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Buy Now	An Invitation (more) »rank: 10517 by: Inara George, Van Dyke Parks :Album Description:An Invitation is an intimate collaboration between Inara and legendary arranger Van Dyke Parks. The result is a lush, elegant, fully orchestrated song cycle, a catalog of experiences equally inspired by the sophistication of Frank Sinatra and the storied, cinematic wonder of Richard Sherman's oeuvre. Throughout the record, Van Dyke's cerebral (psychedelic, even) arrangements twist the music into multiple directions at once, a swirling canvas suspended over the sonic mantelpiece of Inara's songs, bewitching and perplexing, a truly organic achievement among friends in an era of artificial pleasures.	Buy Now	Follow That Bird (more) »rank: 9159 from: Bmg Special Product :Album Description:An Invitation is an intimate collaboration between Inara and legendary arranger Van Dyke Parks. The result is a lush, elegant, fully orchestrated song cycle, a catalog of experiences equally inspired by the sophistication of Frank Sinatra and the storied, cinematic wonder of Richard Sherman's oeuvre. Throughout the record, Van Dyke's cerebral (psychedelic, even) arrangements twist the music into multiple directions at once, a swirling canvas suspended over the sonic mantelpiece of Inara's songs, bewitching and perplexing, a truly organic achievement among friends in an era of artificial pleasures.
Buy Now	Orange Crate Art (more) »rank: 112053 by: Brian Wilson & Van Dyke Parks : :Here is a view of the Golden State through rose-colored glasses that's as effervescent and intoxicating as pink champagne. Brian Wilson and Van Dyke Parks trade the roles they occupied nearly three decades ago when they collaborated on songs for the Beach Boys' great lost album, Smile. Orange Crate Art was conceived and overseen by Parks, who brought his old boss Wilson aboard chiefly to give voice to Parks's wistful song cycle. Given that much of the album is set in California, who better than favorite son Wilson to sing these songs? But while Wilson's voice initially evokes images of hot ...	Buy Now	Song Cycle (more) »rank: 92425 by: Van Dyke Parks :Album Description:Van Dyke Parks' visionary 1968 debut, Song Cycle, rose phoenix-like from the ashes of his fabled Smile collaboration with Brian Wilson. Parks' breathtaking high-wire act fused the pop genius of Phil Spector, Stephen Sondheim's Broadway vertigo and the orchestral flare of American composer Charles Ives and made it wholly his own. Our definitive pressing of this landmark Warner Bros. album is sourced from the original analog master, and pressed on high-definition vinyl. :Former child actor Van Dyke Parks had reinvented himself as a songwriter, arranger, raconteur, and budding conceptualist when Warner Bros. bankrolled this brave, baroque 1968 debut, which has ...
Buy Now	Moonlighting: Live at the Ash Grove (more) »rank: 32523 by: Van Dyke Parks : :Parks has always been a moonlighter, producing albums by Little Feat and Randy Newman, writing arrangements for U2 and Victoria Williams, and composing film scores. He's also recorded half a dozen albums on his own, but he's spent most of his career in the shadow of an early failed collaboration: his work as lyricist for Brian Wilson's epic '60s disaster, Smile. Moonlighting, a live recording taken from a 1996 performance, places him in the spotlight's full glare. There may be a 17-piece band behind him, but Parks sings (by his own admission badly) and plays piano throughout, displaying the personality a ...	Buy Now	Jump! (more) »rank: 148960 by: Van Dyke Parks : :Parks has always been a moonlighter, producing albums by Little Feat and Randy Newman, writing arrangements for U2 and Victoria Williams, and composing film scores. He's also recorded half a dozen albums on his own, but he's spent most of his career in the shadow of an early failed collaboration: his work as lyricist for Brian Wilson's epic '60s disaster, Smile. Moonlighting, a live recording taken from a 1996 performance, places him in the spotlight's full glare. There may be a 17-piece band behind him, but Parks sings (by his own admission badly) and plays piano throughout, displaying the personality a ...
Buy Now	The Company (more) »rank: 109677 from: Sony : :Writer/director Robert Altman's predilection for complex character studies has focused a jaundiced eye on everything from Nashville to the fashion industry. Here the director explores the interactions of a contemporary ballet troupe, set to a diverse pop/classical score that's anything but predictable. The dominant theme that runs throughout is the American songbook staple 'My Funny Valentine,' given four distinctly different idiomatic turns here by Elvis Costello, Chet Baker, the Kronos Quartet, and the piano/cello duet of Marvin Laird and Clay Ruede. The remaining source tracks range from the expected classical roots (Bach and Saint-Saens) to Twin Peaks vocal icon Julee Cruise ...	Buy Now	Night Before Christmas (more) »rank: 178636 by: Meryl Streep, Mark O'Connor, Van Dyke Parks : :Families will love nestling in to hear this beautiful version of Clement C. Moore's classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. Followed by carols and original music written and performed by musicians including the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, renowned fiddler Mark O'Connor, and arranger Van Dyke Parks, acclaimed actress Meryl Streep recites Moore's poem with a range of warmth and vocal flexibility. As with her work on The Velveteen Rabbit, Streep makes this classic come alive as one of the coziest story readings on record. Streep's sweet, motherly voice sings lead on 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear' and 'Away in the ...
Buy Now	Discover America (more) »rank: 63563 by: Van Dyke Parks : :Families will love nestling in to hear this beautiful version of Clement C. Moore's classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. Followed by carols and original music written and performed by musicians including the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, renowned fiddler Mark O'Connor, and arranger Van Dyke Parks, acclaimed actress Meryl Streep recites Moore's poem with a range of warmth and vocal flexibility. As with her work on The Velveteen Rabbit, Streep makes this classic come alive as one of the coziest story readings on record. Streep's sweet, motherly voice sings lead on 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear' and 'Away in the ...	Buy Now	The Clang of the Yankee Reaper (more) »rank: 153041 by: Van Dyke Parks : :Families will love nestling in to hear this beautiful version of Clement C. Moore's classic poem Twas the Night Before Christmas. Followed by carols and original music written and performed by musicians including the Christ Church Cathedral Choir, renowned fiddler Mark O'Connor, and arranger Van Dyke Parks, acclaimed actress Meryl Streep recites Moore's poem with a range of warmth and vocal flexibility. As with her work on The Velveteen Rabbit, Streep makes this classic come alive as one of the coziest story readings on record. Streep's sweet, motherly voice sings lead on 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear' and 'Away in the ...