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Sings Disney: When You Wish Upon a Star

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I bought this disc a decade ago and was very pleasantly surprised to rediscover it a few days ago during a ruthless triage of my CD collection. Hendricks' homage to Disney is a keeper. Here's why: 1) the orchestration is unashamedly retro, honoring vintage '40s and '50s film scoring (think Steiner, Korngold, Hermann), rendered in a gorgeous acoustic ambiance; 2)okay: the musical values are dicey--this isn't Schoenberg--but for a certain demographic in the baby boomer generation this is a completely satisfying portion of comfort food, not least because this recording captures Barbara Hendricks in what must surely be one of the most complete documents of Hendricks' beguiling sound (at its glorious peak) and interpretive wit.

This CD is amazingly beautiful and I can't believe the little price I paid for something so absolutely priceless! All of it is stunningly gorgeous; but let me just say, I was in tears during The Circle of Life! I'd give it a million stars.

I got this album by a friend, and I must say that I was very sceptic, but I soon changed my mind. This album is just faboulus. It reminds me of the tunes one can hear at the Disney parks. Wonderfull.