Archive for April, 2008

Infinite Love Songs by Maximilian Hecker (Audio CD – 2003) – Single

Import pressing of his 2001 debut album (discontinued domestically) for German artist compared to pop Casanovas like Air & Momus. 12 gentle piano-driven lullabies of longing & depressing beauty. Highlights include, ‘The Days Are Long & Filled With Pain’ & –This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. View [...]

Italian Love Song by Tina Arena (Audio CD – 2005) – Single

Taken from Tina’s 2004 career retrospective – Greatest Hits 1994-2004. The title track is backed with ‘Take Me Apart’ & one non-LP track ‘Dare You To Be Happy’ (remix). Columbia. View product details at Amazon

A Different Kind of Love Song/ The Music’s No Good Without You by Cher (Audio CD – 2002) – Single

Taken from Cher’s 2002 album Living Proof, this 9 tracks EP is loaded with 7 versions of the title track plus 2 mixes of ‘The Music’s No Good Without You’. Over 60 minutes of music, and featuring remixes by Rosabel, Murk, Ralph Rosario, Rodney Jerkins, Almighty & Walter Taieb. View product details at Amazon

Opera’s Greatest Love Songs by Friedrich von Flotow, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Giacomo Puccini (Audio CD – 1993)

Composer: Friedrich von Flotow, Charles Gounod, Jules Massenet, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Giacomo Puccini, et al. Conductor: Colin Davis, Daniel Oren, Erich Leinsdorf, Georg Solti, Georges PrĂȘtre, et al. Orchestra: Bavarian Radio Symphony Orchestra, London Symphony Orchestra. View product details at Amazon

Pavarotti’s Opera Made Easy: My Favorite Love Songs by Georges Bizet, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Friedrich von Flotow, and Charles Gounod (Audio CD – 1994)

Composer: Georges Bizet, Francesco Cilea, Gaetano Donizetti, Friedrich von Flotow, Charles Gounod, et al. Conductor: Gianandrea Gavazzeni, Giuseppe Patane, Henry Lewis, Herbert von Karajan, Lamberto Gardelli, et al. View product details at Amazon

Love Songs by Anonymous, Johann Sebastian Bach, George / Wright, Robert Forrest, Edvard Grieg, and James Horner (Audio CD – 2007)

An intoxicating collection of Andre Riu’s most romantic music ever recorded. View product details at Amazon

Spanish Love Songs by New York Festival of Song, Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, Joseph Kaiser, Steven Blier, and Michael Barrett (Audio CD – 2007) – Live

The late Metropolitan Opera star Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, partnered by the brilliant young tenor Joseph Kaiser, and pianists Steven Blier and Michael Barrett, gave a concert of Spanish Love Songs in 2004. Their memorable and wide-ranging New York Festival of Song program includes Spanish and Spanish-related songs by Granados, Turina, Ravel, Schumann, Wolf, Sondheim and [...]

Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Marvin Gaye’s Vulnerable is the work of a genius adrift–a lavishly arranged, never-completed album of standards about unrequited love that the great singer tinkered with from 1967 to 1979, finessing his vocals and overdubbing them into a fine, layered mesh. (It was finally issued a few years ago.) Love Songs: Bedroom Ballads is a peculiar [...]

Classic Love Songs: 22 Beautiful Balads [IMPORT]

A Classic Album Packed with the Biggest Stars of Nostalgia Singing the All-time Finest Love Songs. View product details at Amazon