Easy Listening > New Age Easy Listening > 5 GBP to 10 GBP

Advantages: Great music!
Disadvantages: Too short!

...Track Listings 1. Shepherd moons A beautiful, light as a feather opening track. Fully instrumental. 2. Caribbean blue An album highlight, listening to this song is like pure velvet. Absolutely stunning. The video for this single is breath taking and features Martine McCutcheon before she joined Eastenders! 3. How can I keep from singing A cover of a very old Shaker hymn. Also a single and has an accompanying video. This is a haunting song. 4. ...
...movie. One of my all time favourite tracks. Enya sings in Gaelic about the traditional "waulking songs" sung by women and used when fulling cloth. Waulking songs are unique to the Outer Hebrides. 5. Angeles Another haunting song, which rumoured took months to complete. The rich texture of the vocals is astounding! Nearly 1000 layers! 6. No holly for Miss Quinn Another instrumental. Quite beautiful and easy to play if you are good at the piano! ... Read review

Advantages: Calming and soothing music.
Disadvantages: The tracks all generally resemble one another.

...this is characteristic of Gregorian chant and an inexorable style of chant. I would recommend this CD to be used as a meditative background sound or one to just listen to and be enveloped in, providing a great way to relax or even sleep. It is possible to purchase for £10, however it has been sold for more. Prices may have even been reduced further now so it may be of greater value to purchase now. ... Read review

Advantages: Very professional production
Disadvantages: Does not stand out from similar offerings

Not sure what it is about this particular recording that has garnered so many accolades. Yes, it's soothing, pleasant and melodius, but so are most chants , and to my admittedly inexpert ears ,this is no better than similar offerings that often turn up in the 'price reduced' racks of record stores, book and gift shops. An expert in this form of music may well disagree , but I reckon that if you are simply in the market for relaxing sounds, you could ...
...local church . You will often find a good selection of very similar recordings that have not had the benefit of a major recording company to promote them, but they are none the worse for this in terms and content or quality Why plough funds into the cloisters of some far-flung monastery when there are plenty of lovely old churches closer to home that would appreciate a donation to their coffers. ... Read review

Advantages: Brilliant sounding, stirs the imagination
Disadvantages: Not for anyone afraid of classical music

There are some people who think that music from a movie soundtrack isn't going to be any good without the dramatic backdrop of a raging battle or a lingering kiss. Well, not the case with the Narnia soundtrack. The main theme in itself is amazing, filled with built up suspense and gorgeous sounds. The best track is quite possibly one titled Battle. As the name suggests, it is the same song which plays during the big battle between the witch and ... Read review

Advantages: brilliant in everyway
Disadvantages: people not into his music may not like

Rick Wakeman. As a pianist he is one of my greatest inspirations. Wakeman, Yes and piano enthusiasts will see this concert as no less then sublime. The show starts of with cannon in d major playing on an empty stage as the camera pans around the audience. Wakemen then comes on and starts playing the very same piece flawlessly. In many of his shows he does a mixture of classical, solo and yes pieces on his piano's and keyboards. He also tells stories, ...
...until the end. In terms of his playing he is sublime. Each piece is played expertly and fluently. There is a section where he does a variety of nursery rhymes in the style of famous classical composers. This is a challenging feat, and he does it brilliantly with marvelous comical effect. His stories are of his life in and out of music, he tells them with great charm and humour, he also tells many orginal and witty jokes when he is not playing. all ... Read review