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Italia

by: Chris Botti

September 25, 2007
This CD is seductive, romantic, beautiful and timeless. I was a fan of Chris Botti before, but now I'm a disciple.

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When I Fall in Love

by: Chris Botti

September 28, 2004
I have never heard "No Ordinary Love" played with such overwhelming charm. All tracks are wonderful, but "LA BELLE DAME SANS REGRETS" is my favorite, Sting's voice along with Chris Botti's playing was enchanting.

An artist like Botti doesn't need pictures of a beautiful woman with a fake mesmerized look on the cover of his album, but with an outstanding performance like that, some shallowness should be forgiven.

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A Thousand Kisses Deep

by: Chris Botti

September 30, 2003
I do enjoy this cd and even bought ITALIA by Chris Botti. Both are great!!!

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December

by: Chris Botti

October 10, 2006
Botti's music is always relaxing and comfortable. I'm inclined to put a bunch of his CDs in back to back on a rainy or snowy day at home and I don't care what month it is! This CD is in keeping with the others - smooth, sultry, polished.

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Amparo

from: Decca

September 09, 2008
"Amparo" is elevator music with up-market pretensions. Pieces by Albinoni, Faure, Handel, Ravel, and Vaughan Williams, among others, have been arranged by Dave Grusin in a way that reduces them to an aural mush that blends with originals by Lee Ritenour and Grusin himself. The result calls to mind the term "air pudding" Gary Trudeau used in a "Doonesbury" strip about some harmless, undistinguished music. These classical composers have survived worse treatment and won't be scathed by their abuse in this release, which I give one star because I can't give none.

Appearances by classical performers Joshua Bell and Renee Fleming are also meant to give the disc cachet. Their names, in fact, got me to listen to it. They are two of the most ... Read More:

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Vivere Live in Tuscany [CD/DVD]

from: Decca

January 29, 2008
Fantastic!! Since his first cross-over CD/DVD, "Under The Desert Sky", I have awaited another such set. I have listened and viewed it many times and it just gets better. One of our most prized operatic voices heard today. The wonderful artists that appeared on stage and performed with him were outstanding. The backdrop of the Tuscany countryside was beautiful and well chosen. I look for more of these entertaining concerts which I prefer over classic opera.

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To Love Again

by: Chris Botti

October 18, 2005
Chris Botti, a trumpeter-extraordinaire, has done it again after the success of "When I Fall In Love," my top favorite of all his albums, which charted #4 on Billboard Top 25 Albums when it was released. "To Love Again" is nothing but one of the best recordings of all-time and features Mr. Botti's thirteen attention-grabbing performances with his guest artists - Sting, Michael Bublé, Paula Cole, Gladys Knight, Jill Scott, Paul Buchanan, Renee Olstead, Rosa Passos and Steven Tyler, with the London Session Orchestra conducted by Jeremy Lubbock, Billy Childs and Gil Goldstein.

His very latest offering Italia (CD/DVD digipak Fan Pack) is also making waves at the jazz scene today. Please check it out, and I guarantee you will have an exquisite listening experience. ... Read More:

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Night Sessions

by: Chris Botti

October 30, 2001
Chris Botti's trumpet is so sweet and smooth it stimulates memory like memory of tastes that remain forever associated with something good on the pallette.

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The Very Best of Chris Botti

by: Chris Botti

July 16, 2002
I felt a bit like I was standing in an elevator. This was my first experience with Chris's music and I am not sure I am going to buy anymore without hearing it first. I felt that his album was a bit uninspired and did not feel that he was willing to take any chances with his music. I like music that moves me...this album did not.

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Midnight Without You

by: Chris Botti

May 20, 1997
I feel that Chris Botti is a fantastic musician and just love to listen to all his cd's and now that I have the equipment I will be able to listen and watch his DVD's Joyce Maric