Best Electronic Rock
At times, the analog synthesizers used in this 1984 recording sound dated and a little cheesy, particularly on "Deck the Halls" and "Good King Wenceslas." As pleasant and soothing as a Willard Scott birthday wish, Christmas does offer one selection that truly merits "classic" status: the reverent, prayerful, slow-motion interpretation of "Silent Night" ("Stille Nacht") for piano and strings that closes the album--a beautiful and heart-touching work.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"arrived faster than expected and is perhaps my favorite manheim steamroller album played all the way through with out any notice of scratches as well."
"love all mannheim steamroller."
"Great music , but I should have looked at what the songs were."
"My favorite Christmas cd!"
1988 holiday release from Chip Davis and his Mannheim Steamroller mates.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Love Mannheim's Christmas music."
"While visiting a long time friend at Christmas, I shared this particular CD, (my copy that I have owned for some time, and a personal favorite) with her."
"This album/cd is great!"
"This is my favorite Mannheim Steamroller CD!"
"I bought to play as background music in my office."
"Lovely as Mannheim Steamroller always is!"
"love all mannheim steamroller."
Sound healer Steven Halpern uses soothing and free-floating keyboard compositions to draw the body into this state of balance and harmony. Combining artistic inspiration, sensitivity, and sophisticated sound technology, his compositions synchronize the hemispheres of the brain and amplify the production of alpha waves.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"A year ago March I was diagnosed with a terminal lung diease with no treatment, no cure and 3 months to live."
"I've been as massage therapist for over eight years and creating an atmosphere conducive to relaxation and healing is important."
"I use this music to calm me down on the way to work."
"Oh my goodness these two CDs are beautiful!"
"Nice, I go to sleep at night with it playing."
"I use this for my Chair Yoga class."
"Very soothing."
"I like that it's more subtle than traditional baby sleep CDs."
Best Islamic Music
The musicans, who have named themselves after an ancient form of romantic poetry, perform on sitar (a multi-stringed Indian plucked instrument with a tall fretboard attached to a resonating gourd) and kamancheh (a sonorous but gutty-sounding spike fiddle) and voice, accompanied by a tabla virtuoso (a tuned skin drum commonly played in India and Pakistan).
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Find Best Price at Amazon"This is a shimmering, scintillating, plangent CD."
"I owned this for years on CD, but someone borrowed it and never returned it to me, subsequently it was lost."
"Inspite my personal preference, I suggest to friends, this is a must have CD!"
"Ghazal Live - wish I was there."
"Lovely gentile music with a soft Middle Eastern or Indian sitar flair."
"The interplay of the musicians is nothing less than astounding, and the sound quality is lovely (typical for an ECM disk.). In this, I was a little disappointed; I had hoped for new material from Ghazal (I preordered the CD as soon as I heard about it.)."
"Very soothing."
Best Sacred & Religious Music
At times, the analog synthesizers used in this 1984 recording sound dated and a little cheesy, particularly on "Deck the Halls" and "Good King Wenceslas." As pleasant and soothing as a Willard Scott birthday wish, Christmas does offer one selection that truly merits "classic" status: the reverent, prayerful, slow-motion interpretation of "Silent Night" ("Stille Nacht") for piano and strings that closes the album--a beautiful and heart-touching work.
Reviews
Find Best Price at Amazon"arrived faster than expected and is perhaps my favorite manheim steamroller album played all the way through with out any notice of scratches as well."
"love all mannheim steamroller."
"Great music , but I should have looked at what the songs were."
"My favorite Christmas cd!"
Best Progressive Rock
The materials used to create picture discs and color vinyl are not the same as traditional vinyl.
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Find Best Price at Amazon"Great purchase, a great item for my collection!!!"
"My original CD was beat and wanted a replacement before they quit making them."
"The artwork is incredible."
"Tool is amazing on this CD."
"Any Tool album is a good one..."