Mande Variations, The - Toumani Diabate

Advantages: Some very good songs
Disadvantages: Lyrics can be weak.

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Advantages: Great piano playing of a great Bach composition.
Disadvantages: None

...One of Gould's final recordings, this is probably the definitive piano version of Bach's keyboard masterpiece. Gould runs the theme & thirty variations as a unified whole. His playing is characterised by clear fast passages, crisp ornaments and controlled, intense playing of the slow variations (nos.15 & 26). Even his humming along to the music does not detract from a joyous performance. The final section from variation 27 to the slow return to the theme is pianism at its most uplifting. The piano sound is clear without being dry & compares favourably with most up to date piano recordings. This is a disc to convert anyone to Bach & indeed to Gould's pianistic genius.... Read review

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Advantages: Great mix of songs
Disadvantages: Not for everyone

...I originally bought this album for my Dad for his birthday as he loves the Bee Gees and I had to grow up listening to their songs. What a massive suprise I got when my husband saw it and said he would like to get it for himself! Having bought him a copy and had to listen to it in the car I have become quite a little fan of this album. The Bee Gees has given us 20 great songs from all times of the career. 19 of the 20 songs made it to the number one spot in the charts. The CD starts with Massachusette, followed by, World, Words, I've gotta get a message to you, I started a joke, Don't forget to remember, How can you mand a broken heart, Jive Talkin', You should be dancing, How deep is your love, Stayin' alive, Night fever, Too much heaven, Tragedy, More than a woman, Love you inside out, You win again, Man in the middle, Islands... Read review

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