This Is No Dream [Soundtrack]

Audrey Lavine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 1, 2000)
• Original Release Date: October 1, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Soundtrack
• Label: Ostinato
• ASIN: B000050ZO6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,363,630 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. This is No Dream, Benny Davis, Tommy Dorsey & Ted Shapiro, 1939/Out of This World, Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer, 1945

2. How Long Has This Been Going On?, George & Ira Gershwin 1927

3. Fascinating Rhythm, George & Ira Gershwin, 1924

4. Honey, Can I Put on Your Clothes, Jerry Lieber & Mike Stoller, Jean Monte Ray, 1976

5. Holiday for Strings, Music, David Rose, 1943; Lyric, Audrey Lavine, 1999

6. I Gotta Right to Sing the Blues, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, 1933

7. Wail of the Reefer Man, Harold Arlen, Ted Koehler, 1932/

8. Egyptian Ella, Walter Doyle, 1931;add’l lyric, Audrey Lavine

9. Always a Woman, Billy Joel, 1977

10. Sentimental Gentleman From Georgia, Frank Perkins, Mitchell Parish, 1932

11. One Mint Julep, Rudolph Toombs, 1952

12. Waltz Me to Heaven, Dolly Parton, 1984

13. How Sad No One Waltzes Anymore, Brad Ross & Ellen Greenfield, 1990

14. I Had Myself a True Love, Harold Arlen & Johnny Mercer, 1941

15. Shakin’ the Blues Away, Irving Berlin, 1927

16. When You Wish Upon a Star, Leigh Harline and Ned Washington, 1940

Editorial Reviews

Cabaret Scenes, Peter Haas

[S]he shifts among blues and ballads, revealing their nuances, Audrey and her music create a connection with her listeners' hearts.

Product Description

Here you'll find a panoply of songs, old and new, familiar and unfamiliar, by turns dramatic, comic, lyrical and romantic, from Arlen-Mercer to Leiber & Stoller and Suzanne Vega. From Broadway to cabaret, Audrey's range and expressiveness have been compared to Betty Buckley and Barbara Cook. She "sings as if in sync with the soul of [the] composer" say the critics.

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Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars an impressive debut, December 15, 2002

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Mitchell J. Mcgee "Dionne fanatic" (Greensboro, NC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is No Dream (Audio CD)

this is Ms. Lavine's first Cd - and it is quite a debut - this review is being written after the release of her second CD - "at home with arlen" - which is even better.

I think the only real weakness - is she worked hard to show her range - and so the CD is not as consistent as I would have liked. But once she gets warmed up, it is a very pleasant listening experience.

I enjoyed this Cd enough to buy her latest work right after it was released!

to learn more about the singer - view her web page - audreylavine.com

4.0 out of 5 stars A voice, belle songs, an inspiration, November 10, 2006

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Hermann Hrdlicka "H&H" (Sao Paulo, Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is No Dream (Audio CD)

In this album, Audrey Lavine explores her voice with songs that conduct us to the time they were writted by Gershwin, Mercer, Parish. And finish it with the hopeful message replicated to the world by Walt Disney's films - When you wish upon a star. Enjoy it.

5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant cabaret singer with diverse repertoire, August 30, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: This Is No Dream (Audio CD)

When I discovered this album, I knew that I just had to have it because I love the diversity of material here. Audrey has a crystal clear, high soprano that may not appeal to everybody but I love it. She is a talented singer whose repertoire draws heavily on the Great American Songbook, but who also enjoys modern songs too.

I know not why Audrey chose to record the obscure Dolly Parton song, Waltz me to heaven, but Audrey's cover is truly inspired. This album also contains a cover of Honey can I put on your clothes (a Leiber and Stoller song that Barbra Streisand included on her Songbird album), Caramel (Suzanne Vega), How sad no one waltzes any more (a modern theatrical song) and She's always a woman (Billy Joel). All of those covers are outstanding and sit comfortably alongside the old standards.

Audrey followed up this debut album with a tribute album to Harold Arlen, but there are also some great Harold Arlen songs here (Out of this world, I gotta right to sing the blues, Wail of the reefer man, I had myself a true love) to get you started.

Among the other old standards are two contrasting Gershwin songs (How long has this been going on, Fascinating rhythm), an Irving Berlin song (Shaking the blues away) and the classic Disney song When you wish upon a star.

This truly incredible album may be too eclectic for mass appeal, but the remarkable aspect of it is that every song feels like it belongs here. To appreciate this album fully, you need to enjoy music of the early twentieth century while also enjoying more modern songs. I do, but do you?