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Liona Boyd (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 6, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Moston Records
• ASIN: B00000IKTL
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #174,364 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Cantata No. 147, 'Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben,' BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

2. Adagio, for violin, strings & organ in G minor, T. Mi 26 (composed by Remo Giazotto; not by Albinoni)

3. Cantata No. 140, 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme,' BWV 140 (BC A166): Sleepers Awake

4. Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, SF. 935 (often transposed to C minor): Andante e spiccato

5. Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, SF. 935 (often transposed to C minor): Adagio

6. Concerto for oboe, strings & continuo in D minor, SF. 935 (often transposed to C minor): Presto

7. Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068: Air on a G String

8. Guitar Concerto in D major: Movement 1

9. Guitar Concerto in D major: Movement 2

10. Guitar Concerto in D major: Movement 3

11. Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for lute (or guitar), 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93: l. Allegro giusto

12. Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for lute (or guitar), 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93: ll. Largo

13. Lute (Chamber) Concerto, for lute (or guitar), 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93: lll. Allegro

Customer Reviews

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite album of Liona Boyd, January 14, 2000

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DR MARK MEIJER (New York) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Baroque Favorites (Audio CD)

I just happen to love Baroque Music, and especially Vivaldi. My collection is quite large, but I consider this one of my treasures. Great sound quality, as always with Liona, and the English Chamber Orchestra backs her up beautifully. A must for every CD collection.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Performance 5 stars; sound quality 2 stars, December 1, 2000

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Hoc Stercus "beeper99" (Hudson, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baroque Favorites (Audio CD)

My first encounter with this recording occurred in 1979 when I acquired it in LP (on a vinyl record for those of you born after 1980) form. I developed a great fondness for it; and I was delighted to discover it now existed in CD format. Delight, unfortunately, soon yielded to disappointment when a few minutes of listening told me that the sound quality of the CD was distinctly inferior to the sound on the LP. Just to make certain, I pulled out the LP once again; and, sure enough, the LP does sound much better. The CD sound is strangled and compressed compared to the open and airy sound of the record; and for some reason there is a noticeable sound of tape hiss on the CD, which is distinctly missing on the LP. The problem: the CD was probably created from second or third generation copies rather than from the original masters. What a shame. I acquired three other Liona Boyd CD's at the same time I got this one; and there are no sonic problems with them. Why did one of her best moments have to be given inferior treatment?

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An addictive listen, July 21, 2000

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T. Mueller (Ventura, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Baroque Favorites (Audio CD)

I first heard this music, and an interview with Ms Boyd, on a plane in around 1981. I loved the music and her. I got it as soon as I could and it was often on my turntable. I was delighted to find it on CD. This is a great album. Her playing and the orchestral accompaniment, led by the incomparable Andrew Davis, blend into a CD you'll wear out.