Jim Brickman -- Piano Anthology (Special Edition): Piano Solo & Piano/Vocal (New Age)

Very stimulating work. The songs beginning from "Angel Eyes" to the last "Three Blind Mice" are so playable and memorable.If you want to have an impression of how each music would sound BEFORE or AFTER you play them, go to YouTube.Example:the song "DESTINY" in piano. Go to Google or whatever Search Bar and type: Destiny,Brickman,Piano YouTube. Then you will SEE and HEAR different interpretations of that music. It also helps you learn quickly to play the music on the piano because you would have the "image" of how it sounds when played by someone else.Do you know PRECISELY or EXACTLY how you sound when you play something in the piano WITHOUT being videotaped by someone or being taped by a recorder? By analogy,you wouldn't know exactly how your own voice sounds unless you hear it your tape recorder or video movie. This is how I found out that the songs in this piano anthology is worth the effort to play and memorize them.It may also give you an idea of how to "add" a little of your own to the music.There are times when you look at the sheet music, play a few bars or even the whole thing and then decide it may not be appealing to you.But when you hear it in YouTube,you may change your mind and say, " Hey, that's not as bad as I thought. I think I will include this in my repertoire." Try this approach if you have not been doing it yet. Just go to YouTube. You can access virtually ANY kind of music,classic,pop,rock,new age,Latin,ragtime, march,hip hop,etc,etc. You will also definitely be amazed to see and hear kids as young as 6 yrs old playing extremely and technically difficult music and say "wow!Why I gave this work only 4 stars? Just a tecnical reason. Because I wish the printed music notation were a little larger and amazingly more "comfortable" to read like those of Dan Coates' arrangements.

This is my second copy of this. The first one broke down with usage and lending to other people. Pages got lost and I finally just had to replace. Love Jim Brickman's work, but this is my favorite stuff. Music not so difficult, but sounds wonderful. The editing is seems to be done by someone who plays keyboards...page turns are generally very telling. Couple of questionable notes that I still wonder about ( correct? Like an A2 where a C2 makes a great deal more sense and sounds better.) I'll try to take better care of this copy. Lost pages are a pain!

I love his music . It will take some practice to master as I have not taken piano lessons except for 6 months

Exactly what we wanted,... arrangements that sound like the original Brickman compositions!! A challenge to play, but very pleased with the results!

It's great book! All pieces have beautiful melodies and make me feel happy. I'm impressed to these songs, and I would enjoy them till I memorize all of them.

My wife loves it. We both enjoy listening to his music and she enjoys playing it.

Great selections. I can't play them yet, but my granddaughter sure can!

Lots of good stuff to play in this book. Sparked my interest in playing more and going to hear him in person.

Some tuneful melodies about grade 5 piano. Useful and nice to play and hear. Happy days - thank you.

Man bekommt hier die Noten zu 25 Stücken von Jim Brickman, und ich hatte gehofft, dass mich das Buch bei dem Umfang lange Zeit unterhält. Die Melodien sind ganz nett und ich könnte mir vorstellen, dass jemand mit zwei oder drei Jahren Klaviererfahrung seinen Spaß damit hat. Ich spiele allerdings schon längere Zeit Klavier und konnte die Stücke ohne Anstrengung alle vom Blatt spielen - habe mich dementsprechend schnell gelangweilt und das Notenbuch steht eigentlich nur noch im Regal. Wer Noten für das New Age Piano sucht, die anspruchsvoller sind, wäre mit George Winston wahrscheinlich besser bedient.