The Best of Stars on Ice Volume 1
The Best of Stars on Ice Volume 1 Customer Review: sparkling entertainment
Scott Hamilton (Olympic Gold medalist in ‘84), always a terrific showman, is the perfect host for these selections from the “Stars on Ice” tour, and treats us also to two of his performances, starting with “Steppin Out” (sung by Tony Bennett), and Scott’s style and musicality are a joy to watch.
Kristi Yamaguchi (’92 Olympic Gold), with grace and beauty, follows with her lovely “Madam Butterfly”.
Britain’s Torvill and Dean (’84 Olympic Gold) perform my favorite selection, to the long version of the Dave Brubeck Quartet’s “Take 5″. The way they dance with the music is like as if they were a fifth instrument; it is glorious to watch, and pure artistry on ice.
Paul Wylie (’92 Olympic Silver) does a wonderful tribute to President Kennedy, to an excerpt from John Williams’ film score for “JFK”.
Two-time Olympic Gold winner (’84-’88) Katerina Witt dazzles with her self-assurance and winning smile with “Man of la Mancha” (sung by Linda Eder).
Four-time World champ Kurt Browning does “Antares” (music by The Tragically Hip), in what is the most technically complex piece on this tape, with very innovative choreography.
Gordeeva and Grinkov (’88-’94 Olympic Gold) are so romantic in Debussy’s “Reverie”. The love flows between them, and it is sad to note that Sergei Grinkov passed on in ‘95, at the age of 28.
Ekaterina continued in a solo career, and here does a piece to Gershwin’s “Three Preludes for Piano”. She is pretty and charming, but it is the perhaps the weakest selection on this tape.
Rosalynn Sumners (’84 Olympic Silver) is a true classic skating diva; strong, sensual and gorgeous, her performance of “Beautiful Goodbye” (sung by Amanda Marshall) is another favorite of mine.
Bechke and Petrov (’92 Olympic Silver) are delightful, in a piece to traditional music, but are a little upstaged by some of the other performances.
The great Brian Orser (2 time Olympic Silver) does “The Story of My Life” by Neil Diamond, in a moving tribute to his mother; an excellent performance to a marvelous song.
Kristi Yamaguchi returns to do a comedic jazzy piece, and Hamilton finishes with the funny “I Love Me”, as a lounge singer (sung by Larry Hart).
It is nice to see skaters perform sometimes without the pressure of a jury, and the constraints on the choreography that a competition demands; another good thing about this tape is the quality of the musical selections, which are very enjoyable. Skating aficionados will like all 54 minutes of this collection of “Stars on Ice”.
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