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Fascinatin' Rampal

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Being a flutist and having listened to many recordings by J.P. Rampal, I must confess my admiration for him and for the way he played. Apart from being an excellent performer in the classical field (with more than 300 recordings), he showed many times that he could take up other styles with great success (for example in Bolling's suite for flute and jazz piano trio and in Scott Joplin's rags). In this case, we have some very interesting arrangements from famous pieces by George Gershwin. Although some people might prefer the original version for some of them (like An American in Paris), I think that this CD is very worth considering. A great tribute to one of the best composers of the XX century. Enjoy!

Despite what some people may say, Gershwin's music is simply outstanding, with its jazzy harmonies and thrilling sense of rhythm. In this CD we have some brilliant pieces like "An American in Paris", "I got rhythm" or "Summertime" -listen to it very carefully-, in an arrangement for flute (also alto flute) and orchestral accompaniment. The result is, from my point of view, just marvellous. Rampal does his best with this music and shows that he can play it in a very convincing way. Though you may prefer the full orchestral version of some of the pieces (specially "An American in Paris"), this arrangement is very worth considering. And at this price it is very hard to beat it.