Carly Simon - Carly Simon: A Moonlight Serenade
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Artist: Carly SimonEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
Format: Dual Disc
CD Release Date: 2005-07-19
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
- Moonlight Serenade
- I've Got You Under My Skin
- I Only Have Eyes For You
- Moonglow
- Alone Together
- In The Still Of The Night
- The More I See You
- Where Or When
- My One and Only Love
- All The Things You Are
- How Long Has This Been Going On
Free Music Notes for Carly Simon: A Moonlight Serenade
Free Music Review: "An Album Full Of Love And Romance"
Hit: 5 Stars
"Maybe I've earned the right to do these songs, maybe I haven't. Let time be the judge. I have always sung standards from the time I was a little girl mooning, as most of us were, over Frank Sinatra's great classic renditions." ~ Carly Simon ~
In my opinion, this latest offering from Carly Simon, "Moonlight Serenade" is by far one of the greatest recordings of standards along with Torch and My Romance. She's still one of the best interpreters of these timeless and fabulous songs from the Great American Songbook. This collaboration between Ms. Simon and Mr. Perry is so remarkable and according to them it's an "album full of love and romance." The selections of songs composed by the most distinguished songwriters of all-time are so impeccable and the best arrangements ever possibly could be done by Richard Perry, Michael Thompson and Lauren Wild.
The other side of this dual CD/DVD disc shows footages of the recording sessions with Carly Simon and Richard Perry with some of the studio musicians. They talked about the challenges in making this album, the selections of songs which according to the pair were easy and their recollections of each and every song. They have nothing but kind words about each other. I agree with Richard Perry when he said that "Carly Simon sounds effortless in singing these lovely standards and it's a sign of a great singer." Ms. Simon is indeed a great singer and her husky voice fits perfectly with these fabulous standards. Congratulations Ms. Simon and Mr. Perry for a job well done!
With Ms. Simon's outstanding and effortless renditions of these classics, each song had a new significance starting with the title track and my all-time favorite from Glenn Miller and Mitchell Parish "Moonlight Serenade." I especially loved her superb renditions of Harry Warren and Al Dublin's 1958 classic "I Only Have Eyes For You," (with it's intro - "My love must be some kind of blind love...I can't see anyone but you.") and George and Ira Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On," which according to her is a song that she always loved to record.
One thing I love about this recording is its repertoire. All the tracks are listed on my all-time favorite standards -- Cole Porter's "I've Got You Under My Skin and "In The Still Of The Night," Harry Warren and Mack Gordon's "The More I See You," Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart's "Where Or When," Eddie DeLange, Irving Mills and Will Hudson's "Moonglow" and the song that means a lot to Ms. Simon and arranged in a Bossa Nova groove "Alone Together," a beautiful composition by Howard Dietz and Arthur Schwartz. And not to mention a charming gem from Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II "All The Things You Are."
"You are the angel glow that lights a star
The dearest things I know are what you are
Some day my happy arms will hold you
And some day I'll know that moment divine
When all the things you are . . . are mine."
The most remarkable and very memorable song to me is Guy Wood and Robert Mellin's "My One And Only Love," which Ms. Simon rendered so perfectly and breathtakingly beautiful with its harmonica solo by William Galison.
"The very thought of you makes my heart sing
Like an April breeze on the wings of spring
And you appear in all your splendor
My one and only love!"
Since I received this dual disc as a just-because-gift, I haven't stopped listening to it. Thanks a lot to my dear friend for your thoughtfulness! This will be one of my most precious CDs in my collection and will never tire listening to it. It deserves not five stars but ten! Very highly recommended for your listening pleasure!
Carly Simon: A Moonlight Serenade Poster
Carly Simon's brand new album of romantic songs features 11 new tracks in collaboration with her old friend and hit producer Richard Perry. All of the songs are upbeat in a "fox-trot" kind of style, and Carly's heartfelt vocals are simply divine. There is no doubt that the Simon/Perry magic that worked so well in the 1970's is very much alive and well in 2005. The CD side of the DualDisc edition features the full new album Moonlight Serenade. In addition, The DVD side features: - The entire album in Enhanced Stereo
- Exclusive new footage of Carly at-home
- A "making of the album" documentary including in-the-studio footage, photos, and interviews with Carly Simon and Richard Perry.
Carly Simon could spin vintage Black Sabbath into the musical equivalent of buttery, well warmed comfort food. Not surprisingly, much like her earlier trio of classics from the Great American Songbook (1981's Torch, 1990's My Romance, and 1997's Film Noir), Carly positively nails the 11 standards collected on Moonlight Serenade. If there appears to be a little more magic on Moonlight that is missing from the others, you can credit her collaborator Richard Perry. As arranger and producer, Perry bends these songs in a direction that calls to mind the Simon/Perry classics from the early 1970s, No Secrets and Hotcakes included. Confident interpretations and respectable playing aside, what you hear on Moonlight Serenade is naturalness and joy, a spirit that bespeaks Simon at her peak. That spirit's power to transform ballads and soft rock songs into instant classics grabbed the 70's generation by the collar. With Moonlight Serenade, we thankfully see that spirit sweeps across a ballroom with the same fullness and fire. --Tammy La Gorce
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