The Best New Age, Vol. 1

1. Barcelona Nights - Ottmar Liebert

2. Gathering of the Tribes - Craig Chaquico

3. Cool Breeze - Neal Schon

4. Blue Chip Bop - Acoustic Alchemy

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12. Eternal Return - Constance Demby

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Barcelona Nights: The Best of Ottmar Liebert, Vol. 1

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Great High Octave Guitar Jazz
If you are looking for new sounds come and get it!
Very nice music, Ottmar is very talented!
Don't bother.
Cross-pollination angers Nationalists

Barcelona Nights: The Best of Ottmar Liebert, Vol. 1
Ottmar Liebert
Manufacturer: Higher Octave
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000059T5L
Release Date: 2001-02-27

Tracks:

Barcelona Nights
Santa Fe
Isla Del Sol
Bullfighter's Dream
In The Hands Of Love
Heart Still/Beating
Driving 2 Madrid (B4 The Storm)
August Moon
Dancing Under The Moon
Festival (Of 7 Lights)
La Rosa Negra
2 The Night
Borrasca
Bajo La Luna Mix

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This compilation project's official title is already long enough, but for true accuracy it should read, The Best of Ottmar Liebert's First Two Recordings, Volume 1. Barcelona Nights strings together the more upbeat and animated selections from his two earliest recordings, Nouveau Flamenco (his famed debut) and Borrasca (plus one track, "Festival," from Poets and Angels). The package serves as the first installment in a two-disc series; the subsequent Surrender to Love will patch together romantically inclined selections of those early 1990s recordings. It's the same music, but with different sequencing and different packaging. As such, it offers graceful and pleasant listening, though the similarity in tempos gives the disc a slightly homogenous feel. Many like-minded guitarists have traveled the path that Liebert originally blazed, and Barcelona Nights offers an appealing reminder of the qualities that elicited such a huge initial reception: nimble, articulate fingerwork; charming, uncomplicated melodies; and just enough flamenco authenticity to convince maturing pop listeners that they had discovered something exotic. Highlights include the beckoning cheer of the well-known title track, and the earnest, uplifting energy of another early hit, "Heart Still/Beating." --Terry Wood

Customer Reviews:

Great High Octave Guitar Jazz.......2006-08-24

I have been a fan of Ottmar for a long time. This album is very good. Every tune is great to listen to. A great sound for all guitar music lovers.

If you are looking for new sounds come and get it!.......2006-06-12

Among the most creative and imaginative musicians in the last generations, Liebert must be included in the most representative lists. His creativeness and above all his powerful vision in what it concerns to the necessary oxygen the Flamenco needed, was intuited by him and so dedicated all his energies in search of its renovation, achieving a remarkable success.

To my mind the most interesting tracks of this valuable album are: Heart still beating, Barcelona nights, Santa Fe, Isla del sol, Bullfighter's dream and La Rosa Negra, but there is not any minor track.

If you really are searching for new inspiration motives and creative sounds, this album is a must for you.

Very nice music, Ottmar is very talented!.......2004-02-09

I don't understand why people so closed mind, this is new millenium, think out of the box, there is no right or wrong about music, there's only about good or bad, who really care about so called "real" Flamenco, as long as easy listening, and creative, I think Liebert is very talented. I like "Barcelona Nights" very much, I play it in my car, at home, never tired of listening. Keep up your good work, Liebert, play more new song!

Don't bother........2004-02-01

Disappointing all the way. You can call Mr. Leibert a sort of `Yanni' of the guitar. Need I say more?

Cross-pollination angers Nationalists.......2003-09-30

Oh please, all these people who are so worried about this genre blending with their sacred "Flamenco." Some of the best Flamenco-inspired music is stuff like this and the work of Steve Stevens, artists who think outside the box. Music is flexible and evolving; what you call it or label it doesn't matter. Nobody seems to mind that Ricky Martin or Enrique Igelsias represent "Spanish" or "Latin" pop music. To me, Alberto Iglesias would be the real deal!

In my estimation, Flamenco has always been an art form influenced by many different forces and subject to change and evolution. Why is there such a nationalistic pride among many of its fans that ends up precluding such visionaries as Liebert, who have devoted their lives to making wonderful music, from taking part? Is it because he is not 100% Spanish?

The same exclusionary mentality that wants to limit Flamenco works well in Bible music in the South. The irony is that a Latin talent is often more welcome in other genres than a Gringo's is to Flamenco. The entire genre of Flamenco suffers much more from exclusionary thinking than it does from cross-pollination. How sad that such a beautiful art form is tainted by control freaks. Those of you who bash the likes of Liebert bash one who is intensely accomplished and pays such homage and utmost respect (not to mention commercial attention and longevity) to the art form. Very sad, indeed. You should be bashing Ricky and Enrique first!

Those of you who are so close-minded (You're probably ignoring me because of my Gringo status, anyway) should check out a really cool blue grass band I know. You'll be made to feel much more welcome than Liebert has in the wild world of Flamenco "purists."

This album is a wonderful collection of soulful, technically masterful sounds from a true visionary who pays the highest tribute to Spanish guitar by infusing it with fresh blood and vouchsafing its wonders to the masses. And it's better quality Flamenco than lots of other stuff on the market! Oh, sweet blasphemy! This is no dilettante - this man lives and breathes his music.

Tracks:

Ralph's Rhapsody
The Music Of What Happens
The Oh Of Pleasure (From Deep Breakfast)
Celestial Soda Pop (From Deep Breakfast)
Clouds Below Your Knees (From No Blue Thing)
The Vanished Gardens Of Cordoba (From Nothing Above My Shoulders But The Evening)
The True Spirit Of Mom & Dad (From No Blue Thing)
The Temple (From The Sky Of Mind)
Her Knees Deep In Your Mind (From Nothing Above My Shoulders But The Evening)
Kathleen's Song (From Deep Breakfast)
Tiny Geometries (From Deep Breakfast)
Rio Clarifies
Celestial Soda Pop Remix (From Deep Breakfast)

Customer Reviews:

love it!.......2007-07-02

I find myself enraptured every time I listen to this album. Nobody could be more surprised than me -- I'm a dedicated rock/jazz/motown/r&b fan!

The best of the best new age man.......2004-08-14

Once having listened to a huge number of recordings of the so-called "new age" music, I think this recording should be in the five best of the genre. You can also exchange this for "Deep Breakfast" which is highly represented in here with four tracks (Celestial Soda Pop, The Oh of Pleasure, Tiny Geometries and Kathleen's Song). The thing is that there should be more space for another track from "No Blue Thing", which I prefer even more than "Deep Breakfast": apart from "Clouds Below Your Knees" and "The True Spirit of Mom & Dad" (one of the best music pieces written ever), I would have included "Homeward at Last".

This is only to say what I think it has been missed in this compilation. But this recording is marvellous from start to the end. The two new pieces show a very enjoyable music, and the final remix is an example that, when classical tunes have been sampled, they result in a mess. But in this case is the own author who makes the sample and then the version is a total success.

For me, Ray Lynch is the best "new age" man. Only four recordings and this compilation in his career. But what a magnificent handful!

Highly Addictive Music.......2003-04-23

Ray Lynch has quite some talent! This "Best of" CD features 10 of his most loved compositions, plus two brand new tracks and a remix of his most well known piece: "Celestial Soda Pop".

His music is highly melodic. Foot-tapping stuff indeed! The two new tracks are excellent, and it goes without saying that the other compositions are top-notch. The only surprise is the absence of "Ivory", a track many regard as Ray's most beautiful piece.

Ray's music is hard to describe. He uses a great assortment of instruments and produces a huge range of sounds; some very conventional, other really unusual and original. Everything, however, blends together really well and this is the sort of music you'll find yourself whistling at work. It's addictive stuff!

If you enjoy melodic, catchy rhythmic music that's full of life and energy, you're sure to enjoy this CD.

Very highly recommended.

Best Of ... TRULY!.......2002-07-10

If you think "electronic" music is hokey, TRY THIS CD. It will stir you. It will have you moving to the music. Celestial Sodapop is one of the best electronic pieces I have ever heard and I am old enough to remember MOOG music!

Best if Ray Lynch.......2000-05-07

This is a luscious, compliation of some of Ray's best music. Listening to it recalls all of the deep feelings I felt when hearing the albums for the first time. These pieces are timeless. For the person who has never heard this composer, I would say they have a remarkable experience ahead of them. Try it, you'll like it.

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The Best of Kitaro, Vol. 1
Kitaro
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yay celtic music
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I look forward to volume 2!
Indespensible CD if you have a bit of Celtic blood in 'Ya

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1. All Together - Dougie MacLean
2. The Presbyterian Hornpipe giThe Watchmaker's Daughter giThe Hurricane - (with Battlefield Band)
3. Now Westlin Winds - Dick Gaughan
4. Siuil A Ruin - Clannad
5. De Trilport giA Fublaines - (with Pierre Bensusan)
6. Siun Ni Dhuibhir - Relativity
7. Corryvreckan - William Jackson
8. The Jug Of Punch - Altan
9. The J.B. Reel giThe Shepherdess giThe J.B. Reel - (with Alasdair Fraser/Paul Machlis)
10. Planxty Crockery giDomhuall Dubb - (with Sileas)
11. The Water Is Wide - Maura O'Connell
12. Shifting Sands - Davy Spillane

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

yay celtic music.......2001-08-26

IF you like Celtic music, you'll enjoy this. It's not spectacular, but it's definitely soothing and well-done. The Thistle & Shamrock is an excellent radio show, and this is a good collection of songs that have been featured on it.

Lovely Voices and Melodies.......2000-05-30

This CD is worth it just for Maura O'Connell's version of "The Water Is Wide". It makes my heart stop evertime I hear it. The other songs are also wonderful - complex and soothing.

I look forward to volume 2!.......1999-11-10

Very enjoyable and wide ranging. Stirs all your emotions and brings you back home again. More please!

I look forward to volume 2!.......1999-11-10

Very enjoyable and wide ranging. Stirs all your emotions and brings you back home again. More please!

Indespensible CD if you have a bit of Celtic blood in 'Ya.......1999-04-18

Great Celtic music.."All together" and "Westin Wind" stir the soul....bagpipes, flutes, great singing....this CD will transport you to the misty Isles....

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Energizing

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Energizing.......1999-12-09

I have all three of "The Best of Silver Wave" collections. This one is very energizing, hence the name "The Sun" If you like tribal, instrumental, or sound scape music, this is an excellent choice.