Eurasia

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
The german band Avalon's fourth album is a conceptual work that deals with the different historical personalities and countries of the largest continent on the earth-Eurasia. It is a unique mixture of European melodic power metal and traditional Asian sounds. Buddhist chants, traditional persussions and indian sitars blend together with powerful metal riffs and progressive minded arrangements. Standard jewel case. 2000 release.

Tracks:

Nomad
Brandenburg Gate
The Golden Horn
Thank You (Dziekuje)
Marble Arch
Calcutta Blues

Customer Reviews:

Great Jazz.......2007-04-28

I was 13 when Jazz Impressions of Eurasia was released. I'd literally saved my pennies to buy my first album. My brother selected this great album for me -- or, more probably, for himself using my money. I'm now 61 and have not stopped listening to this wonderful music. The CD is faithful to the original. In some ways it's better. You'll find an error Brubeck makes -- edited out in the LP -- nicely restored on the CD. Simply the best.

this record is perfection..........2003-11-01

small and beautifully formed. Every track on this record is a note-perfect. For the first few years of listening you might prefer the driving rhythm of Nomad, or the bluesy feel of Calcutta Blues, but then you'll slowly find that the haunting melody of Thank You is just as enjoyable. Every track play a part in making this my favourite record.

I've been listening to this recording for 35 years (since I was 5) and I still love every moment of it.

Without doubt the best out of the 20 or so Brubeck records I have.

My First Jazz Album.......2003-03-20

I bought this album (LP of course) in 1959 when it first came out. I was a 19-year-old serving in the U.S. Air Force and my barracks-mates got/had to listen to this hour after hour. I wore the first copy out and was half way through the second copy when I was transferred to a station overseas and had to leave my record collection. When they released the CD version, a few years ago, I ordered a copy right away. It's still my favorite album. In a word, it's magnificent!

Has to be one of Dave's best original albums...has to be!.......2002-07-19

If Brubeck made any whole albums back in his heyday that hold up better than this one, I haven't heard them. I have owned this one for a few years now, and liking has turned to loving it. Everything is a Quartet original composition, recorded after they returned from a long tour of England and the Middle East and even, can you believe it here in 2002, Afghanistan. All four musicians get good solo time on this CD, but drummer Joe Morello really shines. This came out on record just before his smash hit "Take Five" and it complements the latter collection excellently. If you are interested in Dave Brubeck, don't skip this one. It is under 40 minutes, and many people are reluctant to buy CD's that don't come closer to using up the whole 70-plus minutes available. I used to be that way too, until I found I owned too many 60-minute CD's with 20 minutes of tedium in them. Just buy this darn great jazz album, and play it twice every time instead of once, and you'll be hearing 80 minutes of fascinating stuff!

Best of Brubecks Compositions.......2001-10-01

I have a hard time not liking everything DBQ ever did. But this album stands out.

DBQ was at home doing both standards and Dave's orginal and often unusual compositions. This album is all original material, and what's particualryl wonderful is that every song is so different. From the Bach-like structure of "Brandenberg Gate," to the wailing, wild, and way out (and totally un-Desmond-like)part-boogie-woogie, part-avante-garde "Golden Horn", and back to the Chopin-inspired "Thank You," every tune on this album tells a story.

It took a while for this one to grow on me, because of its variety and strangeness. I couldn't live with ut it now.

Aqua Afternoon
Average customer rating:

Ahhhh! Meditation...

beautiful

Aqua Afternoon

Manufacturer: OmSonic
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | New Age | Styles | Music
Meditation | New Age | Styles | Music
Solo Instrumental | New Age | Styles | Music
ASIN: B0009YT0K8
Release Date: 2005-08-16