal Frankie Vallie & The 4 Seasons, the new Broadway musical Jersey Boys answers the musical-and philosophical question, 'How did four would-be wise guys from Newark, NJ, become one of the greatest chart-topping successes in pop music history?' Jersey Boys celebrates legendary Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Frankie Valli, Bob Gaudio, Tommy DeVito, and Nick Massi who, as the 4 seasons, wrote their own songs, invented their own identity, and sold 175 million records worldwide-all before they ... Detail |
Rodgers and Hammerstein's South Pacific (The New Broadway Cast)(more) »rank: 109from: SONY CLASSICS
Our review:Album Description:The landmark musical's first-ever Broadway revival! The curtain rang down on Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific in 1954 after five years of extraordinary acclaim and countless awards including nine Tonys and a Pulitzer. Based on James Michener's Pulitzer Prize winning book Tales of the South Pacific, the musical is set on a tropical island during World War II and tells the sweeping romantic story of two couples - U.S. Navy nurse Nellie Forbush and French plantation owner Emile de Becque and Marine Joe Cable and a young local native ... Detail |
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Nothing But The Best(more) »rank: 186by: Frank Sinatra
Our review: :Released to coincide with the tenth anniversary of Frank Sinatra’s passing (May 14, 1998), Nothing But The Best salutes 'The Voice' with an essential single-disc compilation of hits. It features 21 legendary songs from 'The Chairman Of The Board,' plus a previously unissued version of 'Body And Soul.' The collection is part of an international initiative between the newly created Frank Sinatra Enterprises (FSE), Warner Home Video, MGM Home Entertainment, Turner Classic Movies, and the United States Postal Service to honor Frank Sinatra, whose music and movies had an everlasting ... Detail |
It's Time(more) »rank: 158by: Michael Bublé
Our review: :Michael Bublé's assured debut and the tireless year of globe-trotting touring he spent promoting it elevated the 20-something Vancouver native into the first rank of pop crooner revivalists. His sophomore studio follow-up largely turns on the same formula that helped make his considerable vocal prowess so attractive to mainstream audiences, mixing the nigh flawless, if expected Sinatra-channeling ('I've Got You Under My Skin') with more playful and inviting renditions of pop standards like the Gershwin's 'A Foggy Day in London Town,' 'Feeling Good,' 'Try A Little Tenderness' and Cole Porter's ... Detail |