"I own the "Varekai" DVD and love everything about it...especially the music. This is NOT the same music that is on the DVD. Some tracks are similar, but not even the performers are the same. To get the true soundtrack to the DVD, you have to order it directly from Cirque. I like this CD, but it is not what I thought I was ordering."
Not as advertised
Ben T. | San Jose, CA | 10/25/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This is music, vocals from the show. It is the people who sing it during the show, it is NOT, however, all the music you'll see while watching the show. If what you're looking for is a simple soundtrack of the identical music you heard during the show THIS IS NOT IT.
The vocals are pretty and I'd even say that this may be worth getting if you love the show. But know what you're getting."
This is NOT the music from the show!!!
Matthew B. Boorstin | Atlanta, GA | 04/05/2005
(1 out of 5 stars)
"This is an absolutely ridiculous concept album posing as the soundtrack to a wonderful Cirque show. This album takes the passion and joy of the show and turns it into a solemn art-house experiment that would be at home at some coffee shop with a depressed loner reciting poetry on open mike night.
I'm serious... there's a wonderfully elegaic violin (or maybe a viola, I can't remember) solo that opens the show that is beautiful and full of passion, and here it's transformed into the sound of rain and some guy saying "falling" a lot. And there's another sequence that turns the Cirque stage into a vibrant abstraction of undersea creatures, with equally vibrant music to match the visuals, but I'd be hard pressed to find the track that is supposed to represent that act on this cd.
Violaine Corradi is obviously capable of some inhumanly beautiful music, but this cd was handed over to someone named Nitin Sawhney, who wrote the most pretentious liner notes I've ever read, and I suspect the failure of this album falls in this person's lap.
I do NOT recommend this album..."
Quite awesome
Mairsil | Sylmar, CA USA | 01/16/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"The music included on this CD, while not all of which is from the actual show, is very chilling, haunting, and just evokes something inside of you.
If you're looking for the music straight from the show, this isn't what you want. But, if you want something along the lines of what the music in the show had, you might be interested in this.
Overall, this is a great CD, even though it is quite different from what the show offers."
An inspirational CD not to be passed up
Michelle S. | 03/11/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I'm a huge fan of Cirque Du Soleil and Varekai. I went to the show on Jan. 27th, 2005, traveling over 600 mi. just to see it, and I plan on traveling even farther in 2006 to see Varekai's last stop in the US. That's how good this show is. And one of the best parts of Varekai is the music. It's grouped into the category of New Age, but I don't think any Cirque soundtrack can be grouped into any one category. Cirque really is a category of it's own, music AND show. I bought the special edition of the soundtrack at the show (this CD with and extra CD and DVD included) and, just judging on this CD, I thought it was amazing. It's not the same music as in the show, but without judging it by that, alone it's amazingly beautiful, unique, and inspiring music.
My personal favorites are Vocea, Lubia Dobarstan, El Pendulo, and Kero Hireyo. I listen to it every day, and every time I'm taken back to those breathtaking memories at the Grand Chapiteau. I'm going to try out for Cirque as a singer sometime in the future and this soundtrack and show are my inspiration. I urge you get this if you've seen and enjoy Varekai, or just like Cirque in general. You won't be disappointed. :)"