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| | Tubular Bells | | | Music Artist : | | Mike Oldfield;Piano Ensemble | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Brilliant Classics | | Release Date : | | 2008-04-01 | | Store Price : | | $12.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.99 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Version for two pianos and two synthesizers
2. Version for four pianos
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 Tubular Mediocrity
Submitted on: 2009-10-03 |
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| What sounds like a really interesting idea--arranging Tubular Bells for four keyboards--turns out to be a dud. The ensemble arranged only part I of the piece and recorded it twice, once for two pianos and two synths and the better of the two for four pianos. Both versions leave off the very end of part I. Maybe if they released a recording with the entire composition, I would find something rewarding in listening to an otherwise lackluster performance. |
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 Wonderful
Submitted on: 2008-10-28 |
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| This is an amazing album all around. The performances are sharp and neat, while the sound is full, clear, and resonant in all the right places. Highly recommended. |
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 Just not the same
Submitted on: 2008-08-02 |
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| Although I enjoy piano versions of music, this album was just not the same for me as the original new age concept music. Oldfield has commented in his autobiography that the insight which gave him his first two albums seems in some ways to have been lost forever, and for me there is simply nothing like the original versions of Tubular Bells and Hergest Ridge. |
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Beautiful music
Submitted on: 2008-06-11 |
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| I am struck by the absolute timelessness of this music. We have loved it for 30 years, and now our children all love it too. This version is beautifully played, and having the two versions on the same CD is very interesting. I prefer the total piano version. Its a great record. Greg Yates in Adelaide, Australia. |
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nice to see others "like mike" too!
Submitted on: 2008-05-29 |
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| .....a golden & good interpretation...good show! bravo!...goes right along with the other 'tubulars'....they need a box set of all the tubular bells with the live DVD versions!...there already is a Tubular Bells IV(4)..it is my understnding it is the Millenium Bell..& the live DVD from Berlin....ENJOY! |
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