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Music : Michael Feinstein With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra
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Michael Feinstein With the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra by: Michael Feinstein, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0013431498728 Label: Concord Records Manufacturer: Concord Records Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Concord Records Release Date: May 07, 2002 Studio: Concord Records Sales Rank: 51041 MPN: 4987 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.com: If there's a precious tone to Michael Feinstein's interpretations of the American songbook, it probably stems from a fervent dedication to preserving the original context of his material. This is, after all, a musician who spent many of his formative years in personal service to the late Ira Gershwin. This collection further underscores that commitment, with the lush sound of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (augmented by the piano trio of Alan Broadbent, who also provides all but one of the arrangements here) adding considerable dramatic resonance to Feinstein's performances. While singers from Sinatra and Streisand to Fitzgerald and Bennett have imbued many of these songs with considerable dollops of jazz, blues, and their own strong personas, Feinstein mines melancholy jewels like "Spring Will Be a Little Late This Year," "How Deep Is the Ocean," and "By Myself" for all their introspective emotion. "Somewhere" pays tribute to Bernstein with glorious, unabashed melodrama, while "Laura" (one of the most recorded songs of all time) gets recast in something approaching its original intent via an arrangement written for this recording by composer David Raksin. Feinstein himself penned the album's notes, paying careful tribute to each composer represented and noting that all were Jews, yet their music came to represent a richly American spectrum that included black and white and encompassed jazz, the theater, and even classics in its scope. There's a lesson herein, and one that spans more than mere history and musical archaeology. --Jerry McCulley Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Lush and RomanticI love this album!! The arrangements are lush and romantic and beautifully orchestrated. Kudos to the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra! Michael Feinstein has whittled out a niche in American music that few can rival--Michael Buble' comes to mind, but NO ONE does "classic" American songs by the early songwriters like Berlin, Gershwin, Cole Porter, etal, like Michael Feinstein. They feel "authentic" because he often sings them the way they were written originally. My favorite track on this album is "Laura." The orchestral work in this arrangement is just breath-taking! Rating: - "Spring Will Be A Little Late This Year""My life is music. It has always been music, and it will always be music. ~ Michael Feinstein ~ "Michael Feinstein with the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra" received a nomination for Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album in the 2003 Grammy Awards and although this album didn't get the ultimate Grammy nod, it's still one of the best recordings from Michael Feinstein. Recorded in Tel Aviv in 2001 with additional recording at Capitol Studios in California, he is ably supported by Avishai Cohen on bass, Albie Berk on drums, and backed by an 88-piece orchestra - the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Alan Broadbent, whom I've watched in live performances and I can truly say that he's such a fine and talented arranger/conductor/pianist ... Read More: Rating: - Musical Wit in an Orchestral SettingThe one problem a record collector encounters when he has an album too many of one artist, is the tendency of the artist to sing the same songs in succeeding albums/settings. Feinstein, who I consider as the leading proponent in reviving the American Popular Song standards to its unfettered glory is backed by a philharmonic orchestra in this album with the musical direction of conductor Alan Broadbent. And yes, he sang some songs that were sung in sparse and acoustic settings in his previous albums. As usual, just like any cabaret singer who never really sings the same song twice (listen to the grand old dames of cabaret like Julie Wilson and Mabel Mercer), Feinstein delights in the varied ways he can see a song in different contexts. Having said that, I thought ... Read More: Rating:  - A Cabaret Singer Grows Up"Extraordinary how potent cheap music is." -Noel Coward Like Coward, Mr. Feinstein seems to understand the power of popular, romantic song when flung into the void of an apparently cold universe by an all too human, understated voice...I first heard Michael Feinstein sing and play the piano umpteen years ago in the mad, bad '80s. At that time, I found his choice of material from the great 20th Century American composers refreshing & interesting, his skills as a pianist were good, and his diction to be above average. Yet his voice at that time was a bit weak--there was too much bravura nonsense, too much vibrato and he may have been too young for some of the songs that he sang at the time. Well, we've both matured, (I hope), and Mr. Feinstein ... Read More: Rating:  - This cd is about average, it could have been betterFirst I would like to say i'm a Michael fan. I own all his catalog. Even though i'm a fan there are some things about this cd that I find in bad taste. Please let me explain! I know it is hard to always be creative. There are just so many ideas to go around and then you have to start duplicating others. This is known as copying what others have done. For this cd I felt like some of the arrangements were too long. For example, Laura as it was performed hear is a six minute song. It really should have been done in two minutes. I'm an engineer and I edited this version of Laura to run two minutes and it is just perfect. Sometimes less is really more. Also, I felt that some of the other songs didn't really have top notch arrangements attached to them. If ... Read More: |
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