I Dreamed A Dream

Diese CD wollte ich mir schon immer kaufen. Ich liebe die Stimme von Susan Boyle

Realmente bueno, volveré pronto a comprar en Amazon

Prodotto arrivato nei tempi attesi. Musica da sogno. L’ho comprato per me e anche da regalare. È stato molto gradito

Nulla da dire riguardo alle bellissime tracce presenti nell'album; tra le quali apprezzo particolarmente: Wild Horses, I Dreamed a Dream (brano con cui si presentò al Britan's Got Talent nel 2009),How Great Thou Art, Who I Was Born To Be, Silent Night e You'll See. Quest'ultimo è un brano di Madonna, lo specifico perché sono suo fan e trovo fantastica sia la versione originale che questa nuova interpretazione.Non ho dato 5 stelle viste le condizioni in cui la custodia versava quando mi è stato consegnato il CD. Questo era contenuto in una busta imbottita, la solita in cui i CD vengono sempre spediti, pur essendo noto che queste non salvaguardano a dovere le custodie in plastica. Essa presenta delle evidenti lesioni per tutta la superficie della custodia, dovrò comprarne una nuova. Fortunatamente il CD è perfettamente integro.

The item was new and it arrived on time. Just as expected and needed. Very satisfactory. The only thing I fail to understand is why I had to pay twice the shipping to get two copies of the item.

Spedizione ottima. Ma il cd no. Audio pessimo custodia di plastica gia' rotta. Per fortuna non era un regalo... insoddistatta

Je vous en prie, faites taire vos préjugés et écoutez ce CD ! Cette voix superbe, maîtrisée, pleine de nuances et de délicatesse est un plaisir des sens que vous auriez bien tort de ne pas vous accorder. Le choix des chansons (à part peut-être ce Chrismas Carol pas très à sa place) est magnifiquement adapté à cette voix justement, mélange de lyrique, de Jazz, de Gospel et de tout un tas d'autres choses, c'est sublime. Dommage que les deux CD suivants, à mon avis, ne revèlent pas un aussi bon choix de titres.

I have had the CD on order for many months and two days ago it arrived. With anticipation I slipped it into the car stereo system and waited. It seemed to take forever to load but it was in fact a few seconds. Cue music!With a great deal of surprise I listened to the first CD release from the 'Britain's Got Talent' Superstar Susan Boyle. I had been expecting something remarkable, and I was not disappointed as she started to sing 'Wild Horses'.As you listen to the songs, you could be forgiven for thinking she is a long established professional like Lena Horne or Shirley Bassey. To think that this very ordinary (to some people a bit quirky) Scottish spinster of 48 who, according to the Press couldn't handle the pressure, has triumphed over her critics once again.It was no great surprise to me that this first album has been met with a storm of praise from her fans, and has set records for first day and first week sales.Looking at the effect the 'Hollywood' treatment has had on her appearance on the album sleeve photo's, I was immediately happy for her. Now, after a hairdo, a bit of makeup and a lovely dress, she looks every inch a star.When I looked at the song list I was a little surprised at some of the songs included. In particular, I thought at first the inclusion of 'Daydream Believer', an uptempo pop song from The Monkees (1967) may have been a mistake. I could not imagine Susan's voice being able to do it justice as a 'Pop' song. Thankfully when it started to play I realised I should not have worried. With a skillful musical arrangment, the song was delivered in a style that suited her voice, and she certainly didn't let anyone down.The same can be said for her rendition of the Carpenter's 'End of the World', so beautifully performed by Karen Carpenter so many years ago.There are also two songs with a religious theme on the album, namely; 'Amazing Grace' and 'How Great Thou Art'. Both were delivered with a professionalism that was astounding. In particular, I found Susan's rendition of 'How Great Thou Art' haunting to say the least. The use of studio techniques gave the impression she was singing in Westminster Cathedral, and the affect was electrifying.I also enjoyed 'You'll See' which if you listen to the words, seems to be a message for the cowardly Press who have dogged her every move, making up stories that later proved untrue.Although all of the songs were wonderful, for me the best was one she used to sing in the Working Men's Club in her hometown many years ago (See U-Tube); 'Cry Me A River'.After all the sniggers and outright laughter prior to her starting to sing on 'Britain's Got Talent', after all the back-stabbing typical of the British Press, I am glad she has shown her critics that she is a real star, well worthy of the title.Sing On Susan! Your audience is the world.

We knew her voice as incomparable; with her CD we know her as an incomparable interpreter - thanks to the way the selections allow her to sweep us from reality to dream and back again. "Wild Horses" - the powerful urgency of the words 'wild horses...' following the sense of helplessness Susan is able to conjure up softly, subtly. "I Dreamed..." in which her clarity and volume at the high notes achieves what we have to acknowledge over and over again: the incomparability of the premier female vocal artist of our time.What could follow two such riveting songs? A recording of one of the greatest torch songs of all time. Susan's "Cry Me a River" brings us back from the swelling magnitude of "Dream" to the reality of one person, one moment, and she wins us all over again with "plebian". It's all her song, killing them softly her way.So - from this moment, how can it continue? - One of the greatest songs of Christian brotherhood, in which Susan shows us there is no end to her interpretive skills or to the ability of her voice to become the beauty of the words. She - and, it has to be said, the arrangement and the choir - shows us what the song means, not only to her, but to us: humility.One wonders what can follow the insurpassable. But "You'll See" haunts. The sweeping orchestration, a few poignant notes from a guitar - and the compelling pace that comes really from Susan who alone has the truly beautiful voice necessary to lift us through the words to new height, while still, behind it, the soft conviction of her voice diminishing at moments to a hush.And then we are returned again to dream: "Daydream Believer" - "too slow" a self-purported critic has claimed. But isn't this the point where dream and reality merge? Where 'looking in on' is what most people - sadly, softly - do?"Up the Mountain" follows, mirroring the transition from #3 to #4, and reality again gives way to the dimension of belief overcoming pain. Certainly, Susan's interpretation makes us forget that this is merely an interpretation and not real life, real feeling. Or isn't this just the best of interpretation - real feeling?But now one wonders how this ends without a let-down. In four steps: 1) Gently. "Amazing Grace" recapitulates the humility sounded in #4, while recapturing as well her amazing ability for a capella - clear, rich, beautiful. 2) Softly. But taking the power with us of "Born to Be". 3) Tenderly. The understanding of simple aspiration to be loved for self, to make "proud." And, finally, 4) Signing off: to the simple, melancholy plucking of a guitar, Susan signs off from this one-of-a-kind journey between dream and reality, with 'end of the world.'What's left? The closest thing we know to a song of universal meaning - in what is easily one of its most moving renditions.No CD for the cynical.