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Average customer rating: The Versatile Yo-Yo Ma Not for the average listener A thoroughly enjoyable trip through Central Asia and a few other places. Silk Road Journey A Detailed Review From A Non-expert Music Lover

Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Yo-Yo Ma , and Silk Road Ensemble Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical | Indie Music | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon The Silk Road: A Musical Caravan Obrigado Brazil Soul of the Tango: The Music of Astor Piazzolla Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone ASIN: B0000641CG Release Date: 2002-04-16

Tracks:

1. Mongolian Traditional longsong
2. Legend of Herlen (Byambasuren Sharav)
3. "Blue Little Flower" (Chinese Traditional)
4. "Mido Mountain" (Chinese Traditional)
5. Moon over Guan Mountain (Zhao Jiping)
6. "Miero vuotti uutta kuuta" from Five Finnish Folk Songs (Michio Mamiya)
7. "Joiku" from Five Finnish Folk Songs (Michio Mamiya)
8. Avaz-e Dashti (Persian Traditional)
9. Habil-Sayagy (In Habil's Style) for cello and prepared piano (Franghiz Ali-Zadeh)
10. Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur (Kayhan Kalhor)
11. Chi passa per'sta strada (Filippo Azzaiolo)
12. Desert Capriccio (Music from the film Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon/Tan Dun) (Bonus Track)

Amazon.com

This disc introduces Yo-Yo Ma's latest and most ambitious adventure, the Silk Road Project. It explores the cultures that flourished along the Silk Road, the ancient trade route that for centuries connected Europe and the East. Founded by Ma in 1998, the project aims to create connections, mutual trust, and cultural interchange between people from different parts of the world through their only shared language: music.

This recording includes music from Mongolia, China, Persia, Japan, Iran, Azerbaijan, and an improvisation on an Italian Renaissance street song, performed by musicians from all those countries, as well as America, on both Eastern and Western instruments. Ma, who participates in every piece either as soloist or part of the ensemble, plays cello and a Mongolian "horse-head fiddle." There is also a Mongolian soprano, who sings a traditional song native to her region. For the uninitiated Western listener, the music requires some getting used to. Much of it is based on rhythmic ostinatos. The melodies use Oriental scales; the intonation is untempered; the music seems all color, texture, and atmosphere, without what might be called themes; and repetition takes the place of development. Contrast is achieved through sudden change, buildup by adding instruments. However, the music is often beautiful, delicate, dreamy, or peaceful; every listener will find his or her own favorite pieces. The playing is splendid, with much inventive improvisation. Inevitably, Ma's tone and personality stand out, but he never dominates in fact or spirit. The booklet offers essays by Ma and the project's musicologist, Theodore Levin, photographs of the players, and drawings of the Eastern instruments. --Edith Eisler

Customer Reviews:

The Versatile Yo-Yo Ma .......2007-07-24

Since returning from a trip to China, I have become very interested in the music and the entire culture and history of the Far East. To an American, it seems like such an exotic and mysterious world. Given the formidable languages and the vastness of it all, I can only say that I can only hope to acquire a superficial understanding.

As always, the versatile Yo-Yo Ma is quite soulful and technically brilliant in his musical exploration of the "Silk Road". The music, to me, captures the feeling of Asia. The liner notes are very educational in providing a context to the project.

I find Asian music to be very different from our "Western" traditions, but given time and an even chance, I think that you will find this CD to be very nice and enjoyable.

Not for the average listener.......2007-03-20

I was going to give it 2 stars, but then again i only listened to it once.
I was looking forward to this, but the music is plodding in many parts,
like a dreary symphony. There are fine moments, but I was looking for something a bit more accesible, rhymic, and lyrical. This is a mixed bag that seems to miss more often than hit.

A thoroughly enjoyable trip through Central Asia and a few other places........2007-03-15

I have just added this to my musical library and am enjoying it. From the first beat of the first note of Khongozurl's long song you are transported to central Asia - the land of horses and gers. Of all the pieces I was most interested in listening to the second piece - Legend of Herlen. This to me, was the real silk road. The morin khuur has a very rich and unusual tone that made we want to listen to the it over and over again. Each piece is different and reminds one of the many parts that make up the whole of central asia's culture be it music or diesel trucks competing for road space with camels. The music captures the variety that makes up the region. The Finnish Folksong tracks are a nice touch. I have a friend who was at a trade conference and met a man from Mongolia. Neither could talk to one another until they discovered a common language - Finnish! My friend's family is Finnish and his new Mongolian friend had lived for several years in Finland where he learned enough of the language to communicate. Listening to the Finnish Folksongs reminds me of the Finnish-Mongolian connection that my friend had described. It is a nice touch and complements the other pieces very well. Please don't neglect to read the information insert as this gives a wealth of information on the music and it's origins as well as some of the difficulties experienced by western players playing traditional middle Asian musical instruments. Ma's difficulties with his instrument are particularly interesing to read. The concludig track - Desert Capriccio is a very nice ending to a very rich musical experince. The music from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is the perfect ending to this trip through central Asia. I highly recommend this CD to everyone.

Silk Road Journey.......2007-02-19

I saw a performance of the Silk Road Ensemble and was absolutely enthralled. So I bought the CD. But it was a big disappointment. It's not the type of music you can comfortably listen to in your living room - I'm sure it would be much more enjoyable in a concert hall. There was far too much that just sounded like "screeching" to me. However, some of the pieces that were much like what we heard at the performance were beautiful. So - a mixed review, but I disliked more than I liked.

A Detailed Review From A Non-expert Music Lover.......2007-01-12

In this review I will give my opinion on each of the 12 selections in this CD, and will also talk about some general themes related to the title "The Silk Road Project".

To anyone who has heard of the Silk Road in Ancient China, the title of this CD immediately brings up images of exotic peoples and their cultures in your mind. I think Yo-Yo Ma's efforts in creating such a culturally diversified recording are definitely welcomed in this era of globalization.

But after listening through this CD I felt that something was missing from the selections. One of the most important areas on the Silk Road is the Uyghur region in northwestern China. Their music is quite unique. Inclusion of their music in this CD would be really interesting. Also in this CD not all of the selections are chosen from those regions directly related to the Silk Road. So I guess the title is just a metaphor of "when strangers meet", but is not directly about the cultures along the Silk Road.

Now I will review each of the selections.

1. Mongolian Traditional Long Song

I am somewhat familiar with their culture and land. So to me this song is very beautiful and enchanting. One of the most important factors in conducting any cross-cultural communications is context! You really cannot take it out of context. The Mongolian Long Song might sound monotonous and drawling to a person who is more used to the Western tradition of chant, choral, or opera music. Yet if you know the traditional nomadic lifestyle of the Mongolian people on the vast rolling greens of the Mongolian grassland embellished with winding creeks and rivers, you would probably hear such long-singing voices reverberating between the green of the grass and the blue of the sky. The Mongolian people have some of the most beautiful songs that I know of.

2. Legend of Herlen

There are probably two broad categories of non-western ethnic musics. One is the authentic folksong tradition of the people, the other is westernized works composed by westernized local musicians. I guess Legend of Herlen might fall into the second category. It has some interesting tunes in it. But the overall listening experience is too dramatic. I guess the dynamics used in this piece might even go beyond the ppp and fff. In the Mongolian traditional music, dynamics are sometimes used quite dramatically, with sharp difference between two adjacent notes or phrases. So this piece here is probably not very surprising. Nonetheless I find it a little too dramatic, sometimes even disturbing. Again I am not familiar with the background of this piece, so that might explain the unusual drama.

3. Blue Little Flower

I am not sure what fusion should really sound like. But in this piece it does seem to me that a lot of musical traditions are intertwined in it: western music, Chinese folksong from Shaanxi, and probably Iranian or Indian drums. Somehow the only part of this song that I liked is the beginning line. It's very beautiful and delicate, reminding me of the theme music from the Couching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. But it is westernized, not authentic Chinese folksong. If this is still not a problem, then the drum used in this piece does cause a lot of funny effects. The drum sounds so distinctive and it represents some of the central or western Asia cultures. The images such drum beats conjure up are very incompatible with this northwestern Chinese folksong. So in this piece there are at least three threads: western, Chinese, and Iranian/Indian (I am not sure which one). But they do not converge. There is also the funny part of the singing included in this piece. It is out of place and unnecessary. The singing itself is just too frivolous to me.

4. Mido Mountain

I like this piece, especially the part played by the Sheng. Again there are some elements that sound a little bit too foreign to me, especially the percussion part. They use the same percussion/drum in this piece as in the previous one. But the overall effect of the arrangement does sound authentic and pleasant to me.

5. Moon Over Guan Mountains

If you know that Zhao Jiping is famous for his scores for films, you will probably understand this piece better. But of course understanding does not mean you will like it. This piece falls into the second category that I described above. For a lot of non-Western countries, the influence of western music is definitely immense. Many local composers are trained in both the western tradition and the local tradition. But there is probably a general feeling among composers in these countries that western music is richer in theory and methods. Many of these composers will use themes from folk songs to compose westernized music. I will give this piece a B+. It does include some themes from northwestern China, which sound really unique. As I said in this CD there is no selection from the Uyghur region in China, this piece might make up for that, since some of the themes seem to me to be from that region. But this piece is still too dramatic too, like a film score.

6. Five Finnish Folksongs No. 3

I love this one! The theme melody is so beautiful, and maybe a little bit nostalgic, and maybe a little bit romantic also? But this piece is straightly western music. There is nothing ethnic about it.

7. Five Finnish Folksongs No.5

This one is ok, but not very impressive. The overall structure of this piece sounds like very loose. There is not memorable melody either. But it does not have the maddening drama like in the two pieces I have just talked about. This is good.

8. Avaz-e Dashti
I am not familiar with Persian music. But there are indeed some very Persian melodies in this piece. The instruments used in this piece are all traditional Persian instruments. Maybe this is why it sounds so authentic to me. I like the haunting, floating tunes in this piece. They sound very ethereal to me.

9. Habil-Sayagy

Again this piece falls into the second category like the Legend of Herlen and Moon Over Guan Mountains. Such music is probably interesting to the performers, since they can let loose their inner floodgate of emotions and resort to pure artistic connections. But the problem for such music is that they are just too dramatic, and it's really hard to understand them without fairly good knowledge of the context and their unique cultural backgrounds. I am sure all these three pieces might sound profound, meaningful, and artistic once we know the cultural backgrounds better. But for the general listener, they are too abstract and too emotionally charged. Another problem for such western-traditional combination pure art form of music is that tradition might be distorted and represented in the wrong way.

10. Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur

I like this one better that the previous one, especially the middle part beginning at around 5 min 30 sec into the music. The melody is quite unique, and memorable. The bassline is very interesting too. It conjures up the image of merchants traveling on camel back through the desert. The pulse of the bass sounds like the steps of camels walking. One the instruments used, I am not sure which one, santur or kemancheh, is quite successful in bringing out the authenticity of the music style.

11. Chi passa per'sta strada

This one has the same problem as the Blue Little Flower: it does not sound like anything! It is not Italian, nor is it Iranian, nor Chinese, nor anything else. What is it? Who knows. The ethnicity of world music is tied to their unique musical instruments closely. I remember there was one year the Chinese traditional orchestra had a New Year's Concert at Vienna, and when they played the Radetzky March at the end of the concert, I was quite unimpressed.

12. Desert Capriccio

Tan Dun is similar to the composers I mentioned above like Zhao Jiping. Tan's music is unique and interesting to both western and Chinese audience, because of the same thing: they are both unfamiliar with Tan's music. To the Chinese audience, his music sounds western, but to the Western audience, his music sounds exotic. Nonetheless I still like some of this music, like the Couching Tiger and Hidden Dragon. Some of the melodies are really great. Again this piece makes up for the lack of Uyghur music in this album, since the "desert" in this piece is in the Uyghur region. But the music is not Uyghur at all.

There you have it. That's all for my detailed review of this CD. I would give it a B+ for its efforts and some of the really good tunes. As I am not an expert, I might be wrong in many of the points that I make in this review. So feel free to comment on my review.

Average customer rating: One of the best ever! Kristen Chenowith Has its moments Great CD! This woman has what it takes, and then some...

Let Yourself Go Kristin Chenoweth , Jule Styne , George Gershwin , Richard Rodgers , Jeanine Tesori , Kurt Weill , Jerome Kern , Vincent Youmans , Ricky Ian Gordon , Richard Dworsky , Lawrence Ellington Duke / Brown , Harry Warren , Bobby Troup , Jason Alexander , Irving Berlin , Rob Fisher , and The Coffee Club Orchestra Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Gershwin | Gershwin, George | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Marches | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Traditional Pop | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Sony | Computers Brands | Computers Features | Electronics | Desktops | Monitors | Networking | Notebooks Similar Items: As I Am Still I Can't Be Still You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown (1999 Broadway Revival Cast) Leonard Bernstein's Candide (Great Performances) Meredith Willson's The Music Man (TV Film) ASIN: B000059T4T Release Date: 2001-05-29

Tracks:

1. Let Yourself Go
2. If
3. How Long Has This Been Going On?
4. My Funny Valentine
5. Hanging Around with You (with Jason Alexander)
6. The Girl in 14G
7. I'll Tell the Man in the Street
8. I'm a Stranger Here Myself
9. Nobody Else But Me
10. Nobody's Heart Belongs to Me/Why Can't I?
11. Should I Be Sweet?
12. He's Just an Ordinary Guy
13. Going to the Dance with You
14. On a Turquoise Cloud
15. You'll Never Know
16. Daddy

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Kristin Chenoweth won a Tony for the supporting role of Sally Brown in the 1999 revival of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown, made a memorably vampy Lily in the 1999 television film of Annie, and had an NBC sitcom created for her, Kristin! Now she grabs the spotlight in Let Yourself Go, her first solo recording. She mixes torchy standards ("My Funny Valentine," "How Long Has This Been Going On?") with Faith Prince-style sauciness ("If"), gets to show off her operatic and scat chops in the miniplay "The Girl in 14G," and shares a light duet with Jason Alexander (reviving his musical theater career post-Seinfeld). Perhaps her "Stranger Here Myself" isn't the weightiest you've ever heard, but this is an enjoyable album with a good deal of old-fashioned class, expertly accompanied by Rob Fisher and the Coffee Club Orchestra. --David Horiuchi

Customer Reviews:

One of the best ever!.......2007-04-24

Do I mean the best album or the best singer? You are correct if you said both! I saw Kristin Chenoweth on a PBS show "Broadway's Best at the Pops," (though it was not the first time I had heard her) and decided to check out the offerings here. This is a collection of the kind of music and performances I love. She has a great range, a precise pitch, and a great style that is at the same time true to the music and to herself. In an era when singers try to outdo each other re-interpreting the composer's original work, not usually with great success, she is a blessing!

Kristen Chenowith.......2007-02-26

I bought this CD for the Girl in 14G. Yes, it's that good...

Has its moments.......2007-02-19

After watching Candide endlessly and going to see Ms. Chenoweth in The Apple Tree, I was hungry for something more portable to listen to. At times this fits the bill, but what surprised me the most is how thin her voice comes across on this recording. Perhaps it was the joy of seeing her live that has ruined this listener; perhaps I need to upgrade my aging music system. Then again, maybe the recording is just not as good as Ms. C singing Bernstein or as good as staring at Ms. C command a Broadway stage.

Great CD!.......2007-01-19

I truly enjoy listening to this CD. Kristin Chenoweth's vocal style and abilities are very well-matched to the songs selected for this album. If you enjoy classic, older-style Broadway/popular tunes, I would highly recommend this CD. Ms. Chenoweth has a bright, expressive voice and does a fantastic job with this material.

As with any full-length CD, there are a couple of songs I am not as crazy about, but that has to do with the songs themselves, not Ms. Chenoweth's vocal performance. Overall, I love this album and have listened to it several times now, since receiving it as a Christmas gift last month.

This woman has what it takes, and then some..........2007-01-12

Kristin Chenoweth brings new life to some timeless Broadways tunes while introducing a few wonderful new ones. This high pitched vocal goddess effortlessly provides for a nearly flawless and easy listening experience. I definitly recommend this CD for anyone who enjoys jazz vocals, showtunes, or just a new spin on some old classics.

Average customer rating: What NUDE should have been. GREAT! Incredible release from VAST. Nude re-release Rip-off

Turquoise & Crimson VAST Manufacturer: 2blossoms Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Goth | Goth & Industrial | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Post Grunge | American Alternative | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Alternative Metal | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Indie Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Visual Audio Sensory Theater Music for People Nude Vortex Year Zero ASIN: B000FEBW94 Release Date: 2006-05-30

Tracks:

1. Turquoise
2. Ecstacy
3. Be With Me
4. Thrown Away
5. Don't Take Your Love Away From Me
6. Falling From the Sky
7. Candle
8. I Woke Up in L.A.
9. I Can't Say No (To You)
10. Desert Garden

Tracks:

1. Dead Angels
2. I Need To Say Goodbye
3. Lost
4. Winter In My Heart
5. All I Found Was You (Japanese Fantasy)
6. That's My Boy
7. Evil Little Girl
8. Beautiful
9. Senorita
10. Where It Never Rains
11. Bruise
12. Goodbye

Customer Reviews:

What NUDE should have been........2007-07-21

I just received this, and I must say, this definitely satisfies me more than the original Nude. A must-have.

GREAT!.......2007-06-09

I actually like the versions on this album than on Nude. Nude was just a bit too polished, I think the song sounds better when they're more natural. Though I think any hardcore VAST fans should own both. VAST is my favorite band and I don't usually write review but I have to step in and give it 5 stars to make up for the people who give it 1 star just because they think it's a rip-off, they didn't get the cd, etc. I always get frustrated when people don't review the actual music, but makes complain like "i didn't get my cd". Well, complain that to amazon or whoever, don't give people a false impression that the music is any bad.

Anyway, this is my favorite VAST album.

Incredible release from VAST........2007-03-30

This double-album is deffinetely for VAST fans, you could tell that some of the songs were already released on the Nude album thats becuase these songs on Turquoise and Crimson were originaly demos made by Jon Crosby which was only available as a download on the artist's web site. Jon Crosby has always made some great and unique music that sounds beautiful, the type of music that you could just chill out to its more like industrial goth rock or something like that, this is some very atmospheric music. There are songs like Desert garden and the epic ballad Winter in my heart that just sound incredible then theres the more rockier songs like Thrown away, I woke up in L.A. and Thats my boy these songs have alot more energy than the slower songs. At first I didn't know what to expect from this double-album but then I was not dissapointed although I thought that the first disc was alot better, I have all of the VAST albums and this is yet another great release from this one man band I highly recommend this.

Nude re-release.......2007-03-04

I bought this CD set from Amazon without reading the track listing. The majority of the songs in this set were also in Nude. (The chronology is a bit funny -- the tracks were first released on the net, then turned into Nude, then collected again to form this set). The point is, this isn't a double set of new songs. Look before you leap.

Rip-off.......2007-01-30

Well, I'm a great fan of VAST, and I'm especially fond of NUDE. I promptly went to 2blossoms when I heard about this double CD, ordered it, and a year later - I HAVEN'T RECEIVED IT. I even contacted their bass player to no avail. Poor show. If you must buy this, use Amazon!

Average customer rating:

The Further Adventures of Flossie Fillett: The Complete Recordings Turquoise Manufacturer: Rev-Ola ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Psychedelic Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Tomorrow Never Knows - The Pop Sike World of the Mirage: Singles & Lost Sessions The Open Mind About Time! Definitive Mod-Pop Collection 1966-68 Rainbow Rockin' Chair: The Definitive Collection 1969-1971 Listen to the Sky: The Complete Recordings 1964-1973 ASIN: B000FBFZFE Release Date: 2006-06-26

Tracks:

1. Tales of Flossie Fillett
2. Flying Machine [Second Version][#]
3. Sister Saxophone
4. 53 Summer Street
5. Sea Shines [#]
6. Village Green [#]
7. Saynia
8. Sunday Best [#]
9. Woodstock
10. Stand Up and Be Judged [#]
11. Woodstock [First Reduction]
12. Flying Machine [First Version][#]
13. Leana [Backing Track][#]
14. What's Your Name [#]
15. Mindless Child of Motherhood [#]
16. You're Just Another Girl (As the Brood) [#]
17. Wrong Way (As the Brood) [#]
18. Turquoise 1968 Christmas Record [#]

Album Description

Brings together every surviving recording made by The Brood and Turquoise between 1966 and 1969, including a virtual album's worth of prime 1968 pop in a Kinks/Who/Small Faces/Move style as well as alternate versions and demos. Includes the much-loved singles '53 Summer Street', 'Tales Of Flossie Fillett', 'Woodstock' and 'Saynia'! It features liner notes by noted psych/Apple authority Stefan Granados and brand new in-depth interview material with Turquoise main man Jeff Peters. Rev-Ola. 1966-1969.

Average customer rating:

Like Her The Volebeats Manufacturer: Turquoise Mountain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Sky and the Ocean Up North Country Favorites Solitude Ain't No Joke ASIN: B0009VI5F2 Release Date: 2005-07-12

Tracks:

1. Like Her
2. This Girl
3. Everytime
4. Can It Really Be?
5. Here Come It Again
6. Outside
7. In the Garden
8. September Spell
9. Touch Me One Time
10. World's Looking Lonely
11. Time Travel

Average customer rating:

Coffee at Midnight No Strings Attached Manufacturer: Turquoise Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000001JFC Release Date: 1995-11-17

Tracks:

1. Unreel
2. Coffee at Midnight
3. Percussed
4. Idle Times
5. Mixed Feelings
6. Roumanian Rhumba
7. Boys of Ballisodare
8. Pachabel's Waltz
9. St. Pete/St. Thomas
10. Restarea
11. Reggae Jackson
12. Au Jardin d'Amour

Average customer rating: Quirky essentials from Detroit's Volebeats

Country Favorites The Volebeats Manufacturer: Turquoise Mountain ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Sky and the Ocean Like Her Solitude Up North Ain't No Joke ASIN: B0000TB0BY Release Date: 2004-01-13

Tracks:

1. I Had To Tell You
2. One I Love
3. Knowing Me Knowing You
4. Standing Next To You
5. 318
6. Almost Crying
7. Hold On
8. Too Much Love
9. Die By The Sword
10. Hamtramck Mama
11. Maggot Brain
12. Manon

Customer Reviews:

Quirky essentials from Detroit's Volebeats.......2004-03-02

This is a spunky collection of rarities and covers from the veteran Volebeats. Detroit's best alt-country band is in fine form, whether they are honky-tonkin' on 'Hold On','One I Love' or '318,' ballading on 'Too Much Love' or catapulted into an inspired cover of the ABBA hit 'Knowing Me Knowing You.' Other covers show cheek; Slayer's 'Die by the Sword' is dirge-y but you gotta like them for trying. A must-have for fans, their best since Sky & the Ocean.

Average customer rating: An Adventure in Music CD is not compatible with my player

Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Cello | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music Ma, Yo-Yo | ( M ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Yo-Yo Ma Plays Ennio Morricone [SACD] [China] French Sonatas (Multichannel/Stereo) Solo Silk Road Journeys: Beyond the Horizon Brothers in Arms ASIN: B00005USF3 Release Date: 2002-04-30

Tracks:

1. Mongolian Traditional Long Song
2. Legend of Herlen
3. Blue Little Flower
4. Mido Mountain
5. Moon Over Guan Mountains
6. Five Finnish Folksong: No. 3 Miero Vuotti Uutta Kuuta
7. Five Finnish Folksong: No. 5 Joiku
8. Avaz-E Dashti
9. Habil-Sayagy (In Habil's Style)
10. Blue as the Turquoise Night of Neyshabur
11. Chi Passa Per'sta Strada
12. Desert Capriccio [From Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon][*]

Customer Reviews:

An Adventure in Music.......2002-10-31

Yo-Yo Ma's Silk Road Project is a noble and ambitious attempt to bring together "traditional" musicians of Asia with Western musicians. For the most part, they play new music that combines Western instruments with instruments (and tonalities) of China, India, Azerbaijan, Mongolia, and other countries along the Silk Road.

Normally, I avoid new music, because much of it is self-indulgent stuff. But the Silk Road Ensemble and its music are quite the opposite: lively, fascinating, musical in the best sense of the word.

My wife and I have had the privilege of seeing the Silk Road Ensemble perform twice, in March and October of 2002, and they are fabulous. But if you cannot make the concert, this disk is the next best thing. Highly recommended!

CD is not compatible with my player.......2002-06-18

In the excitement of finding this CD, I did not notice that it requires a special player. Upon receiving it and unpacking it I saw the "super audio player only" sticker, and thought that my player would be sofisticated enough to be able to handle it. But, NO. I have spoken with friends and professionals and everyone was surprised to hear of my predicament. I would very much like to return this CD for the same title that will play on my player. Since I could not find a customer service site to air my disappointment, I chose this.

Average customer rating: Very Talented Singer music muse Very good A nice CD Refreshing

Turquoise Dalinda Manufacturer: Arc Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music Gypsy | Eastern Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Sahara Groove ASIN: B00008A7TG Release Date: 2003-01-28

Tracks:

1. Maahboubi Khanni
2. Yeslam Galbak
3. Raqsah
4. Yaah
5. El Shams
6. Esh Hal Qadny?
7. Efrah Wi Ghanny
8. Ghajareyyah
9. Min Youm
10. Enta
11. Blue

Customer Reviews:

Very Talented Singer.......2005-05-04

I hope that we hear more of Dalinda, she has a beautiful voice, even though I wish that her sound would've been a bit more traditional.

music muse.......2003-11-03

This diary of music genially displays the expression of true talent, creativity and splendor. From her deeply touching lyrics to the extraordinary mixture of Afro Arabian sound, Dalinda's Turquoise tells a musical tail of many experiences that touch every human spirit. Weather you want to laugh, cry, dance or rest, Turquoise will draw you in to the depths of music genius.

I pray for the undying success of such talent. I hope to see more in the future

Very good.......2003-10-02

I heard this at a friend's house and went out and bought it first thing in the morning.

It does have every flavour I crave, Middle Eastern and African fusion at its best. This girl defenitley can sing and moved me completely ;) well there are a few seductively sensual ones in there!

Deliciously soothing and beautiful, I would recommend it

A nice CD.......2003-09-07

The music for this CD is addictive! With Hossam Ramzy, how could it not be? The drum beats are all fun and exciting, and the other instruments just add to the fun! It's hard to keep your hips still just listening to it! A good CD to throw into the CD player and dance around the living room to. It's nice to hear some good middle eastern music that isn't al jeel for once. The CD includes a booklet with both Arabic lyrics and their English translations. Very helpful!

The only things I didn't like about this CD is that the singer's voice feels a bit bland to me. Her voice just doesn't touch me. Also, some of the songs are just the singer pleading for their lover to come back to them. You hear this beautiful song, so you reach for the booklet and find that it's a rather depressing song. Bummer.

Refreshing.......2003-02-27

A great addition for any middle east collection. Dalinda has a refreshing beautiful voice that could delight almost any one. "Her music draws on various Bedouin influences from the Libyan, Moroccan and Algerian deserts incorporating some of the grooviest performances by top musicians from Egypt and the Middle East as well as Western recording artists."

Average customer rating: Achingly beautiful minimalism arresting beauty of suggestive simplicity and place

Walk in Beauty Peter Garland , Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio , and Aki Takahashi Manufacturer: New Albion Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Days Run Away Love Songs The Book of Sounds (Das Buch der Klänge) Dancing on Water ASIN: B000000R3C Release Date: 1994-04-13

Tracks:

1. Walk In Beauty
2. Walk In Beauty: Turquoise Trail
3. Walk In Beauty: A Peyote Fan
4. Walk In Beauty: A Pine Pitch Basket
5. Walk In Beauty: Lightning Flash
6. Walk In Beauty: Walk In Beauty - (Calling Home My Shadow)
7. Sones De Flor: I. Cantabile & Legato
8. Sones De Flor: II. Quietly, ethereal
9. Sones De Flor: III. With Intensity
10. Sones De Flor: IV. Swinging & Rhythmic
11. Sones De Flor: V. Distant & Stark
12. Sones De Flor: VI. With A Lilt, Evermore Intense
13. Sones De Flor: VII. ... With Abandon ...
14. Sones De Flor: VIII. Accented, Towards Tranquility
15. Jornada del Muerto: I. Hermit Songs
16. Jornada del Muerto: II. Ring Of Bone
17. Jornada del Muerto: III. Third Movement
18. Jornada del Muerto: IV. The View From Vulture Peak

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Garland's music takes many of its cues from present-day minimalism: single notes characterized in simple patterns or motifs with the usual bass underscoring to give each piece depth. And that's the secret to Garland's success. In Walk in Beauty, a solo piano piece, we get a gentle series of quiet progressions that impose nothing upon the listener but the desire to follow the argument through to its end. In Sones de Flor the same noble underscoring on the piano allows the strings to float effortlessly by. This is music that never looses its charm. -- Paul Cook

Customer Reviews:

Achingly beautiful minimalism.......2004-03-30

I live in on the outskirts of the desert Southwest, in Monument, Colorado. I have made numerous excursions-pilgrimages to the unique, blasted, spiritually-drenched landscape of Southern Utah/North-Central New Mexico depicted in this entirely remarkable disc. And I have never come away with anything other then entire awe. And I can say without equivocation that the music of Peter Garland captures the geographic splendor of this magnificent desolation as nothing else can.

Minimalism, the MO of this disc, represents an entirely apposite approach to depicting the desperate glories of this stark, startling landscape. Endless azure sky; arid, mesquite-sage wilderness, dotted by buttes and mesas; no settlements for hundreds of kilometers: a wilderness, but one suffused with magic. Land of enchantment, indeed. How to capture its subtle, wayward, unharnessable glories? Live there. Learn its secrets. Drink deep of its subtle wisdom. Meditate on its eldritch beauty. And that's exactly what Peter Garland did.

Others, notably Georgia O'Keeffe and Ansel Adams, have sought to capture its magic in paint on canvas and black and white photography. Indeed, entire communities (Santa Fe and Taos) have sprung up as graphic art-testimonies to its arcane, mysterious hold on the human spirit.

Here, Peter Garland, a transplanted Easterner, lured by the indomitable magic of this landscape, has found, serendipitously, the perfect aural vehicle for its monumental splendors: The prodigious gifts of Aki Takahashi and the Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio. Takahashi, a pianist of magnificent and exceptional gifts, imbues the spacious compositions of Garland with a yearning, Sehnsuct-filled desperation/home-longing never before encountered in music. Space and sonority constitute her tools. Peculiar affinity, her method. These combine with Garland's visionary compositions to produce music never before heard, music of the highest accomplishment, music of ravishing beauty, music of uncompromising starkness and skeletal austerity. But of soul-devastating splendor.

Think Tony Hillerman, William Least Heat Moon, Dances with Wolves, Geronimo, Dee Brown, Edward Abbey, purged of their anger, put to music, and you get a poor picture of the glorious enchantment offered up here.

One of my all-time favorite discs.

arresting beauty of suggestive simplicity and place.......1999-09-01

There is a very vibrant strain in American art that we rarely encounter, like an aesthetic still in exile,or one still submerged beneath the surface of market flash and postmodernist force fields. The Video artist Bill Viola has devoted his work to place and has written about it along with Lucy Lippard both have informed us of the rarely encountered mysterious cultural bound importance people attach to a place,a view of a modest mountain overlooking a quiet river near a forgotten oyster bar. Peter Garland's music has found an equivalent to this set of hidden cultural values of place. He emerged from the new generation of American composers rejecting the New York Establishment 12-Tone Serial language. Well being more West Coast bound his music has been forever more attuned with pure beauty without the European conceptual baggage that seemed to only grow into forever more convolutedness of concept."Walk in Beauty" for piano solo is a great example of Garland's musical language, dare I say language for that is a European perspective. His music more elicits,solicits again an evocative place, and a place, a sonoric one we all seem to know. One of simple melodic beauty, but not necessarily a predictable or a shaped one. Garland has an evocative interesting voice, and although he utilizes tonal and modal schemes,usually very static, his textures seem to drift gently,like wind chimes, chimes that interface with winds from the Gulf,lucious ones. In "Walk in Beauty" the extreme upper registers of the piano is utilized with a gentle repetition of single tones around an emerging melodic shape,with simple yet authoritative chords as punctuation. Likewise the inspired placeset in motion the more extended piano solo here "Jornada del Muerto"(Journey of the Dead One) and is about the vastness and emptiness of the forbidden American West, brings one (in Garland's words) "face-to-face with death". This piece elicits a real space in southern New Mexico,where Garland had resided. This is a multi-movement sonata-like work of density,but one that is penetrable,with modal like broken chords set off with missing registers in the center of the piano. We tend to hear then each hand's argument. Aki Takahashi is a gifted interpreter here, sensitive to Garland's voice. Abel-Steinberg-Winant Trio also are fine senstive players. It's curious how Garland's penchant for staticness of music materials resolves in an unpredictable beauty,where lines of the trio here seem to be a collective emotive argument, or not an argument at all, simply an affirmation of a simple melodic tale.

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