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Voice of the Violin 
| 80% Recommended by our customers. Label: Sony Catalog: Music Release date: 2006-09-05 Media: Audio CD discs number: 1 Ean: 0827969777923 Upc: 827969777923  Tip: compare prices with similar classical music CDsArtist:
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| Album tracks: (15) |
 Vocalise, Op. 34, No. 14 Ave Maria Pourquoi me réveiller from Werther Après un rêve, Op. 7, No. 1 Song to the Moon from Rusalka | Laudate Dominum from Vesperae solennes de confessore for soloists, chorus & orchestra, K. 339 None but the Lonely Heart, Op. 6/6 Una furtiva lagrima from L'Elisir d'Amore In trutina from Carmina Burana May Breezes from Songs without Words, Op. 62, No. 1 | Beau soir Estrellita Nana (Bercuese) from Siete conciones populares Espanolas Je crois entendre encore from The Pearl Fishers Morgen! Op. 27, No. 4 |
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| Constantly exhorted to "sing," string players naturally try to emulate that most beautiful musical instrument, the human voice; no wonder they literally want to get their fingers on the treasures of the vocal repertoire. Joshua Bell has appropriated some of its best-loved songs and operatic arias, from Mozart through the romantics to Orff. Slow, sustained, lovely and yes, singing, these beguiling melodies and wide emotional range are eminently well suited to the violin. Credit for most of the arrangements is given to J.A.C. Redford, a well-known film and television composer, and indeed the throbbing strings and jarring modulations typical of sound-tracks invade his orchestrations, in startling contrast to the composers' own. In Debussy's "Beau soir," pianist Frederic Chiu partners Bell so beautifully that one wishes he had supplanted the orchestra in all the songs with piano accompaniment. The violin transcriptions of the vocal line closely follow the originals, except for Redford's compulsive habit of adding octaves in the repeats and jumping from the lowest to the highest register. Of course, Bell is very good at all this, and it's the playing that's really the thing. His tone is ravishingly beautiful, warm on the G-string, radiant up high, and always deeply expressive. His love and innate feeling for the music---its inward simplicity, romantic yearning and passionate ardor---speak straight to the heart. In the only authentic violin part, the obbligato of Richard Strauss' "Morgen!" he is joined by the golden-voiced soprano Anna Netrebko; at first overly intense, she relaxes into a blissful, magical ending. --Edith Eisler |
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 Written on August 6, 2007 Summary: Conjuring up an uncanny feeling. This album sounds beautiful. The violin playing is superb, the effect highly lyrical and pleasing. BUT as it progresses track after track, having listened almost to the last, I have an uncanny feeling that the violin here is simply competing with the human voice for want of repertoire. On the one hand we have super singers like Cecilia Bartoli singing almost all the difficult arias with her coloraturas that should better have been reserved for strings - violas, violins, but were composed to test the limits of the human voice. Here, the exact opposite happens. What technical challenge is there for the violin in these basically soprano arias and songs? Fine that music is NOT just about pyrotechnique. Any music lover and student knows that the violin is the instrument that resembles most closely the soprano human voice. It is more expressive in that its owns a much wider range than the normal human voice. Otherwise it lacks the human warmth and any slight imperfections of intonation. Musical repertoires have evolved along this line. Fine again that musical instruments may 'cross-over', but the feeling conjured in this CD's otherwise beautiful music leaves one feeling emotionally incomplete and deprived, until the human voice of Anna Netrebko appears at the last track. Honestly don't think that this is a successful cross-over attempt.  Written on July 29, 2007 Summary: Serenity in Music This is a beautiful cd. The playing is exquisite, there is a lovely variety of music and it just flows. If you're feeling stressful, this is the music to listen to, if you're feeling thoughtful, this music will make the process even more meaningful. If you need a spirtual tonic, this music can help fill you. It is now one of my favorites and I play it often! Written on June 14, 2007 Summary: Beautiful! I think the reason I love this cd is because the music was not primarily written for the violin. Joshua Bell makes the violin "sing" the pieces. I especially liked Tchaikovsky's "None but the Lonely Heart." I've loved it since we sang it many years ago in our High School chorus and it is not on any of my classical cds. Good choice.  Written on June 12, 2007 Summary: Voice of the Violin I was disappointed in Bell's popular music style. I love him playing Mozart with his verve and energy - as Mozart would have wanted his music played. This seemed slow and draggy.  Written on May 17, 2007 Summary: Disappointed I had heard one of the tracks on the radio, so I bought the CD. It was too high-ended, a little screechy. |
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| Catalog | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music | Music |
| Release date | 2006-09-05 | 2003-10-28 | 1998-07-28 | 2005-09-13 | 2005-04-12 | 2005-09-20 |
| Media | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD | Audio CD |
| discs number | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
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| Ean | 0827969777923 | 0696998789425 | 0074646065921 | 0028947568506 | 0028947567158 | 0827969483268 |
| Upc | 827969777923 | 696998789425 | 074646065921 | 028947568506 | 028947567158 | 827969483268 |
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