After a string of vocal collaborations, Jim Brickman returned to solo instrumentals (the style that earned him a place in the upper echelon of new age/classical crossover artists) for 2009's Beautiful World.
Inspired by the universal concepts of music and friendship, Beautiful World subsists primarily on Brickman's soft, melodic piano cues, but guest appearances from Jon Secada, Orla Fallon, Melinda Doolittle, and Mark Masri help to expand Brickman's simplistic yet effective pieces into expansive, atmospheric tone poems that will please newcomers and longtime fans alike.
[The CD was also released with five bonus tracks.].