Songs Without Words

Artist: Various Artists
Label: Windham Hill Records
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 019341121220
EAN: 0019341121220
ASIN: B000000NMI

Release Date: 1997-10-14

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Tracks:

Water Fountain - David Foster
The Stone Quilt - Desmond Child
Major Dreams, Minor Lies - David Benoit
Songs Without Words - Eric Bazilian
A Hollywood Nocturne - John Corey
Miracles - Walter Afanasieff
Garbo Redux - Bob James
Everything I Do (I Do It For You) - Michael Kamen
If You Asked Me To - Diane Warren
Generations - Jim Brickman
Not Like This - Jeremy Lubbock
This Isn't Love - Brian Wilson
What Can You Lose - Stephen Sondheim
Life Is A Circle - Michael Whalen
Cousin Stu - Jeff Lorber
Blue Modal Morning Alive - Carole King

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Customer Reviews:

Engaging, Soothing and pleasantly subtle.......2004-01-20

I didnt anticipate much from this CD when I bought it as the reviews were two pronged. I also knew what I was buying unlike some people who must've heard raves about the other namesake from Fred Hersch and bought this one accidently. It doesnt do enough justice to this CD especially if its judged by those who anticipated a piano jazz collection and accidentally purchased this one.

There are some tunes that are outright melodious,and well, the over hyped "everything I do" is just somewhere in the middle. The most beautiful ones are the compassionately rhythmic "songs without words" by eric bazilian and the meditatively soothing john corey's "hollywood nocturne". I think this CD doesnt intend to provide some insight into contemporary piano classical tunes, it just intends to provide a pleasant, relaxing ambience, to which end, it definitely succeeds.

The ambience that this work generates is very suitable for a formal evening supper or just to fall asleep listening to some charming music.

Wrong CD.......2002-02-12

Careful, there are a lot of CDs titled "Songs Without Words." I bought what I thought (and what was represented on this site) as a used copy of Vol. 1 of the Windham Hill collection by that name. What I received was something very different from Brentwood Records.

Compilation misses the mark.......2001-12-08

Although most of the wordless songs on this disc aren't bad,they aren't especially great either."A Hollywood Nocturne" is perhaps the best thing here,with its evocation of neon lit late nights and the night owls who walk amongst them.Other than that there is mostly filler and miscellaneous fluff that you forget as soon as the songs are over.Windham Hill really didn't try too hard to come up with a great set, and it shows.Very disappointing.

Solo piano for many moods.......2001-09-07

There are many different styles here, as well as several very familiar names. No one person will likely enjoy every piece played here, but each person should find a few favorites. I've listed some of my favorites below, but you might well have others.

John Corey's "A Hollywood Nocturne" really grabbed me with it's contrasting image of sadness and loneliness against, as Corey put it in the notes, "the beauty, wealth, and grandeur or Hollywood".

Then, overly familiar or not, Michael Kamen's "Everything I Do" indeed was a highlight.

Diane Warren's playing of her song which has been recorded by Celine Dion and Patti La Belle is also a personal favorite.

However, I found Carole King's "Blue Modal Morning Alive" my favorite, with its evocation of Idaho's wilderness.

Other notable ones include David Benoit's "Major Dreams, Minor Lies", Jim Brickman's "Generations, Stephen Sondheim's "What Can You Lose?" and the opening "Water Fountain" by David Foster. All in all, a very satisfying CD.

Better than with words.......2001-02-07

This is a strange CD. The songs are familiar (in some cases, too familiar as in "Everything I do") yet the arrangements present these songs in a new light.

This is a great cd for relaxing listening or dinner music. No, it's not groundbreaking, earthshattering, new stuff. Just very nice to hear.

I actually bought the CD because the arrangement of the all-too-ubiquitous "Everything I Do" was so well arranged that I wanted a copy of it. And the Jim Brickman Generations cut is a second favorite. Great to relax, take a bath, de-stress by, or enjoy a lazy Sunday morning in bed with coffee, a croissant and a newspaper.

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