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DiscountDelight - Grace Like a River
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Manufacturer: Angel Records
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094635641820
Label: Angel Records
Manufacturer: Angel Records
Publisher: Angel Records
Release Date: 2006-05-02
Studio: Angel Records
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Summary: old stuff under new cover....
Comment: Parkening was once among the top 5 guitarists in the world but that's when segovia was still alive. Parkening's last CD release was in 2000 (Christopher Parkening · Elmer Bernstein ~ Concerto for Guitar - E. Bernstein · Albeniz · Marshall). The reason why he has not produced any new album in 6 years is mysterious to me.
This so called "new" CD, contains only two new (and incomplete) piece of work "Moderato And Presto From Koyunbaba" and the first ever release of Christopher Parkening's live performance of the third movement of Tedesco's Guitar Concerto recorded when Chris was just fifteen years old. All the rest are old stuff and almost all can be found in his 25 year EMI celebration album (The Great Recordings ~ By America's Preeminent Guitar Virtuoso) which includes much more of his best (2 discs).
I usually consider it lame for publishers to make money out of old stuff (like what sony did with many of John Williams albums). The Koyunbaba is just a "preview" and the complete version is scheduled to be released on a next album (just to hook you up). In this new track of koyunbaba, Parkening put in many legatos so that the piece sounds very artificial and over-manipulated. It is intriguing at the begining, though.
On the other hand, i would recommend buying his autobiography of the same title. It is about 300 pages, hard cover and sells for about the same price as this CD. It even include a free CD (which, I think is likely the same as this one.)
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A tie-in with Parkening’s similarly titled autobiography, this disc samples some of the guitarist’s "greatest hits" and includes two tracks of special interest: a preview of a forthcoming release and a rarity from his youth. Parkening’s fans will find the latter fascinating. Dating from 1963, it features the 15-year old soloist in his orchestral concert debut in a very respectable performance of a movement from Castelnuovo-Tedesco’s Guitar Concerto No. 1. The preview is a live excerpt from Carlo Domeniconi’s Koyunbaba that whets the appetite for more of this Italian composer’s Turkish-influenced music. The rest of the disc abounds in previously release, wonderfully executed virtuoso guitar pieces that are display pieces for the instrument at its most expressive. There are Bach arrangements, a generous selection of Spanish works, and the slow movement from Elmer Bernstein’s Guitar Concerto. This disc is a must for Parkening’s fans and an excellent introduction to classical guitar for the rest of us. -- Dan Davis
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