Best Traditional Vocal Pop
It's the most successful musical of all time, the best-selling cast album ever-and now it sounds better than ever!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I was fortunate to see aproduction of the play and was thrilled to do so..Have been in love with it ever since i saw it...I love everything about it.."
"The music of Andrew Lloyd Webber is so soulful and beautiful it is hard to find anything negative about the opera."
"This is the best version of this amazing opera."
"An incomparable performance by Sarah Brightman."
"Although I love the 25th anniversary rendition much better than this original cast performance, that version would not be around without this one."
"If you like Broadway musicals, then Phantom of the Opera is one to see."
"Not much to say, the music speaks for itself."
"Saw it for the First Time Ever Last Saturday It Was Fantastic!!!"
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical tells the inspiring true story of King s remarkable rise to stardom, from being part of a hit songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin, to her relationship with fellow writers and best friends Cynthia Weil and Barry Mann, to becoming one of the most successful solo acts in popular music history.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love it!"
"I understand now why the Broadway version is such a hit."
"Awesome CD; saw the live show and it was wonderful; a super evening of great entertainment."
"Got it for my wife after she saw it on stage."
"A stellar soundtrack from a stellar show."
"Love the CD , the music is amazing."
"saw the show in london, unreal show."
"Saw the play last month in New York City and loved it so much I had to get the DVD!"
Somehow, without the fatherly image of Bing Crosby, or the svelte croon of Frank Sinatra or Tony Bennett, or even the reverent innocence of Perry Como, Andy Williams managed to make a holiday institution!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"What a wonderful collection of Christmas songs."
"So happy I could find this!"
"Another favorite from my childhood - he has one of the most melodic voices I have heard."
"Love this whole album."
Best Classic Broadway Vocalists
The warm, crooning tones of Perry Como are sure to lend a little extra Christmas cheer to this season's festivities. This collection brings together many of his classic seasonal recordings and some tracks even collectors will be delighted to find, including "Some Children See Him," recorded in 1954 but left off The Perry Como Christmas Album .
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Find Best Price at Amazon"These songs reflect all that I remember of Christmas, when Christmas was still Christmas!"
"Nice variety of songs -- in particular, I like Perry's version of "The Little Drummer Boy" and "Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer.""
"Perry is the voice of my childhood singing these Christmas songs."
"Good old Perry Como and his songs ."
"Always liked Perry."
"Perry Como is one of those singers who just captures the magic of Christmas with the traditional songs sung perfectly."
Best Traditional Pop
The soft, soothing sounds of Karen and Richard Carpenter are perfectly suited to a white Christmas with a crackling fire; here are their Christmas Portrait ('78) and An Old Fashioned Christmas ('84) LPs, together in one 2-CD set: It Came upon a Midnight Clear; O Holy Night; Christmas Waltz; Sleigh Ride; Silent Night; Jingle Bells; Ave Maria; Carol of the Bells; My Favorite Things; Do You Hear What I Hear; Santa Claus Is Coming to Town , and more!
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Find Best Price at Amazon"great music and something I did not expecp the lyrics being staged to follow along, I keep hearig it over and over in my mind."
"The Christmas collection was not similar to the ones I heard earlier."
"Joy to hear them again."
"There are breaks/pauses between the tracks which were NOT on the original recordings of the albums ."
"He won't stop playing it."
"One of the best female voices of all time."
"I absolutely love this album!!!!"
"Love all the Carpenters music."
Best Tenor Voices
Jonathan Antoine's solo debut, "Tenore," follows the success he achieved with former singing partner, Charlotte Jaconelli, which includes a top 10 debut on the Billboard Classical Crossover chart and over 200,000 albums sold worldwide. "Tenore" is the result of combined natural talent and strong work ethic; it is our first taste of Jonathan Antoine s potential as he begins his promising solo career.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"I believe this young man will be opera's greatest ambassador."
"It has taken me a few days longer than normal to write this review for no other reason than I fear I will not have the words to do this incredible album and this brilliant tenor the justice deserved. The tour de force of Tenore will have you experiencing heights of great joy and haunting sorrow. Jonathan instinctively knows when the "telling of the story" requires power and intensity or should be sweetly gentle."
"It's mature and sophisticated well beyond his 19 years, extremely powerful, gorgeously beautiful, exquisitely tender, heartwrenchingly emotional."
"Someday though I am hoping to watch him as an opera singer in opera houses."
"Plan to be mezmoized by his powerful voice and in awe of how he has complete control of those long wonderful notes and the levels he reaches so effortlessly."
"I was mesmerized by his voice, and probably watched his audition video 50 times or more."
"This is a beautiful album which deserves it's place at #1 in UK Classical Charts - Jonathan now holds the official record at 19 years of age for achieving this!!!"
"The beauty and passion displayed in each track by this young man defy description.He sings so effortlessly. The only thing better than hearing TENORE on CD or download, would be to see JONATHAN ANTOINE in person."
Best Cabaret Vocalists
The album also topped many critics' "albums of the year" lists and gathered major music awards in the process, including eight Grammy Awards.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Her voice sounds even better than ever in this format. The combination of her voice and this music, along with the spaciousness of the sound, make for a great SACD."
"I highly recommend this CD if you love female vocalists - jazz, pop, country western - and to be introduced to a singer who will certainly make her mark on the music scene for years to come."
"Very talented, great voice and great songwriting as well."
"This record is perfect for laying on the floor on a warm afternoon with the sun shing through the window."
"A must have SACD for every Jazz collection!"
"Listened to this CD 50 times minimum."
"I love the mix of tunes on this album -- and Nora sings every song from her heart."
"One of my favorite vinyl records."
Best Musical Soundtracks & Scores
"Hamilton" - which transferred to Broadway following a sold-out run at The Public Theater in NYC - is the acclaimed new musical about the scrappy young immigrant Alexander Hamilton, the $10 Founding Father who forever changed America with his revolutionary ideas and actions.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Then avoid this album at ALL COSTS. Soon your family will start experimenting with this album and know Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton are more than just a trivia question from the Got Milk commercial from 1993. I'll leave it at this: I enjoyed this album enough to: -sing along with it. -move along with it. -make plans to fly out to Broadway to watch and support this show. -most importantly: find out more about Alexander Hamilton beyond the 1993 Got Milk commercial. I hope you enjoy this album as much as I have."
"This excellent cast album has it all: songs about desire, triumph, love, heartbreak, power, obsession, family, cheating, status, happiness and loss. After an eight year absence from visiting NYC, Hamilton has inspired me to book a plane ticket and a ridiculously expensive hotel room in the Big Apple just to see this show in the Fall."
"It's a brilliant pastiche of musical and poetic styles, all perfectly tailored to each particular character, yet woven into an intricate narrative that will inspire, entertain, and break your heart. I was privileged to see the show the week that it opened, and can't stop telling people about it, so I was beyond thrilled that the production team, including writer/performer Lin-Manuel Miranda and producer Ahmir Khalib Thompson (aka Questlove) chose to produce a full-length soundtrack that skipped nothing from the original show. Now an entire generation of theater-goers will arrive at Hamilton already knowing the music and words, and that's probably a great thing, because it's incredibly complex and fast-paced."
"When else does lively and engaging history get you singing about "when are these colonies gonna rise up?" Lots of hip-hop, rock, a little classical, ballads, and a touch of Motown--wonderful music that make history feel like it is happening right now. As history, you know how it ends, of course, but the feeling is so immediate, I actually found myself holding my breath to see if these colonies would win against the global superpower and cried when they did. There are no weak performances, but I want to give a shout out to Phillipa Soo as Eliza Hamilton, Leslie Odom Jr.as Aaron Burr, and Renée Elise Goldsberry as Angelica Schuyler."