Joshua Bell: At Home with Friends CD Giveaway

One 2 One Network recently gave me the opportunity to listen to the new Joshua Bell At Home With Friends CD that releases today (9/29).

Since I grew up learning to play classical music on the piano (very badly…I might add), I’ve always been a fan of classical music.  The Joshua Bell album was interesting, because it included some classical pieces as well as some more modern pieces, and most of the songs were duets with Joshua Bell and other notable musicians like Josh Groban, Sting, Chris Botti, etc. Some of the songs made for interesting pieces, because Joshua Bell was playing his classical violin alongside a sitar for a different sound.  Plus, his duet with Chris Botti was a mix of classical and jazz.

Overall, I really enjoyed listening to this CD.  I loved the Josh Groban song (because I really like Josh Groban).  I was looking forward to hearing Sting with a classical violin…I was wondering what they would do.  However, Sting tries to sing in the “operatic” style, and I don’t think he pulls it off.  There is another song on the album (Left Hand Song) where Regina Spektor sings and it’s a kind of funky song.  It’s more the style that I would have pictured Sting singing, rather than a classical piece.  I was looking forward to hearing the Beatles remake of Eleanor Rigby, and it starts out really interesting with a duet of piano and violin.  But then (unfortunately) Frankie Moreno started singing…and it just doesn’t compete with the Beatles.

Here’s a complete songlist and you can hear some excerpts of the album here:
I Loves You Porgy featuring Chris Botti, trumpet
Come Again featuring Sting, vocals
Oblivion featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
Cinema Paradiso featuring Josh Groban, vocals
Para Tí featuring Tiempo Libre, various
My Funny Valentine featuring Kristin Chenoweth, vocals
Maybe So featuring Edgar Meyer Sam Bush and Mike Marshall, strings
Grieg: Sonata No. 3 featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff (Zenph re-performance)
Eleanor Rigby featuring Frankie Moreno, piano & vocals
O, Cease Thy Maiden Fair featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone
Il Postino featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
Left Hand Song featuring Regina Spektor, piano & vocals
Chovendo Na Roseira featuring Dave Grusin, piano
Look Away featuring Edgar Meyer, bass and Chris Thile, mandolin
Variant Moods: Duet for Sitar & Violin featuring Anoushka Shankar, sitar
I’ll Take Manhattan featuring Marvin Hamlisch, piano
Left Hand featuring Regina Spektor, vocals

Giveaway

One 2 One Network has allowed me to also give a copy of the Joshua Bell At Home with Friends CD away to one of my lucky readers – U.S. residents only.

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