DiscountDelight - Appalachia Waltz / Ma, Meyer, O'Connor
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Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0074646846025
Label: Sony
Manufacturer: Sony
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Sony
Release Date: 1996-09-24
Studio: Sony
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Summary: True Americana
Comment: This music is a must for all ears...you will dream of day's gone by...
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Summary: Looking for more like this album?
Comment: Melanie White and other reviewers have wondered what else out there might be similar to "Appalachia Waltz." I highly recommend Oliver Schroer's double-disc "O2". Same fusion of folk fiddle idiom and classical violin. In places astoundingly brilliant. Lovers of Bach will see many influences here (yet I wouldn't call Schroer's work derivative.) In the liner notes, Schroer talks about making his work not just polyphonic but also fractal--funny thing is, the more you listen, the more "fractal" it sounds. Unbelievable.
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Summary: Appalacia Waltz is great!
Comment: Wonderfully complex fusion of modern fiddle style, jazz, and classical mastery. Rhythmically shallenging and delightful. Was Peter Jennings favorite.
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Summary: More Waltz than Appalachia
Comment: As expected, the music was wonderful. This a quite a grouping of fine musicians and the disc is well worth purchasing. My only disappointment was that it wasn't a little more toward the "bluegrass" side of music and was more toward the classical. However, just because this wasn't quite what I wanted, the composition and playing were excellant. This makes excellant background music for serious gatherings and reading.
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Summary: Blend of Celtic and classical styles
Comment: Although classical music evolved from folk music many centuries ago, it is so far removed from its ancestor now that the idea of bringing the two together seems incredible. This album achieves that, blending folk music (of the Celtic variety) with classical music to produce something that traditionalists will be horrified at, but which those of us with broad minds can appreciate.
Yo-Yo Ma (cello) and Edgar Meyer (double bass) were already established classical musicians when they teamed up with Mark O'Connor. Mark's background was very different from theirs - he grew up with an interest in Texas fiddle music, later becoming a top Nashville session musician. Mark's name could be found in the list of credits of hundreds of country music albums released in the eighties. Such was his reputation that Mark could have spent the rest of his working life making a good living that way, but he wanted to make an impact with his own music. He certainly achieved that with this album, where he usually plays the fiddle but he plays the violin (same instrument with a different playing technique) on two tracks and the mandolin (different instrument) on another.
This album is entirely instrumental (the sequel, Appalachian journey, which I've already reviewed, contains some vocals provided by guest singers) and the tunes are either traditional (usually of Irish origin) or composed by members of the trio.
The music on this album and Appalachian journey is very different from anything else I've come across. Of the two, I slightly prefer Appalachian journey, but that may be because it has more of a country influence. Nevertheless, both of them are masterpieces that have a special place in my CD collection.
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