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| David Benoit: Jazz For Peanuts—A Retrospective of the Charlie Brown TV Themes
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David Benoit, Dave Brubeck & Vince Guaraldi, pianos. Wynton Marsalis, trumpet, & others.
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| Label: Concord. Format: cutout CD.
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| Label Number: 30454. Daedalus Item Code: 27957 |
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| Contemporary jazz pianist David Benoit’s career path was forged at age 10 when he fell in love with Vince Guaraldi’s music on the 1965 TV show A Charlie Brown Christmas. This disc is the ... (Read More)
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| Susan Boyle: Standing Ovation—The Greatest Songs from the Stage
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Susan Boyle, vocals. The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Simon Hale, conductor.
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| Label: Columbia. Format: CD.
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| Label Number: 887254357223. Daedalus Item Code: 29674 |
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| Standing Ovation has a double meaning. Subtitled The Greatest Songs From the Stage, this is the fourth album by an unassuming Scottish woman who received tumultuous applause and ... (Read More)
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| #3 |
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| Downton Abbey: Original Music from the Television Series
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Alfie Boe, tenor. Chamber Orchestra of London.
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| Label: Decca. Format: CD.
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| Label Number: B001626002. Daedalus Item Code: 38546 |
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| "Is it to chart an emotional journey, enhance a comic moment, establish a change of mood or pace?" asks John Lunn, the Emmy Award–winning composer of the music for this smash hit series, set during ... (Read More)
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| #4 |
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| I Am Sam: Original Motion Picture Score
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John Powell, composer. Hollywood Studio Symphony.
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| Label: Varese Sarabande. Format: CD.
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| Label Number: 302066317. Daedalus Item Code: 96169 |
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| With the dearth of commissions for original works by orchestras and other ensembles, modern composers have found a haven in film score writing, and England's John Powell is one of the best. In ... (Read More)
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| #5 |
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| Composers on Broadway—Leonard Bernstein
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Edie Adams, Beverly Wolff, Jose Carreras, Kiri Te Kanawa & others. London Symphony Orchestra. Leonard Bernstein, conductor.
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| Label: Decadance Recordings. Format: cutout CD.
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| Label Number: B000671002. Daedalus Item Code: 18014 |
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| Blessed with superabundant talent and drive, Leonard Bernstein had an equally powerful impact on both popular and classical music. The two genres overlap a bit in the presence of Met baritone Thomas ... (Read More)
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| #6 |
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| Matt Tropman: From the Balcony—Romeo and Juliet; West Side Story
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Matt Tropman, euphonium. Gail Novak, piano. Chris Rose, percussion. Eric Sabo, bass.
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| Label: Summit. Format: cutout CD.
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| Label Number: 316. Daedalus Item Code: 27684 |
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| As the name of his conical-bore, tenor-voiced brass instrument implies, Matt Tropman's performance of this Shakespeare-inspired music is indeed euphonious. Along with the trilling and touching ... (Read More)
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| #7 |
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| Earl Wild Goes to the Movies
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Earl Wild, piano. London Promenade Orchestra. Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Harry Rabinowitz & Russell Stanger, conductors, & others.
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| Label: Ivory Classics. Format: CD.
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| Label Number: 70801. Daedalus Item Code: 37058 |
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| This disc's mini-concertos for piano and orchestra include Earl Wild's inventive and jazzy version of Richard Rodgers' Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Miklós Rózsa's "Spellbound" Concerto, ... (Read More)
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| #8 |
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| The Gerald Wiggins Trio: Music from Around the World in 80 Days in Modern Jazz
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Gerald Wiggins, piano. Eugene Wright, bass. Bill Douglass, drums.
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| Label: Specialty Records. Format: cutout CD.
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| Label Number: 17612. Daedalus Item Code: 07174 |
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| LPs in which a jazz ensemble improvised on the score of a Broadway musical were popular in the 1950s (Stan Kenton did a memorable one with the score of West Side Story). The all-too-rarely ... (Read More)
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| #9 |
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| Ghost Brothers of Darkland County
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Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Sheryl Crow, Neko Case, Kris Kristofferson, Taj Mahal & others.
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| Label: Hear Music. Format: CD.
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| Label Number: 33682. Daedalus Item Code: 38620 |
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| With a libretto by Stephen King and songs by John Mellencamp, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County spins a haunting tale of love, lust, jealousy, and revenge. This "southern gothic supernatural ... (Read More)
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| #10 |
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| Michael Feinstein: Change of Heart—The Songs of Andre Previn
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Michael Feinstein, vocals. Andre Previn, piano. David Finck, bass.
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| Label: Telarc. Format: CD.
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| Label Number: 34021. Daedalus Item Code: 38799 |
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| The music of composer, conductor, and pianist André Previn spans the realms of classical, jazz, and pop. In the 1960s, he collaborated with his lyricist wife, Dory, on many superb songs, as well as ... (Read More)
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