CD Review Joshua Bell At home with friends

I really enjoy listening to music, especially when I am cooking!

Once again I was chosen to review a CD for One 2 One Network, so the other night we listened to this CD while preparing dinner for friends.

This CD is a very eclectic collection of music styles and the vocalists he invited along are really amazing. I guessed it was Sting singing before I read the jacket.

The music is all over the map including pop, bluegrass, classical, jazz and ethnic. The instruments are awesome.

While I normally think of instrumental music as calming this is also uplifting and energetic all at the same time.

Joshua Bell is a Grammy award winning violinist and it shows on this record.

Album Tracklisting (Originally performed by):

I Loves You Porgy featuring Chris Botti, trumpet
Come Again featuring Sting, vocals
Oblivion featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
Cinema Paradiso featuring Josh Groban, vocals
Para Tí featuring Tiempo Libre, various
My Funny Valentine featuring Kristin Chenoweth, vocals
Maybe So featuring Edgar Meyer Sam Bush and Mike Marshall, stringsGrieg:
Sonata No. 3 featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff (Zenph re-performance)
Eleanor Rigby featuring Frankie Moreno, piano & vocals
O, Cease Thy Maiden Fair featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone
Il Postino featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
Left Hand Song featuring Regina Spektor, piano & vocals
Chovendo Na Roseira featuring Dave Grusin, piano
Look Away featuring Edgar Meyer, bass and Chris Thile, mandolinVariant Moods:
Duet for Sitar & Violin featuring Anoushka Shankar, sitar
I'll Take Manhattan featuring Marvin Hamlisch, piano
Left Hand featuring Regina Spektor, vocals