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| ARTIST: | William Selby, Anthony Newman, Alexander Reinagle, John Christopher Moller, Victor Pelissier, James Hewitt, William [composer] Brown, Benjamin Carr, Olivier Baumont |
| CATEGORY: | Music |
| MANUFACTURER: | Elektra |
| MEDIA: | Audio CD |
| TRACKS: | Voluntary VIII in A, Son III in D, Lee Rigg, A Scots Tune With 3 Vars And A Gig In A, Sinf in E flat, Three Hornpipes in B flat, C and G, Yankee Doodle With 9 Vars, Rondo III in G, Son VI in B flat: Spiritoso - Andantino, The Maid Of Lodi in G: Prld - Air And 4 Vars, The Battle Of Trenton: A Favorite Historical Son Dedicated To General Washington In D - Olivier Baumont/Matthew Kowles |
| UPC: | 685738580026 |
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Customer Reviews of Enlightenment in the New World: American Harpsichord Music
Very interesting and moving music [...] I enjoyed this disc very much. Although this music is not stellar in a Handelian/Mozartian way, it captures an interesting moment in Early American History...the quality of the music is admirable, charming and well performed. If you are a fan of baroque music and harpsichord music in particular, I would recommend this disc. I've always been interested in music that has fallen "between the cracks" of music history. Who cares if it is not "great music"....There is much delight to be had from it and you can easily see inspiration from better known European composers.
As for the Picture of the Twin Towers on the front of the disc (a happy accident)...I received this disc in the mail only one day after Sept. 11. The picture shows the towers in a very good light...almost mystical and very peaceful. This struck a very pleasant chord in my psyche..much the same way the music did.
nice playing, bad music
The title of this review says it all. This is excellent playing from a technical and musical standpoint, but nothing recorded on this disc is really worth hearing even a single time. CDs that focus on a single, unknown genre are asking for trouble, especially when that genre (in this case, 18th century American harpsichord music) is unknown for a perfectly good reason. There is too much great keyboard music to hear from that age to waste a second listening to this CD.