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DiscountDelight - The 5 Browns
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List Price: $18.98
Our Price: $12.83
Your Save: $ 6.15 ( 32% )
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Manufacturer: RCA
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0828766600728
Format: DualDisc
Label: RCA
Manufacturer: RCA
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: RCA
Release Date: 2005-02-08
Studio: RCA
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Summary: Artists are great, CD won't play
Comment: Sat them on Letterman and loved them. Bought the CD the next day. However, it is formatted in such a way that it will not play on my player. AVOID this CD.
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Summary: Wonderful, wonderful!!!
Comment: The ensemble is exact, precise, incredible. They surely must have practiced their scales! On the other hand, their playing is as just as delicate as it can be strong. Love the whole thing. The Bernstein is breathtaking!
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Summary: Captivating: classical music infused with joy
Comment: This CD/DVD was incredible! As I listened to the music for the first time, the first thought that came to mind was "what joy and energy [the music was played with]!" Then I watched the DVD and could not help being blown away by the fun, fantasitc, five Browns!
For a young person who enjoys many types of music, this CD was one of the best additions to my classical library! It thrills me every time I listen. For my Dad and brothers it was also a joy, and you know what they say about a thing of beauty... I greatly look forward to another album by the Browns.
NOTE: I had no trouble whatsoever converting the CD tracks into MP3's and burning a copy disc.
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Summary: WOW!
Comment: My pianist son wanted this for his birthday and we watched parts of it before he left for home. All I can say is wow! If you appreciate good piano playing, you will be amazed by these 5 siblings.
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Summary: Great Music/Great Technology!
Comment: The other reviewers have shared appropriate thoughts regarding this group of very talented musicians. To my untrained ear, their performances left me speachless. This is an amazing disc and wonderful music. I did want to comment on the ingenious DualDisc technology. Since I am a fan of multichannel/high resolution musical releases, I believe DualDisc might be the savior of surround music. I believe any time someone can offer such hybrid technology as DualDisc provides that utilize consumers' existing playback equipment, the more satisfied customers and sales will result. To have a compact disc and a multi-channel sound mix, along with videos is a heavenly combination. Thus far, the DualDiscs have performed flawlessly on every CD and DVD player I own. I suspect only ancient equipment would have problems with these discs.
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Editorial Reviews:
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Their story is truly one of the more unusual tales of classical music today. Pop music has produced world-famous examples of all-in-the-family groups (which typically gave way to one or two solo stars as the years passed). And of course there's the Trapp Family singers of The Sound of Music fame. But the sibling pianists known as the 5 Browns are in a category all their own. They've gotten mega-exposure from profiles on 60 Minutes, Oprah, and the like as the first example in the history of the esteemed Juilliard School of Music in which five members of the same family have won admission (scholarships at that!) and studied concurrently. But if this sounds like a P.T. Barnum publicity stunt, make no mistake: Desirae, Deondra, Gregory, Melody, and Ryan are the real thing--musicians of intense dedication and talent. Their debut CD offers different perspectives on this pianistic quintet. It's not surprising that the literature isn't exactly overflowing with arrangements for five pianos--so only 4 tracks here actually have all ten hands busy tickling the ivories (arrangements of "Flight of the Bumblebee," West Side Story scenes, The Sorcerer's Apprentice and music from Grieg’s Peer Gynt). The flip DVD side includes videos of their amazing in-sync dexterity for "Flight" and the Bernstein excerpts, plus a charming interview introducing the very down-to-earth Browns. They talk about how they took to the piano, one by one, at a very early age and also point out that they remain each other's best friends, which helps them weather the stresses of the competitive classical performing arts world. Other tracks involve several four-hands settings and some solos (my own favorite is Melody's beautiful rendition of Debussy’s gorgeous "L'Isle joyeuese"). We're sure to hear more from this amazingly talented family--whether as a group or as soloists. --Sarah Chin
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