On another Judy note: Someone mentioned an album with her on solo pianoThe Judy album that just has her own compositions being sung by her and a lonely piano as accompaniment is called "Voices". It also has a booklet that gives Judy's own lengthy reflections on what inspired each song. Lastly, sheet music is provided for the piano arrangements performed on this CD. The whole package and concept behind this effort is incredible and should not be viewed as yet another annoying Judy compilation album (and she has got a few). I would hate to call this an UNPLUGGED album (even though that is what it basically is)just because I would hate to lump it with all the other umplugged efforts out on the market. This is obviously not an effort by an artist to cash in on acoustic versions of hit songs previously released. I love many unplugged efforts but lets face it, money is the big thrust behind most of them. This effort is just too "classy", too "classical" to be lumped with anything mainstream or "pop". The piano arrangements are soooo intricate yet do not come across as overdone. I have seen Judy perform a lot of these songs in concert and her head is tilted back to allow the voice to flow and the fingers are dancing over the keys with little visual attention. She just FLIES!!!!!!!! A partial song list off the top of my head: Since You've Asked, My Father, Holly Ann, Houses, Secret Garden, Albatross(magnificent), Song for Judith, Trust Your Heart, etc...A notable exception was "Nightingale" which has excellent lyrics. Probably its inclusion would have seemed like a repetition since, unlike this song, all the others were originally recorded with orchestral or pop arrangements. I still would have liked to have seen it included for the sake of having all of Judy's important piano "gems" on one disk. I have only seen this offered for sale at Barnes and Nobles. Even the B& N without a CD section will carry it in the song book section, despite the fact that this is primarily pushed as a CD. The sheet music portion is a huge piece of paper that is carefully folded down to the size of a CD size jewel case. The music print is smaller than the usual songbook size. More of an old classical presentation. It is still available on her website.
that's available on her website. I looked, but wasn't able to tell >which one it might be. Can someone tell me the title?
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