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| You've Stolen My Heart: Songs from R.D. Burman's Bollywood | 
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| Artists: Kronos Quartet, Asha Bhosle
Label: Nonesuch Records
Category: Music
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (9 reviews)
Sales Rank: 17491
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 075597985627
EAN: 0075597985627
ASIN: B0009X1PAM
Release Date: August 23, 2005
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 Oh my! October 21, 2005
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
What a wildly salacious turn of music from the dynamic Kronos Quartet! Just when I thought I had them pigeonholed (lazy thinking on my part) they come up with something like this which radically rearranges my conception of what I previously thought they were capable of. Kudos! 5 stars.
You've Stolen My Kronos September 20, 2005
86 out of 87 found this review helpful
This is a strange production: the famous string quartet's take on R.D. Burman's music left me rather confused at first. But I do like it more and more as I keep discovering very interesting nuances in the musical fabric.
My introduction to Kronos was through the violent soundtrack to Requiem for a Dream, and I was hoping for something radical here, a jazzy classical Bollywood fusion, but they almost disappear in the mix. The first question may be "Where's Kronos?"
I have been listening to Bollywood soundtracks for years; it's not easy getting these CDs in India, with 100 plus new movies out every month, anything older than a year is hard to find, and they are still relying on tape a lot, but thanks to wonders of technology leapfrogging, you can buy CDs of mp3 tracks, as did on my recent trips. Now my Bollywood playlist has hundreds of songs, from good ol' Kishore Kumar to all the latest flicks, and this Kronos outing would blend in there just fine.
And that's the problem- some tracks on this CD sound just like the originals, especiallly Dum Maro Dum. But there are some enhancements, too subtle to pick up at first: strange sound of the instruments, old fashion keyboards adding surreal touch, dissonances and weird sounds- elephants, occasional laughter, and a wicked James Bond thing in Saiyan Re Saiyan, plus that woozy feel of string quartet gone native.
Asha Bhosle's voice is as good as ever- her and her sister, the great Lata Mangeshkar are like Placido Domingos of the Indian music, and will only retire when they are 120 years old. And I really loved the subdued, instrumental Mehbooba Mehbooba- if you know the raunchy original version, from the Sholay movie soundtrack, it's something new and different.
In essence, Kronos have stripped these compositions, leaving the skeleton and adding their own subtle colors. Nothing radical- but it is a gentle, tickling listening pleasure...
Once you have ingested a whole lot of mainstream Bollywood songs and yearn for something new and interesting, you should get A.R. Rahman's Dil Se soundtrack and start exploring the brave new world of remixes, but if this music is new 4U, Stolen Heart will serve as a great Bollywood appetizer, and a very tasty Kronos dish, all at once.
A real Tribute to the legend! September 15, 2005
8 out of 20 found this review helpful
i was anxious to find about the album and ever since could'nt wait to put my hands on. Truly a great way, very innovative violin pieces put together to tribute the LEGEND. Being an Indian take equal pride in celebrating the moment to honor the all time legend R.D. BURMAN. He's all time great and no doubt an insitution of music.
Great! Even Better Than NUEVO August 26, 2005
5 out of 40 found this review helpful
KRONOS QUARTET CAN DO ANYTHING and they did it Superbly here.
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