REVIEWS
1. by Ted Cox for the New Age Retailer
"For more than a decade, Suzanne Ciani has been performing and recording around the world, first with Private Music and now on her own Seventh Wave label. Her latest and 11th album is her first studio recording in five years and features her harmonious piano and keyboard melodies wrapped in the instrumentation of The Wave ensemble. Notable guests Paul McCandless (oboe, horn), Teja Bell (guitar), Michael Manring (bass), Steve Kindler (violin), and Matt Eackle (flute) share the spotlight on this gathering of a dozen sparkling compositions.
Vocalist Chyi-yu leads off with the sole vocal piece, an Enyaesque plea for a lover to return, reprised instrumentally later in the set. Flute and horn duets serenade listeners sweetly through "Ocean Avenue," while "I Believe in Love" and "Soaring" are rhapsodized by flutes and oboes. "Midnight Rendezvous" bends the genres between New Age -classical and smooth jazz when Ciani's piano and synths meld with cello and sensual sax. Beautifully balanced and conceived by Ciani and the array of longtime Windham Hill stars joining her, this new project is the result of two years spent traveling, performing, and composing. Turning should be another winner for the Grammy-nominated Ciani."
2. by Peggy Randall at Napra
"Turning by Suzanne Ciani, Seventh Wave, dist. by Allegro, 800/288-2007, sevwave@aol.com. The ever-popular Ciani has created an eleventh album of charmingly feminine piano-based melodies - her first all-new album since 1995's Grammy-nominated Dream Suite. Track one features the lovely voice of Chyi-yu singing a lyrical love song, while the rest of the selections - 12 in all - showcase the voice of the artist's Yamaha baby grand. Surrounded by such distinguished instrumentation as Steven Kindler's violin, Joseph Hebert's cello, Matt Eakle's flute, and the venerable Paul McCandless' oboe and English horn, Ciani delivers a rich and evocative stream of lovely and loving melodies.
This beautifully produced release with its girly-pretty cover art should sell like Seven-Up in a sandstorm with in-store play or on-counter display."
TURNING - Lyrics and Music by Suzanne Ciani
Tell me you love me
Tell me that you're mine again
Tell me you won't turn away
Turn like the seasons
Turn back to me once again
Circling all the way
Once you were my blue eyed prince
Waking love from an endless sleep
You made all of my wishes come true
Turning all of my dreams into you
Turning and swirling and whirling 'round you again
Twirling and curling 'round you
Turning and burning and yearning for you again
All my life with you
But lately I'm losing sleep
Someone else is in your eyes
Won't you turn back to me my love
Won't you stop telling me lies
Turning and swirling and whirling 'round me again
Twirling and curling 'round me
Turning and burning and yearning for me again
All my life with you
It is a chance, a romance
It's a dance we do
Turning in circles we go
Turn like the seasons
Turn back to me once again
Never let me go
Tell me you love me
Tell me that you're mine again
Tell me you won't turn away
Turn like the seasons
Turn back to me once again
Circling all the way
Turning and swirling and whirling 'round you again
Twirling and curling 'round you
Turning and burning and yearning for you again
All my life with you
Turning and swirling and whirling 'round me again
Twirling and curling 'round me
Turning and burning and yearning for me again
All my life with you
Music and Lyrics by Suzanne Ciani
Copyright 1999 © Musica International
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