Dream Suite

Suzanne Ciani | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 28, 1994)
• Original Release Date: November 21, 1994
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Seventh Wave
• ASIN: B000003M2Q
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #71,944 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Meeting Mozart

2. Andalusian Dream

3. Lime Marmalade Reverie

4. Full Moon Sonata

5. Time Stops

6. Dream of the Pink Zebra

7. Riding Heaven's Wave: Eulogy to a Surfer

8. Megan's Dream

9. Sogno Agitato

10. Til Time and Times Are Done

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Profound Gift, January 19, 2000

By 

Steve R. (Denver, CO USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dream Suite (Audio CD)

Suzanne Ciani has a profound gift as a composer, arranger, and performer. I believe this is her signature work. Her music is quiet, intimate, and deeply moving. She has combined the sweeping majesty of her piano with the classical strings and percussion of the Young Russia Orchestra to produce a symphony that evokes romance, reflection, and rapture.

The artist indicates the album is about transitions following a series of significant emotional events in her life. The events have clearly inspired her and appear to have served as the catalyst for her greatest musical achievement. My personal favorite, "Riding Heaven's Wave: Eulogy to a Surfer," is a piece that captures the hope, faith, and renewal that characterizes so much of her work. In contrast, "Sogno Agitato" is a more pensive and introspective work that adds depth and color to the album. This is new age music at its finest!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A piano and orchestra fantasy, February 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Dream Suite (Audio CD)

In this CD, Ciani goes where she has never gone before: piano with the support of a full orchestra. The new songs are fantastic, and the sweeping strings with just the read level of piano in the lead stir the soul to tears. She recorded this CD after her battle with breast cancer, and I think her illness brought out the best in her. A must-have for all Ciani fans. In my opinion, this is her best recording. I play it over and over again and never grow tired of it. You won't find any intrusive synthesizer, just sweeping piano and strings with a classical touch. It shows the deeper and more serious side of a serious artist. Her best work to date! It was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best New Age Album.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Ciani CD, May 20, 2003

By 

Lauralyn Mahnke (Oregon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dream Suite (Audio CD)

I first heard 'Andalusian Dream' on a late night edition of Steven Hill's Hearts of Space. I was so moved by it that as soon as the piece was over I immediately called the radio station in an attempt find out the name of the piece and the composer. Ms. Ciani's collaboration with the Young Russia Orchestra is absolutely gorgeous from beginning to end and has a richness to it that I haven't found on any of her other cd's. All of her music is beautiful but I'm hopeful that she will make another cd like this one soon. Dream Suite was my first encounter with Suzanne Ciani and it has made me and my family fans for life. I agree whole-heartedly with the reviewer from Michigan who said that you can listen to this cd over and over again and never tire of it. I know I never do.