Within | 
 enlarge | Artist: William Joseph
Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  77 reviews
Sales Rank: 9343
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.5
MPN: 48701
UPC: 093624870128
EAN: 0093624870128
ASIN: B0002IQDA6
Release Date: August 10, 2004
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Within - William Joseph, Joseph, William | | • | Eternal - William Joseph, Chopin, Frederic | | • | Stella's Theme - William Joseph, Foster, David | | • | Butterflies and Hurricanes - William Joseph, Bellamy, Matt | | • | Ave Maria - William Joseph, Bach, Johann Sebast | | • | Kashmir - William Joseph, Bonham, John | | • | Homeward Bound - William Joseph, Keen, Marta | | • | Piano Fantasy - William Joseph, Joseph, William | | • | Se Si Perde un Amore - William Joseph, Marinangeli, Marco | | • | Dust in the Wind - William Joseph, Livgren, Kerry | | • | Grace - William Joseph, Foster, David |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com
The pop charts were once regularly haunted by the melodramatic musings of pianists like Liberace, Ferrante and Teicher and Roger Williams, a sensibility that eventually gave way to the more New Age-y affectations of George Winston and his fellow Wave-format-friendly ivory ticklers. But if producer David Foster has his way, young Phoenix native William Joseph will do for instrumental piano music what the Foster-mentored Josh Groban, Michal Buble and Renee Olstead have done for classical crossover and crooner revivalism. Joseph is blessed with a forceful technique and an ear for drama (he composed the theme for his hometown NHL Phoenix Coyotes when just a teen) that recalls Williams in his prime, and approaches his material with a kitsch-be-damned, crowd-pleasing verve that occasionally invokes 1970s' prog-rock excesses (the artist's own title track and "Piano Fantasy") without apology. Bolstered by Foster's usual back-row-of -the-balcony production sensibility, Joseph tackles everything from the classics ("Ave Maria," "Eternal"'s reworking of Chopin) to Led Zeppelin (a version of "Kashmir" that's as over-the-top as the original), Kansas (vocalist Garou guests on the bathos-drenched "Dust in the Wind") and even Muse ("Butterflies and Hurricanes" as MOR melodrama) with supreme confidence, if considerably less subtlety. --Jerry McCulley
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| Customer Reviews:
 Surprised at the high reviews December 27, 2008
Todd W
I was terribly bored by this CD. The Foster-esque production and same pop-style songs wore very quickly.
A Great CD - William Joseph's WITHIN December 16, 2008
Sandyc (Texas, USA)
William Joseph is an exceptional pianist! I loved his "Beyond" album, and his "Within" ablum just as much.
William Joseph--Within September 9, 2008
Ellen K. Artale
I have his "Beyond" CD as well and have sen him perform on TV--absolutely wonderful--don't know how his fingers can go so quickly--and I play the piano.
Gorgeous tones September 7, 2008
S. Kay Murphy (Mt. Baldy, CA USA)
I was privileged to hear William Joseph play at a Josh Groban concert and, like others, became an immediate fan of his lilting notes and compelling arrangments. I ordered this CD the same night of the concert, as soon as I returned home, and it has never disappointed. When I have a particularly stressful day, I toss it in the CD player and listen as I drive home. It brings me back to my realization of the world as a beautiful place. Buy it.
10 Stars September 6, 2008
J. Liebhard (Germany)
I use this cd, to relax my mind. Nearing 40, & in college for the first time. You do what you can, to make all your dreams come true. It is my favorite cd. And I do wish him, all the luck in the world~! I first heard Wiiliam Joseph, on Oprah~! It was worth every penny. I would love, to see him, go on tour. And don't forget the USO, for our troops~!
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