Dreams and Rain

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
The concept of Dangerous Garden was born in Europe in 1999 to produce "Dreams and rain", the first work of the band. This cd almost entirely played by European musicians, leaded by Alvaro Evia, singer and song writter (from Montevideo -Uruguay), was recorded in Barcelona (Spain) and published by the independent label "Perro Andaluz". Dangerous Garden is a rock-pop band with celtic touches that reminds in someway (mainly vocals arrangements) bands like U2 and The Cranberries, but with a clear own particular style. The music of Dangerous Garden is plenty of beautiful melodies and good lyrics with the rare breeze from the Irish lands.

Product Description
Great arrangements, sweet melodies, in their own style with a Celtic touch.

Dreams and Rain,Dangerous Garden,The Orchard,Pop,Pop Vocals,Popular Music,Rock/Pop

Dreams and Rain

Tracks:

Let It Rain
Stop
How Do I Live Without You
I Hate You Then I Love You
Higher Ground
'O Surdato 'Nnammurato
Se Bastasse Una Canzone
Betcha Never
Viva Forever
Va, Pensiero
Napule e'
Une Place Pour Moi
Non Ti Scordar Di Me
Tonight
Dreams
Adeste Fideles
Peace Wanted Just To Be Free

Amazon.com

Is music for a good cause a good cause for music? Not really, if you expect artistry. But this smorgasbord of popular international musical stars brings together extreme musical genres for an excellent purpose, and is enjoyable enough for almost anyone. Pavarotti's relaxed and buoyant leadership and still gorgeous tenor add beauty to the rock/pop selections. Trisha Yearwood, Celine Dion, and Stevie Wonder impressively hold their own against Opera Spice; but the other artists pale against the master's presence. The Spice Girls will never be confused with Anonymous 4; Zucchero's growling is scary; Florent Pagny exemplifies French rock; and Pino Daniele's breathy tenor is mellow and soothing. Best for those wanting to experience Pavarotti's vocal beauty in a more popular idiom. --Barbara Eisner Bayer

Customer Reviews:

A Superb Collection of Music.......2002-11-14

As a musician, I first ran into this disk as a PBS broadcast. What caught my ear was that every song in the concert has "the groove." Other than a children's choral cut, not a single song in the entire collection has a flaw. You'd think the Spice Girls would be a silly addition to the concert, but they do a tremendous job. Each artist appears twice, usually with Pavaotti in one of their songs, sometimes twice. Vanessa Williams is Hot! and does an incredible dance number. The engineering is excellent, with solid side-to-side separation for a really "big" sound. All in all, this is one of the favorite CDs in my music library.

This is a delightful combination of music talents to enjoy!.......1999-04-01

We first saw Pavarotti and Friends on Public Television as a fundraising event. We found the CD and especially love to listen to this CD in our car which has a great sound system. Each vocalist is so special and you will be singing along with them after a couple of plays!

This will tenderize your heart........1999-03-07

Brilliant talent for needy children, that touches the soul, and sets it on fire. Your tears will soak your socks. James

Phenomenal !! A must have for any music library........1998-12-29

A most wonderful gathering of some of the world's greatest vocalists. Such a unique blend of international Modern & Classical. If one were to put to test the ability of a vocalist to adapt to a variety of melodies, this is it. Grab your lover and take a trip in their arms with this CD!!

Outstanding Music, bringing Pavarotti to new heights........1998-12-06

Easily the best in the Pavarotti & Friends series. Always an artist on the cutting edge, with this album, Pavarotti's work will have great appeal to his fans and to scores of new enthusiasts. His duets with the Spice Girls, Vanessa Williams, Zucchero, and Stevie Wonder make it obvious that his voice has adaptability and a passion that takes it into many musical genres with ease. This shouldn't be a surprise to anyone. Sting once commented that great music occurs in the "synaptic gaps" where many different styles come together - this is an album that epitomizes the concept. Neopolitan music is a folk music in Italy, with overtones of American folk/country/jazz/rock, and Pavarotti is the Neopolitan master. This is a perfect fit of artists and selected titles. Earlier combinations of artists in this series were often much too somber, much less fun. Give this one to your teens or your great grandmother ... they'll find they have more musical tastes in common than they'd have ever imagined.

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from Solo Piano Publications

Sweet Dreams & Starlight
David Nevue
Manufacturer: Midnight Rain Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Children's Music | Styles | Music

Jazz | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
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ASIN: B00029UIQA
Release Date: 2004-05-08

Tracks:

Sweet Dreams & Starlight
Eden Again
Greensleeves
The Moment Everything Changed
Jesus Loves Me
Song for Noelle
The Gift
Happy Together
Ursa Minor
Taking Flight
Across the Velvet Sea
Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star
The Face of the Deep
Goodnight Moon

Album Description

An Excerpt from the Liner Notes...

"As I look back on my music over the years, it's fascinating to see how each of my albums reflects a particular period of my life. It's almost as if my history, since the age of about 20, has been put to music. "Sweet Dreams & Starlight" is no different. This particular album, however, marks my transition into fatherhood.

What makes this album somewhat unexpected is that up until a few years ago, I wasn't even sure I wanted to be a father. When Julie and I married in 1989, we agreed to wait ten years before having kids. That allowed me to push all consideration of fatherhood to the back of my mind.

We kept to our schedule. Almost exactly ten years after our wedding, Julie became pregnant, and on March 9th of 2000, my son Nathan was brought into this world.

That was the moment everything changed...."

Customer Reviews:

from Solo Piano Publications.......2004-05-31

"Sweet Dreams and Starlight" by David Nevue is the eighth release from an artist who seems to keep getting better all the time. Nevue's albums have themes about things going on in his life at various times, and this one celebrates becoming a father after many years of not being sure if he wanted to take that step. Nevue states in the liner notes that he made this recording because he wanted to give his children an album they could call their own. I expected something very light and playful, perhaps including some lullabies; it is so much more than that. The pieces are very gentle, but the emotional depth is amazing. Many of the pieces have a strong sense of wonder, and it seems that they capture the joy of discovery as a child as well as the joy of discovering new places within yourself you didn't know existed as an adult. As a result, this really isn't a children's album at all, but an expression of humanity that anyone can relate to.

The fourteen tracks are all solo piano, and include ten original pieces and four delightful arrangements of favorite tunes. Nevue pays homage to one of his early influences, George Winston, in the title track. The opening melody is simple and heartfelt, beginning in the upper registers of the piano, much like a music box. He repeats the melody, fleshing it out, and brings in a middle section that sounds very much like a Winston passage; a reprise of the melody closes the song with a sigh. A great beginning, and one of Nevue's best pieces ever. His arrangement of "Greensleeves" is sweet and simple, with a wonderful gentle flow. "The Moment Everything Changed" is almost a lullaby - very quiet, with a sense of wonder. "Jesus Loves Me" is truly a classic children's hymn, and Nevue's theme and variations approach to it is lovely, keeping it warm and childlike. "Song For Noelle" is a charming, tender ballad for Nevue's daughter. Quiet enough to be a lullaby, the loving emotions flow through. One of the surprises is a great arrangement of The Turtles' "Happy Together." Nevue gives it a semi-classical approach that works really well. I've always loved this song, and Nevue's version made me realize how strong it is musically. In the liner notes, Nevue writes about how much he loved looking at the stars as a child and how, as he got older, he got too busy to remember to do so. One of the first words Nathan learned was "star," and his discovery of a starry sky has brought "Daddy" full-circle to loving to look up again; "Ursa Minor" has a gentle, twinkling quality that describes a night sky. My favorite track is "Taking Flight," which has a graceful, rolling left hand that gives it momentum, and a melody that suggests excitement and anticipation. I hope this will be available in sheet music soon! "Across the Velvet Sea" is kind of a dark, dreamy waltz. "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" is another theme and variations, and is totally charming in its innocence and wonder. "The Face of the Deep" is a bit more mysterious, but is tranquil and calm.

"Sweet Dreams and Starlight" is one of my favorite albums so far this year. Very highly recommended!

Rain Forest Dreams
Average customer rating:

A Stress reducer

Rain Forest Dreams
Nature & Music
Manufacturer: Uni/Northsound
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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Earth Rhythms

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Antarctica

ASIN: B000000JVH
Release Date: 1995-11-20

Tracks:

Evening Chorus
Amazon Trail
Rain Forest Dreams
Rhythms Of Rain
Nature's Canopy
Emerald Path

Customer Reviews:

A Stress reducer.......1999-03-02

This work helps maintain a quiet balance while working It sets a pleasant atmosphere in the workspace. I have persons come to my work space all day long just to calm down and refocus from a stressful situation. When they leave they are ready to start again, relaxed and refreshed. It's also a great way to unwind, relax and drift off to sleep by.

Julie Wilson Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook

Average customer rating:

An excellent exploration of Arlen
fascinating, multi layered performance, never boring

Julie Wilson Sings the Harold Arlen Songbook
Harold Arlen , Julie Wilson , and William Roy
Manufacturer: Drg
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Jazz | Styles | Music

Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music

General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music

Cabaret | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000000PFE
Release Date: 1992-06-30

Tracks:

Blues In The Night
Fun To Be Fooled/This Time the Dreams On Me
Buds Won't Bud/You're A Builder Upper/Between The Devil And The Deep Blue Sea..
Last Night When WE Were Young
One For My Baby/The Man That Got Away
Lydia The Tatooed Lady
Out Of This World/That Old Black Magic
I've Got The World On A String
Mianin' In The Mornin'/Down With Love
A Sleepin' Bee
It's only A Paper Moon
Push De Button
I've Got A Right To Sing The Blues/Stormy Weather/When The Sun Comes Out
Stay Out Of My Dreams
horray For Love/Ac-cent-tchu-ate The Positive
Anyplace I Hang My Hat Is Home, Come Rain Or Come Shine, I Had Myself A True Love

Customer Reviews:

An excellent exploration of Arlen.......1999-07-20

Julie Wilson offers another masterclass performance of songs by Harold Arlen with his numerous lyricists. Arlen's name is not as well known as some of his contemporaries, but his talents as a songwriter were magnificent. Julie Wilson and William Roy mine the Arlen songbook to produce an album of sterling quality, delivering delightful duets on such gems as 'Push De Button' and 'Lydia The Tattooed Lady'. Wilson offers brilliant readings of ballads and rhythm songs, capturing the mood and flavour of each song perfectly. Her sensuous take on 'Last Night When We Were Young' is particularly compelling. Roy's piano embellishments are, as ever, full of wit, sensitivity and formidable musicianship. A stunning offering.

fascinating, multi layered performance, never boring.......1999-03-15

no matter how many time you listen to her, you'll hear something new each time. Julie Wilson is the consumate cabaret singer.

The String Quartet Tribute to Enya: Dreams

Average customer rating:

So close to what it should be and yet so far

The String Quartet Tribute to Enya: Dreams

Manufacturer: Vitamin Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music

Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Compilations | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music

Tributes | Pop | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B000255K6M
Release Date: 2004-06-01

Tracks:

I Want Tomorrow - Angry String Orchestra
One by One - Nashville String Machine
Fallen Embers - Angry String Orchestra
Day Without Rain
Only Time - Nashville String Machine
Angeles - Angry String Orchestra
Flora's Secret
Marble Halls - Angry String Orchestra
Silver Inches
Only If - Tallywood Strings
May It Be [*] - Tallywood Strings
Tango de Enya [*] - Angry String Orchestra

Product Description

1. I Want Tomorrow
2. One By One
3. Fallen Embers
4. A Day Without Rain
5. Only Time
6. Angeles
7. Flora's Secret
8. Marble Halls
9. Silver Inches
10. Only If

Bonus Tracks:
11. May It Be
12. Tango de Enya (Original Composition)

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

So close to what it should be and yet so far.......2005-12-12

I had high hopes when I received The String Quartet Tribute to Enya: Dreams. I enjoy practically everything Enya's ever done; I enjoy string quartets, depending on what they play and how well they play it; Enya uses synthetic and occasionally real stringed instruments on her albums; and a "tribute" album by a real string quartet ought to be respectful of Enya's music. How could I lose?

Well, my deductive logic overlooked one fact: not everyone takes the concept of "tribute" in the same way. Some take considerable license with the original artist's work. This album does that more than many. If the problem had stopped there, this could have been a good album anyway. Not so.

First, the musicians are very good ones, but the arrangements (even when respectful) are mediocre at best. (I kept thinking, "Hey, I could do better than that with my own MIDI arrangements. In fact, I have done better than that!" And if I can say that as a amateur songwriter, hopefully accurately, then there's something seriously wrong with the "pros".) Second, with some tracks (above all the cover of "A Day Without Rain"), the spirit and sometimes the form of the original song is distorted almost or even entirely beyond recognition.

In short, Enya fans should avoid this album like the plague. The producers are to be commended for not simply making a pastiche of Enya's music, but the Taliesin Orchetra did a much better (if still not perfect) effort in that direction. I'd like to be merciful and give this album a 3, but I can't; what it does to "A Day Without Rain" alone is simply inexcusible.

Suite for Javanese Gamelan and Synthesizer

Average customer rating:

Very entertaining ethnoambient.

Suite for Javanese Gamelan and Synthesizer

Manufacturer: Dorian Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | International | Styles | Music

General | New Age | Styles | Music

General | Classical | Styles | Music

General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0000061IB
Release Date: 1998-02-17

Tracks:

String Of Pearls
Ripples
Lelesan Makapu
Song Without Words
Drunken Frog
Wind Brings Rain
Sweet Dreams

Customer Reviews:

Very entertaining ethnoambient........2007-05-11

Wow. I am the first to review this? Unbelievable cuz it is really cool. A beautiful cross between Javanese gamelan music and electrambienewage. Actually is cool as background music for getting some important work done, like planning the new millenium. Most of it is gamelam with synth kind of setting the scene.

This just does not sound like it came from Baltimore. But apparently Macht spent some time far from Bawlmer, sipping some java with the Javanese.