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Best Gift Shopping > Music > Broadway and Vocalists
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Perry Como Christmas(more) »rank: 1775by: Perry Como
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Jesus Christ Superstar (Original London Concept Recording)(more) »rank: 1752by: Andrew Lloyd Webber, Tim Rice
Our review: essential recording:It may not have been the first rock opera (the Who's Tommy was released in 1969), but Jesus Christ Superstar was a legendary album long before it hit the stage, thanks to Tim Rice's compelling book and lyrics combined with Andrew Lloyd Webber's irresistible music. Telling the story of the last days of Christ from the point of view of Judas (Murray Head), the still-unmatched original cast also stars Deep Purple's Ian Gillan as Jesus and Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene, the role she made into a career (with a cameo on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack). Decades later, ... Detail |
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Have a Holly Jolly Christmas(more) »rank: 1326by: Burl Ives
Our review: essential recording:It may not have been the first rock opera (the Who's Tommy was released in 1969), but Jesus Christ Superstar was a legendary album long before it hit the stage, thanks to Tim Rice's compelling book and lyrics combined with Andrew Lloyd Webber's irresistible music. Telling the story of the last days of Christ from the point of view of Judas (Murray Head), the still-unmatched original cast also stars Deep Purple's Ian Gillan as Jesus and Yvonne Elliman as Mary Magdalene, the role she made into a career (with a cameo on the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack). Decades later, ... Detail |
On The Radio: The Lucky Strike Shows 1949-1950(more) »rank: 10732by: Frank Sinatra
Our review: :In 1949, Frank Sinatra was working a gruelling schedule with daily radio shows and several live sets each night in clubs, on top of hisrecording commitments. One of his regular radio dates was for Lucky Strike cigarettes, the Lite-Up Time show, which aired from 7:00-7:15pm Monday to Friday from September 1949 to June1950, with Sinatra leading every show. There were those who thought his unique voice was beginning to suffer from the stress and over-work. If it was, you can not tell from these recordings, wherehe sounds relaxed and on top of his game.These tracks are culled from Lite-Up Time ... Detail |
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The Andrew Lloyd Webber Collection(more) »rank: 1949from: Decca Broadway
Our review:Album Details:Another Compilation of Stage Favourites - Some Tracks Are Hard to Find Elsewhere. essential recording:Sarah Brightman's career was launched by her success in Andrew Lloyd Webber's Phantom of the Opera, so it's no surprise to hear the soprano paying homage to the composer on this disc. Really a Brightman best-of, the album includes the Phantom theme (a duet with Michael Crawford), the light-opera fare of 'Chanson D'enfance' from Aspects of Love, 'Don't Cry for Me, Argentina' from Evita, and numerous other Lloyd Webber classics. Throughout, Brightman's diminutive voice lends a fragility to these musical theater tunes that you'll either ... Detail |
Disney's Princess Collection: The Music of Hopes, Dreams and Happy Endings(more) »rank: 2037by: Various Artists
Our review: :No Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: PRINCESS COLLECTIONTitle: PRINCESS COLLECTIONStreet Release Date: 03/12/1996DomesticGenre: CHILDREN'S Detail |
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South Pacific (Original 1949 Broadway Cast)(more) »rank: 1906by: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein
Our review: essential recording:Based on James Michener's Tales of the South Pacific, Rodgers and Hammerstein's Pulitzer prize-winning South Pacific is one of the most beloved musicals ever to hit the stage. The appeal is simple: a collection of stunning compositions--immense symphonic sound orchestrated by Rodgers collaborator Robert Russell Bennett--and characters with a simple though cohesive through-line. On this original Broadway cast recording, the lovely, girlish Mary Martin (Peter Pan, Annie Get Your Gun) is the heartily feminine American nurse Nellie Bly to the dashing former Metropolitan Opera bass Ezio Pinza as French plantation owner Emile de Becque. This release takes from the ... Detail |
West Side Story (1957 Original Broadway Cast)(more) »rank: 2444by: Carol Lawrence, Larry Kert, Chita Rivera
Our review: :What is there left to say about this musical, deservedly one of the most famous in the canon? Created by what lyricist Stephen Sondheim described as 'a unique concatenation of people' (Leonard Bernstein, Sondheim, Arthur Laurents, Jerome Robbins), the show remains as explosively vibrant, daring, and modern as it was decades ago. Bernstein integrated Latin percussion and jazz into his electrifying score, dazzlingly translating New York's unique vitality into a musical idiom. West Side Story has been adapted for jazz and interpreted by pop and opera singers, but you owe it to yourself to check out the original version to see ... Detail |
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Ultra-Lounge: Christmas Cocktails, Part One(more) »rank: 1513by: Various Artists
Our review: :A perfect martini-and-mistletoe combo, Christmas Cocktails will gaily seduce you with its bevy of nostalgic and occasionally campy holiday fare. Vocal vixens Peggy Lee, Julie London (her 'I'd Like You for Christmas' will melt the ice cubes in your fridge), Kay Starr, and Nancy Wilson join forces with perennial crooners such as Lou Rawls, Dean Martin, and the immortal Nat 'King' Cole, along with a handful of instrumental big-band numbers and odd, at times cheese-ball-shaped jazz organ pieces from Jimmy McGriff and the flammable Eddie Dundstedter, among others. But the essential item that makes plunking down your pelts for this very ... Detail |
The Essential Greatest Hits Collection(more) »rank: 2297by: Neil Diamond
Our review: :A perfect martini-and-mistletoe combo, Christmas Cocktails will gaily seduce you with its bevy of nostalgic and occasionally campy holiday fare. Vocal vixens Peggy Lee, Julie London (her 'I'd Like You for Christmas' will melt the ice cubes in your fridge), Kay Starr, and Nancy Wilson join forces with perennial crooners such as Lou Rawls, Dean Martin, and the immortal Nat 'King' Cole, along with a handful of instrumental big-band numbers and odd, at times cheese-ball-shaped jazz organ pieces from Jimmy McGriff and the flammable Eddie Dundstedter, among others. But the essential item that makes plunking down your pelts for this very ... Detail |