Ravel & Satie Piano Works – Anne

• Amazon Sales Rank: #44302 in Music
• Released on: 2000-02-08
• Number of discs: 2
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful.
If you like classical music don’t buy this CD.
By Benjamin Y. Durkee
Most of the tracks were chopped down to 3-4 minutes so some of the best parts of the compositions are missing. I don’t know what I was thinking trying to buy 40 classical songs on two CD’s. If you really want to enjoy the music you would do better to purchase a CD with fewer, but better quality tracks.

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful.
Relied heavily on reviews for purchase- not dissapointed
By Elizabeth Sutherland
I wanted to select a “best of” classical music compilation and read through Amazon’s reviews to make my selection. This CD met my needs perfectly. If the songs are edited, I can’t tell. Many are familiar but not “cliche”. The version of “Canon in D” included is a little too fast for my tastes, and that is my only dissapointment. Transistion from song to song is smooth with the exception of the sleep-inducing “Moonlight Sonata” being immediately followed by the bombastic “March of the Toreadors”.
The use of human voice (opera) is limited, I feel, to those songs which were originally written to include it. (Ex: Halleluja Chorus).

27 of 32 people found the following review helpful.
Not that good.
By Steven Burns
The only good thing I can say is that it includes about 10 songs I personally love.
But I can also say it includes at least 5 songs that are extremely cheesy.
The rest of the songs are in the so-so category
But what I find really dissappointing is the volume leveling, its terrible!
Just to mention a few, Monlight Sonata (Beethoven) and Clair De Lune (Debussy) are barely hearable, increasing the volume not only causes white noise but it will break your ears when playing one of the loud songs (like the March Of The Toreadors).

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