Jácaras! 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music [Import]

Pedro Estevan (Composer), Santiago de Murcia (Composer), Pat O'Brien (Performer), Paul O'Dette (Performer), Steve Player (Performer), Andrew Lawrence-King (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Pat O'Brien, Paul O'Dette, Steve Player, Andrew Lawrence-King
• Composer: Pedro Estevan, Santiago de Murcia
• Audio CD (October 27, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Harmonia Mundi Fr.
• ASIN: B00000DG08
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #148,563 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Not all baroque sounds like Bach, November 27, 2001

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Juan Pablo Pira (Guatemala, Guatemala Guatemala) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Jácaras! 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music (Audio CD)

This excellent recording treats us to a different baroque. Not the extremely elaborate fugues, chorales, and operas most people immediately think of when they hear "baroque". Many of the pieces are dance music, but not the kind of dances you would find in Bach cello, violin or lute suite. This is music someone can actually dance to. Even though the music is definitely baroque, some of these pieces sound like flamenco (like Jacaras por la E), and some other sounds like South American music (La Jota sounds somehow like "pajaro campana").

A discussion of the Alfabeto letters that show up in the titles of the pieces would have been nice; when you see "por la E" or "por la B" Murcia did not mean in the key of E or in the key of B. He was reffering to the names of the main chord in each of the pieces by an old guitar-chord naming system.

Highly recommended.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Air to breathe, food to nourish, the music to exist!, March 17, 2000

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gps (Poland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jácaras! 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music (Audio CD)

First I purchased "Luz y Norte" with The Harp Consort, dir. A. Lawrence-King (Deutsche Harmonia Mundi 05472 77340 2) and got obsessed with the music. Wheather sad or jolly I have had to listen to it. And "!Jacaras!" came next. Beautiful playing, so sensitive; and all musicians are absolute masters! This is the addiction I have no option but follow. Try it for yourself.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Even the kids love it!, September 30, 2006

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Art Mama (Seattle, WA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Jácaras! 18th Century Spanish Baroque Guitar Music (Audio CD)

I'm no expert on Baroque guitar music; I just know this is extravagantly wonderful music, performed with brio. It sounds so fresh & contemporary (think Gypsy Kings) that it's hard to believe it was composed almost 300 years ago. And my 3 & 5-year-olds really enjoy it. This has been our soundtrack for getting to kindergarten all month.