No Boundaries [Dual Disc]

The 5 Browns | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 4, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Dual Disc
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000EQ47G8
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #192,407 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rhapsody in Blue

2. Malaguena from Andalucia Suite

3. Simple Gifts/Going Home; Shaker Hymn\ Going Home

4. Full Stride Ahead (Rag)

5. Feria from Rapsodie Espagnole

6. Gargoyles, Op. 29; III. Allegro moderato

7. Gargoyles, Op. 29; IV. Presto feroce

8. Hungarian Rhapsody No. 6

9. Variations on a Theme of Paganini

10. Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2; I. Danza del viejo boyero (Dance of the Old Cowherd)

11. Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2; II. Danza de la mozo donosa (Dance of the Delightful Young Girl)

12. Danzas Argentinas, Op. 2; III. Danza del gaucho matrero (Dance of the Artful Herdsman)

13. Valse and Romance; Valse

14. Valse and Romance; Romance

15. The Firebird (from the 1911 Version)

Customer Reviews

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars They did it again, April 26, 2006

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Nancy E. Merrill "Lit lover in Utah" (Salt Lake City, Utah USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Boundaries (Audio CD)

These young, hip, classically trained wonders have definitely shown that their first album was only the beginning. Brilliant playing by all individually (or in duet form) and unbelievable sync-ness when armed with five pianos and 50 fingers. If you're looking for something different in the classical realm, look no further. A great introduction to classical music for the younger set.

25 of 28 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Being Unconventional, April 15, 2006

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Robert W. Allen (Northfield Falls, Vermont United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Boundaries (Audio CD)

Years ago, when I was still an Origami Sakka (master of paperfolding) I had two artistic rules that I followed: 1) find out what everybody else is doing in the field, and 2) do something that nobody else in the field is doing. So where some of the other technical masters were working on increasing the number of ways to fold a paper elephant, I was making paper bananas and folded masks of Woody Allen, Laurel and Hardy, and a full figure multipiece construction of Charlie Chaplin. I was even wrongfully credited with inventing a style of origami called "pictorial origami."
And what does this have to do with the Browns? Well, pianists are a dime a dozen, and the only way anyone can make it in that particularly dense artistic field is if they can come up with something different. Aside from being young and highly technically gifted, the Browns have a tendency to choose non-conventional works that best show off their unique abilities. And this album features a lot of very unconventional works: Lutoslawski's Variations on a Theme of Paganini (played by the two oldest sisters); Novacek's Full Stride Ahead Piano Rag (played by Gregory); Gargoyles (played by Melody); Ginastera's Danzas Argentinas (played by Ryan); and a superb version for five pianos of Stravinsky's Firebird. And let us not ignore Desirae and Deondra's dazzling version of Ravel's Feria which sounds more like ten pianists than two.
As with their first DVD/CD there are marvelous video clips of the Browns blasting away on their five Steinways. I was disappointed that there was no interview clip like there was on the last. Well, there's always next time.

5.0 out of 5 stars no boundaries, June 6, 2008

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Saul Ramirez "Music lover of all eras" (New Lenox, Illinois USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: No Boundaries (Audio CD)

The music is soothing and energetic all rolled up in one. The 5 Browns are great and they are youthfull and do music justice in an age or music that is loosing it's creativity. The videos are inspiring.