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Joshua Bell: At Home With Friends

by Congyun Zhou – Sentinel Secondary, West Vancouver BC Nov 3, 2009

3 stars

Too many friends, too little character.

Joshua Bell’s latest release is just like that background music one hears in a luxurious restaurant – hard to notice, easy to forget. Notwithstanding collaborations with renowned veterans in the music industry (Marvin Hamlisch, Edgar Meyer, Sting, to name a few), At Home With Friends fails to gratify one’s ears. Its slow lethargic tunes induce not awe or inspiration but soporific drowsiness, as evidently portrayed in songs such as I Loves You Porgy, Oblivion and Left Hand Song. Perhaps Bell should revert to solo plays if that’s where he can exhibit his adeptness in the instrument best.

Congyun's fave track: Para Ti

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