Joshua Bell – At Home With Friends CD Review

Joshua’s newest album, released on Sept. 29th, and entitled “At Home With Friends”, features duets with Josh Groban, Sting, Chris Botti, Regina Spektor, Kristin Chenoweth, Tiempo Libre and many others.

He has been well known for holding ‘musical soirées’ at his Manhattan residence – parties with musicians, actors, comics and authors who get together just for the sheer joy of sharing their art. With this new album, Joshua has fulfilled a life-long career dream of recording a CD of instrumental and vocal duets with an amazing roster of musicians and friends.

My View

Classical music is not something I’m very familiar with, yet I do like to listen to it on occasion. This is one time I am very glad to have listened! The violin has a way of quieting the body and piercing the soul. I love the feelings it brings and the way it makes you breathe deeply and just “be”. Joshua Bell’s playing is phenomenal! I can play this CD and get lost for a little while. The stress and small trivialities of the day can just fade away. If only I had a quiet meadow away from it all and a few hours to myself so that I could just listen! If you’re without a peaceful spot like me then go ahead and play it during the day while you’re cooking or sewing. Play it while you’re blogging and maybe you’ll find yourself sharing more than usual! Maybe it will remind you to stop and feel the beauty around you instead of racing past it.

One thing I’ll be looking forward to is listening to this album during the holiday season. I am absolutely sure that At Home With Friends will go wonderfully with a bottle of wine and a brightly lit Christmas tree on a cold winter evening! Now that sounds peaceful!

I tried to pick a few favorite tracks to list here but I cannot! They are all beautiful and so interesting! Please do let me know if you purchase and what you think of it!

Album Tracklisting

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