Congratulations to our winner…Donna Brown!

I love being part of the One2One Network, and my latest perk was receiving a free copy of the new Joshua Bell CD, At Home With Friends, which was released on September 29th.

I completely admit that I had never heard of Joshua Bell before receiving the CD. The title is beyond cheesy, but I decided to look past that and give it a listen since it features Regina Spektor and a slew of other people that I have heard of.

• I Loves You Porgy featuring Chris Botti, trumpet
• Come Again featuring Sting, vocals
• Oblivion featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
• Cinema Paradiso featuring Josh Groban, vocals
• Para Tí featuring Tiempo Libre, various
• My Funny Valentine featuring Kristin Chenoweth, vocals
• Maybe So featuring Edgar Meyer Sam Bush and Mike Marshall, strings
• Grieg: Sonata No. 3 featuring Sergei Rachmaninoff (Zenph re-performance)
• Eleanor Rigby featuring Frankie Moreno, piano & vocals
• O, Cease Thy Maiden Fair featuring Nathan Gunn, baritone
• Il Postino featuring Carel Kraayenhof, bandoneon
• Left Hand Song featuring Regina Spektor, piano & vocals
• Chovendo Na Roseira featuring Dave Grusin, piano
• Look Away featuring Edgar Meyer, bass and Chris Thile, mandolin
• Variant Moods: Duet for Sitar & Violin featuring Anoushka Shankar, sitar
• I’ll Take Manhattan featuring Marvin Hamlisch, piano
• Left Hand featuring Regina Spektor, vocals

While the violin is numbingly relaxing and Joshua Bell obviously has more talent in his little…finger (yes – I was dying to say something off color but thought better of it) than I have in my entire being, the Regina Spektor songs are totally the highlight of the album. They are the only songs with some umph and personality and the only ones I added to my iPod.

But don’t take my word for it, because Lord knows my opinion doesn’t typically represent the masses – leave a comment below and I’ll pick one winner to receive a copy of Joshua Bell’s new album, At Home With Friends!

The fine print… Entries will be accepted until midnight, Thursday, October 15th. One winner will be chosen at random and announced on Friday, October 16th. Winner will be contacted by email and/or Twitter and will have 48 hours to respond. Please use your real first name and a valid email address when entering. I am not responsible for incorrect contact information. Prize will be shipped directly from sponsor. Good luck!

Special thank you to One2One Network for allowing me to review At Home With Friends!