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Bach Meets Cape Breton

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We received this CD as a gift from a Canadian friend who shares our love of classical music and were pleasantly surprised by the unique character, of these artists who mix classical themes with Celtic form in an utterly charming, and at times even toe-tapping musical presentation. David Greenberg's violin playing is first rate as is that of the other musicians. Bach is clearly there, but heard through a special kind of filter. For those who may run from anything too Celtic, relax, this manages to merge the best of that lighter folk music with the discipline of baroque. A delightful, often played favorite around our home!

"Bach Meets Cape Breton" is an enjoyable mix of baroque and east coast Canadian music, and it works quite wonderfully. Puirt a Baroque's combination of violin/harpsichord/guitar mixes beautifully, and they combine the two styles of music with skill and inspiration.

Read a good long book with this playing in the background, and let it repeat. This is not to call this background music, it is great to hear it on its own and listen for all the nuances and purity. Excellent CD, one I found by accident but enjoy very much.

Excellent playing, both relaxing and fun! Serious musicianship that does a wonderful job of blending the joyful Cape Breton style with Baroque. I love almost anything from the Baroque period and the wonderful Cape Breton fiddling is always up lifting to the spirit. It is a pleasure to have this blending! There are no 'favorite' tracks for me .. This entire CD is just a joy to listen to, again and again.

Came across David Greenberg's name while reading up on Cape Breton fiddlers. This is an excellent mix of Bach and Cape Breton-style tunes - it hasn't come out of my disk changer yet! I'm humming and tapping my foot to these tunes all day long. You won't go wrong getting this disk!