Love Songs Lyrics

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 others. The release of Spanish Love Songs coincides with the Metropolitan Opera debut of Joseph Kaiser, singing the role of Romeo in Gounod’s Romeo et Juliette, conducted by Placido Domingo. This will be followed immediately by Met performances singing Tamino in The Magic Flute. (Kaiser’s Tamino has been widely seen in Kenneth Branagh’s recent film of The Magic Flute. Lorraine Hunt Lieberson was the winner of the 2007 Grammy Award for ‘Best Vocal Recording’, for her performance of her husband Peter Lieberson’s Rilke Songs (BRIDGE 9178), accompanied by pianist Peter Serkin. Ms. Lieberson’s performances were highly regarded for their searing intensity and searching commitment. Spanish Love Songs takes a whirlwind tour of Iberian culture, from the mystically introspective to the opulently romantic. On Spanish Love Songs we hear the great masters Robert Schumann, Hugo Wolf and Maurice Ravel, fascinated by the beauty of Spanish culture, alongside the music of Spain’s greatest composers of song. As an encore, the four performers combine for a delightful performance of Barcelona from Sondheim’s Company. View product details at Amazon

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 beast, combining the seven extant tracks from the Vulnerable sessions with six boudoir-minded originals recorded between 1973 and 1980. It’s all splendid, if a little too schizophrenic to help seduce the soul fan of your dreams. Gaye had an exquisite touch with the tender lyrical sentiments of the vintage pop he was revisiting, although he tended to get a lot more direct when he put things his own way. “Why Did I Choose You” is one of his prettiest performances, but it’s miles away from “Funk Me,” and the panting and moaning in the background of the fabulous “Since I Had You”–well, if Gaye had had housemates, they’d have run the dishwasher. –Douglas Wolk. View product details at Amazon

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

20 track collection of The King’s greatest romantic numbers, including ‘Love Me Tender’, ‘Are You Lonesome Tonight?’, ‘For The Good Times’, ‘It’s Now or Never’, ‘Love Letters’ & many, many more. BMG/Camden. 1999. View product details at Amazon

The Sinatra who could more than convincingly offer that he had a crush on you is represented by this sweetly packaged 22-track collection. Culled mostly from the early Reprise years (with a four-cut sample of Capitol performances), Greatest Love Songs makes an airtight case for his work during the period. Often tender, occasionally enthusiastic, these selections skirt the bombast and self-parody the Chairman sometimes fell into on his own label. Popular classics like “Fly Me to the Moon” and “The Way You Look Tonight” are more than matched by keepers like the dramatically slowed Sinatra & Strings version of “Night and Day,” the swinging dare of “Let’s Fall in Love,” and the elegiac 1961 take of “I’m Getting Sentimental Over You.” Save for the thud of a studio-engineered posthumous duet with Celine Dion–an insult both to Sinatra and one of the most delicate of his signature songs, “All the Way”–this is an exemplar of the Valentine-themed album. –Rickey Wright. First ever single-disc long song collection spanning Sinatra’s years with Reprise Records & Capitol Records. Features Sinatra’s studio duet with Celine Dion – ‘All They Way’. Just in time for Valentine’s Day. Reprise Records. View product details at Amazon

TRACKS: Oh Girl – The Chi-Lites Alone Again (Naturally) – Gilbert O’Sullivan Make Me Lose Control – Eric Carmen My Eyes Adored You – Frankie Valli When I Need You – Leo Sayer December 1963 (Oh, What A Night) – Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons Everything I Own – Bread Hard To Say I’m Sorry – Chicago Arthur’s Theme (Best That You Can Do) – Christopher Cross Right Time Of The Night – Jennifer Warnes Blue Bayou – Linda Ronstadt Tell It Like It Is – Aaaron Neville Sea Of Love – The Honeydrippers Just The Two Of Us – Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers I’m Still In Love With You – Al Green Always – Atlantic Starr Sara – Starship Drive – The Cars. View product details at Amazon

Finally a company that provides you with just the one song that you’re looking for. Featured here is a Karaoke Version of the song made popular by Alicia Keys, No One with the lead vocals removed. Two versions are provided; one with no lead vocal and one with a guide vocal included. This disc does not contain the original track by the original artist but is a professionally produced re-recording in the style of the original. On-screen graphics will appear when played in a machine that has CD+G (Graphics) capability. View product details at Amazon