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Matti Caspi is a very talented musician and a great composer. He has composed many songs for the most famous Israeli singers. Matti Caspi is also a singer. To tell you the truth, I think that he writes beautiful songs but sings them poorly. You can fully discover his great composing talents when someone else sings his songs... Note that that is the case for many composers. For instance, in Israel, Naomi Shemer maybe considered as one of the greatest composers-lyricists, but boy, she can't sing!!! (still, she made several records that many critics found marvelous. Let me tell you something, either those critics were deaf or they did not bother listen to her records...:unpleasant and off key!) Still, Matti Caspi's singing is not nearly as bad as Naomi Shemer's, but it is not the best either. The major problem is that his voice is flat and a little boring because he always sings in the same tone. Not much emotion is shown unfortunately. For a long time, he was nicknamed: "the singer that never smiles"...Do we need to comment? To me, Matti Caspi has the same effect as an herbal tea: he makes me sleep... |
CHERISHED DREAMS. Hed Artzi. A very good compilation of the first musical years of Matti Caspi with Hed Artzi (he was to change record company in the late 80's). | |
SIDE 3 SIDE 4. Hed Artzi. To me, that's Matti Caspi's best recording. He sings some of the greatest hits that he originally wrote for other artists. Two thumbs up for this great album! Highly recommended! Highly recommended! | |
THE BEST OF MATTI CASPI AND EHUD MANOR. NMC. Another compilation of Matti Caspi's hits with his new record company, NMC. Personally, I prefer the Hed Artzi compilation because I find this disc a little boring except for a few very good songs. |