Piano Solos

Dustin O'Halloran (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 12, 2010)
• Original Release Date: 2010
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cobraside
• ASIN: B000KJTG3S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #30,059 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Poignant and eerily lovely, Piano Solos is the 2005 release from Dustin O'Halloran, one half of the creative mind behind the imaginative music of The Devics. Prior to this US release, Piano Solos had been getting tons of airplay on Southern California's 89.9 KCRW (Morning Becomes Eclectic, Weekend Becomes Eclectic) and in two months sold over 260 full album downloads digitally. Mojo Magazine - 4 stars/Rolling Stone Italiano - 4 stars/front page of iTunes USA, Germany and Italy.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful piano solos, May 26, 2010

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M. K. WALKER "Avid amatuer pianist for 50+ years" (Arlington, VA) - See all my reviews
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I'd read a newspaper review of Mr. O'Halloran's Piano Solos, volume 2 that made me think I would enjoy the music. When I checked on Amazon they had volume 1 as well, so I ordered both. I was glad I did. Both volumes are lovely, as well as being reasonably priced. The music occasionally seemed derivative, a little like Satie and other composers with New Age stylings tossed in, but still uniquely O'Halloran's own creation. I believe most people would like this music and I would buy future volumes when I learn they are available.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorites, June 9, 2010

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H. Young "Graduate Student & Music Lover" (San Francisco, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piano Solos (MP3 Download)

This is one heck of a CD. It will transport you to other times and places, to poignant memories and emotions. If you like piano solo music, and classical piano, you'll love this. He's also an amazing live performer. I saw him open for k.d. lang and I was blown away!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Life always has its surprises..., November 16, 2005

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Manny Hernandez "@askmanny" (Bay Area, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Piano Solos (Audio CD)

Dustin O'Halloran's music came into my life, like many other things, as a great but fortunate coincidence. In this album, the member of Devics, delivers a set of straight up classical piano compositions (including "Opus #7", also released with Devics) that leave the listener with a sense of having heard Max Richter or Philip Glass without any embellishing ornaments or background keyboards to accompany the piano. Quite simply, it's an album you can listen to once and again and never grow tired of, with the word "never" being the most important one, since the sound in the album has a fairly timeless quality that will definitely make it sound just as fresh and touching in 20, 50 or 100 years as it does today, over five years after its original release. You can buy it with absolute confidence.