Search - Paul Mauriat :: World Love Sounds 1998 Edtion

Don't get me wrong, it's great but...

R. Romero | Somewhere in Canada | 01/11/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"uneven. As a fan of Mauriat from the old days (remember the "Le Grand..." albums from the early 60's?), one of the most important things for me was the *unity* of the 12 tracks in the record. It's not just throwing together the best of each record, one after the other. One thing is to listen to "Moulins de mon Coeur" sandwiched between "13 Jours en France" and "Jeux Interdits", and a totally different experience is to hear it in the middle of the "Grands Musiques de Film" original album. Also, I don't know what a wash-out like "Thriller" is doing there, no love sounds in it. How can they pull "Cathérine" away from Mauriat's album dedicated to the playful spirit of children, "Un Jour, Un Enfant"? It completely spoils the effect. And "Pobre Diablo" belongs in the latin athmosphere of "Aerosong", not between the winged "Pegase" and bits and pieces of "Exclusivamente Brazil" and "Brazilian Hits".Call me a purist, but something doesn't quite click in it for me. Release the complete albums, not just a few pieces here and there! [But it's Mauriat, after all: 4 stars, some of those melodies are still the best instrumental I've heard.]"

Paul mauriat - The master

Thai Hoang | USA | 10/07/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"There are a lot of Paul Mauriat 's cd have been released but this set is the best of the best because it is complete one . From this set , we can see the whole picture of his music world ."

An almost complete set

S. Chen | USA | 01/03/2002

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Paul Mauriat produced so many masterpieces that just one or two greatest hits CDs cannot sufficiently cover all. So if you like Mauriat music but are lazy in collecting all his master works from many of his albums, then this 5 CD box set can be essential to you. To me, it is.This box set contains some of my favorite tracks (besides those well known ones) that I couldn't find in many other Paul Mauriat CDs, such as Barsilia Carnaval, Siffier Sur La Colline, and Je T'aime Moi Non Plus. However, the set does not include the following tracks: Petit Oiseau Mecanique, Last Summer Day, Etude En Forme De Rhythm, Apres Toi, and Io Che Non Vivo, which are among my favorites hence are essential to me. For this reason, I personally call it an almost complete set. Nevertheless, this import CD set is well worth the relatively high price.On the other hand, if you are not an absolute fan and only want to buy a single greatest hits CD, then try Retrospective or Digital Best."