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By Tiffani Nadeau     March 29, 2004
Release Date: December 09, 2003



What They Say
Music intended for relaxing and escaping everyday stress. Composed, arranged and performed by violinist Norihiro Tsuru and popular new age music pianist, Yuriko Nakamura. Matched with beautiful artwork from internationally famous artist Yoshitaka Amano. His designs are known for Final Fantasy, G-Force, and Vampire Hunter D.

The Review!
4 out of 5
Music by Norihiro Tsuru & Yuriko Nakamura.

This CD comes with a 2-page insert. The pages are full of artwork by Japanese artist Yoshiaka Amano. The two pages list credits for the CD.

The music is utterly beautiful in this one. These long instrumentals just blow the listener away with their astounding beauty. Composers Norihiro Tsuru and Yuriko Nakamura provide a sense of peace and inspiration in their music. Tsuru has provided for us before a world of mystic and magic with the music he provided for Heroic Legend of Arislan, and Nakamura provided music for the Japanese movie Summer Vacation 1999, but the tracks here are above and beyond the norm for both of these composers. The music is truly inspiring, and pulls out from the listener the very essence of peace.

This one has more of a new age, modern feel to it. This CD, is has a bit of a faster pace to it than the other two albums do, and also relies more heavily upon other instruments besides the use of the violin and piano. The music is still smooth, however it is very lacking in the relaxation department. It does make for good background music while working, but I don?t know if I would use it to de-stress after a hard day.

I?d have to say smooth and interesting, jus not too relaxing.

Features
Everlasting World5:42Instrumental ,Epicurean of the 21 Century4:30Instrumental ,Infini4:47Instrumental, Divine Moment4:46Instrumental,Cosmic Renaissance4:58Instrumental,Wandering4:27Instrumental,For the Animals on the Savannah8:22Instrumental,Will be as One6:10Instrumental,From the End to the Beginning7:30Instrumental




Review Equipment
Total CD Length: 51:12