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Virtuoso
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Product Description
Aptly-titled debut album from Violin virtuoso David Garrett. A passionate selection that combines fantastic musicianship with a popular edge, this is a record that will please classical purists and casual listeners alike. Includes the Metallica cover 'Nothing Else Matters'.
Track Listing
- La Califfa
- Carmen Fantaisie
- Nothing Else Matters
- Csardas - Gypsy Dance
- Duelling Banjos
- Canon
- Paganini Rhapsody (on Caprice 24)
- Somewhere
- The Flight of The Bumble Bee
- Serenade
- Toccata
- You Raise Me Up
- Eliza's Song
- Csardas - Gypsy Dance
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #8539 in Music
- Released on: 2008-03-24
- Number of discs: 1
- Running time: 49 minutes
Customer Reviews
Very enjoyable
This album might not viewed differently by classical music enthusiasts but for a middle-roader like me, it was great. I bought it before my exams and instead of my usual dead silence studying technique, i had this playing in the background. It is very beautiful music and David is obviously well-gifted. I think i will go ahead and get his earlier stuff.
Relating to the tracks, I can never get bored of any 'Carmen' version, Maria Callas et al, so I obviously loved his take on it. Also the track 'Nothing else matters' simply blew me away and I wish it lasted longer. The Paganini Rhapsody is also another winner.
definitely 5 stars for me.
very disappointing
I don't usually write reviews but I'm so disappointed and angry with myself for believing the marketing, that I just have to vent my spleen. The advertising overemphasis on DG's cover of a "Metallica" song implies that this is an album with an edge. Or a genuinely new approach. Or a vision. It isn't. I should have looked at the tracks more carefully, or been warned off by the soft-focus Michael-Ball-esqe cover picture. There is no doubting his technical ability, he is impressive in a rather flashy, "look-at-me-look-at-me" way, but he hasn't yet learned that sometimes less is more. And do we really, really need yet another cover of "flight of the bumble bee"? or "Carmen - Fantasie"...again (Anne-Sophie Mutter's version is much more impassioned anyway)? or (oh puhleease!) "You Raise Me Up"? or "Somewhere"? The orchestral arrangements are okay but the Opera Babes did it first, and better. What offends me most is the sheer lack of ambition, and imagination, in this dreary, lazy middle-of-the-road populist pap. Come on man, get a grip, ditch the marketing drones and produce something genuinely worthy of your talent. I'm sure it will do very well but my advice is "move along now, nothing to see here".
(Thanks all - I feel better now)
