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Voice of the Violin |  | Artist: Joshua Bell
Label: Sony
Category: Music
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Rating:  38 reviews
Sales Rank: 6526
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
UPC: 827969777923
EAN: 0827969777923
Release Date: September 5, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | 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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| Editorial Reviews:
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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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 38
 Magical January 8, 2010
Motley Wisdom (Southern California USA)
Along with Romance of the Violin, this is the most beautiful collection of violin I have heard. In the car or in the home, just put it in the player and enjoy.
Amazing! May 11, 2009
A. Yilmaz (Istanbul, Turkey)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One of the best CD's that I have ever listened to. Such a great musician!
Wonderful April 8, 2009
Kurt A. Johnson (North-Central Illinois, USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Joshua Bell is an American violinist, whose love of music was first recognized when, at the age of 4, he started stretching rubber bands from his dresser drawer handles to try to create the music he heard in his home. By age 14 he was soloing with the Philadelphia Orchestra, and his career was well underway.
In this wonderful album, Mr. Bell takes a selection of arias and songs that bring out the voice of the violin (to make its strings sing). The selection of tunes is wonderful, and the artist performs them with great feeling and ability. If you like great music, performed to perfection, then you will like this wonderful violin music. I highly recommend it!
Life with Joshua December 27, 2008
Lois Doyle (Vermillion, SD)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Joshua Bell's recording of Voice of the Violin is one of the best purchases I've made recently. I've kept it playing in the background during the Christmas flurry and find it soothes and inspires my soul. I'd recommend it for anyone, even those who don't think they like classical music or the violin.
 Sweet melancholy December 26, 2008
Moira L. Mefein (Florida)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This album is filled with beautiful music, but if you're looking for the firey, glitzy Joshua Bell you might want to look elsewhere. The music is slow, quiet, and melancholy. If you're a person who "curls up inside" good music, you'll love this album.
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