Прежде, чем решиться предложить вам эту музыку, я долго сомневался. Во-первых, чешский язык знают очень мало людей - десять миллионов и еще немножко. Во-вторых, здесь не очень-то и много любителей народной музыки… Но есть одна вещь, которая все это перевешивает. И я решился! В общем, в этих народных чешских песнях иногда встречаются и приличные слова. А все остальные звучат до боли знакомо и узнаваемо. То есть ненормативная лексика в наших давно разошедшихся (аж в 13-14 веках!) языках имеет общие славянские корни. И это радует!…

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Czech folk songs with simple but rough language. Hope, you don't know Czech. If not - I am so sorry! This is the third disk in my collection. Need previous?

In this follow-up to the smashing success of her 1997 CD Time to Say Goodbye, Sarah Brightman continues down the primrose crossover path, blithely gliding from covers of Hooverphonic (the title track) and Kansas ("Dust in the Wind") to Puccini and film scores (Titanic and The English Patient). Sometimes, as in "Anytime, Anywhere," the crossover happens within the same song–in this case welding a rhythm track to the somber harmonies of Albinoni's "Adagio." But there's nary a stylistic speed bump to jolt her listeners, as Brightman focuses her tiny, seraphic voice like a beam of light on each melody. The result, bless her heart, may be the invention of a whole new form of kitsch. Like plastic surgery, Brightman's years of specialized vocal training have helped refine her ability to float confidently well-rounded, sparkling tones in her upper range. These have a Dresden china-like, touching fragility in such songs as "So Many Things" and are well-suited to the gauzily romantic (and overproduced) gloss of the string-heavy arrangements that predominate. Eden also introduces Brightman as songwriter ("In Paradisum," with its mix of sitar and modal chant) and features a bonus track unavailable on the album's European-released version ("The Last Words You Said"). –Thomas May

The Brooklyn Funk Essentials are the all-star session players of urban music. Their collective work has created a masterpiece melting-pot of spicy sound. This funky, jazzy, super-cool music soaks into your consciousness, while the clever lyrical content holds your unwavering attention.