Instrumental Collection

1. Hathaway Two-Step

2. Big Boy Waltz

3. Mamou Hot Step

4. Chanson de Mardi Gras

5. Chere Monm

6. Over the Waves

7. Veuves de la Coulée

8. J'Ai Passé Devant Ta Porte

9. Bayou Teche Two Step

10. Valse de Grand Bois

11. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)

12. Osun Two-Step

13. Madame Sosthene

14. Mon Bon Vieux Mari

15. Quoi Faire?

Instrumental Collection,Jambalaya Cajun Band,Swallow Records,Cajun / Zydeco / New Orleans,Pop

Average customer rating: Awesome music! Lovely Wonderful Music Lush Listening

20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Secret Garden Secret Garden Manufacturer: Deutsche Grammophon ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | New Age General | New Age | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Deutsche Grammophon: Music | Specialty Stores | Music 4-for-3 Classical | 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: Earthsongs Songs from a Secret Garden Dreamcatcher White Stones Dawn of a New Century ASIN: B0002IQIFQ Release Date: 2004-08-03

Tracks:

1. Nocturne
2. You Raise Me Up
3. Moving
4. Song From A Secret Garden
5. Heartstrings
6. Ode To Simplicity
7. Papillon
8. Windancer
9. Illumination
10. Reflection
11. Dreamcatcher
12. Serenade To Spring
13. Once In A Red Moon
14. Gates Of Dawn

Customer Reviews:

Awesome music!.......2007-01-09

For anyone who wants a bit of relaxing time, this CD is for you, especially when you're driving! The songs and musical pieces are absolutely beautiful and the vocals are angelic! You are left with a sense of peace and serenity. I recommend this CD to anyone, even to those who only listen to rock! Everyone needs a relaxing CD such as this one.

Lovely.......2006-11-09

I love Secret Garden! No matter what mood I am in, their music always makes it better!

Wonderful Music.......2006-11-05

I've shopped for creative, intriguing and relaxing music for years -- found something occasionally, only to be disappointed when I bought the fiirst or second CD. But not with Secret Garden; I now own four of their albums, plus this excellent collection, and have never been disappointed in a single song. They are terrific musicians; their songs, mostly their own compositions, are uplifting, soothing, or toe-tapping, depending on the song. I can't wait for the next CD!

Lush Listening.......2004-09-12

Gorgeous, rich, lush blend of romantic New Age and ancient lyric music. Worth every penny, whether as music to drive by, background at a dinner party or in the background for contemplation.

Average customer rating: Love it Delicious! beautiful 2006 GRAMMY WINNER!!! Please, more slack key without vocals!!!

Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Collection, Vol. 2 Various Artists Manufacturer: Windham Hill Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Contemporary Blues | Blues | Styles | Music General | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Hawaii | Pacific Islands | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General | Adult Contemporary | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Pacific Islands | International | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Black Sand Slack Key Guitar Volume 2 6 & 12 String Slack Key Soliloquy: Ka Leo O Loko ASIN: B00000JJMW Release Date: 1999-07-27

Tracks:

1. Popoki Slack Key - Ray Kane
2. Ulili E - Dennis Kamakahi/David Kamakahi
3. Hilo E/E Lili'u - Cgril Pahinui/Bob Brozman
4. Liloa's Mele - Sonny Chillingworth
5. Radio Hula - Led Kaapana & Friends
6. Imi Au La 'Oe - Keola Beamer
7. Pu'u Anahulu - Kamakahi/Kuo/Pahinui Hawaiina Slack Key Band
8. Hurrah Lani Ha'a Ha'a - Cgril Pahinui
9. Maori Brown Eyes - James 'Bla' Pahinui
10. Wahine 'Ilikea - Dennis Kamakahi
11. Lei 'Awaphui (Yellow Ginger Lei) - Bob Brozman/Led Kaapana
12. The Beauty Of Mauna Kea - Keola Beamer/George Winston
13. Mai Poina 'Oe La 'U (Not To Be Forgotten) - Sonny Chillingsworth
14. Aloha 'Oe - George Kahumoki
15. Ula Niu Ke'eke'e (The Crooked Coconut Tree) - George Kahumoki/Kekuhi Kanabelo
16. Slack Key Seranada - Leonard Kwan/Ozzie Kotani

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This second album in Dancing Cat Records' Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters Series produced by George Winston follows its successful Hawaiian Slack Key Guitar Masters. Again the masters of the genre are featured in several well-known tunes such as Lili'uokalani's "Aloha 'Oe" (played here by George Kahumoku) and "'Ulili E" (Dennis and David Kamakahi), as well as modern originals and two tracks that had not been available on CD before: "Ulu Niu Ke'eke'e" (George Kahumoku and Kekuhi Kanahele) and "Slack Key Serenade" (Leonard Kwan and Ozzie Kotani). The liner notes provide complete information on each song's original album.

A balance of instrumental and vocal tracks, the compilation is a terrific starting point for exploring the artistic and stylistic diversity in modern slack key. Instruments on this album include everything from traditional mouth bow, 'ukulele, and percussion stones to 12-string slack key and modern acoustic guitars. Elder statesman Ray Kane lullabies us with his simple instrumental "Popoki Slack Key" (popoki means "little cat"); renowned improviser Cyril Pahinui and Sol Hoopii-influenced Bob Brozman combine 12-string slack key and acoustic steel guitar interpreting "Hilo E" and "Lili'u E" in a style evocative of the 1920s. Showing off how slack key works solo, in duets, or with mixed accompaniment, this is one of the most beautiful slack key compilations out there. --Erik Macki

Customer Reviews:

Love it.......2007-02-24

Bought a copy for a trip to Kauai. Listened to it while I was there and now all we have to do is slip the disc on to be transported back to the islands (at least if we keep our eyes closed and try real hard to imagine).

The music is sublime.

Delicious!.......2007-01-09

I am hooked on this music and could play this CD day and night.

beautiful.......2006-06-01

This cd would be worth buying even if it only had one song on it - the version of "Pu'u Anahulu" with Martin Pahinui on vocals. I get chicken skin just listening to this song and how much he sounds like his father! Of course I love Gabby's version but always wondered what it would sound like without the cheesy strings; this is it. Unlike one other reviewer, I love the vocals.

2006 GRAMMY WINNER!!!.......2006-02-25

This album won a Grammy in February 2006! And diservedly so...

Slack key has come into it's own, many prominent guitar players are following these talented Hawaiians around, learning their new tricks and their old traditional ways. (In song sample #8 of "Masters II", Amazon spelled Cyril Pahinui's name with a "g", come on, let's give the Hawaiian artists the respect they deserve.)

This is NOT a sequel to Slack Key MastersI, but a beautiful extension and addition. The voices as well as the strings are sublime, just right in fact.

All I can say is, MORE! MORE! MORE!

Please, more slack key without vocals!!!.......2005-11-22

That's my call to record execs, or George Winston, or whoever, if they ever read these. I bought volume one, absolutely thrilled that finally, after 40 years of searching, I'd finally found slack key without singing. I don't hate the vocals, and the vocals on this CD are less annoying than a whole lot of the vocals I've heard in Hawaiian music (yes, I grew up there, and have gone back every year for the last 30 years, and I've heard a whole lot of Hawaiian music that I didn't exactly ask for.) I love finger-picked ukulele (NOT strummed), and I love the cheesy steel guitar, but if I never hear another vocal, it'll be too soon. So anyway: is everyone who ever published Hawaiian music confident that people like and expect vocals? I see other reviews here that could do without the vocals. I hereby swear that if Dancing Cat (or anybody) ever does another collection anywhere near as good as Vol. 1, without vocals, I will instantly buy it at a premium price. I promise!

Average customer rating: Not My Style Rockin' Western Collection Hard to Find Great Western Themes Western Music A great follow-up

Way Out West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection, Vol. 2 Manufacturer: Silva America ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Holdridge, Lee | ( H ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Newman | Newman, Alfred | ( N ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Rossini | Rossini, Gioacchino | ( R ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Romantic (c.1820-1910) | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Italian | Languages | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Movie Scores | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection Songs Of The West, Vol. 4: Movie & Television Themes From Alamo to El Dorado, Vol. 2 The Essential Elmer Bernstein Film Music Collection The Greatest Western Movie Themes ASIN: B000060PBU Release Date: 2002-03-26

Tracks:

1. The Hallejuah Trail-Overture
2. The Alamo-The Green Leaves Of Summer
3. The Alamo-Davy Crocket
4. The Big Country-The Welcoming/Finale
5. The Big Valley-Main Theme
6. Blazing Saddles-Blazing Saddles
7. Bonaza-Main Theme
8. Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid-raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head
9. The Comancheros-McBain/Main Title
10. Duel In The Sun-Main Title/The Legend/Orizaba
11. A Fistfull Of Dynamite-Duck You Sucker
12. For A Few Dollars More-Main Theme
13. Friendly Persuasion-Thee I Love
14. Giant-Main Theme
15. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-Main Theme
16. The Good, The Bad And The Ugly-The Ecstasy Of Gold
17. Gunfight At The O.K. Corral-Suite
18. Hang 'Em High-Main Theme
19. The Hanging Tree-Main Title

Tracks:

1. High Caparral-Main Theme
2. How The West Was Won-Prelude/The Land
3. High Noon-Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin'
4. The Jayhawkers-The Lynching/Two Brothers/The Hayhawkers
5. The Lone Ranger-William Tell Overture: Finale
6. Nevada Smith-Main Title
7. Old Gringo-Main Themes
8. Once Upon A Time In The West-Man With The Harmonica
9. One Eyed Jacks-Main Title
10. The Proud Rebel-Main Titles
11. The Quick And The Dead-End Titles
12. Quigley Down Under-End Titles
13. Rio Bravo-Rio Bravo/De Guella
14. The Scalphunters-Main Title
15. Shane-Main Theme: The Call Of The Farwaway Hills
16. The Shootist-Main Title
17. The Unforgiven-The Need For Love
18. Viva Zapata-Gathering Forces
19. The Virginian-Main Theme

Customer Reviews:

Not My Style.......2007-05-11

This CD has a lot of good songs on it, but it just too bland for our taste. We prefer Western music to sound as though genuine cowboys are singing it - not a fancy chorus!

Rockin' Western Collection.......2006-08-28

For anyone who likes movie/tv music from westerns should purchase this CD. What a wonderful collection of both film and tv with great renditions of each piece. I'm about to purchase Vol. 1 to complete my collection.

Hard to Find Great Western Themes .......2006-03-16

This CD has a number of great western themes that are not in some of the standard lists. For example it includes "The Hallejuah Trail", "Blazing Saddles", and "Giant". This CD also has what I consider the true theme of "The Comancheros". I have been disappointed with some other CDs I have purchased listing "The Comancheros" which had a song rather than this theme. Many of the tracks on this two disk CD go beyond the main theme music and are actually suites. The "Big Country" and "How the West Was Won" are just a couple of examples. It may be a little more expense than some CDs, but not bad for a two disk set. I am really happy with my purchase.

Western Music.......2005-07-29

I enjoy this CD. It has many familiar melodies. Good background for reading, nice to listen while driving. It is also the only CD I've ever found that has the great theme from the movie "Giant."

A great follow-up.......2003-08-29

This is the second collection by SilvaScreen, who are also responsible for "The Wild West: The Essential Western Film Music Collection" (see my review). And it's just as good as the first. There are themes in here that everyone will recognize ("Bonanza," "A Fistful of Dollars"), themes that may not be so familiar ("Duel in the Sun," "The Hanging Tree," the lively "Blazing Saddles"), and even themes you may not associate with Westerns at all ("The Friendly Persuasion"). And no duplication either: when this disc includes a piece from one of the same sources covered in its predecessor, it's a different piece. One great treat: the full lyrics to "Gunfight at OK Corral," which I've never heard outside the soundtrack of the movie itself. The arrangement from "Butch Cassidy & the Sundance Kid" includes not only the familiar song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" but an overview of the music--seguing almost seamlessly into Bernstein's magnificent "The Comancheros," a rare find indeed. An expensive item, but if you love Western film music, well worth it.

Average customer rating: Music for Meditation Be Thou My Vision Reverent, beautiful

Prayer: A Windham Hill Collection Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Fauré, Gabriel | ( F ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Gounod | Gounod, Charles | ( G ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus | ( M ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical (c.1770-1830) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Requiems | Forms & Genres | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Electronic | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music | Computer Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Chamber Music | Classical | Styles | Music Ambient | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Vocal Jazz General | Vocal Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music General | Compilations | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Motets | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Requiems | Vocal Non-Opera | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Electronic | Progressive | Rock | Styles | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Classical Instrumental Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Musicals | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Adagio: A Windham Hill Collection Thanksgiving: A Windham Hill Collection A Windham Hill Christmas: The Night Before Christmas Windham Hill Christmas: I'll Be Home for Christmas Touch-Windham Hill 25 Years of Guitar ASIN: B0000AM6L0 Release Date: 2003-09-09

Tracks:

1. Sanctus from Requiem (Gabriel Faur-Tim Story piano, synthesizers
2. The 23rd Psalm (Condit Atkinson) - Steve Erquiaga guitar
3. Be Thou My Vision (Irish trad.) - Jeff Johnson & Brian Dunning with John Fitzpatrick
4. Holy, Holy, Holy (trad.) - Jim Brickman piano
5. The Lords Prayer (Albert Hay Malotte) - Paul McCandless English horn, keyboards
6. Alisas Prayer (Deborah Henson-Conant) - Deborah Henson-Conant electric Celtic harp
7. Meditation (Thea Suits) - Thea Suits flute
8. Ave Maria (J.S. Bach/Gounod) - Steve Erquiaga guitar
9. Go Gently (Suzanne Ciani & Jeremy Lubbock) - Suzanne Ciani piano
10. Offering (Tracy Silverman) - Tracy Silverman & Thea Suits
11. Spanish Stairs (Paul McCandless) - Rosalba Bentivoglio voice
12. Ave Verum Corpus (W.A. Mozart) - Philip Aaberg solo piano

Customer Reviews:

Music for Meditation.......2007-01-04

This is a delightful collection of music appropriate to meditative prayer. It is often my prayer companion, and I like the style and performance found on this CD. I highly recommend it to people who enjoy deeper reflection with a wordless musical background.

Be Thou My Vision.......2005-10-19

Track 3, Be Thou My Vision, was a surprise as the song was the final song played at my father's funeral. It set the closing mood most fittingly. While Be Thou My Vision is my favorite the entire collection is wonderfully mellow. I recommend it for for the mellow moods.

Reverent, beautiful.......2003-09-21

After criticizing Windham Hill in the past for often recycling the same songs over and over in various collections, I have to hand it to them with the new "Prayer" CD. It's a fine set of all-new acoustic versions of hymns or spiritual songs, plus a good number of original compositions. Producer Dawn Atkinson has done an excellent job of lining up a bunch of top-drawer people for "Prayer," and in working with the artists on the song selection.

Things get started with Tim Story's lovely piano rendition of the "Sanctus" from Faure's Requiem. The quiet and reflective tone of that piece carries throughout the CD. Other highlights include Paul McCandless's moving "Lord's Prayer" version and Steve Erquiaga's "Ave Maria." "Prayer" is a perfect disc for background listening if you're engaged in some activity that needs harmonious yet unobtrusive accompaniment.

Average customer rating: nice background music Five - Perhaps Six Stars!! This is it!

Ultimate Collection Percy Faith Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD All Works by Porter | Porter, Cole | ( P ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Theodorakis | Theodorakis, Mikis | ( T ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music All Works by Weill | Weill, Kurt | ( W ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music Chamber Music | Forms & Genres | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Modern | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Vocal & Song | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General | Keyboard | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Lounge | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Modern & 20th Century | Historical Periods | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Traditional Vocal Pop | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Easy Listening & Lounge | Box Sets | Stores | Music Broadway & Vocalists | Imports | Stores | Music Pop | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Ultimate Collection Ultimate Collection The Best Ever Mantovani Collection The Essential Ray Conniff Beyond the Sea/The New Limelight ASIN: B00005YDI0 Release Date: 2001-07-20

Tracks:

1. Swedish Rhapsody
2. Delicado
3. Little Bells and Big Bells
4. Portuguese Washerwoman (Les Lavandieres du Portugal)
5. Theme from Threepenny Opera (Mack the Knife)
6. Cucaracha
7. Guadalajara
8. Cuanto le Gusta
9. Granada
10. Cielito Lindo
11. Jealousy
12. Temptation
13. Begin the Beguine
14. Tara's Theme
15. Theme from "A Summer's Place"
16. Mucho Gusto
17. Besame Mucho
18. Negra
19. Altenitas (A Gay Ranchero)
20. Perfidia

Tracks:

1. Up on the Roof
2. Can't Get Used to Losing You
3. Theme for Young Lovers
4. I Will Follow Him
5. Rhythm of the Rain
6. Go Away Little Girl
7. Brazil (Aquarela Do Brasil)
8. Batucada
9. Amorada (Brasileirinho)
10. Tico Tico
11. Minute Samba
12. There's a Kind of Hush (All Over the World)
13. Release Me
14. Mary in the Morning
15. Can't Take My Eyes Off You
16. Spanish Harlem
17. No More Blues (Chega de Saudade)
18. (There's) Always Something There to Remind Me
19. Girl from Ipanema
20. Don't Sleep in the Subway

Tracks:

1. I Say a Little Prayer
2. Georgy Girl
3. Born Free
4. Those Were the Days
5. Both Sides Now
6. For Once in My Life
7. Let It Be
8. Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)
9. Michelle
10. Something
11. Eleanor Rigby
12. Yesterday
13. Fool on the Hill
14. Paso
15. Most Beautiful Girl
16. Annie's Song
17. Behind Closed Doors
18. Sundown
19. For the Good Times
20. Orange Blossom Special

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This 'ultimate Collection' of Percy Will Bring Back the Memories of the Fabulous 50's and Sensational 60's When Easy Listening Music was Dominant in Australian Homes.

Customer Reviews:

nice background music.......2007-06-13

This is a CD you don't mind listening to over and over. It is ideal when you have company in the house or when you want to relax.

Five - Perhaps Six Stars!!.......2006-04-05

This collection is worthy of SIX stars! This is the most enjoyable, highest-quality Percy Faith collection I have seen. Not only is the collection about as "Ultimate" as you could desire, it brings back in glorious stereo quality some of my favorite albums. The various tracks from his "Young Lovers" series are utterly fantastic!!

This is it!.......2003-04-01

This is the best compilation of Mr. Faith's orchestrations I have seen yet. Some of the music on this CD I have heard on easy listening radio stations in the 1970s that I have not seen released on CD until this set came out, such as the lush and velvety rendition of Burt Bacharach's tune "Always Something There to Remind Me", with great strings and brass. This is a great set and well worth the money.

Average customer rating: For Piano Music Lovers

36 Favourite Piano Ballads: The Solid Gold Collection (2-CD Set) Richard Clayderman Manufacturer: Solid Gold ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD France | Continental Europe | Europe | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Richard Clayderman: The Ultimate Collection The Very Best of Richard Clayderman (3-CD Set) The Love Collection Romantic Nights Piano Passion ASIN: B000BFH4PI Release Date: 2005-11-01

Tracks:

1. (They Long to Be) Close to You
2. Have I Told You Lately
3. Hello
4. Up Where We Belong
5. How Do I Live
6. Groovy Kind of Love
7. No Matter What
8. How Deep Is Your Love
9. Everything I Do (I Do It for You)
10. Wind Beneath My Wings
11. I Don't Want to Miss a Thing
12. Ballade Pour Adeline
13. Homme et une Femme
14. Do You Know Where You're Going To? (Theme from Mahogany)
15. Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
16. Unbreak My Heart
17. Way We Were
18. Time After Time
19. Just the Way You Are
20. Titanic Symphony

Tracks:

1. I Just Called to Say I Love You
2. When a Man Loves a Woman
3. Power of Love
4. Promise Me
5. Eternal Flame
6. Cavatina
7. We've Only Just Begun
8. Memory
9. Only You
10. Savoir Aimer
11. Something About the Way You Look Tonight
12. Angels
13. I Will Always Love You
14. Lady in Red/Take My Breath Away
15. Careless Whisper
16. Don't Dream It's Over
17. Every Time You Go Away
18. Candle in the Wind
19. I Just Can't Stop Loving You
20. Time to Say Goodbyr

Customer Reviews:

For Piano Music Lovers.......2007-01-17

These CDs are an excellent choice and value-priced for the piano music lover. Awesome listening when you want to relax or for someone you know.

Average customer rating: Simply Gorgeous !

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Tracks:

1. Air 'On The String' - Philippe Saisse
2. Ave Maria - Paul McCandless
3. Arioso - Tracy Silverman
4. Nocturne - Steve Erquiaga
5. Sarabande - Paul Schwartz
6. Intermezzo No.6 - David Benoit
7. Adagio - Brian Dunning
8. Adagio - Patrick O'Hearn
9. Prelude In C-Sharp Minor - Edgar Meyer
10. Adagio - Richard Schonherz
11. Adagio For Strings - Philip Aaberg
12. Largo - Tim Story

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Adagio follows in the rosin-dusted footsteps of The Impressionists, A Different Mozart, and A Different Prelude. As with those releases, it was produced by Dawn Atkinson and features many of the same artists. The results are as varied as the musicians. Violinist Tracy Silverman cuts one of his patented echo-delayed pizzicato violin arrangements of a Bach arioso, while Patrick O'Hearn drapes a somber keyboard shroud around the Adagio from Rodrigo's Fantasy for a Gentleman. Jeff Johnson and Brian Dunning find the Celtic air in the Adagio from Handel's Sonata in G, while Philip Aaberg discovers infinity between the notes of Barber's ubiquitous Adagio for Strings. He stretches the melody across his piano in finely drawn lines, subtlety filled out with synthesizer undertones. Subtlety is a casualty on Philipe Saisse's bongos, bells, and synth arrangement of Bach's Air on a G String. It's also sacrificed in a corny confection of Handel's Sarabande by Paul Schwartz. His ham-fisted electronic keyboards would've sounded dated even before Switched-On Bach. But Adagio features plenty of musicians who are willing to surrender themselves to their elegiac themes, including guitarist Steve Erquiaga, Mike Marshall, and Edgar Meyers. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

Simply Gorgeous !.......2003-10-05

This is the first Windham Hill compilation I've purchased in a long, long time, and I am thrilled with the music.
The artistry is stunning, the artists bring themselves to the music while at the same time maintaining the integrity of the original piece.
My favorite is Grieg's Nocturne, arranged and performed by Steve Erquiaga. I have been in love with his music from the moment
I heard his CD "Cafe Paradiso" (Imaginary road Records). It is absolutely stunning!
When I saw that he was on "Adagio" I went for it. I'm so happy that I did ...
Other hightlights for me are Philip Aaberg's "Adagio for Strings", Tracy Silverman's "Arioso" ..... they're all beautiful.
Thank You for this wonderful music.

Average customer rating: Outstanding collection of '50s and '60s instrumentals For Water Aerobics, THE MOST POPULAR CD! Bonanza...

Hard to Find Pop Instrumentals II Various Artists Manufacturer: Eric Collection ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Orchestral Pop | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Television Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Similar Items: Hard to Find Orchestral Instrumentals II All-Time Great Instrumental Hits, Vol. 1 25 Rockin' Instrumentals All-Time Great Instrumental Hits, Vol. 2 Rock Instrumental Classics, Vol. 2: The Sixties ASIN: B00008L3OA Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

1. Apache - Jorgen Ingmann (Des)
2. Bonanza - Al Caiola
3. Asia Minor - Kokomo
4. Alley Cat - Bent Fabric
5. Down Yonder (Orig. Version) - Del Wood (mono)
6. Armen's Theme - David Seville (mono)
7. The Happy Whistler - Don Robertson (mono)
8. Sadie's Shawl - Bob Sharples (mono)
9. No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In) - The T-Bones
10. Music To Watch Girls By - Bob Crewe Generation
11. A Walk In The Black Forest - Horst Jankowski
12. I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman - Whistling Jack Smith
13. Yakety Sax - Boots Randolph
14. Mexico - Bob Moore
15. Comin' In The Back Door - Baja Marimba Band
16. I Want To Be Happy Cha Cha - Enoch Light
17. Quentin's Theme - Charles Randolph Grean Sounde
18. (Theme From) 'The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs' - Ernie Freeman
19. Dragnet - Ray Anthony (mono)
20. Bandstand Boogie - Les Elgart (mono)
21. Oh, Mein Papa - Eddie Calvert (mono)

Album Description

A terrific follow-up to Volume One in this instrumental series featuring 6 songs that have never been on a U.S. CD before. All recordings have been digitally mastered from the original master tapes & are in True Stereo wherever possible. Includes a full 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes on each song.

Customer Reviews:

Outstanding collection of '50s and '60s instrumentals.......2005-02-16

Like everything in Eric's line of "hard-to-find on CD" discs, this one is filled with gems that have been hard to come by on legitimate releases. What makes Eric's releases so unusual is that rather than scouring the obscure edges of pop music, they collect stellar examples of chart hits that somehow slipped though the cracks of other anthologies. That makes Eric compilations terrific musical and nostalgic experiences.

Volume two of their pop instrumental series is one of Eric's strongest discs to date. Instrumentals have a hard time cracking the American charts, and so those that do find an unusually rare resonance with listeners. On occasion these instrumentals are tied to cultural phenomena such as hit TV shows ("The Bonanza Theme," "Dragnet," "Quentin's Theme," and "Bandstand Boogie") or commercials ("No Matter What Shape (Your Stomach's In)" and "Music to Watch Girls By"), but more often than not they're just unusual, maddeningly hummable pieces of music that won't leave a listener's mind.

High on the can't-get-it-out-of-your-head list is Bent Fabric's laconic "Alley Cat" and Don Robertson's "The Happy Whistler." The latter tune pairs nicely with Whistling Jack Smith's "I Was Kaiser Bill's Batman," as rare examples of music that can oust "It's a Small World" from your cerebral cortex. Other tracks, such as Horst Jankowski's "A Walk in the Black Forest," capture a mood like no lyric ever could, and Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax" had three lives, first as a flop, then as a hit, then most eternally as Benny Hill's closing chase theme.

This is an incredibly rich collection of songs covering orchestral pop, lounge, rock, jazz, ragtime and more. The tracks are beautifully mastered and with plenty of true stereo (mono on #5-8 and 19-21). Joseph Laredo's liner notes are informative, and the packaging provides detail on chart and release dates.

For Water Aerobics, THE MOST POPULAR CD!.......2003-07-04

This CD Series (Hard-to-Find Pop Instrumentals I, and II) is THE MOST POPULAR at water aerobics classes (whose typical member is over age 50), and has been for a several weeks. It is even more popular than both "Abba Gold" and the "Hooked on Classics" series.

I've lent this CD Series to so many water aerobic instructors (four different ones), for so many days, that I've actually purchased second copies, something I've done with no other CD.

So, why this popularity? Possibly because: (1) The music is positive/upbeat, (2) the variety, and (3) the excellent sound quality. If you know why the popularity, please tell me.

Bonanza..........2003-05-05

Eric Records rolls out a second volume of 50's and 60's pop instrumentals with the emphasis on tracks seldom, if ever, found on legitimate CD. Twenty-one tracks ranging from Del Wood's '51 "Down Yonder" through 1969's soap opera "Dark Shadows" theme, ie. "Quentin's Theme" by Charles Randolph Grean and company. In between are found familiar tunes such as Bent Fabric's "Alley Cat", Boots Randolph's "Yakety Sax" and "Music To Watch Girls By" from the Bob Crewe Generation. In keeping with its title however, rarities such as David Seville's "Armen's Theme", one of his pre-Chipmunk era instrumentals along with Enoch Lights' "I Want To Be Happy Cha Cha" and Bob Sharples' "Sadie's Shawl" put this dead center into the more serious collector's radar screen. All save one of these tracks were top-100 charting singles, that exception being Les Elgart's "Bandstand Boogie", the tune that became the theme to TV's "American Bandstand". Add to all this Eric's usual high standards for sound quality and informative accompanying liner notes and you have a superb follow-up to their first volume in this series. A highly recommended piece for both the casual listener and avid fan.

Average customer rating: Echoes: The Einaudi Collection Absolutely beautiful... This is such a pleasing CD Music for the heart Music for the heart

Echoes: The Einaudi Collection Ludovico Einaudi Manufacturer: Bmg Int'l ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music World Dance | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music General | Easy Listening | Pop | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music Classical Music | The Sony BMG Masterworks Store | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Similar Items: Le Onde I Giorni Divenire The Best of Ludovico Einaudi: Piano Solo Eden Roc ASIN: B0000AM74Z Release Date: 2003-10-27

Tracks:

1. Waves [Le Onde]
2. African Melody, Pt. 3 [Melodia Africana, Pt. 3]
3. Out of the Night [Fuori Dalla Notte]
4. Days [I Giorni Dell' Ira]
5. Dark Line [LA Linea Scura]
6. Eden Roc
7. Nefeli
8. Tonight [Questa Notte]
9. Two Sunsets [Due Tramonti]
10. Calm [Calmo]
11. Passage [Passaggio]
12. Beautiful Night [Bella Notte]
13. Odd Days [Giorni Dispari]
14. Limbo
15. Behind the Window [Al di lel Vetro][Live]
16. White Night [Live]
17. Cadenza [Live]

Album Description

2003 compilation for the symphonic composer & world music star features 17 tracks including 3 tracks, 'Behind The Window', 'White Night', & 'Cadenza', recorded for this collection. BMG.

Customer Reviews:

Echoes: The Einaudi Collection.......2007-05-21

Echoes, The Einaudi Collection is a CD filled with beautiful classical piano music. It is so relaxing, and fills my home with beautiful music. I heard this music on my local classical music station, and had to buy it for my own collection. If you love classical, relaxing, and beautifully played piano music, this CD is for you!!

Absolutely beautiful..........2006-03-15

Ludovici Einaudi is one of the most gifted composers active today. This collection contains many pieces of quiet beauty. I am tempted to describe his music as a cross between George Winston and Philip Glass, although that is perhaps not fair to all three composers, as they each have unique musical talent. However, I think the comparison works: Einaudi's music does possess the elements of repetition that is Glass's hallmark, but it also has stronger melodies than does Glass's music, hence my comparison to Winston.

Most of the pieces on this collection are solo piano, although there are a couple with other accompanying instruments. My favorites are "Le Onde," "I giorni," and "Melodia Africana III." But there is not a disappointing track on the entire CD.

New age music often gets a bum rap of being "elevator music" or syrupy pap. Einaudi is proof that new age music can be intellectually complex and emotionally satisfying. I predict his work will stand the test of time, and I recommend this album to anybody who enjoys solo piano.

This is such a pleasing CD.......2005-12-26

I recently purchased this CD and haven't been able to stop listening since. The music is so beautiful that often tears come to my eyes. Imagine my thrill when I realized that Einoudi is the pianist for many pieces that I often adored from previous musical compilations, all the while unaware who the composer was. This CD has all my favorites and more!

Music for the heart.......2003-12-24

Recently, I saw the movie, Giuseppe Piccioni's "Light of my Eyes (Luce dei miei occhi)" and just fell in love with the score, written by Einaudi. It's just a simple score, a theme played mostly on piano that runs through the movie. But it touched me, had such an emotional effect. So far I've been unsuccessful at getting a copy of it, if it even exists. "Echoes" was my attempt, my hope at capturing something similar...and though it doesn't attain the same emotional hold as that simple theme from the movie, it is still beautiful music...it too is able to stir emotions.

And that's what comes across in the music...emotions. It will carry you away and take you places, memories that you want to relive. And that's a nice thing, a beautiful thing for music to do. And based on that, I reccomend it...

Music for the heart.......2003-12-24

Recently, I saw the movie, Giuseppe Piccioni's "Light of my Eyes (Fuori dal Mondo)" and just fell in love with the score, written by Einaudi. It's just a simple score, a theme played mostly on piano that runs through the movie. But it touched me, had such an emotional effect. So far I've been unsuccessful at getting a copy of it, if it even exists. "Echoes" was my attempt, my hope at capturing something similar...and though it doesn't attain the same emotional hold as that simple theme from the movie, it is still beautiful music...it too is able to stir emotions.

And that's what comes across in the music...emotions. It will carry you away and take you places, memories that you want to relive. And that's a nice thing, a beautiful thing for music to do. And based on that, I reccomend it...

Average customer rating: A collection of some of the best Fine sampler

Sundown: A Windham Hill Piano Collection Various Artists Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Adult Alternative | Pop | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Windham Hill Holiday Guitar Collection Gulf Coast Blues & Impressions: A Hurricane Relief Benefit A Quiet Revolution: 30 Years of Windham Hill Adagio: A Windham Hill Collection Touch-Windham Hill 25 Years of Guitar ASIN: B000H0MKH4 Release Date: 2006-09-05

Tracks:

1. Playground - Henry Adam Curtis
2. Amy's Song - Peggy Stern
3. Valse Frontenac - George Winston
4. The Sounding Joy - Liz Story
5. Au Bord De L'Eau - Henry Butler
6. Variations On 'Solace' - Dick Hyman
7. You're Not Alone - Brian Culbertson
8. Jesu - Jim Brickman
9. For The Asking - John R. Burr
10. It Ain't Necessarily So - George Winston
11. Easy Access - Liz Story
12. Prelude In F Minor From 'The Well Tempered Clavier Book II' - Philip Aaberg
13. Adagio From 'Fantasy For A Gentleman' - Patrick O'Hearn
14. Sundown - Jim Brickman

Customer Reviews:

A collection of some of the best.......2007-01-10

Another chance to hear a compilation of some of the best Windham Hill pianists. Wonderful as always to hear Liz Story and a chance to add to my collection of her music the track 'The Sounding Joy'. With its cheerful precision it will lift your spirits on the most grey of days. Another excellent track on this compilation is 'For the Asking' by John R Burr - there is just not enough of his piano playing available

Fine sampler.......2007-01-04

I own two other Windham Hill samplers (Touch [Guitar] and Windows [Piano]), as well as some of their artists' individual recordings. This is easily the best of the piano samplers I've heard. The title led me to believe these were going to be romantic, slower-speed songs, but in fact they are upbeat and pleasantly bright--much more so than "Windows".

As with other Windham Hill samplers, I think you'll be surprised at how much the individual artists shine in their own rights: these pieces will not all blend together. Before long you'll notice that you can identify the artists by style and not just by remembering melodies.

My favorite piece on the album is Jim Brickman's "Jesu," an improvisation on the Bach chorale on "Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring." It is a perfect example of Windham Hill's lighthearted, slightly jazzy, but always respectful music.

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