Rumanian Folk Music

Track Listings

 
1. Djamparalele
2. With Rhythm
3. Anvartita of Birtzelui
4. Bressa
5. Dojna
6. Brautch
7. Batuta
8. Sarba
9. Wedding Danse
10. Russjaska
11. Sarba
12. Ardemana from Shimbock
13. Banat Game for Two
14. Horo from Maramuresh
15. Na Pojas-Dance for Two
16. Jolly Dance With Taragot
17. Hauegana
18. Oltjansko Horo
19. Ot Horodnik
20. Svatbenata
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Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Hungarian Peasant Songs; Rumanian Folk Dances
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A less horrific Miraculous Mandarin, along with many energetic dances
  • Savage Mandarin, Delightful Dances
  • Definitive "Miraculous Mandarin" and Other Great Bartok
  • Some Rarely Recorded Bartok and a Great Mandarin
  • Superb perfomances of rare Bartok and a great ballet
 Bartók: The Miraculous Mandarin; Hungarian Peasant Songs; Rumanian Folk Dances

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  1. Zoltán Kodály: Háry János Suite / Dances of Galánta & Marosszék / Children's Choruses - Iván Fischer / Budapest Festival Orchestra
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  3. Bartók: Concerto for Orchestra; Music for Strings, Percussion and Celesta; Hungarian Sketches
  4. Bartok: Complete Solo Piano Music
  5. Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsodies

ASIN: B0000060AV
Release Date: 1998-10-20

Tracks:

  1. Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 100, BB 107: Ballad
  2. Hungarian Peasant Songs, Sz. 100, BB 107: Hungarian Peasant Dances
  3. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, BB 103: 1. An Evening At The Villlage
  4. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, BB 103: 2. Bear Dance
  5. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, BB 103: 3. Melody
  6. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, BB 103: 4. Slightly Tipsy
  7. Hungarian Sketches, Sz. 97, BB 103: 5. Swineherd's Dance
  8. Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76: 1. Stick Dance (From Mezoszabad)
  9. Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76: 2. Sash Dance (From Egres)
  10. Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76: 3. In One Spot (From Egres)
  11. Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76: 4. Horn Dance (From Bisztra)
  12. Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76: 5. Roumanian Polka (From Belenyes)
  13. Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76: 6. Fast Dance (From Belenyes)
  14. Roumanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76: 7. Fast Dance (From Nyagra)
  15. Dances Of Transylvania, Sz. 96, BB 102B: 1. Allegretto
  16. Dances Of Transylvania, Sz. 96, BB 102B: 2. Moderato
  17. Dances Of Transylvania, Sz. 96, BB 102B: 3. Allegro vivace
  18. Roumanian Dance, Sz. 47a, BB 61
  19. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Allegro
  20. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Moderato (First Decoy Game)
  21. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: (Second Decoy Game)
  22. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Sostenuto (Third Decoy Game)
  23. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Maestoso
  24. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Allegro
  25. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Sempre vivo
  26. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Adagio
  27. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Agitato
  28. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Molto moderato
  29. The Miraculous Mandarin, Op. 19, Sz. 73, BB 82: Piu mosso

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A less horrific Miraculous Mandarin, along with many energetic dances.......2006-07-05

This CD contains a set of short Hungarian songs, but everything else is about the dance. Bartok was not just a collector of folk songs with Kodaly but an expert in dance traditions throughout the Balkans. He extended his curiosity into the Arab world of North Africa, as one can hear in the popular Dance Suite. Here we get 16 lesser-known dance collections from Romania, Transylvania, and Hungary, Mostly quite brief, they build from a fascinating palette of rhythms, each more exotically syncopated than the last. Fischer and his Budapest orchestra perform them with complete ease and native flavor.

Even without the fillers, however, the main work is superbly done. The Miraculous Mandarin ballet has been called Bartok's response to Stravinsky's Rite of Spring. But superficial resemblances aside in terms of motor rhythms and dissonant harmonies, the Mandarin is a more shocking, horrific scenario, featuring sexual craving, torture, despair, and a suicide by hanging. Most condcutors set out to maximize the shock value of this often barbaric-sounding music, but Fischer is comparatively less aggressive. He loosens the tension a notch, letting the rhythms become more lilting--even comic in their macabre way--and asking the woodwinds to sing as much as screech. As a result, we don't feel quite so assaulted, and for me that led to more enjoyment. He is aided by exceptionally clear, natural sonics from Philips that convey the music with wonderful impact.

5 out of 5 stars Savage Mandarin, Delightful Dances.......2006-01-27

I bought this recording based on hearings of some of Fischer's other recordings, primarily for the Miraculous Mandarin. I was not disappointed, but I was delightfully surprised at how much I enjoyed the other works which I had not heard previously. The recording quality and playing are first-rate, and Fischer's interpretation of the music is superb, easily the equal of Boulez and Dorati. I would recommend this version of the Mandarin as my first choice for someone seeking a recording of it.

5 out of 5 stars Definitive "Miraculous Mandarin" and Other Great Bartok.......2001-05-02

Having just heard this recording in its entirety, I'm not surprised that Ivan Fischer is a sought after guest conductor for some of the world's great orchestras, such as the New York Philharmonic. Here he conducts Bartok with much warmth and compassion. I thought Abbado's version of "Miraculous Mandarin" was superb until I heard Fischer's. Although the Budapest Festival Orchestra's level of playing isn't as refined as either the London Symphony Orchestra's or Berlin Philharmonic's, they perform Bartok's music with tremendous energy and compassion. It's a pleasure hearing rarely performed Bartok in conjunction with the entire score of "Miraculous Mandarin". If you want a first-rate introduction to Bartok's orchestral music, you should definitely acquire this fine CD.

5 out of 5 stars Some Rarely Recorded Bartok and a Great Mandarin.......2001-01-06

Ivan Fischer is a Bartok expert in the tradition of Sir Georg Solti, Fritz Reiner and Antal Dorati. Like the former conductors, he has insights into the music of his countrymen that give his performances the force of authority. The recording of the Miraculous Mandarin was the initial offering by Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra and has been followed up with other equally significant recordings of Bartok and Kodaly.

With this recording, Fischer has given us some Bartok that is not recorded with much frequency, particularly the Hungarian Peasant Songs and the Dances of Transylvania. These short orchestral works were inspired from Bartok's folk song collecting trips. They are central to Bartok's development as a composer, and we are lucky that so many of these short pieces have been collected here.

The recording of the Miraculous Mandarin is superbly done, bringing out the hard edge of this ballet about a group of thugs who force a woman to lure their victims to them. Bartok found the scenario for this work printed in a magazine. The music has a hard edge to it, a gritty depiction of the events of the ballet. Bartok makes effective use of the orchestra in the hesitation of the girl, at first, to seduce men to be robbed. The mandarin's appearance, his pursuit of the girl and his eerie death are given force by the dissonant themes Bartok juxtaposes.

Ivan Fischer gives the score a great reading that will be almost impossible to beat. Even if you already have a copy of the Miraculous Mandarin you will also want to own this one.

5 out of 5 stars Superb perfomances of rare Bartok and a great ballet.......2000-04-01

This Bartok album from conductor Ivan Fischer and the Budapest Festival Orchestra is a real treat. It brings wonderful performances of Bartok not often recorded...even Boulez hasn't recorded some of these pieces in his Bartok survery.

In addition to the colorfully, zesty performances of these rare Bartok gems, this dics has (to my mind) the best performance of the Complete Mircaculous Mandarin Ballet out on CD. The orchestra and conduct go for color and refinement rather than sheer power. The opening bristles with excitement, and the chase shows the orchestra in fine form at a tempo that is daringly fast. In this case it works. It is clear that conductor and orchestra are very much home in these works of Bartok. For a complete Mandarin I would say that this is now first choice...even over the excellant Boulez version for DG. The playing in this ballet is some of the best I've heard (only the Berlin Philharmonic in their recording of the suite...not complete ballet...plays better).

Perhaps until the BPO makes a complete recording with Abbado or Rattle...this is the Mandarin to get I would say.

Strong recommendation.
Rumanian Folk Music
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    		Rumanian Folk Music
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Sounds of the World
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    ASIN: B00003IR6Q
    Release Date: 1999-11-11

    Tracks:

    1. Djamparalele
    2. With Rhythm
    3. Anvartita of Birtzelui
    4. Bressa
    5. Dojna
    6. Brautch
    7. Batuta
    8. Sarba
    9. Wedding Danse
    10. Russjaska
    11. Sarba
    12. Ardemana from Shimbock
    13. Banat Game for Two
    14. Horo from Maramuresh
    15. Na Pojas-Dance for Two
    16. Jolly Dance With Taragot
    17. Hauegana
    18. Oltjansko Horo
    19. Ot Horodnik
    20. Svatbenata
    21. Horo
    22. Sorokul from Timosha
    23. Tzerenjaska
    24. Romanian Folk Game from Muntenja
    25. Oltjanski Kelush
    26. Na Kaval

    Album Details

    Part of Sounds of the World Series.
    Bela Bartok / Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta Sz 106 , Rumanian Folk Dances Sz 68 / Moshe Atzmon / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (Denon)
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      		Bela Bartok / Music for Strings Percussion and Celesta Sz 106 , Rumanian Folk Dances Sz 68 / Moshe Atzmon / Tokyo Metropolitan Symphony Orchestra (Denon)

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      ASIN: B000NTCIOY

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      Along Gypsy Trails
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        		Along Gypsy Trails

        Manufacturer: Doremi Records
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        Release Date: 2006-08-08

        Tracks:

        1. Intro & Hungaria - Blain Mathe
        2. Memories Of Buda - Blain Mathe
        3. Countess Maritza: Sing Gypsy, Play Gypsy - Susanne Laszlo
        4. Folk Song-Dance - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        5. Folk Song-Dance - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        6. Folk Song-Dance - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        7. It Was In Maytime - Leopoldine Tischler
        8. Agnes - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        9. Ti-La-La - Leopoldine Tischler
        10. A Country Dance - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        11. The Spinners - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        12. Now I Go To The Well - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        13. Secret Love - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        14. Must I Then - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        15. Dear Little Grandmother - Leopoldine Tischler
        16. The Three Rascals - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        17. Good Evening - The Scandinavian Male Qt
        18. A Medley Of Five Traditional Swedish Airs - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        19. As The Star - The Scandinavian Male Qt
        20. Romance in G, Op.26 - Blain Mathe
        21. Pole On The Hill - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        22. Go Fetch The Water - The Scandinavian Male Qt
        23. An Old Folk Tune - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        24. The Heart Of The Bullfighter - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        25. Andalucia - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        26. A Shabies - Isabela Alonso
        27. Randena Malaguena - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        28. Ballade To A Bullfight - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        29. Maravilla - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        30. Eyes Of Turquoise Blue - Isabela Alonso
        31. Tarantella - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        32. Neapolitan Ser - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        33. War Dance - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        34. Lament - Isabela Alonso

        Tracks:

        1. Tamed (Samba) - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        2. Ranchera (Polka) - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        3. La Pampa (Tango) - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        4. Rodrigues Pena (Tango) - Leon Zuckert/CBC Orch
        5. Pieza Melancolica - Ofra Harnoy/Patricia Parr
        6. How Sweet (Russian Romance) - Irene Andrian
        7. The Quetico Ste: Exc - Toronto Sym/Walter Susskind
        8. Impressions Of Tenerife: Trip To Santa Cruz - Orch Sym De Tenerife/Armando Alfonso
        9. Impressions Of Tenerife: Shepherd's Sadness - Rivka Golani/Patricia Parr
        10. The Three Brave Snowflakes: Exc - Suzanne Shulman/Joseph Peleg/Valery Tryon
        11. Doina (Romanian Fant) - Nat Shevchenko Orch/Alexander Veprinsky
        12. In The Gleam Of Northern Lights: La Fete Au Sucre - Nat Shevchenko Chor/Andrew Markow
        13. Arabesca - Robert Feuerstein
        14. Indian Lullaby - Anya Sharon/Patricia Parr
        15. N'ilah - Ofra Harnoy
        16. Gypsy Air - Sophia Romanko
        17. Dance Tzigane - 'Pedro'

        Album Description

        Composer/conductor León Zuckert was well known across the U.S. and Canada in the 1930s and 1940s through his long-running weekly radio broadcasts. This set offers highlights from his show, and performances of his compositions by various famous artists.
        Rumanian Folk Music
        Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
        • 26 excellent tracks
        		 Rumanian Folk Music
        Various Artists
        Manufacturer: Sounds of the World
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

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        ASIN: B000002XUU
        Release Date: 1997-01-21

        Tracks:

        1. Djamparalele
        2. With Rhythm
        3. Anvartita of Birtzelui
        4. Bressa
        5. Dojna
        6. Brautch
        7. Batuta
        8. Sarba
        9. Wedding Danse
        10. Russjaska
        11. Sarba
        12. Ardemana from Shimbock
        13. Banat Game for Two
        14. Horo from Maramuresh
        15. Na Pojas-Dance for Two
        16. Jolly Dance With Taragot
        17. Hauegana
        18. Oltjansko Horo
        19. Ot Horodnik
        20. Svatbenata
        21. Horo
        22. Sorokul from Timosha
        23. Tzerenjaska
        24. Romanian Folk Game from Muntenja
        25. Oltjanski Kelush
        26. Na Kaval

        Customer Reviews:

        5 out of 5 stars 26 excellent tracks.......2003-08-13

        I heartily recommend this album. It has 26 short but very beautiful tracks. It's one of the best Romanian folk recordings I've got. Good variety as well.
        Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz.107/44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz.98
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          		Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz.107/44 Duos for 2 Violins, Sz.98

          Manufacturer: Hungaroton
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          ASIN: B00000308I
          Release Date: 1994-04-18

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          Complete recordings of Mikrokosmos are relatively common these days, but aside from guiding students I wonder what purpose they serve. This is a series of piano study pieces starting at the most basic level, and the music with genuine listening interest really begins only with Book 3 (of 6). Similarly the duets are mostly teaching pieces, and though they make for good listening in small groups, the entire series becomes tiresome. Bartók wrote magnificent music, and the later books of Mikrokosmos are filled with superb little pieces. But though the performances in this set are all excellent, not much of the music is basic Bartók. --Leslie Gerber
          Traditional Rumanian Folk Songs
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            		Traditional Rumanian Folk Songs
            Various Artists
            Manufacturer: Studio Sm
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            ASIN: B000004A82
            Release Date: 1996-01-30

            Tracks:

            1. Buna Dimineta La Mos Ajun
            2. O Ce Veste Minunata!
            3. Colo-n Sus
            4. Trei Pastorei
            5. In Orasul Bethleem
            6. Linu-i Lin
            7. Domnulet Si Omn Din Cer
            8. Leagan Verde Luminos
            9. Hai La Rai!
            10. Sus Boieri Nu Mai Dormiti!
            11. Azi Cu Toti Sa Praznuim
            12. Mos Craciun
            13. Colindita
            14. Doamne, Isuse Hristoase
            15. Dupa Datini Colindam
            16. Scoala, Scoala Gazda Mare!
            17. La-n Sculati!
            18. Triptic De Cracium
            19. Merge Lina La Fintina
            20. Scoala, Scoala Gazda Mare!
            21. Am Plecat Sa Colindam
            22. Cintec De Leagan
            23. Toccatia
            24. Ciuleandra
            25. Oseneasca
            26. Diptic Maramuresean
            27. Lac-Asa!
            28. Cint Sijoc Din Tara Oasului
            29. Briul
            Dmitry Sitkovetsky / Pavel Gililov - Prokofiev : Five Dances from Cinderella ; Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in E minor op 72 no 2 ; Brahms: Dance No 6 in G ; Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances + (Virgin)
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              		Dmitry Sitkovetsky / Pavel Gililov - Prokofiev : Five Dances from Cinderella ; Dvorak: Slavonic Dance in E minor op 72 no 2 ; Brahms: Dance No 6 in G ; Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances + (Virgin)

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              ASIN: B00000DP53
              Release Date: 1990-02-05
              Joseph Szigeti - J.S.Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor and No. 2 in A minor / Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances; Hungarian Folk Tunes / Brahms Sonata No. 3 in D minor
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                		Joseph Szigeti - J.S.Bach: Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor and No. 2 in A minor / Bartok: Rumanian Folk Dances; Hungarian Folk Tunes / Brahms Sonata No. 3 in D minor

                Manufacturer: Biddulph Records
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                ASIN: B00000K2NP
                Release Date: 1999-08-24

                Tracks:

                1. Son No.1 in g: I. Adagio
                2. Son No.1 in g: II. Fuga: Allegro
                3. Son No.1 in g: III. Siciliana
                4. Son No.1 in g: IV. Presto
                5. Son No.2 in a: I. Grave
                6. Son No.2 in a: II. Fuga
                7. Son No.2 in a: III. Andante
                8. Son No.2 in a: IV. Allegro
                9. Partita No.1 in b: Bouree
                10. Partita No.3 in E: Gavotte En Rondeau
                11. Son No.3 in d: I. Allegro - Joseph Szigeti/Egon Petri
                12. Son No.3 in d: II. Adagio - Joseph Szigeti/Egon Petri
                13. Son No.3 in d: III. Un Poco Presto E Con Sentimento - Joseph Szigeti/Egon Petri
                14. Son No.3 in d: IV. Presto Agitato - Joseph Szigeti/Egon Petri
                15. Rumanian Folk Dances: I. Joc Cu Bata: Allegro Moderato
                16. Rumanian Folk Dances: II. Braul: Allegro
                17. Rumanian Folk Dances: III. Pe Loc: Andante
                18. Rumanian Folk Dances: IV. Buciumeana: Molto Moderato
                19. Rumanian Folk Dances: V. Poarga Romaneasca: Allegro
                20. Rumanian Folk Dances: VI. Maruntel: Allegro
                21. Hungarian Folk Tunes: I. Parlando - - Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartok
                22. Hungarian Folk Tunes: I. Andante Non Molto - - Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartok
                23. Hungarian Folk Tunes: I. Allegro Vivace - Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartok
                24. Hungarian Folk Tunes: II. Andante Sostenuto - - Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartok
                25. Hungarian Folk Tunes: II. Allegro - Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartok
                26. Hungarian Folk Tunes: III. Andante - - Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartok
                27. Hungarian Folk Tunes: III. Poco Vivace - Joseph Szigeti/Bela Bartok
                Rhapsodies / Rumanian Folk Dances
                Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
                • Good, but could have been better
                		 Rhapsodies / Rumanian Folk Dances

                Manufacturer: Praga Czech Rep.
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                Release Date: 2003-08-12

                Customer Reviews:

                3 out of 5 stars Good, but could have been better.......2003-09-17

                A bit of a curate's egg this, - it's pretty good but it could have been better.

                To start with, there's some excellent playing matched by recording. Listen to the suspended treble notes on the piano in 10 Hungarian Folk songs, or the amazingly metallic but intimate violin sounds early in the 9 Folksongs, and you'll be very impressed. Peter Frankl's playing throughout shows his usual artistry as an accompanist. Peter Csaba is at one with Bartok's rhythmic hammer blows and still manages to float some gentle, intimate moments.

                Stereo separation is consistently very good, very lifelike, with the soloist standing slightly to left of centre and the piano, and the piano located slightly right of centre. Throughout, the recording captures everything, with piano tone in particular being impressively resonant without being too reverberant.

                So the disc is well worth listening to.

                However, there are flaws, and they affect each other.

                To beging with, the declamatory performances seem very much pitched, in dynamics and volume, at a recital hall but are recorded in a studio. The result is that they are perhaps too in-your-face. The confining space of the studio in turn poses problems, especially as the instruments are recorded very close up (complete with plenty of nasal virtuosity from Mr. Csaba) and given too much immediacy, with the result that the recording becomes tiring, which in turn exacerbates the sameness of the pieces. That could have been counteracted by more varied programming, perhaps adding the Bartok piano quintet.

                The studio acoustic also lacks height. The instruments are about six feet in front of you and very earthbound, despite the very accurately recorded tone. They feel exactly the height they would have been in the studio, with no sound reaching above 6 foot high.

                I kept longing for a warmer and more open acoustic, as on my two favourite SACDs of chamber music (the Hyperion french trios and the Opus3 Brahms clarinet). Instead you get an orchestral-type impact which can be exciting but is sometimes wearing and wearying. It also means that whilst softer and quieter passages are very "present", there are no true pianissimos. Yes, of course, you can turn the volume down, but that isn't the same thing. Basically, either the style of playing needed a different acoustic or the acoustic should have been accommodated with a less declamatory style of playing, and a more varied program would have helped too.

                To sum up, a good disc of some exciting and rewarding music, but not a great one.

                World Music:

                1. Sacrarmonia Live [Import]
                2. Sdraiato Su Una Nuvola [Import]
                3. Seine Grossen Erfolge [Import]
                4. Sound & Vision: Um Barzinho Um Violao [Enhanced] [Limited Edition] [Live] [Import]
                5. Soutoukoun: Kora Music from Guinea
                6. Stolz Der Rose-Das Bes und Mehr [Import]
                7. Storytelling [Import]
                8. The Best of British Folk, Vol. 1
                9. The Chieftains 3
                10. The Crusade Seen Though The Eyes Of the Orient

                World Music

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                World Music

                Ain't Had Enough Fun

                Last Major Piano Works

                Justin Time Records 20th Anniversary Compilation

                Urbanized

                Love Peace & Poetry: American Psychedelic Music [Import]

                Let the Minstrels Plat on [Import]

                Live in Europe [Import] [Limited Edition] [Live]

                Natural Ingredients

                Ma Maitresse V.3 [Import]

                Music for Breakfast in Bed

                Jazz for When You're Alone [Import]

                Kick It!

                J-Prince Presents: Realest Down South [Clean]

                My Father's Eyes

                John Wesley Harding