Frank Sinatra-Sinatra 80th Live In Concert-CD-FLAC-1995-FORSAKEN
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Artist : Frank Sinatra
Album : Sinatra 80th: Live in Concert Label : Capitol Genre : Vocal Source : CD Street Date : 1995-11-14 Quality : 804 kbps / 44.1kHz / 2 channels Encoder : FLAC 1.2.1
Size : 347.18 MB
Time : 58:34 min Url : http://www.sinatra.com
1. You Are The Sunshine of My Life 2:37 2. What Now My Love 2:41 3. My Heart Stood Still 3:28 4. Whats New 2:38 5. For Once in My Life 2:56 6. If 3:22 7. In the Still of the Night 3:38 8. Soliloquy 11:14 9. Maybe This Time 2:52 10. Where or When 4:08 11. You Will Be My Music 4:25 12. Strangers in the Night 2:09 13. Angel Eyes 4:26 14. New York, New York 4:29 15. My Way (feat. Luciano Pavarotti) 3:31
Principally recorded live in the late 1980s and early 1990s. “My
Way” recorded at Capitol Studios, Hollywood, California. Includes
liner notes by Bill Miller. Frank Sinatra remains Americas
greatest ambassador of the popular song. And while time has
shaded his gifts, the rich resonance of his voice remains intact,
even if his intonation sometimes wanders. His timbre is as
sensual and alluring as ever, although there are certain notes he
can no longer reach for. But when all the trappings of youth are
removed, what reamins in its distilled, spiritual form is all the
more moving. From the opening cadences of Stevie Wonders “You
Are The Sunshine Of My Life,” its clear that Sinatras
swaggering sense of phrasing remains intact. Even on a tune much
closer in spirit to R&B audiences than Sinatras epoch, the
singer turns this classic Motown ballad into a brassy, big band
shout. But Sinatra has always been a champion of finely crafted
songs, transmuting them into personal statements. His swinging
sense of style and personal commitment rings through each of
these concert performances (plus an unlikely pairing of stylist
and songbird, when the Chairman teams with opera star Luciano
Pavarotti for a studio encounter on “My Way”). The performances
on LIVE IN CONCERT range from hard swinging treatments of popular
songs, to melancholy laments about lost love. Rodgers &
Hammersteins “Soliloquy” is full of wisdom, as a free spirit
ruminates about impending fatherhood. Sinatra moves easily from
conjecture about male and female offspring, from recitative to
lyric exposition in a stunning display of theatrical authority.
“Everybody loves a winner, but nobody loves me/Mister peaceful,
mister happy, thats what I want to be,” Sinatra sings on Don
Costas gently bouncing arrangement of “Maybe This Time,” mixing
pathos with a steely determination to come out on top. Even
better is Sinatras poignant visit with an old flame on “Whats
New.” Each pause italicizes his sense of regret; listen to the
way he finally allows his voice to break while intoning “I
understand, I do, pardon my asking, whats new?” And his
treatment of the text and melody on the classic saloon song
“Angel Eyes” is magnificent. The way he slides out of the bar
(and the song) on the moody carpet of Bill Millers piano and
Nelson Riddles strings (“Scuse me, while I… disappear”) is
the quintessence of Sinatras art–and his greatness. Import
exclusive 15-track collection on BMG.1998. Engineers include: Al
Schmitt, Norm Patiz, Richard Kimball. Personnel includes: Frank
Sinatra (vocals); Bill Miller, Frank Sinatra, Jr., Jack Elliott,
Patrick Williams (conductors); Luciano Pavarotti (vocals).
Producers: Phil Ramone, Hank Cattaneo. Q (1/96, p. 156) – 3 Stars
– Good – “… Age has ensured that his voice has lost much of its
warmth and delicacy, but great music is sometimes made from
limitations, and there is probably more feel here than in any
other period of his lengthy career…” NME (Magazine) (12/9/95,
p. 39) – 8 (out of 10) – “… even at 80 he sings like he owns
the song. Which in a way he does…. he takes an epic show tune
by the throat and drags it across the spectrum of known emotions,
an incredible performance… “
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