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Classical voices to relax and uplift

Advantages: Good background listening
Disadvantages: Odd mixture of music on the Uplifting disc

...I do often have Classic FM on the radio at home and recently bought their 2 CD set, Voices 2008. This is a compilation containing a selection of vocal pieces from the worlds of choral music and opera. There are pieces in this collection which you would immediately recognise on hearing them, even if their names are not familiar. In the set is a CD of relaxing pieces and a CD of uplifting pieces, so you have the choice of which best suits your mood. ...
...John Brunning is one of Classic FM's own presenters. He composed this short piece, which is sung on the CD by All Angels. I would describe it as a sweet piece, but it doesn't really stick in my mind after I've heard it. It's pleasant enough to hear in the background though. 4 Canteloube - 'Bailero'. Canteloube took his inspiration from the traditional folk songs of the Auvergne region of France where he was born. He arranged these songs for orchestra ...

JoannaPiano 01.06.2008 · Read full review
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Review of Classic FM Voices 2008 - Various Artists

Visions

Advantages: Another great CD from Libera
Disadvantages: One or two weaker tracks

This CD is another good CD by Libera, and in my opinion this one is the best. It is definitely the best one that I have heard. I recently purchased this CD at about £10 or £11 from amazon.co.uk and have thoroughly enjoyed listening to the CD. The CD contains 13 great tracks. These include the amazing tracks like: Locus Iste (based on Pachelbels Canon and contains the amazing Sanctus sung by them) Prayer Wings of a Dove (not the traditional version ...
...the Lost (based on the poem about Flanders Fields) Sing for Ever Abide with Me (a stunning version of this well known and well loved hmyn) Also there are other good tracks like: Sempiterna Always with you Ave Maria Something sings These tracks being really good also are just slightly less good than those ones mentioned above. And then there are the tracks: Libera Recordare which are just again slightly worse and would be the weak tracks ...

SScott764 24.08.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Visions - Libera

A voice for a night for two ;)

Advantages: stylish performance, consistent through all tracks
Disadvantages: lots of covers (but that's what Michael does)

...It Is sounds like blues, it's just like milder version of SRV with piano instead of guitar, but it still sound consistent with the rest of the tracks, bringing freshness to this jazzy climate. Song For You is definitely a highlight of this CD with Chris Botti, an established trumpeter, playing nice, atmospheric passages through this track. Classic Frank Sinatra's interpretation of this tune needs no introduction, because I've Got You Under My ...
...his way with elegance and a touch. Stevie Wonder's You And I closes the album with gentle sounds of piano and orchestra. There are two bonus tracks Dream a Little Dream and Mack the Knife appearing on this CD. Well, brought together this CD is a very good choice for romantic night with your partner, as I said before, but if you want to listen to it in a car you might find youself driving off road sometimes. enjoy listening! ...

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Review of It's Time - Michael Buble

Timeless Voice

Advantages: Outstanding singing, some excellent instrumental and vocal arrangements
Disadvantages: Bland production in places

Michael Bublé is a man who started his career ostensibly giving the impression he was stuck in the past but who has become a global superstar by cleverly mining the archives of popular standards and giving them a new, if not always modern, twist. He has, however, always ensured his albums contained at least one radio friendly, middle of the road pop song to help "sell" his albums, and you would have to have been living in a cave to be unfamiliar ...
...born in British Columbia, Canada, in 1975. His vocal talent became apparent in his teens but it wasn't until a chance meeting with David Foster, the legendary American music producer, at a wedding where he was performing, that he got his big break. Foster signed Bublé to his record label and the rest, as they say, is history. "Crazy Love" is Bublé's fourth studio album, and as ever, is made up mainly of cover versions given the Bublé makeover, with ...

rosebud2001 25.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Crazy Love - Michael Buble

Bringing Classical Music to the Masses!

Advantages: High standard of playing and well-chosen tracks
Disadvantages: The underwhelming inclusion of 'Feeling Good'

...twist is not new. Before Escala there emerged artists like Vanessa Mae and a strikingly similar ensemble 'Bond'. Nevertheless, this group were as finalists on the TV programme 'Britain's Got Talent' in 2008 and it was refreshing to see some talented instrumentalists on the show rather than the usual singer, dancer or novelty act. Escala are a string quartet of young women from London with two violinists, a violist (viola) and a cellist. They put ...
...beautiful, playing dramatic and beautiful music. And whilst I prefer to watch them perform, this album was a pleasant surprise... *~HIGHLIGHTS OF THE ALBUM~* I'm a huge fan of classical music and definitely approve of the contemporary style that many instrumentalists are adopting and here are some of my favourite tracks from the album: ~Requiem for a Tower - This is a commanding piece of music that, when adopted as the theme tune for something, ...

Renza 13.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Escala - Escala