CD-Charts Position 1
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High School Musical

by: Various Composers, Zac Efron, Vanessa Anne Hudgens, Ashley Tisdale, Lucas Grabeel, High School Musical Cast, B5

Release Date May 23, 2006
CD quality as described and promised however it took FOREVER for it to get shipped to me.

CD-Charts Position 2
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Vivere Live in Tuscany [CD/DVD]

from: Decca

Release Date January 29, 2008
The CD portion was shorter than expected, but the quality of the music/sound is wonderful.
Seeing Bocelli live and in person would be great, but the DVD is the second best thing to it!

CD-Charts Position 3
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God Bless America: The Ultimate Patriotic Album

from: Decca

Release Date June 11, 2002
This collection has all the standards, and a few "hard-to-find" ones. These are all well done. I used them recently during our church's senior adult program to honor our vets.

Enjoy.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Working (Original 1978 Broadway Cast)

from: Varese Sarabande

Release Date July 10, 2001
In the history of musicals, sometimes we find pieces that outshine by its originality and "step forward" attitude. This is the case. Nothing compares to the songs, lyrics and orchestrations of this musical. Socially engaged and dramatically focused, it makes it very different from anything you've heard before, although it might be compared to RUNAWAYS and HAIR. An excellent trilogy of social musicals looking for something more than pure entertainment.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Music from a Farther Room

by: Astor Piazzolla, Maurice Ravel, Richard Rodgers, Paul Schwartz, Jean Sibelius, Traditional, Paul Schwartz, Craig Macintyre, Tariqh Akoni, Tim Curle, Lang Lang, Lee Musiker, Zachary Provost, Lucia Micarelli, Leigh Nash, Lisbeth Scott

Release Date July 27, 2004
There is nothing like slipping this CD in while sitting in traffic and being taken to an entirely different place. Well engineered, well produced, this CD is a rich, satisfying experience, like good wine and expensive chocolate.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Obrigado Brazil

by: Yo-Yo Ma

Release Date July 29, 2003
I was excited to get this as a gift. Then I played it. I expected some fun and Sambas. Pretty dull, very little cello, not even pleasant as background music. I put my copy in the pile for Good Will.

CD-Charts Position 7
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Browns in Blue

from: SONY CLASSICS

Release Date October 02, 2007
We saw The 5 Browns in concert in Wausau, WI, purchased the CD, and have not stopped playing it. We think this 5-some is just awesome. God gifted and God glorified. Thank you Lord for giving them their musical gifts.

CD-Charts Position 8
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High School Musical

from: Walt Disney Records

Release Date January 10, 2006
This is so much fun! My daughter and I have girl time singing off key to this. As a special treat a few times a year, I plan to take my karaoke machine and several of the kid favorites to my classroom for my students to enjoy. They'll know every word of this new classic!

CD-Charts Position 9
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Mission Impossible 2: Music From The Motion Picture Score (2000 Film)

from: Hollywood Records

Release Date June 13, 2000
Great soundtrack overall with only a few shortcomings. It successfully mixes classic Spanish style with the Mission Impossible theme and Zimmer's traditional "grandiose movie epic" style.

The tracks Hijack, Seville, Injection, and Bare Island are, by far, the best. Among these Injection is probably the most well done and powerful. A good movie soundtrack, by my measure, must not only stand on its own as a good composition, but also bring the plot and emotions of the point in the movie it was played back to you. Injection succeeds at this in a way that few soundtracks can claim.

The only real failings are Bio-Techno (which serves more to grate on the nerves than sound like a well put together composition) and Mano A Mano ... Read More:

CD-Charts Position 10
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The String Quartet Tribute to Janet Jackson

from: Vitamin Records

Release Date April 20, 2004
I just got this CD the other day and I am buying a couple for gifts.

I haven't stopped listening to it since I got it. The arrangements stay true to the original arrangements and the music is fresh and exciting to listen to.

I think this CD is great and will make great gifts for my friends who like Janet Jackson.