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Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Romantic Music for Flute and Harp

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I simply loved this CD. It's the most wonderful thing I have ever heard; it's simply awesome. They got the Gounod's "Ave Maria" and played it using harp and flute, and it brought me close to tears. I believe beautiful music brings you close to heaven, and I sure feel surrounded by angels whenever I listen to this CD.

This is a wonderful disc with beautiful arrangements for harp and flute of many popular classics. Many of these works were originally composed for full orchestra but these arrangements work. The arrangements seem to work especially well for the works of the French composers (Satie, Faure, Ravel, Debussy). Whether you want a nice disc as background music (for dinner, work, relaxing) or really want to focus and listen this CD will provide a pleasurable listening experience.

The two instruments compliment each other and the performances from both Nore Shulman, flute, and Judy Loman, Harp, are sensitive and flawless. In addition the sound is wonderful. Flute recordings can sometimes sound harsh or piercing but the tone here is perfeect.

One comment: The track listing provided above is as it reads on the CD tray insert, however the CD actually starts with Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" and Gluck's work pops in at track 12. Other than that all other tracks run in the order - if not track number - listed.

Very well done, and what a bargain at this price! Would recommend this to anyone who likes soft, easy listening music.

I love the music on this cd. The back cover lists the music and track but lists them in a different order than they are played. If the literature were printed correctly then this would be a five star product.

This is indeed a gorgeous disc. The playing is beautiful, the atmosphere lovely, and the pieces played are some of the nicest. There are some wonderful arrangements (my personal favorite is "Solveig's Song" from Grieg's "Peer Gynt", a truly beautiful piece both in original form and absolutely lovely here).

The flute and harp combo is a cliche. And for good reason. The sound they emit together is just one that takes your breath away. It's dreamy and lovely. It's not heavy and demanding. It's something pleasant to listen to.

So as beautiful as this disc is, how original is it? How many flute/harp collections of "romantic" pieces do we need? The answer is, "a few". This is probably one of the better ones, but it is still a typical "romantic flute" recital accompanied by the harp. For some, this may be dull.

This disc is not for all. It is not a disc for those bored with flutes and harps. It is not a disc for someone looking for deep, intense classical music. This is a light, dreamy disc for someone seeking romantic flute music.

For those people, highly recommended.