{"product_id":"scores-songs-from-copacabana-and-harmony","title":"Scores - Songs from Copacabana and Harmony","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Barry Manilow\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Enhanced\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRelease Date:\u003c\/b\u003e 28-09-2004\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDetails:\u003c\/b\u003e Product Description\n\n\nBarry Manilow\n\n\nAmazon.ca\n\n\nLike many pop artists of his generation, Barry Manilow has long wanted to find a home for his tunes on the theater stage---and as Bette Midler's longtime music director and arranger, he was more fitted than most. On this recording, he performs excerpts from two shows he wrote in collaboration with lyricist and book writer Bruce Sussman; overall he comes across a lot better as a composer than a performer. Manilow starts by letting loose on the seven tracks from the flashy\nCopacabana. Like the song of the same name, on which it is based, that show is an all-out cry for razzamatazz entertainment. \"Sweet Heaven (I'm in Love Again)\" feels Bacharachian, while \"Bolero de Amor\" uses Ravel's \"Bolero\" as a foundation and \"This Can't Be Real\" is a smooth duet with Olivia Newton-John. The second show,\nHarmony, strikes a different mood---after all, it evokes not a snazzy nightclub but pre-WWII Germany. The tunes are solid and sport lovely arrangements, though one gets the nagging feeling they would have been ever better sung by more versatile interpreters.\n--Elisabeth Vincentelli\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eUPC:\u003c\/b\u003e 013431225126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEAN:\u003c\/b\u003e 0013431225126\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguages:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding:\u003c\/b\u003e Audio CD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eItem Condition:\u003c\/b\u003e UsedVeryGood\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ID Shop.ca","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42404754718979,"sku":"MT-9PTW-P5AX","price":8.25,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0030\/9765\/7390\/products\/517XV1WR5WL.jpg?v=1643556025","url":"https:\/\/idshop.ca\/products\/scores-songs-from-copacabana-and-harmony","provider":"ID Shop.ca","version":"1.0","type":"link"}