Customer Review: Kathy Stott is one of the better British pianists and she has recorded many CDs for EMI and Chandos over the years. The notion of recording a CD of piano music that is based on dance is a clever one. Most of the pieces recorded here are rather slight, but none the less delightful for that. There are... more info
Customer Review: The tracks on this recording vary from exuberant latin-american jazz - like 'Beyond The Mirage'- to more introspective music like 'The Grand Passion'. 'Northern Lights'is very sensitive as well, it makes you a little bit melancholic. Between all the noisy dance-music we have nowadays, 'Nylon &... more info
Customer Review: This is an amazing collection of songs, all performed with such skill that even my 8-year-old son likes this CD. Brahms and Beatles, Mozart and Ellington, there is something here for everyone. And thank you, thank you, thank you for "Bassoonist's Holiday."
Customer Review: marvelous music played with a light, deft touch that left me wanting to hear more, especially Charbier, Albeniz, Gottschalk. Surprised to hear tangos by both Satie and Stravinsky.
Customer Review: my cds were standard recording quality an overall good selection. It is sometimes hard to jump from different composers, but the cds flow well overall, an excellent way to catch a masterpiece you might have missed.
Customer Review: Along with Rifkin's indispensable recordings of Scott Joplin's rags, this CD belongs in the collection of anyone with more than a passing interest in ragtime. For those who may be unfamiliar with Rifkin, let me quickly mention that this is NOT honky-tonk ragtime! If you're looking for an out-of-tune... more info
Customer Review: These offerings of Stravinksy portray his interest in exploring Neoclassical clarity and notation in these wind and keyboard offerings.
I truly enjoyed the Octet, with its nice double bassoon work and nice texture.
This style of compostion obviously is foreign to many lay listeners' ears, as... more info
Customer Review: This is the reissue of a recording made in 1989 and first released in 1991 by Musicmasters. See my lengthy review under the original release (Continuum Performs Nancarrow). It is an essential addition to our knowledge and understanding of Nancarrow, as it documents most of the (very few) pieces he... more info
Customer Review: Pianist Iara Behs writes in the booklet that, until a few years ago, no serious pianist would dare to include Nazareth in their repertoire but that she never met anyone who did not like his music. To me he sounds like a Brazilian Chopin. Although Nazareth's music frequently sounds carefree, this... more info
