Best Of Max Romeo, The - Max Romeo

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...Sergei V. Rachmaninov Adagio sostenuto (Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op.18) Max Bruch Adagio (Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26) John Williams Schindler's List Theme Erik Satie Gymnopedie No. 1 Antonio Vivaldi Largo (Le Quattro Stagioni L'inverno) Allegro (La primavera (Le Quattro Stagioni)) (Le Quattro Stagioni) Thomas Newman Any Other Name (from the film "American Beauty") James Horner My Heart Will Go On Georg Friedrich Handel Hallelujah Chorus (Messiah) Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem No. 1, HWV 258) Gregorio Allegri Miserere mei, Deus John Jenkins Agnus Dei Christoph Willibald Gluck J'ai perdu mon Eurydice (Orfeo ed Euridice) Charles Gounod, Johann Sebastian Bach Ave Maria Leo Delibes Dome epais (Lakme (1883)) Georges Bizet Au fond du temple... Read review

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...If you believe his boasts, Max Tundra was rejected by many record labels, including Aphex Twin's 'Rephlex Records', for having "too many ideas". This is his greatest charm, that his style is his lack of any consistant style. On this album, his first, he reinvents himself with every track, and quite often within tracks. 'Some Best Friend...' is packed with the kind of childlike inventiveness which you only ever hear on musician's first 4-track noodlings. The kind of inventiveness that is usually caged and focussed before a first album is released. Max Tundra defies all genres, yet encompasses them all, whilst managing to be uplifting, unpredictable and silly in the best possible way. However, reviewing him is quite tricky. Listeners could quite plausibly love one track and hate the rest. I happen to love every track, but I... Read review

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Advantages: A large selection of great tracks
Disadvantages: Just a couple of bad ones thrown in, but it all really depends on your taste

...underscored by music written many years earlier. The pieces of this album are pieces that you can enjoy again and again. They are the best examples of pieces written for films in recent years, as well as some of the great pieces that were wrote by classical masters. So the pieces themselves. Well first I will give you a list of all the pieces there are on each CD, and after that I will tell you which pieces I think are the best. Disc 1 1. Gladiator - Gladiator Suite (Zimmer/Gerrard/Badelt) 2. The Girl With The Pearl Earring - Griet's Theme (Alexandre Desplat) 3. American Beauty - Any Other Name (Thomas Newman) 4. The Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship Of The Ring - The Fellowship (Howard Shore) 5. Closer - Soave Sia Il Vento (Così Fan Tutte) (Mozart) Carol Vaness (Soprano) 6. William Shakespeare's Romeo & Juliet... Read review

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