Astrud Gilberto - The Silver Collection: The Astrud Gilberto Album
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Free Music Notes for The Silver Collection: The Astrud Gilberto Album
Free Music Review: beware of flawed digital transfer
Hit: 3 Stars
the sound of this cd is mostly ok, but a few tracks sound like they didn't spend much time with the transfer to digital... some distortion on louder orchestral parts on one track, a couple tracks actually start a few beats into the recording, so you miss the downbeat! imagine releasing an album like that? maybe the original source recordings are flawed too, who knows, i'd try for one of the more recent remastered versions, see if they're any better.
but the music is mostly cool, esp. the first half which is the original tracks of the Astrud Gilberto Album, a few tracks are iconic: Agua De Beber, Dindi, Once I Loved... by today's standards a little heavy with studio orchestra in some moments, but it was the flavor of that age, even the early Brazillian records made by Joao Gilberto with Jobim were arranged like that.
Free Music Review: viva Astrud G.!
Hit: 5 Stars
what can i say? there will be no other Astrud Gilberto! she's simply fantastic! i love all her songs!Free Music Review: I love Astrud!
Hit: 5 Stars
I'm always reaching for this CD! I have a lot of Astrud Gilberto CDs, but I reach for this one the most. And she's so cute on the cover, too. I love the hair.Free Music Review: Lovely Period Piece
Hit: 4 Stars
If you find yourself alone, having landed at the airport of a city in the middle of nowhere, and you're taking a taxi to your downtown hotel, and it's dusk or evening or late night, you will be happy to hear Astrud Gilberto's pure, clear voice playing out a mood of pretty melancholy and longing, just for you.Free Music Review: Such a sweet voice...but what's up with those violins?
Hit: 5 Stars
Gilberto have, in my opinion, the most beautiful voice in the world of jazz. Sometimes, its sweetness and naivity almost makes you cry. However, whoever produced this CD done a terrible job: The violins are way too loud, and sometimes overcome Gilberto herself! A good voice doesn't need anything but a piano, and maybe a background band, but not a violin. Even if you put it, put it in with taste. It's a great CD, but I'd remix it to lower and soften the violins, because Gilberto is more than enough and should be in the center.