Bagpipes from Hell

Anonymous (Composer), Marin Marais (Composer), Antoine Forqueray (Composer), Silvius Leopold Weiss (Composer), Christopher Simpson (Composer), English Anonymous (Composer), Thomas Robinson (Composer), Jean de Sainte-Colombe (Composer), Jean-Baptiste Forqueray (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Anonymous, Marin Marais, Antoine Forqueray, Silvius Leopold Weiss, Christopher Simpson, et al.
• Audio CD (February 15, 2000)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Winter & Winter
• ASIN: B00003J6I0
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #361,295 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Genre: Classical Music
Media Format: Compact Disk
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Release Date: 15-FEB-2000

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This's one of the finest offerings I've heard this Winter!!!, March 6, 2005

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Michael Tuttle "Baroque Fanfare" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Bagpipes from Hell (Audio CD)

You can laugh about the title. The musicianship is a work of art. Not real bagpipes, either, eh? You've just been charmed. The viols and lute add character to this recording. I just count my lucky stars I was a trust fund baby... 'cause you know this music was created for royalty.

5.0 out of 5 stars Catchy title... better playing, May 29, 2010

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Thoraro "Thoraro" (Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bagpipes from Hell (Audio CD)

Ghielmi and Pianca are a very good gamba/lute-duet. This is one album I keep coming back to and it never seems to get old. For example I find their interpretation of Marais' la Reveuse better than any other I've heard, including Savall's. The performers obviously had a lot of fun recording this and sometimes go out on a limb in their decisions but both players are technically very accomplished and can get away with pretty much anything. The gamba sounds fretless, though, and a few glissandos might annoy puritans.

I highly recommend this album.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Excellent price and delivery of only so-so recording, July 5, 2010

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Brian H Marren, LCSW-R/CASAC (New York, USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Bagpipes from Hell (Audio CD)

I'm usually a fan of Ghielmi but this recoding is as named more Bagpipe sound than viola da gamba and for me - off the mark