The Search

Product Description
Victor and The Search take you on a timeless journey through life's relationships.

Each layer of The Search unfolds a deeper dimension of the human psyche. It begins with life's easy pleasures, laughter and fantasy. Then, there's this whole ordeal of women and men trying to find each other, and not lose themselves in the process. Somewhere in all the craziness, we start to figure out what's really important. We recognize the strength we receive from family and friends. As children we expected support, as adults we are grateful for it. Throughout The Search we're reminded to explore our creativity, embrace inspiration, and have some fun along the way!

The music itself includes a core of rock and blues, with hints of jazz and soul, surrounded by a progressive aura that appeals to the pop fans as well as the rockers. It's fresh; it's timeless; it's inspirational; it's full of power...it's what you've been looking for from a progressive rock project!

Its all about life, soul... and music!!

The Search,Victor Martinetti

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Average customer rating: A timeless classic Comments on a few favorite songs My personal favorite almost perfect moody blues album! 4.75 stars House of 5 incredible musicians and songwriters

In Search of the Lost Chord The Moody Blues Manufacturer: Polydor / Umgd ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Progressive Rock | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop General | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classic Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: On the Threshold of a Dream To Our Children's Children's Children Days of Future Passed Question of Balance Every Good Boy Deserves Favour ASIN: B000002GQG Release Date: 1997-05-20

Tracks:

1. Departure
2. Ride My See-Saw
3. Dr. Livingstone, I Presume
4. House Of Four Doors
5. Legend Of A Mind
6. House Of Four Doors (Part 2)
7. Voices In The Sky
8. The Best Way To Travel
9. Visions Of Paradise
10. The Actor
11. The Word
12. Om

Customer Reviews:

A timeless classic.......2007-07-17

It is hard to believe that this record is almost 40 years old, but it is. And it couldn't have aged any better. It still sounds as fresh, creative, and innovative as it did back in the day. The seven-album run that the Moody Blues reeled off from 1967 to 1972 is quite stunning, and opinions are often all over the map as to what their best of those seven is, but in my mind, it is an easy question to answer. With all due respect to the other six albums, all of which are excellent in their own way, as well, the answer for me will always be In Search of the Lost Chord.

Comments on a few favorite songs.......2007-06-06

I am not going to offer up a review of the entire album. There are MANY talented folks here who have done a much better job of it than I ever could hope to, so what's the point? I'd just like to offer up my 2 cents on my favorite songs from this great Moody Blues work.

First off is John Lodge's classic, feel-good rocker 'Ride My See-Saw'. (This tune and 'I'm Just a Singer' frequently trade places as my favorite Moodies song). I might as well admit it right now: I am a HUGE John Lodge fan and he is my fave Moody. That will become glaringly apparent if you read any more of my Moody Blues product reviews. Am I the least bit biased towards this living legend? Not at all! While I am not totally sure of the exact meaning of the lyrics, on the surface RMSS seems to be rife with double entendres and sexual innuendo, at least that's what I've read many times. But knowing of JL's deep religious beliefs, I strongly guess that that's not the case at all. This song is just plain fun to listen and sing along to. John and Justin's great guitar work ain't none too shabbily showcased either. RMSS is John Lodge at his rocking best.

I am also a big fan of Ray Thomas' often overlooked (and in my opinon) under-used talents. His ode to 'Dr. Livingstone' is a cheery, cute song that I could listen to all day long while having a goofy smile on my face. Ray's next offering, 'Legend of a Mind' is a legend of a song, and perfectly shows off this man's awesome vocal skills, not to mention the fact that he can blow the living tar out of a flute. This song has the best series of build-ups (for lack of a better word) and crescendos of any song I have ever heard. (You'll have to over-look the fact that I am not at all musical nor versed in music lingo, so that's the best description I could give. I hope most will understand what I'm talking about). I can literally listen to this song over and over w/o growing tired of it. The subject matter of this song doesn't matter to me one iota. The melody, the beat, the musicianship, and John's fabulous high note harmonies all combine to make this song a pure delight to my ears.

Next on my list is Lodge's 'House of Four Doors'. I'll spare you the details of how great I think this song is. I'll briefly just state that HOFD is hauntingly eerie and beautiful all at the same time. Maybe- just maybe- I could have done w/o 'some' of the sound effects of the creaking door, but hey John didn't ask me for my opinion before including them. It really doesn't affect my overall opinion of this great song. Yes, it's a John Lodge tune, and yes I darn well love it.

I am ending my little synopsis with two songs from the sublime Justin Hayward.(BTW, I like him, too. He's my 2nd fave Moody). Firstly is 'Voices in the Sky'. I have to admit that it took me a while to really love and appreciate this one (I don't exactly know why) but it is a truly lovely song. This song DOES make me wonder what the birds could say to me if they only could. As usual, Justin does a superb vocal and the song fits him and this album really well. But.... my favorite Hayward tune on this record is by far 'The Actor'. In fact, it's one of my all-time favorite songs of his. Both the lyrics and the sound of this song are as timeless today as when JH penned it many years ago. Something in this song really strikes a chord in me. Perhaps it's the fact that we all tend to put on a good front for the world and get caught up in playing our little roles? I heard Justin sing this song live recently and I have to say the man's voice sounds just as good as it did way back when. He truly is a gifted singer, guitarist and performer.

Well, I guess I'm just about through telling y'all (I'm from the South, after all) about my favorite songs from ISOTLC. I hope this "review" makes someone want to go and listen to these songs (or the entire album) anew- or better yet- hear them for the very first time. Either way, I do hope you enjoy!

My personal favorite.......2007-04-15

I own 14 Moody Blues albums and this is my favorite one . The band's ability to learn 37 different instument including Mike Pindar's mastery of the mellotron is remarkable all in and of itself . The album contains my favorite Moody Blues song , Voices In The Sky . While this album never received the critical acclaim that was given to Days Of Future Passed , it was more like the other 5 concept albums . Yes , the material is some what dated , but , this is the begining of the art rock era . Any one who likes the band should own this .

almost perfect moody blues album! 4.75 stars.......2007-03-19

Though it doesnt contain a song like the epic beautiful "nights in white satin" the Moodies second album from 1968 is their most pyschedelic and solid album of their career. This album segues nicely into a track by track tour of what the end of pyschedlia and the beginning of progrock sounded like. There isnt really a song i dislike and this fits in nicely with the best of the post summer of love albums. Lots of flute mellotron sitars and instruments played by the band themselves. Lost chord is a very strong followup to days of future passed and exceeds it in material for me. Great acoustic guitars and truly great singing all mingled in with LSD musical interludes( though apparantly without drugs). A few moments recall early Pink Floyd late Beatles etc but the Moody Blues were a special band for a time-1967-1972 in my humble opinion. Their first three albums are all excellent but this is the one to get. This one seems heavily influenced by George Harrison Ravi Shankar- with most of the album flaoting by a in a mellow transcendental state. Great for evening listens sunday mornings and for contemplation.

House of 5 incredible musicians and songwriters.......2007-01-30

Locked in a studio for a few weeks, the Moodies come up with an "orchestral" sounding album. It's a little dated at times, but it's wonderfully spacey and good.

Average customer rating: Farrar bares his influences. Appalling Good album, but buy it on ITunes A Beautiful Progression for Jay Farrar Strong diverse outing for Jay & Co.

The Search Son Volt Manufacturer: Transmit Sound/Legacy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sky Blue Sky West Easy Tiger Death Songs for the Living Live at Massey Hall (CD/DVD) ASIN: B000MNOXXA Release Date: 2007-03-06

Tracks:

1. Slow Hearse
2. The Picture
3. Action
4. Underground Dream
5. Circadian Rhythm
6. Beacon Soul
7. The Search
8. Adrenaline And Heresy
9. Satellite
10. Automatic Society
11. Methamphetamine
12. L Train
13. Highways And Cigarettes
14. Phosphate Skin

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Five albums into Son Volt's career--and a pair into the band's rebirth following leader Jay Farrar's several solo ventures--it's time to bury the encumbering "alt-country" moniker that has dogged Farrar since his days in the genre-setting Uncle Tupelo. While the inexhaustible songwriter relied on guitars to drive 2005's rock-heavy Okemah and the Melody of Riot, Son Volt amends its familiar arrangements on The Search, balancing the instrumentation with piano, organ, and dabbles in a horn section. "Feels like drivin' 'round in a slow hearse," Farrar pleads over repetitive piano and East Indian guitar loops in "Slow Hearse." It's a pensive opener that suggests something is askew, but the horns that kick off "The Picture" literally scream it from the Stax vaults. Farrar dives in and out of genres, tingling the ivories to add subtle alterations to both the gorgeous "Underground Dream" and Imagine-like "Adrenaline and Heresy," turning his band into Gang of Four for the 134-second rocker "Satellite" and singing alongside Shannon McNally on the soulful "Highways and Cigarettes." While it may be impossible for this Son Volt to ever reach the pinnacle of their 1995 debut, no one can accuse Jay Farrar of going through the motions. --Scott Holter

Customer Reviews:

Farrar bares his influences........2007-07-10

After listening to the first 5 songs I was hailing this as his masterwork.When I listened to the whole album I was convinced it was the best complete album I have heard in 20 years.It stayed in my cd player 3 days.The only reason I took it out was to loan it to a friend.It seems to me Jay let some of his influences peek out.The 1st song sounds like a Beatles song.The second song sounds like a Van Morrison tune.The third song sounds like a Led Zeppelin song.The fourth and my favorite has lush backgrounds that remind me of those great Moody Blues songs with mellotron layering.Every song is a treat on this one.Buy it.

Appalling.......2007-06-27

Dull, trite (especially the hard-hitting commentary on the depredations of Chimpy McBushhitlerburton and his Cheneyboy puppetmasters) and did I say dull, and distinguished by an utter absence of melody, inventiveness, or anything that makes music fun to listen to?

It's been ntoed that there's a Farrar camp and a Tweedy camp. I never cared much for Tweedy - but you gotta admit, the guy does try to push the envelope and consistently sets what we capitalists call "stretch targets." Not so Jay, who since the brilliance of Trace seems resolved to produce the same lame album over and over again. That his fans find some deep aesthetic purpose therein speaks less of their delusion than how great a record Trace was: certainly someone who threw this thinderbolt can make lightening strike at least once more time. But it's not to be, and will never. Proof? Quick, hum something from Straightaways or Wide String Tremolo. Or Sebastopol. That's right, you can't, can you? Nor would you want to, if you could. Or nor could you, if you wanted: there's nothing hummable.

Alas, it ain't to be. Jay had one good record in him, that was Trace, and we shall never see its like again. I am starting to believe that his "brilliance" in Tupelo was the result of good old capitalism competitoin with Tweedy, who modest though his talent may be, does make excellent use of it. Jay, unmoored from his old Belleville pal, reveals himself as a lazy, pompus slacker, the sort of boring nut you see journaling in independent coffee houses with a copy of some Said or Chomsky trash under his elbow. The brilliance of Trace, in retrospect, is starting to strike me as dervived less from a spark of the divine within Farrar than the principle that if a monkey sits at a typewriter long enough, he'll produce Shakespeare. By some weird change of evolution and chance, it happened early for Farrar.

Two stars because no mmatter how wretched Jay is, at least he's not Ryan Adams.

Good album, but buy it on ITunes.......2007-06-18

The I Tunes version has bonus tracks bundled into the album price. Two of those bonus tracks - Bicycle Hotel and Carnival Blues - are as good as anything Jay has ever written.

Jay's Gob Iron album, released a few months earlier, is slightly better than The Search.

A Beautiful Progression for Jay Farrar.......2007-05-25

I always suspected that Jay Farrar had a masterpiece in him, but the ever-diminishing payoff I experienced with most Son Volt releases left me feeling less and less certain of my conviction. After listening to "The Search" for two solid weeks, I'm fairly convinced that this is the miracle I've been hoping for. As is usual for a Son Volt record, I required multiple listens before the songs began to sink in, but like a cautious friend, the underlying logic of "The Search" slowly started to reveal itself. This album is deeper than most, so it justifies a lot of playtime, and the more I listened, the more I realized that this is a disk you can keep in your player for a few weeks without growing tired of it, or restless.
As a lyricist, Farrar was never one to reveal himself recklessly, but I notice a few shifts in his methods here that aid in conveying his expressive side. First, the lyrics are more poetic than usual, which does not necessarily mean that they are opaque. Depending on the song, Farrar's words veer from the oblique to the direct and literal. For example, on "Action," he sings, "Break up the old drug pound story, Tortured soul wears an ego sleeve. Heavy hearts and heavy hitters, Bards disease finds the killing floor." These words might not ever mean anything literal to me, but they conjure up rich imagery, while the melody deepens their impact. Elsewhere, on "Adrenaline and Heresy," Farrar sings "She said I still love you, I don't know if I want to spend the rest of my time with you," which is as direct a statement as can be made about a failing relationship. Farrar sings these words with a striking sense of resignation that resounds long after the song ends. "Highways and Cigarettes" is also full of literal imagery ("Best to clear the mind with a Mexicali radio station. Keep an eye out for the border patrol, checking for drugs and so called aliens." He's still very self-serious, but the wordy phraseology and energized interplay of the new band adds an element of fun that had been lacking on previous Son Volt projects.
These words might not resound on the page, but "The Search" benefits immensely from Farrar's melodic sense, which appears to have grown suddenly, and significantly. He is no longer limited by the ideas on his palette, and all sorts of textures help the listener to retain interest. A horn section spices up the high-energy romp of `The Picture," while tasteful keyboards add flavor throughout. Interestingly, there also seems to be an abundance of backward-looped guitars to add a spooky, otherworldly feel to songs such as "Slow Hearse" and "Phosphate Skin." It may take some patience to realize it for yourself, but "The Search" is a beautifully constructed work and I'm finally able to say with some certainty that Jay Farrar and Son Volt have created a minor masterpiece. A Tom Ryan

Strong diverse outing for Jay & Co........2007-05-01

I wasn't exactly sure what to expect with this album, with the pre-release reports that Son Volt was moving in a new direction, adding new instrumentation. Would it be some weird new experimental, unlistenable thing?

After listening for myself, I'd have to to call the new direction more of an enhancement than a departure. The traditional elements of a Son Volt record are still here -- great songs and melodies, sorrowful pedal-steel guitar, some inscrutable social commentary lyrics, and a solid dose of Americana.

But this record is somehow more than other SV albums. It has diverse sounds that we haven't heard on SV songs before, like horns and piano, that blend very nicely with their sound. There are rocking tracks, slow burn tracks, and moody introspective tracks. Every song on this record is strong, which is a lot more than I can say for "Okemah". This is an excellent record from start to finish.

Average customer rating: katie Her voice has heart and she's a charming performer !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! best listening on a rainy, cold, dark day Phenomenal voice!!!

Call off the Search Katie Melua Manufacturer: Umvd Labels ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Classic | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Piece by Piece Nine Million Bicycles I Cried for You/Just Like Heaven The Closest Thing to Crazy Not Too Late ASIN: B000255LB6 Release Date: 2004-06-08

Tracks:

1. Call Off The Search
2. Crawling Up A Hill
3. The Closest Thing To Crazy
4. My Aphrodisiac Is You
5. Learnin' The Blues
6. Blame It On The Moon
7. Belfast
8. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
9. Mockingbird Song
10. Tiger In The Night
11. Faraway Voice
12. Lilac Wine

Amazon.com

Call Off the Search was released in the U.K. in November 2003 to deserved acclaim, alongside countless declarations that this 19-year-old British music school-educated, Russian-born singer is "the next Norah." There are similarities--Melua does work within a jazz/blues idiom, is talented beyond her years, and concentrates more on classics than her own material (ten are covers and two originals). But she's far more of a classic showbiz type singer than the sultry and sophisticated-sounding Jones. On the single "The Closest Thing to Crazy," for instance, Melua's phrasing is pure show tune. But it works for her, as it did for Lena and Liza before. The only weak link resides in a few straightahead blues songs, notably the 12-bar stomp "My Aphrodisiac Is You." Melua has the talent, she just lacks the soul to put oomph into a song that namechecks the Kama Sutra (this is as it should be, of course, as she's a teenager, but the choice of material is suspect nonetheless). Melua is a great torch singer who deserves the spotlight; odds are you'll eagerly await her next album before you're even done listening to this one all the way through. --Mike McGonigal

Customer Reviews:

katie.......2007-06-08

best young female artist around at the moment - great voice and great storytelling songs love with a bit of humor and great play on words

Her voice has heart and she's a charming performer.......2007-05-23

I sometimes laugh at how some of the reviewers take themselves so seriously. I enjoy vocalists regardless of genre and I think Katie has the makings of a promising career. The soulfullness of her songs keep you intrigued and while her styling is somewhat poppy, it has some originality to it. I can understand why some may not prefer her voice or don't think she compares well to other great female vocalists, but some of the rantings of her being talentless or having a terrible voice invalidate the authors' opinions. These extreme views are certainly questionable.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!.......2007-02-03

one of the most beautiful voices in the world, and will ever be. a classic.

best listening on a rainy, cold, dark day.......2006-12-13

i accidently bumped into this british singer. Her song of "ninety million bicycle" is just refreshing right down to the the song title. she is definately one of her own kind.

Phenomenal voice!!!.......2006-05-06

Katie Melua has a very unique and beautiful voice. I only found out about her, because of James Blunt, who is another newcomer with wonderful voice and great music. I recently got Katie's CD, and I just love how easy and comfortable she sings. Not forced at all. She's in the same gendre as Norah Jones, but I think Katie has a better voice and sound. My favorites so far in this cd, after listening twice are "The Closest thing to Crazy" & "My Aphrodisiac is you." I'm definitely buying her other CD, "Piece by Piece." I'm very satisfied with this CD, and I'm hoping to see her live performance.

Average customer rating: another 5 star performance by tiesto what an awesome arsenal for our ears TIESTO GIVES US ONE MORE REASON TO HATE HIM! Great CD keeps me home

In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 5 Los Angeles Tiesto Manufacturer: Songbird ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Netherlands | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: State of Trance 2006 In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 4: Latin America Elements of Life In Search of Sunrise DJ in the Mix 3 ASIN: B000EGDBUQ Release Date: 2006-04-25

Tracks:

1. Conil - Malibu Beach
2. Mark Norman Pres. Celine - Colour My Eyes
3. Late Night Alumni - Empty Streets
4. Electro Prompt - Beside Me (Gothek DC Remix)
5. Fonzarelli - Moonlight Party
6. Leama & Moor - Everything Matters (Matthew Dekay Remix)
7. Matthew Dekay Vs. Proluctors - Let The Game Begin
8. Karen Overton - Your Loving Arms (Club Mix)
9. Parker & Hanson - Let Me Be (Extended Mix)
10. Kalafut & Fugle - Novocaine (Mark Otten Remix)
11. Jes - People Will Go (Steve Forte Rio Remix)
12. Basic Perspective - Small Step On the Other Side
13. Tom Cloud - Told You So
14. A.M. - Arise (Hammer & Fubayashi Remix)
15. Cass - Little Bird

Tracks:

1. Pink Elephant - LAX
2. Alex Stealthy - Something Is Wrong
3. Shah & Laruso Pres. Global Experience - Zanzibar
4. Progression - Technophobia
5. A Boy Called Joni - Green Astronauts
6. Petter - These Days (Luke Chable's Those Days Mix)
7. Estuera - Tales From the South (Jonas Steur's Revision Flow)
8. ?zg?r Can - Irony
9. Jonas Steur - Second Turn
10. Smith & Pledger Pres Aspekt - Hi Jack
11. Jaytech - Genesis (Jimbo's Afterburner Mix)
12. Super8 & DJ Tab - Helsinki Scorchin'
13. Way Out West - Don't Forget Me (Guy Ehmetores Remix)

Product Description

1. Global Experience - San Salvador
2. Way Out West - Don't Forget Me (Steve Forte Rio Mix)
3. Progression - Technofobia
4. Midway - Cobra
5. Estuera - Tales From The South 2006
6. A Boy Called Joni - Green Astronauts
7. 16BIT Lolita's & Johan Cyber - Like A Memory
8. Petter - These Days
9. Incolumis - One With Sanctuary9
10. Alex Stealthy - Deplorings
11. AM - Arise
12. Tom Cloud - Told You So
13. Base Perspective - Small Step On The Other Side
14. Parker & Hanson - Let Me Be
15. Leama & Moor - Everything Matters
16. Electroprompt - Beside Me
17. Ozgur Can - Irony

Format: CD

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Trance is about as Dutch as windmills, and more than any other DJ, Tiësto is its ambassador. His highly successful In Search of Sunrise series can claim much of the credit for this, and this fifth installment, Los Angeles, delivers in spades. As ever, the man finds his inspiration in the female voice; from Late Night Alumni's "Empty Streets," which pits a bassline that bounces like Silly Putty against Becky Jean Williams's dreamy vocals, to Karen Overton's dancefloor-destroying cover of Billie Ray Martin's "Your Loving Arms," Tiësto again proves himself a master at driving sets to soaring highs with well-placed siren songs. The second disc finds the Dutchman in more progressive territory, luring in the unsuspecting with Pink Elephant's effervescent "LAX" only to drop the hammer with Alex Stealthy's "Something Is Wrong," a track with a disorienting beat that seems to tumble over itself and a haunting melody that sounds as though it were trapped under ice. Tiësto also shows he hasn't lost his affinity for engaging the listener in a test of wills, as in A Boy Called Joni's vertiginous "Green Astronauts." Like all good mixes, the fifth in the ISoS series is after all a study in contrasts. Ironic, perhaps, that with the title Los Angeles the album makes a compelling case that the trance crown won't be leaving Holland anytime soon. --Brent Kallmer

Customer Reviews:

another 5 star performance by tiesto.......2007-07-19

this album is another in the line of great mixes by tiesto. if you love trance like i do then isos 5 is a must buy. i think 4 is still my personal fav due to disc one but i would recomend buying all 5 isos albums. they are worth the money in FULL

what an awesome arsenal for our ears.......2007-07-07

Tiesto, albeit ostentatious, is revolutionizing music, and ISOS5 is a clear example where dj's like him, and Armin are heading. His tracks are eloquent, driving and full of forcefullness, and flowing and no one, anywhere, can do it like Tiesto. People say he is a sell out, well Go ahead and sell out Tiesto, because if you can make albums like this for me and my 100 friends to enjoy, than so be it. Everyone I have given this cd to, really, everyone of them, can't believe how magical it is. Like the previous reviewer, I can be driving in rush hour from Boston and blast ISOS5 and never get sick of it, that is hard for a trance album to stand multiple plays after a year or so.

Tiesto is only starting his protege mixing. I cannot wait for more tracks from him. 'Tiesto IN Concert' is mind boggling, a life altering trance experience.

Anyone hestitating to buy this for perhaps a different dj like Armin B or Van Helden or the like, well they are good, but def. add this to your collection.

SO BRILLIANT!

thanks

TIESTO GIVES US ONE MORE REASON TO HATE HIM!.......2007-06-13

what else is there to say, except stay away- the almighty god of the sound of torment makes us want to rage some more. Please I beg you tiesto, go away and leave us all alone.

Great CD.......2007-05-03

This is a great CD by Tiesto. I love the mixes and sounds presented in Sunrise Vol. 5, and this was the first CD of his that I had ever owned. I especially loved the track "Helsinki Scorchin". Great track to drive to, by the way. I like the faster beat tracks that Tiesto creates/uses, and a lot of that is due to the fact that I like to listen to trance when I'm driving, and it's most fun to drive to fast tracks. The reason why I rated this four stars instead of five is because I have Sunrise Panama and Sunrise Latin America, and I think both of those albums are actually a little bit better that Sunrise Los Angeles, even though they were its predecessors.

keeps me home.......2007-05-02

This cd set of Tiesto's is really great i live in Los Angeles and driving at 80 on L.A.'s most known freeway you can understand that no matter during the day or at night its a really good energetic album my favorite is "moonlight party" because that brings the suspense of speed during the day or night and those loud hits are fantastic you have to pick up a copy

Average customer rating: The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's Ragtime Marvel Complete, but poor quality

Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos Intermezzos | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music New Orleans Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Classical | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: Scott Joplin: Piano Rags The Greatest Ragtime of the Century The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin Joplin - Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Vol. 2020 ASIN: B000003QWN Release Date: 1997-01-28

Tracks:

1. The Crush Collision March
2. Combination March
3. Harmony Club Waltz
4. Original Rags
5. Maple Leaf Rag
6. Swipesy Cakewalk
7. Reacherine Rag
8. Sunflower Slow Drag
9. The Augustan Club Waltz
10. The Easy Winners
11. Cleopha
12. A Breeze From Alabama
13. Elite Syncopations

Tracks:

1. The Entertainer
2. The Strenouous Life
3. March Majestic
4. Something Doing
5. Weaping Willow
6. Patr Leaf Rag
7. The Favorite
8. The Sycamore
9. The Cascades
10. The Chysanthemum
11. Bethena
12. Bink's Waltz
13. The Rosebud March

Tracks:

1. Leola
2. Eugenia
3. Antoinette
4. The Ragtime Dance
5. Searchlight Rag
6. Gladiolus Rag
7. Lily Queen
8. Rose Leaf Rag
9. Heliotrope Bouquet
10. The Nonpareil
11. Fig Leaf Rag
12. Sugarcane
13. Pineapple Rag

Tracks:

1. Wall Street Rag (1909)
2. Solace (1909)
3. Pleasant Moments (1909)
4. Country Club (1909)
5. Euphonic Moments (1909)
6. Paragon Rag (1909)
7. Stop-Time Rag (1910)
8. Felicity Rag (1911)
9. Scott Joplin's New Rag (1912)
10. Kismet Rag (1913)
11. Magnetic Rag (1914)
12. Reflection Rag (1917)
13. Silver Swan Rag (1917)

Customer Reviews:

The Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin.......2007-06-08

John Arpin does a great job with these pieces. The songs carry a consistent sound and are played very close to as-written, which comes and goes with old ragtime pieces. The stamping on Stop-Time Rag doesn't have a consistent sound to it, can be a little distracting. Everything else is great, overall I think that it's a great buy, I'm very happy with it.

Another Performer Rewrites Joplin's Masterpieces.......2007-05-31

Once again, another performer feels the need to rewrite the music of the King of Ragtime. Scott Joplin spins in his grave each and every time this recording is played.

Again, to those who believe that concert music is meant to be rewritten by each and every performer I ask, is the same treatment also acceptable for Chopin's and Rachmaninoff's music? Would "Moonlight Sonata" sound better if played at twice the tempo and with a reprise of the first Adagio movement thrown in at the end? Obviously, the answer to these questions is a resounding NO!, so why does one of America's greatest composers get such disrespect?

Interpretation is an integral part of every performance. Adding one's own notes, phrases and chords where none should be is not. Randomly changing the structure of the piece is not. Playing a piece at twice the indicated tempo is not.

One the plus side, the depth of this collection is outstanding. Joplin's lesser known pieces like "Harmony Club Waltz" really shine. The recording is decent in quality, although a bit bassy in places.

While its been stated before, I feel its worth repeating: Buy Joshua Rifkin's performances of Joplin in order to hear how the Master intended his pieces to sound.

complete piano music of Scott Joplin on 4 CD's.......2007-02-14

Although all of the music is terrific it is rather a lot of a similar sound. I think I would have preferred 2 CD's of selected piano works of Scott Joplin. But I did get the music at a good price.

Ragtime Marvel.......2005-10-09

This collection of Scott Joplin's piano music is outstanding. As a lover of ragtime which was a prelude to jazz, I am thoroughly enjoying this collection. If you are not a lover of jazz, you may be a lover of ragtime. Jazz can sometimes be grating on the nerves, whereas ragtime lifts the spirit.

Complete, but poor quality.......2005-09-25

I have been learning some ragtime and wanted to hear more to find other selections to learn. Listened to Maple Leaf Rag, my favorite, first and was disappointed. Listened to others and was more disappointed. Maple flies - much faster than anyone would play it, you can't make out some of the phrases. And talk about ad libs - Tempo, dynamics, embelishments, nuances - I really think he plays some wrong notes too because he's going so fast. It's really a poor recording - and that's just on Maple Leaf. Others with "intros" start quick and then there's a grand pause, not a rest, but nearly a five second break. It's hard to argue how Joplin would have played it, but this is hardly anything I want to try to imitate. The only qualitating factor is the number of songs for the price. A lot of variety of a poor interpretation is only worth 3 stars. if that. Look for Rifkin or a copy that is as written to listen to first, then go for the ad libs and "artistic interpretations"

Average customer rating: Best (so far) IF YOU LIKE TO LANGUISH IN PAIN, BUY THIS!!!! More house than trance Once again, great CD. 5 Stars for reeeaaalll!

In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 4: Latin America DJ Tiësto Manufacturer: Songbird ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Netherlands | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music Similar Items: In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 5 Los Angeles A State of Trance Vol. 2 In Search of Sunrise In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 2 ASIN: B0007TFI56 Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Solarstone and JES - Like A Waterfall
2. ToneDepth & SoulTan - Moments
3. Ahmet Ertenu - Why
4. JASEfos feat Claire Van Der Boom - Do What U Want (Max Graham
5. Wighnomy Bros - Wurz + Blosse
6. Coca & Villa - La Noche
7. Tilt - Twelve (Dousk Mix)
8. Luminary - My World (Andy Moor Mix)
9. Steve May - Blend Forty 3 (Luke Chable & Steve May Remix)
10. Gabriel & Dresden - Arcadia
11. Split Second - Midnight Express
12. BT - The Force Of Gravity (Tio Remix)
13. Allure - The Loves We Lost
14. Blank & Jones feat Bobo - Perfect Silence (E-Craigs 212 Remix)

Tracks:

1. Estuera vs Re:Locate - Palma Solane
2. Leon Bolier presents Inner Stories - Beyond
3. POS - Gravity
4. LNQ - People I Used To Know
5. Mads Arp featuring Julie Harrington - Slow It Down (Mathilda Mix)
6. Dominic Plaza - Sounds Rushing
7. Matthew Dekay vs Proluctors - BAD
8. Electric Pulse - White Noise
9. Grayarea featuring Erik Shepard - Gravity
10. Tio featuring Matt Hales from Aqualung - UR (Junkie XL Air
11. Odyssee - Evolution
12. Progression - Sands Of Time
13. LSG - Netherworld (Oliver Prime Remix)
14. Sensorica vs Jin Key - Only One (Rave Mix)

Product Description

1. B.T. - Force Of Gravity (Ti?sto Remix)
2. L.S.G. - Netherworld
3. Odyssee - Evolution
4. Phynn - Solitude
5. Progression - Sands Of Time
6. Global Experience - Tennessee
7. Way Out West - Killa
8. Blank & Jones - Perfect Silence
9. Tone Depth & Soul Tan - Moments
10. Ti?sto featuring Matt Hales from Aqualung - UR (Junkie XL
11. Airguitar Remix)
12. Grey Area - Gravity
13. Leon Bollier - Beyond
14. Allure - Pearls
15. LNQ - People I Used To Know
16. *Final Tracklisting TBC


Format: CD

Amazon.com

Though he's as close to being the quintessential trance DJ as anyone, Tiësto has in the past used his mix records to drop new, sometimes challenging material (e.g., 2003's Nyana). But that's never been what the Sunrise records are about. Like 2004's Olympics-anthem release Parade of the Athletes, the vibe is all-inclusive, overtly positive, and infused with a strong orchestral bent that broadens its appeal. The first disc works up a lather after a lukewarm start, ending strongly with tracks from Gabriel & Dresden and BT ("Force of Gravity," spiffed up with a Tiësto remix). The second disc isn't so shy, though the Ibiza sheen gets a little glossy. If there's one thing this DJ can do, it's convincingly integrate a distinctive vocal ("Silence," anyone?), and his collaboration with Aqualung's Matt Hales on "UR" is no exception. One gets the sense that Sunrise 4 could have been just one disc and still delivered the essential punch--but even though it's a bit bloated, this collection unquestionably has the epic heft for which Tiësto is known and revered. --Matthew Cooke

Customer Reviews:

Best (so far).......2007-07-16

Of the 5 ISOS albums released, this is the best by far. BTW, ISOS5 sucks

IF YOU LIKE TO LANGUISH IN PAIN, BUY THIS!!!!.......2007-06-13

AGAIN TIESTO GIVES US ONE MORE REASON TO HATE HIM, WHY CAN"T HE JUST GO AWAY AND LEAVE US ALL ALONE?

More house than trance.......2007-06-06

This is my first Tiesto CD that I heard. IMO It's a very good House CD. Not as laid back as I would have liked to call it a trance CD.

Once again, great CD. .......2007-05-07

This is yet again, a great CD by Tiesto. However, I still liked Panama better, although just slightly, and so I think that this album deserved a four out of five stars. I love Tiesto's stuff, so I hope he keeps on pullin through!

5 Stars for reeeaaalll!.......2007-03-07

Alright I'll break it down to you due to the fact that you're debating about buying this CD right? Let me put it this way, if you love trance than you love this CD--honestly. Trance can't get better than this! Both discs are beyond solid. Go ahead and buy it! Trust me you won't regret. FYI, also check out vol. 5 and Armin Van Buuren's "In State of Trance 2006". They're both top notch just like this one!

Average customer rating: I'm Still Searching... ISOS - So good Oldies but Gooooodies!! The best ISOS album! Classic Masterpiece

In Search of Sunrise DJ Tiësto Manufacturer: Songbird ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 2 In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 4: Latin America In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 5 Los Angeles Magik, Vol. 5: Heaven Beyond ASIN: B00005NHKL Release Date: 2001-08-02

Tracks:

1. Reachers of Civilisation - York
2. Anomaly: Calling Your Name [Ferry Corsten Remix]
3. Honey [Chicane Club Mix] - Billie Ray Martin
4. Time Gate [Update] - Marc Vision
5. Mercury and Solace [BT 12" Mastermix] - BT
6. Dark Blue - Cabala
7. I Trance You [Pappa and Gilbey Mix]
8. Going Up
9. Sun Is Shining [Mash Up Matt Remix] - Technique
10. Walhalla - Gouryella
11. Far From Over - Kamaya Painters
12. I Believe [DJ Tandu Remix] - Lange
13. Remember (To the Millennium) [Lange Mix]
14. Sparkles [Magikal Remake] - Tiesto, Montana & Storm

Product Description

1. Reachers Of Civilisation, The - (with York)
2. Anomaly: Calling Your Name - (Ferry Corsten remix, with Libra Presents Taylor)
3. Honey - (Chicane Club mix, with Billie Ray Martin)
4. Time Gate - (Update, with Marc Vision)
5. Mercury And Solace - (BT 12" Master mix, with BT)
6. Dark Blue - (with Cabala)
7. I Trance You - (Pappa & Gilbey mix, with Gypsy)
8. Going Up - (with Yahel & DJ Miss T)
9. Sun Is Shining - (Mash Up Matt remix, with Technique)
10. Walhalla - (with Gouryella)
11. Far From Over - (with Kamaya Painters)
12. I Believe - (DJ Tandu remix, with Lange)
13. Remember (To The Millenium) - (Lange remix, with The Morrighan)
14. Sparkles - (Magikal Remake)


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

I'm Still Searching..........2007-06-11

I'm not going to elaborate very much on this purchase. I thought it was below par. The only mix I cared for was BT's "Mercury & Solace", which I already have. The rest of the CD was fair--nothing earthshaking as far as I'm concerned.

ISOS - So good.......2007-03-19

I now own all 5 in the ISOS saga, volume one being the last I acquired. It fits right in with the rest as far as quality Tiesto mixes.

Oldies but Gooooodies!!.......2006-07-06

Great stuff! Never gets old or tired. I listen to it over and over again, appreciating new things each time!

The best ISOS album!.......2006-03-02

Woot!
This album is great. For those that heard this and know anything about skills in mixing and in making a good mix knows that this should be on your hall of fame.

I don't like my music with vocals when I listen to trance.
I like my trance with great beats (Tranceport, Voyage Into Trance)

So I consider trance with vocals "gay music" cause mostly those female vocals be killing the originality of trance.

But this is just great, even though a lot of female vocals are here, I still love this. He also does a good job on switching from trance-only to trance-vocals.

All these songs easily can get a 5 out of 5 or up(except for the one of Calling Your Name).

YOU REALLY WILL BE LEFT IN SEARCH OF SUNRISE after this album ends. I like listening to this album when the sun rises and/or sets.

With a great blend of vocals and trance maybe people that listen to (pop, dance, and R&B) will want to listen to some actual trance.

Verdict: 7.5 out of 5.0 Its sooo good you need to get its A LOT better than the other 3 ISOS he has made. He really changed the way of my thoughts about "gay music". Well this is simply a must get!! What The Hell(WTH) you doing reading this review! Go buy it in stores! NOW!

P.S. This is still consider "gay music" to me but I really love it.

Classic Masterpiece.......2006-01-22

Although years have passed since the release of this work of art, this compilation along with the other ISOS series continue to dominate and define the utter best of the trance genre.

The genious in tiesto's music lies in the way it is layered and in the progression. If one is to listen carefully, it is noticable how the music follows a consistent up down up down approach. This kind of stucture is unique in that it takes the listener through musical highs and lows in such a way that it is completely hypnotic.

There have been many times where i would be dead focused on his music forgetting about the outside world. Yes its that good. Tiestos work is actually so good, that people are able to listen to his cds over and over and never get bored of them since the more you listen to them, the more you hear things you did not hear the previous time. I have already listened to all of the ISOS and magik series over 10 times each and its still not played out.

So far only Armin Van Buuren has been able to come close to the perfection that tiesto has achieved. If only tiesto's newer work posessed such beauty.

My personal favorite tracks are:
Honey
I believe

Average customer rating: The music is masterfully composed with wit, majesty, and soul Beautiful John Williams does his best Minimalist Impersonation with Fine Results Will one day be considered among the best he's written Almost Impeccable

A.I. - Artificial Intelligence: Original Motion Picture Score Manufacturer: Warner Bros / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Minority Report Catch Me If You Can War of the Worlds Seven Years In Tibet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Hook: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack ASIN: B00005LLVS Release Date: 2001-07-03

Tracks:

1. The Mecha World
2. Abandoned In the Woods
3. Replicas
4. Hide And Seek
5. For Always
6. Cybertronics
7. The Moon Rising
8. Stored Memories And Monica's Theme
9. Where Dreams Are Born
10. Rouge City
11. The Search For The Blue Fairy
12. The Reunion
13. For Always (Duet)

Amazon.com

Packed with Big Ideas about the future of mankind and dispatched with a distant, often icy veneer, Steven Spielberg's Artificial Intelligence can scarcely camouflage its roots. It was begun by the late Stanley Kubrick in the mid-'80s; Spielberg collaborated briefly a decade later, bowed out, then inherited it upon Kubrick's death in '99. And while the late auteur's cold vision seems largely intact (if now infused with Spielberg's enduring Pinocchio fetish), it's safe to say that Kubrick's often challenging musical tastes would probably not have led him to composer John Williams's doorstep. Nonetheless, the acclaimed veteran again rises to the occasion, ably demonstrating that he's hardly been indifferent to 20-odd-years of minimalism and postmodernism and that, as always, the best film music is often a subtly crafted pastiche of sensibilities and styles. Setting the tone of the film's robotically enhanced not-so-distant future, "The Mecha World" crackles and glistens with Steve Reich's rhythmic urgency and John Adams's dense coloration, while "Abandoned in the Woods," "Hide and Seek," and "Rouge City" succeed by setting Williams's more traditional sense of melody against Phillip Glass's hypnotic arpeggios. There's also a sense that the composer has craftily evoked the ghost of Kubrick music past and 2001 in particular; "Replicas" and "Stored Memories" bring to mind Ligeti, while the mournful strings of "Cybertronics" seem a ghostly echo of Khachaturian's "Gayane Ballet Suite." David Foster's ballad "For Always" (in a solo rendition by Lara Fabian and a duet between Fabian and Josh Groban) seems twice-included strictly to enhance the album's radio allure. Completists should also note that Ministry's dark contribution to the film's Flesh Fair sequence, "What About Us?" is not included on this soundtrack, but is available on their Greatest Fits compilation. Arguably Williams's most musically adventurous score since his landmark Close Encounters, A.I. should take its place among the most distinctive of the composer's long and bounteous collaboration with Spielberg. --Jerry McCulley

Customer Reviews:

The music is masterfully composed with wit, majesty, and soul.......2006-06-19

A.I. means Artificial Intelligence. But there is nothing artificial about John Williams' organically emotional score and his 17th collaboration with Steven Spielberg. A.I. studies the unique fellowship between human and machine and John has woven a musical interface. John's score pierces the mystery of a robot (mecha) child's short existence. His name is David and he never had a birthday, but was engineered to give and revieve the love of the family he is placed in. The music underlines and then transports David on his jounrey of discovery from his inception to his tanscendence and John does this with wit, majesty, and soul. John's music is of our world and of theirs and finally of a world shared by both orga and mecha. And like so many of John's scores from Spielberg's movies, you really don't need the images to have the story told to you. He is the greatest musical storyteller of all time.

Beautiful .......2006-02-20

This is a wonderful score. It features Josh Groban, Lara Fabian, and of course the master... John Williams.

I would definately say this is one of his best. It reminds me of some of the other Spielberg collaboration scores. Mainly, Empire of the Sun, and War of the Worlds. Lots of the score is wonderful emotional underscoring. It's very complex, and full of interesting scales and keys. Of course, there is plenty of gorgeous thematic material to make the score complete. Honestly, I have never heard a bad John Williams score. Come to think of it, I've never heard one that was less than brilliant and amazing. Really, give this a listen.

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John Williams does his best Minimalist Impersonation with Fine Results.......2006-02-05

If you're at all familiar with various work by John Williams, then you might be surprised at his soundtrack for the Spielberg movie A.I. Artificial Intelligence. Here Williams seems to shy away from his usual heroic, orchestral canvasses and focuses more on repetitive, rhythmic music with a much more subdued feel to it. Some people might be reminded of minimalist composer Phillip Glass but it's not always Glass that Williams emulates here, it's another major figure in the minimalist music movement, John Adams. Even if Williams emulates others at times, it's still pure John Williams throughout.

Of course Williams, just like Steven Spielberg, can't help but pour on the schmaltz once in a while. The main theme of the film is the one used for the song " For Always ". When this music is played by piano and orchestra it's quite beautiful. When the soprano Barbara Bonney sings it with wordless vocals, it's very evocative of the mood in the film. HOWEVER, I have no idea what John Williams was thinking when he basically turns this beautiful, simple theme into a corny pop song. Oh wait, I know exactly what he was thinking, he was trying to generate a pop hit! Ugh. When Lara Fabian sings " For Always " on track 5, you grind your teeth and barely make it through. When on track 13, Lara Fabian is joined by Josh Groban for a duet version of the same song, it becomes intolerable schmaltz at it's worst.

So yes, there is much satisfying work here by everyone's most lovable film composer John Williams, just don't listen to tracks 5 and 13 so your musical sensibilities won't be irreparably damaged!

The last word from me, A.I., terrific soundtrack that rivals Williams' best, sayonara!

Will one day be considered among the best he's written.......2005-12-29

This score is a masterpiece. Although many critics found Steven Spielberg's film to be uneven, I feel that the score perfectly gives it heart. The score helps to understand what the film is all about -- a boy's love for his "mother."

This score by John Williams will one day be considered among the best he's written. Highly underrated, yet greatly poignant.

I agree with other reviewers who have warned that this is not in the Star Wars / Indiana Jones vein. If you're looking for big, bombastic symphonic music, look elsewhere. This is very sentimental, but beautifully done music. It demonstrates John Williams' talent for matching the music to the film's intention. As his resume' demonstrates, John Williams can write music for just about every film, including a misunderstood "Spielberg/Kubrick" collaboration.

"The Reunion" (final track) is one of the best tracks of orchestra/piano music ever written. The lullaby-like song is the same melody as was used in "For Always," and it is achingly beautiful.

Appropriately, this final track is played in the film while David being (finally) reunited with his "mother."

Almost Impeccable.......2004-04-26

John Williams continues in the fine tradition of his previous work. This sondtrack is finely balanced, with delicate medleys, haunting themes, and some lullaby pieces that are almost enough to make one weep. Contrary to many of his previous works (Star Wars, Superman, et al,) Mr. Williams avoided writing loud, brassy fanfares that would have deeply conflicted with the dark, pensive nature of this film.
Several tracks stand out in this masterpiece. The twin versions of "For Always," one featuring Lara Fabian and the other featuring Josh Groban in a duet with Ms. Fabian are wonderfully pure. In solo form, Lara's voice is wonderfully smooth and has a subtle almost untrained quality that lends a genuineness to her singing. In the duet, Mr. Groban's silky smooth baritone perfectly offsets Lara's clear soprano. The penultimate song, titled "The Reunion" is a stunning, gorgeous lullaby of a piece that features a plaintive, almost childish piano theme. The simplicity is subtlely complex as the theme winds through an entire emotional range, from triumphant happiness to simple joy to black despair, and finally back into an almost heartbreaking lullaby.
Mr. Williams has displayed a wide variety of musical styles in this soundtrack. For fans of his that are desiring a "Star Wars" fanfare and overpowering orchestral pieces, this soundtrack is not for you. I personally prefer this collection to most of his other works.

Average customer rating: The Best ISOS More Great Coding Music The Successor To The Greatest Trance Mix Of All Time awesome trance cd... The best of In Search of a Sunrise series

In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 2 DJ Tiësto Manufacturer: Songbird ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Electronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Trance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Dance Pop | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music Similar Items: In Search of Sunrise In Search of Sunrise 3: Panama In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 4: Latin America In Search of Sunrise, Vol. 5 Los Angeles Magik, Vol. 5: Heaven Beyond ASIN: B00005NHKO Release Date: 2001-08-02

Tracks:

1. Tantrix - DJ Tio, Tastexperience
2. Golden Desert, Pt. 2 - DJ Tio,
3. Summerbreeze - DJ Tio, Kamaya Painters
4. Touch Me - DJ Tio, Rui Da Silva
5. Eugina (Michael Woods Remix) - DJ Tio, Salt Tank
6. Perception [New Vocal Mix] - Cass & Slide, DJ Tio
7. Diamondback - DJ Tio,
8. Dreaming [Lucid's 12" Club Mix] - BT, DJ Tio
9. Drio [Venus Mix]
10. Angel Saved My Life [Mark Shimmon and 3rd Degree Bern's Mix] - DJ Tio, Fortress
11. 4am [Marc O'Tool Remix]
12. Home - Coast 2 Coast, DJ Tio, Discovery
13. Tyrantanic [Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix] - Breeder, DJ Tio
14. Airtight - DJ Tio, Max Graham

Product Description

1. Tantrix - (with Tastexperience)
2. Golden Desert Part 2 - (with LN Movement)
3. Summerbreeze - (with Kamaya Painters)
4. Touch Me - (with Rui Da Silva)
5. Eugina - (Michael Woods remix, with Salt Tank)
6. Perception - (New Vocal mix, with Cass & Slide)
7. Diamondback - (with Mekka)
8. Dreaming - (Lucid's 12" Club mix, with BT)
9. Delirio - (Venus mix, with Baracoa)
10. Angel Saved My Life, An - (Mark Shimmon & 3rd Degree Berns mix, with Fortress)
11. 4AM - (Mark O'Toole remix, with Ballroom)
12. Home - (with Coast 2 Coast/Discovery)
13. Tyrantanic - (Slacker's Kingdom Come mix, with Breeder)
14. Airtight - (with Max Graham)


Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

The Best ISOS.......2007-04-25

I think Tiesto hit the hammer on the nail with this one. I always find a few things to critique with his other ISOS, especially his latest (ISOS 5). But with ISOS 2, Tiesto got the formula just right. Of course, nowadays he doesn't mix music like this anymore. This is classic Tiesto trance--- and excellent trance at that. The song selection is impeccably well-placed and I think this ISOS does the best job at capturing the Summer-Ibiza feel Tiesto may have intended.

After several years of listening to this CD, it still sounds as fresh as it did the day I first purchased it. Tracks like TastExperience, Summerbreeze, Eugina, and Delirio just fit so well into what I believe is his best effort in the ISOS series.

More Great Coding Music.......2007-01-07

I am rapidly accumulating the complete works of DJ Tiësto. It is perfect trance-out music for those long programming sessions.

The Successor To The Greatest Trance Mix Of All Time.......2006-06-16

In Search Of Sunrise is the greatest trance compilation ever made. It is the eternal representation of great trance. Having said that, I can now review In Search Of Sunrise 2.

The album art is awesome. The movie poster concept is clever. Tiësto has a great marketing team.

As for the mix, I've found that it helps to divide DJ Tiësto's compilations into movements, because I'm sure he does. Some songs aren't meant to take you over the top. Some are. Some songs work together to build tension for a powerful, explosive song approaching. Some songs are powerful and explosive. Tiësto knows how to use different types of trance songs to create a mix that is HIS. He is a master at this.

The first movement is fantastic. It begins ethereal and dreamy, and through the first three tracks there is a brooding feeling.

Tastexperience by Tantrix is an excellent introduction to the mix. It represents the style and mood of the In Search Of Sunrise (ISOS) series. It has the island feel Tiësto is revered for. As it fades out and LN Movement's Golden Desert (Part 2) is revealed explosively, feelings of nostalgia for the first ISOS are evoked. At this point I am impressed. This is what I expect after the first ISOS. This is a summer mix. Once Kamaya Painter's Summerbreeze comes on, it's obvious that the first two tracks are only a build. Summerbreeze is beautiful. I have to give it up for Kamaya Painters on this track, which means I am actually praising Tiësto and Benno De Goeij, who together ARE Kamaya Painters. The melodies here are precisely what make great trance. The build, the clashes, the keys... this is the trance that I love. So far, the mixing is flawless. At the end of the first movement, the mix seems to transform from trance to house. Vocals are introduced. Rui Da Silva's Touch Me is a good track with a melody that allows it to mix well with this compilation, but it's not a great song. The vocals and lyrics are mediocre. I expect only the best from the ISOS series. This is good, but not Tiësto good. I did, however, smile when thinking about the song placement in comparison to the first ISOS; this song is similar to Billie Ray Martin's Honey, which is track three on that mix. Anyway, Touch Me made me skeptical. The mix seems to be going somewhere, then Tiësto takes a detour with Touch Me. Why? I don't know

As touch me ends the mixing gets heavy and dramatic I realize I'm being swept into the second movement. The Michael Woods mix of Eugina by Salt Tank scraps the previous song and takes the mix right back to where it belongs. This is amazing trance song! Echoing snares, soaring vocals, the ebb and flow of dense subterranean techno melodies... YES! I'd like to shake Michael Woods' hand. The mix into Cass & Slide's Perception is heavy like the last mix, and I dig the style. Tiësto cautiously mixed the songs through the first movement, but in the second movement he takes over and charges ahead boldly. Perception comes in, hits a break, and the game continues. You have to love the robotic sounds on this track. The bass line on this track is deep, even for trance. The song tricks you... you think it's going one way, then another break comes and in the vocals drop. Wow. Here is another beautiful vocal trance song. "Search and you will find the answer... if you look deep inside of your mind... you can see forever... rise up together." Now that is dance floor ecstasy. Perception ends almost abruptly and in drops Mekka's Diamondback. The vocal trance delight continues. This song is insane. Take a drive on a country road and listen to this song as loud as you can for an amazing experience. Lucid's mix of BT's Dreaming comes on next and the texture of the mix is changed again. The sound effects here are awesome. The ticking clock, the panning, the creaking doors, the chimes: I love this song. Tiësto knows how to compile great vocal trance songs like no other. With this song the second movement is ending...

And with the Venus Mix of Baracoa's Delirio the third movement blooms. This song... man... this song gives me goosebumps. The build is like no other. This is deep trance. This is a classic. Songs like this are what give the ISOS series it's enigmatic quality. You might as well just burn the house down for this one. The vocals are intoxicating. Delirio takes me away. At this point I'm sold on the mix. The next track is a remix of Fortress's An Angel Saved My Life. The sounds here remind me of Paul Oakenfold's Tranceport. The trance here is hard, heavy, and dense. It's good, but it's one of my least favorite tracks on the album. It gets serious quick, but there is no distinct build. It does however, mix superbly with the Marc O' Tool Remix of Ballroom's 4 AM, which I think is the reason why Tiësto used it. Ballroom is a cool song, but it doesn't have the power of the previous songs on the mix. It does have a unique style that makes this ISOS mix even more eclectic. As Coast 2 Coast's Home comes on, I understand the purpose of the previous two tracks. Tiësto was building. This is why I like to group his mixes into movements. Home is another great track because of its uplifting melody and its quick build to an all-business breakdown.

The business continues right into Slacker's Kingdom Come Mix of Breeder's Tyrantanic without a breath of air to relax. Then... BOOM! The beat drops and there is silence. The fourth and final movement is crowded, dense, heavy, busy, and every other adjective you can think of that is opposite of free and airy. Tiësto ends his mix with pure progressive trance. The builds aren't epic and sudden. They're constant and relentless. The beat just keeps going. The breaks don't even feel like breaks. The vocals are gone. This all describes Max Graham's Airtight, and the title fits perfectly. Tiësto suffocates you in the last movement. I just know that I can't stop bobbing my head. The song takes you higher and higher and higher and higher... then proceeds to the most elaborate breakdown of the entire mix. It doesn't send you away in the ecstatic build-explode-jump off way that trance typically does. It doesn't make you feel like you just got off like never before. It doesn't take you away with heavenly vocals and melodies.

It leaves you in a trance.

DJ Tiësto has done it again. He has left me In Search Of Sunrise.

awesome trance cd..........2006-06-11

this is my second review or comment on a tiesto compilation.. the first was on his parade of athletes cd.. this ISOS 2 cd is just awesome.. i never thought trance could sound so good!! i say this only because previously i dont pay much attention to the genre.. but now i know what i've been missing all this time.. i favor the tracks summerbreeze, diamondback, dreaming, and tyrantanic, but the rest are good too! just listen from start to finish because you may not appreciate how beautiful this cd is put together.. as i write this, im playing the cd!! yeah baby yeah!!! :-)

The best of In Search of a Sunrise series.......2006-05-01

I think this album is the best in Tiesto's In Search of a Sunrise series. Just beautiful trance music from the first track till the last.

Please note that this album is different from Tiesto's live sets and his other "hands in the air trance" compilations. ISOS 2 is a lot more mellow(though does get harder towards the end), and is much better suited as background music for your pre and after-party sessions.

Overall, a really awesome compilation.

Average customer rating: What the heck??? More Than Excellent

Rags to Riches: The Essential Hits of Scott Joplin Manufacturer: Compendia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Waltzes | Ballets & Dances | Classical | Styles | Music Serenades & Divertimentos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music | Divertimentos General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music English | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Jazz | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Complete Piano Music of Scott Joplin The Greatest Ragtime of the Century The Sting: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack Scott Joplin: Piano Rags Joplin - Complete Rags for Piano (Schirmer's Library of Musical Classics) Vol. 2020 ASIN: B0009J4OAO Release Date: 2005-06-21

Tracks:

1. Original Rags
2. Maple Leaf Rag
3. Easy Winners
4. Elite Syncopations
5. The Entertainer
6. The Cascades
7. Bethena
8. Leola
9. Gladiolas
10. Searchlight
11. Fig Leaf Rag
12. Sugar Cane
13. Euphonic Sounds
14. Paragon Rag
15. Solace
16. Wall Street Rag
17. Treemonisha
18. Magnetic Rag

Album Description

Celebrate the diversity of American music with RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN, a comprehensive collection of 18 pieces by one of ragtime's greatest composers. From his signature hit "Maple Leaf Rag" to classics such as "The Entertainer" and "Wall Street Rag", RAGS TO RICHES: THE ESSENTIAL SCOTT JOPLIN contains some of the most revered tunes in musical history and will be treasured by music fans for years to come.

Customer Reviews:

What the heck???.......2007-03-20

Music is great, as is the playing. However, the last song is not Magnetic Rag but rather the same version of Maple Leaf Rag heard earlier on the album.

What is with that?

More Than Excellent.......2006-08-16

I had previously purchased a Scott Joplin CD and was disappointed by the dull quality and dispirited playing by the artist. This CD more than makes up for it. The music was beautifully performed and the recording was very clear. Every piece was perfect!

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