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Silk Road Suite

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I love this CD. It combines the best of Kitaro's work with a full orchestra. The result is absolutely magnificent.

This is simply one of my favorite musical works. Something like this could easily have drifted into very cheesy territory indeed, but this is first class. I actually prefer this version to the original Silk Road albums. This well-done orchestral interpretation brings something extra out of the music. It's a lovely, enjoyable piece of music.

A friend played this album for me in 1991 -- on mint-condition vinyl -- and I was so stunned by the beauty of the music that I ran out and purchased a copy on CD, even though I had yet to purchase my first CD player. "Silk Road Suite" was an incredible improvement on the synthesiser-drive album "Silk Road" because it was recorded with the London Symphony Ochestra. I now own 11 Kitaro albums (and saw Kitaro live in 1999 in Albuquerque, New Mexico), and this remains my favorite. I listen to the back-to-back songs "Peace" and "Journey" to begin meditations. Whenever I play this CD at my office, people invitably ask, "Who is that?" and "Where can I get a copy?" It's too bad there are no longer song samples for this album. A good comparison might be the orchestration of "Kojiki," although "Silk Road Suite" is generally a gentler album. I plan on obtaining a second copy, for fear my single CD copy may develop a glitch and become unplayable.

In this CD Kitaro explodes the magical and misterious ways of the life. Songs like Peace or Bell Tower have the particularity of move our mind to another place.

Silk Road Suite is an acoustic, symphonic performance of some of the better tracks from Kitaro's earlier two LPs -- "Silk Road Vol 1" and "Silk Road Vol 2".

What makes this album special is that it was the first of Kitaro's compositions to receive an accoustic performance (as opposed to Kitaro's signature electronic synthesizers). Jeremy Lubbock and the London Philharmonic do an absolutely stunning performance here, and the melodies are utterly breathtaking. I bought this album back in 1988 on cassette, and multiple re-purchases (LP, CD, and remastered CD) it has remained my all-time favourite of any musical genre. If I could give it 6 stars out of 5, I would.

I had this 2-CD albums years ago and my house burned down three years ago so I've been steadily replacing things (yes even after three years) and amongst music albums this one is crucial. I have it on my Hard-Drive, I have 10's of CD's but not all of them on the Hard-Drive. This one u-betcha. This is an album you can listen to in the background while doing what ever your doing and you'll be fine. I'm not the "sit on the floor, fold up like a pretzel and moan" type I actually just like listen to this stuff. Odd Huh? I also listen to Gurgle-Goth, 3 Chord Rock, "(Real)Jazz" NO KENNY G or the like, Blues as well as Classical and Opera, I like what I like.

This albums still sounds amazing after 30 years. Some people never find "their sound", Kitaro did and his still works (Also listen to Mandala, Kojiki or Ancient for further proof) and it doesn't get old. Listen to this album and you can/will relax and get on with you day (Let's also give it up for Smart Phone/MP3 players) and continue doing what your doing. If you're too stressed this album will calm you down and the music is just stunning.

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Was very disapointed. Lots of skips couldnt listen to it all the way through. Was usless to try to enjoy it. I would think it would be checked before shipment.

Great album. Used to have it on Cassette tape and wore it out. Now have it on Vinyl and it is fantastic

The original Silk Road suite was written as an integral part of a TV documentary (BBC, as I recall). The visuals combined with Kitaro's music made this a unique experience - living in Hong Kong, we would tune into the weekly TV program primarily because of the stunning music. Later while traversing much of the Silk Road route in the Gobi Desert and western China, the evocative music exactly fit the landscape. Adding the orchestra takes away from the flavor and turns this music into very good background elevator music. The original concept is much preferred.

An Excellent selection of New Age Music. This should come in a TWO disc set. Beware about this listing, as many sets could contain only one of the two discs.