Venus Over Venice

Peppino D'Agostino | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 24, 1995)
• Original Release Date: January 24, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Atlantic / Wea
• ASIN: B000002JTF
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #196,458 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sparkling and Evocative, May 17, 2002

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David E. Hartman (Highland Park, ILLINOIS USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Venus Over Venice (Audio CD)

A collection of beautiful alternate tuning fingerstyle guitar pieces, with a few vocals, a la Windham Hill or Narada. Has a bit of the feel of the late Michael Hedges, a little Shadowfax, and of course, there is that wonderful version of "Walk Away Renee" with David Wilcox. Listen to "Ancora Un Istante" beautifully sung and played by Mr. D'Agostino. It's a song you'd like to hear at sunset in an outdoor Italian cafe -- after which, you'd cancel your ticket home.

More than a year after I wrote the review above, I had the good luck to go on the first cruise sponsored by Acoustic Guitar Magazine. Peppino D'agostino was one of the teachers, and he is as nice a human being as his music is beautiful. I saw him after dinner and casually mentioned how much I liked his version of "Walk Away Renee." He replied "bring down your guitar, I'll show it to you." Bravo Peppino. . ..

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly Moving, March 13, 2000

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"jeddo" (Houston, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Venus Over Venice (Audio CD)

Few CD's have moved me as this one has. Often you find one song on a CD which has the 'right stuff'. There are several on this CD.

After hearing one song, Venus Over Venice, on the radio I knew I had to have the CD. Little did I know that song after song were just as touching.

From the masterful acoustic guitar, to the pan flute, to the heart-wrenching Italian lyrics on one song, to the remake of Walk Away, Renee, I just can't say enough how glad I purchased this CD. I hadn't even heard of Peppino before this, and really haven't heard much of him since.

But this CD stands on its own, a classic masterpiece!

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A SIX STRING MASSAGE!, December 5, 1999

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Jeff Ericsen (California, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Venus Over Venice (Audio CD)

An absolutely incredible experience in jazz guitar. D'Agostino delivers an exotic experience to the ears. This CD is a must.