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A Winter Symphony

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by: Sarah Brightman

November 04, 2008
I've read a lot of mixed reviews on this CD, from Brightman fans and non-fans alike. But in my personal opinion, it's a superb album, and I'm thrilled she finally produced a holiday CD.

I'm giving it 4 of 5 stars because I do believe it could have been better, but that by no means implies that I hate the CD in anyway. I've just followed Sarah for the past 10 years since I was a little girl. This woman was my introduction to opera and classical cross over music! That being said, I know what the "best" and "most" could sound like from her; this isn't it.

I really wish two things would have been done with this CD: Sarah singing, "The First of May" (as she did on the Symphony tour, for pre-Christmas dates), and she also ... Read More:

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Songs of Joy & Peace

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from: Sony

October 14, 2008
I recently bought YO-YO MA & FRIENDS music: Songs of Joy and Peace.
It has been wonderful experience as usuall.

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The Best of Andrea Bocelli: Vivere

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by: Andrea Bocelli

October 30, 2007
I'm not a music expert...I just know what I like and I LOVE this cd! The duet pieces are wonderful. I may not understand the words to many of the songs but I can feel the emotion that Andrea Bocelli puts in them. This is certainly a cd worth having.

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The Duets

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by: Luciano Pavarotti

November 11, 2008
I'm not a music expert...I just know what I like and I LOVE this cd! The duet pieces are wonderful. I may not understand the words to many of the songs but I can feel the emotion that Andrea Bocelli puts in them. This is certainly a cd worth having.

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Vivaldi: The Four Seasons

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from: SONY CLASSICS

September 02, 2008
Mr Bell can rarely play in anything but an excellent and clean fashion, and the same can be said of St. Martin-in-the-Fields orchestra. But in the case of this recording of Vivaldi's most famous set of concertos, there it ends. Technically well executed, almost no understanding of this marvelous 18th c. music is evident in this performance-- it adds nothing to the countless interpretations of this music that was not already present 25 years ago or more before the EM (or HIP or music reconstruction or whatever we may call it) movement came to the forefront. Make no mistake, I'm no "authenticity fascist" and do not have any objection to modern instrument performances, even with a little Romantic flair added in, but this is being marketed to us as a "deeply personal" ... Read More:

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Songs of Joy & Peace (Deluxe Version)

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from: Sony

October 14, 2008
I recently bought YO-YO MA & FRIENDS music: Songs of Joy and Peace.
It has been wonderful experience as usuall.

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Andre Rieu: Live in Vienna

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starring: Andre Rieu
directed by: Not identified

September 30, 2008
Tastes are, of course, subjective, but, in my opinion, "Live in Vienna" is far and away
the best concert ever performed by Andre' Rieu and the Johann Strauss Orchestra.
(My second favorite would be "At the Schoennbrunn" - Andre' is always at hie best
performing in the Land of Strauss).

I first saw this concert advertiesed by my local PBS channel during one of their fund
drives and assumed that it was one I had already seen (after all, he has certainly
performed in Vienna enough times.) Much to my pleasant surprise the very first selection.
Vienna Citizens" was a waltz I had not heard in 20 years and I had never heard performed
by Andre' Rieu. I remembered it as one of my all time favorite "Strauss waltzes" Imagine ... Read More:

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Italia

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by: Chris Botti

September 25, 2007
He is one of the great horn players living or dead. I could listen day after day.

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Chant: Music For The Soul

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from: Decca

July 01, 2008
I listen to this in my car between stops and I love how the songs soothe my spirit, especially when hectic schedules stress me out!

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Bach: The 6 Unaccompanied Cello Suites

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from: Sony

June 06, 2006
Not exactly sure what I would do without these recordings. A world without Bach: a scary thought. My pulse slackens a bit each time I put these on. Relaxing, sure, but also tremendously moving. A perfect antidote for the trivial drone, distraction, and bustle of our post-capitalist world. No need to go buy new-age computer glitch world-music ambience; this is sonic therapy, written centuries before we needed it.