Compassion - Peter Kater

Advantages: It's Peter Gabriel
Disadvantages: None come to mind

...Peter Gabriel 5 (So)… For those of you out there who don’t know who Peter Gabriel is here is a short history. He was born in London in 1950 on the thirteenth of February he started his musical career with the progressive rock band Genesis their first release was called “From Genesis to Revelations” in 1969, this album was produced by the now infamous Jonathan King and is the only album in their back catalogue that isn’t available form the bands website remember this album was made when all the band members had just left public school and had never played the music live so for all you followers of Genesis be warned, as I write this the collection is about to be re-issued by the label “Edsel” with a bonus disc of outtakes, for those of you lucky enough not to have heard this Gabriel’s... Read review

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Advantages: Groundbreaking young swing singer with an amazing voice
Disadvantages: You wont be able to take it out of the cd player!

...If you are looking for a listen to anytime cd then this is for you. Perfect for all moods and occasions New Vintage sees Peter Grant putting his swing on songs old and new. There is a deep richness to his voice which belies his young years and he sings every song with empathy and understanding. This album truly has something for everyone with classic covers such as Joanna, Spooky, On Days Like These and The Girl From Ipanema. Tony Hatch, who originaly penned Joanna for Scott Walker said of Grant: "Peter's version of Joanna is simply outstanding." I would have to agree. This is a great rack to open with as it shows the range and richness of his voice. Another great standard is On Days Like These which featured in the film, The Italian Job. It is the kind of song which draws to mind the days of the good life, 1950's New York, red... Read review

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Advantages: Useful for helping to teach yung children about musical instruments
Disadvantages: The story is a little bit grown up for some of the younger audiences.

...Sergei Prokofiev is a fantastic composer and this is one of his best works. Peter and the Wolf is a story about how a child disobeys his gandfathers advice, and has a rather scary encounter with a wolf. He is saved by some huntsmen and the story ends happily. Each of the characters has its own representative instrument from the orchestra. Peter, a young boy is represented by the strings, who have lots of tunes with excellent harmonies. Peter's grandfather, whom Peter ignores, is played by the bassoons, a personal favourite of mine as i myself play one. I think that the bassoon has been chosen to play the grand father because it has a sense of age, and, being a bass instrument, has a sense of authority and towards the end sternness for the disobedience of Peter. Throughout the tale there are animals. The cat is played by the clarinets... Read review

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