Disney/Pixar Greatest

Title: Disney/Pixar Greatest Guest artists: Randy Newman, Sarah McLachlan, Billy Crystal, John Goodman, Sheryl Crow, Rascal Flatts, James Taylor, Camille, Peter Gabriel Composers: Randy Newman, Michael Giacchino, Thomas Newman If you like at least half of the movies on this CD — Toy Story, A Bug’s Life, Toy Story 2, Monsters, Inc., Cars, Ratatouille, WALL-E, [...]

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Wicked

Title: Wicked Composer: Stephen Schwartz Date: 2003 If you ever wondered about the story behind the Wicked Witch in the Wizard of Oz, you can either read about it in Gregory Maguire’s book Wicked, or you can take a shortcut and listen to the tale in this recording of the Broadway musical. It’s a story [...]

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Slumdog Millionaire

Title: Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture Composers: A.R. Rahman; with some songs by M.I.A. Date: 2008 Long before the advent of Hollywood, Bollywood, and film, composers labored to create scores to accompany dramatic works. A.R. Rahman follows in that same grand tradition, creating this masterpiece that highlights, underscores, and heightens the emotion in [...]

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At Home With Friends

Title: At Home with Friends Artist: Joshua Bell Date: 2009 The idea is appealing . . . renovate your Manhattan apartment with a professional yet intimate sound stage and invite your friends to perform with you. That is exactly what Joshua Bell did, and it works well, especially if you have friends like Sting, Tiempo [...]

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