Matsui Best [Import]

1. Japanese

2. Japanese

3. Japanese

4. City

5. Wednesday

6. Glacier

7. Deep Sky

8. Science

9. Last Angel

10. Japanese

11. Japanese / Balleri

12. Shadow Of The Moon

13. Be Quiet

14. Dna

15. Japanese

16. Japanese / (Sunset Version)

17. All Lined Up

18. Yorokobii No Uta

19. Silvery White Goddess

20. Mother

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Matsui Best,Tsunematsu Matsui,Toshiba EMI,World Music

Average customer rating: Kudos for that talented artist! Fan or New to Keiko, consider this CD... Not disappointed Where is she in this CD? Too Early In Her Career

The Very Best of Keiko Matsui Keiko Matsui Manufacturer: Grp Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music GRP | Verve Music Group | Specialty Stores | Music Similar Items: Walls of Akendora Wildflower White Owl Deep Blue Sapphire ASIN: B00020IO06 Release Date: 2004-05-11

Tracks:

1. Flight Of The Angels
2. The First Four Years
3. Mountain Shakedown
4. Light In The Rain
5. Secret Forest
6. The Wind And The Wolf
7. The Morning Moon
8. The White Corridor
9. Under Northern Lights
10. Mover
11. Souvenir

Customer Reviews:

Kudos for that talented artist!.......2006-06-12

The originality of this talented keyboard's talent has allowed her to establish and even to maintain a curious status among a fascinating blend of New Music, hardly to be qualified. But I still rather to recommend it instead of searching a special category, since all possible categorization is merely reductionism.

Keiko Matsui is fundamentally a creator of atmospheres; and that's her main achievement.

Fan or New to Keiko, consider this CD..........2006-02-26

This CD is nice to add to any Keiko Matsui collection - I own 31 of her CD's including this one (US + Import + reissue). It's a cross section blend of tracks from two of her earlier CD's:
'Under Northern Lights' -1989
'No Borders' -1990

This CD can compliment her 'Best Selection' -2001 collection but be aware that the following 4 tracks appear on both:
The Wind and the Wolf; Light in the Rain; Souvenir; The First Four Years.

Another review comments on the band accompanying Keiko on piano - well, that is how most of her CD's are produced and that's how she performs live...

Oh, and after buying this one, get her truly *Very Best* CD: 'Spring Selection' -2003(Import).
(Track 5 "Water Fairy" is not to be found elsewhere on US disks and is simply a wonderful track.)

Not disappointed.......2005-07-22

Opposed to previous reviewers, I am not disappointed with this CD. I am familiar with Keiko's work, and have seen her in concert. And though I do enjoy her work, her style...I think the addtion of brass, sax, and vocals is a nice variation on this CD. More specifically, Greg Walker's rendition of MOVER (track 10) is really quite marvelous. He moves around those lyrics so adeptly ... with such enthusiam...I can almost visualize her (the mover) dancing across the floor ...yelling "Argentina". However, I am completely perplexed as to why he is not listed on the credits...not listed anywhere ???

Where is she in this CD?.......2005-07-17

I have 4 other K.M. cds and they are all beautiful sounds, I like piano music.This CDis a big disappointment because it sounds like a smooth jazz group like ForePlay or the Rippingtons, with very little of K.M. piano solo music. I actually thought I had received a mis-labeled cd from my club who I ordered this from but that was not the case.

Too Early In Her Career.......2005-02-22

With some artists, the earlier in their career the better;
but with the wonderful Keiko Matsui, I believe, the later in her
career the better...and this is no fault of hers. Her earlier
albums are produced with WAY TOO MANY VOCALS AND CHEESY SAXAPHONE SOLOS, while her later albums have her genius backed up by electronica, deep bass, etc. without voclas. In other words, "they"
finally figured out how to best present her. This "Very Best of" CD is a prime example. Consisting of selections from her 2nd and 3rd CDs, it has WAY TOO MAY VOCALS AND CHEESY SAXAPHONE SOLOS...though Keiko's work itself is always beautiful.

Average customer rating:

Summer Selection Best Keiko Matsui Manufacturer: Sony/Columbia ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music New Age | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0001Z2XAO Release Date: 2004-05-31

Tracks:

1. Sail South
2. From My Window
3. Souvenir
4. Mountain Shakedown
5. Moon Light Sailor
6. Rainy Season
7. Secret Forest
8. Midnight Stone
9. Three Silhouettes
10. Garden

Average customer rating:

Matsui Best Tsunematsu Matsui Manufacturer: Toshiba EMI ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | International | Styles | Music International | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005RGXO Release Date: 2001-11-28

Tracks:

1. Japanese
2. Japanese
3. Japanese
4. City
5. Wednesday
6. Glacier
7. Deep Sky
8. Science
9. Last Angel
10. Japanese
11. Japanese / Balleri
12. Shadow Of The Moon
13. Be Quiet
14. Dna
15. Japanese
16. Japanese / (Sunset Version)
17. All Lined Up
18. Yorokobii No Uta
19. Silvery White Goddess
20. Mother
21. Tears
22. Through The Eyes
23. Delirious Moon
24. Alone

Average customer rating:

Best Selection Keiko Matsui Manufacturer: Pione ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Japan | Far East & Asia | International | Styles | Music General | Jazz | Styles | Music Jazz Fusion | Jazz | Styles | Music Smooth Jazz | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music Jazz | Imports | Stores | Music New Age | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00003WG9W

Tracks:

1. Rainy Season
2. Moon Light Sailor
3. Wind and the Wolf
4. Walking on the Bridge
5. Light in the Rain
6. Souvenir
7. First Four Years
8. Sail South
9. Eyes Were Made to Cry
10. Lake of the White Owl
11. White Gate (Birth of My Wind)
12. Cherry Blossom
13. Kappa (Water Elf)
14. Night Waltz
15. Believer

Average customer rating:

Walls Of Akendora ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Jazz | Styles | Music General | New Age | Styles | Music ASIN: B0007X150O

Product Description

1. Overture for the City 2. CRYSTAL SHADOW 3. MOUNTAIN SHAKEDOWN 4. CANVAS 5. AKENDORA'S CLOCK 6. WALKING THROUGH IT 7. BLUE BUTTERFLY 8. GENTLE SANDS 9. WALLS OF AKENDORA 10. BAY OF DESTINY 11. WALKING THROUGH IT -SOLO PIANO 12. GENTLE SANDS -SOLO PIANO

Average customer rating:

EVER AFTER (Japanese Release) ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music ASIN: B000B67MCC

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