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John Charles Thomas (Artist), John Charles Thomes (Artist), Robert Merrill (Artist), Alexander Kipnis (Artist), Ezio Pinza (Artist), Florence Foster Jenkins (Artist), Jack Barnett (Artist), Earl Cahn Sammy / Brent (Artist), Felicien David (Artist), Leo Delibes (Artist)
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  • Audio CD (September 23, 2003)
  • SPARS Code: ADD
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import
  • Label: Naxos
  • ASIN: B0000AE7AO
  • Average Customer Review: 3.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #108,447 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #22 in  Music > Classical > Featured Composers, A-Z > ( R ) > Romberg, Sigmund

 
1. Queen of the Night Aria [From The Magic Flute]
2. Serenata Mexicana
3. Musical Snuff Box
4. Like a Bird
5. Bell Song [Lakme Dub]
6. Charmant Oiseau [Perle du Brésil]
7. Adele's Laughing Song [Die Fledermaus]
8. Biassy [Prelude XVI]
9. Valse Caressante
10. Little Jack Horner - Alexander Kipnis
11. Sing a Song of Sixpence - John Charles Thomas
12. Blue Danube - Jimmy Dorsey & His Orchestra, Josephine Tumminia
13. Little Old State of Texas - Ezio Pinza, Sons of the Pioneers
14. Fireman's Bride [Up in Central Park] - Jeanette MacDonald, Robert Merrill
15. Song's Gotta Come from the Heart - Jimmy Durante, Helen Traubel
16. Real Piano Player - Jimmy Durante, Helen Traubel
17. Please Don't Say No [Thrill of a Romance] - Lauritz Melchior

On this CD:
  1. Die Zauberflöte (The Magic Flute), opera, K. 620 Queen Of The Night Aria
    Composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  2. Serenata Mexicana, for voice & piano
    Composed by Cosme McMoon
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  3. Musical Snuffbox, for piano (or orchestra), Op 32
    Composed by Anatol Konstantinovich Lyadov
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  4. Like a Bird, for voice & piano
    Composed by Cosme McMoon
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  5. Lakmé, opera Bell Song
    Composed by Leo Delibes
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  6. La Perle Du Brésil, opera Charmant Oiseau
    Composed by Felicien David
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon, Louis Alberghini

  7. Die Fledermaus (The Bat), operetta (RV 503) Adele's Laughing Song (Mein Herr Marquis)
    Composed by Johann II Strauss
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  8. Biassy (after Bach's Prelude XVI), for voice & piano
    Composed by Anonymous
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon

  9. Valse Caressante, for voice, flute & piano
    Composed by Cosme McMoon
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Cosme McMoon, Louis Alberghini

  10. Little Jack Horner (with apologies to Handel), for voice & piano
    Composed by J. Michael Diack
    with Ernst Victor Wolff, Florence Foster Jenkins, Alexander Kipnis

  11. Sing a Song of Sixpence
    Composed by Albert Hay Malotte
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Carroll Hollister, John Charles Thomas

  12. An der schönen, blauen Donau (On the Beautiful, Blue Danube), waltz for orchestra (with chorus ad lib), Op. 314 (RV 314) Excerpt
    Composed by Johann II Strauss
    Performed by Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Josephine Tumminia

  13. The Little Old State Of Texas
    Composed by Sammy Cahn, Earl Brent
    with Ezio Pinza, Florence Foster Jenkins

  14. Up in Central Park, musical play The Fireman's Bride
    Composed by Sigmund Romberg
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Robert Merrill, Jeanette MacDonald
    Conducted by Robert Russell Bennett

  15. The Song's Gotta Come From The Heart
    Composed by Jule Styne
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Helen Traubel, James Francis ("Jimmy") Durante
    Conducted by Roy Bargy

  16. A Real Piano Player
    Composed by Jack Barnett
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Helen Traubel, James Francis ("Jimmy") Durante
    Conducted by Roy Bargy

  17. Please Don't Say No (for the film "Thrill of a Romance")
    Composed by Sammy Fain
    with Florence Foster Jenkins, Lauritz Melchior


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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars This is the definitive FFJ!, January 8, 2005
By Curmudgeon "grantc" (West Australia) - See all my reviews
A fellow reviewer has not paid close attention to the contents of "Murder On The High C's": this release actually contains every recording that FFJ made. She recorded 9 arias and released them on 5 78's (the fifth, "Valse Caressante", was split), all of them gathered here for the first time. What this album omits from the previous cd release ("The Glory??? of the Human Voice") is the arias by an almost equally incompetent baritone. "Murder..." more than compensates for this with the inclusion of some unbelievably tragic recordings by artists who could actually sing but found themselves saddled with shockingly bad material; it's an absolute feast for those who love outsider music. The 'nursery rhyme' songs provoke bewilderment, the swing version of "Blue Danube" must be heard to be believed, and the excellent liner notes accurately describe Lauritz Melchior's valiant performance of "Please Don't Say No" as "the single worst recording of anything ever made by an opera star who should have known better". "Murder On The High C's" is an insanely delirious treasure.
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26 of 30 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Sounds Like A Vacuum Cleaner Ingesting An Owl, October 14, 2004
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Florence Foster Jenkins was a socialite who enjoyed singing in vast disproportion to her musical talent. This CD has some of her greatest works (so to speak) although the disc pales in comparison to her masterwork "The Glory (????) of Human Voice." (In fact several of the songs on this CD are available on that recording.) Particularly ear-shattering are "Musical Snuff Box" (watch out for that last note if you have pets, they will seriously dislike it), "Bell Song" which is essentially a series of a cappella pentatonic scales by and large, and finally the unique rendition of "Valse Caressante" (which was actually released as a single!) which will leave any listener in a near delirium.

In short, these rare Jenkins masterworks are amazing and hilarious. I can't recommend them highly enough to anyone even mildly curious about outsider music. Why the three star rating? It is certainly not due to Florence's participation, rather due to the packaging. The cover boasts "Florence Foster Jenkins and Friends." Little will most people suspect that the "friends" make up about half of the CD, and are totally unrelated to Jenkins except for possessing no musical talent. Some of the songs are merely boring (like the Jimmy Durante selections), and some are quite laughably funny like the dreadful "The Fireman's Bride," and "Please Don't Say No." Finally there is the real puzzler from the "what were they thinking?" file, "Little Jack Horner," an operatic retelling of the classic children's tale. The other reason I only give this disc three stars is because four of the nine Jenkins' songs are available on "The Glory (????) of Human Voice." I had expected different material on this CD.

The bottom line is that this CD is for Florence Foster Jenkins completists. (Ponder that.) People who want more exposure to Florence should buy her delightful "The Glory (????) of Human Voice," which I can't recommend highly enough.

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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars comedy classic, May 26, 2004
By "dunigan04" (Richland, WA USA) - See all my reviews
In the summer of 2003, I had the luck of hearing Florence's recordings. Even though no one is quite sure whether she meant to be funny or not, listening to her cds always puts me in the best mood. Hearing her try to reach those high notes and missing terribly is the funniest thing in the world!! My family and I love Florence!!!
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It is sad that a person who apparently had too much money and time to waste could have done so in preserving for an unsuspecting posterity such awful sounds. Read more
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