A Jug of Wine and Thou

Carlo Domeniconi (Composer), Persian Traditional (Composer), Agustin Barrios-Mangore (Composer), Isaac Albeniz (Composer), Manuel Ponce (Composer), Enrique Granados (Composer), Regino Sainz de la Maza (Composer), Benito Canonico (Composer), Francisco Tarrega (Composer), Jorge Morel (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Carlo Domeniconi, Persian Traditional, Agustin Barrios-Mangore, Isaac Albeniz, Manuel Ponce, et al.
• Audio CD (August 17, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Summit(Classical)
• ASIN: B00000K08W
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #187,980 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Best Koyunbaba!, June 29, 2001

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Stephen M. Haines (Cape Coral, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Jug of Wine and Thou (Audio CD)

Wow!, Ms. Afshar's interpretation of Domeniconi's Koyunbaba is simply wonderful! There is more expression, more emotion, more "Easternness" to her version than to that of Antigoni Goni, or of John Williams (on "The Guitarist"). You haven't really heard Koyunbaba until you've heard this one.

Ms. Afshar's five Persian ballads are evocative, and only available on this CD. As a plus for guitarists, Mel Bay has issued the score of all five.

This CD is music to be enjoyed!

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music Elegantly Played, September 16, 2004

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David Keymer "David Keymer" (Modesto CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Jug of Wine and Thou (Audio CD)

My wife's cousin attended a concert by Ms. Afshar and bought this album for me. She knew I loved guitar music and liked to hear new performers and new melodies.

I have played this album over again and again. It offers serious music that functions equally well as background and music closely attended to. To the largely Spanish, Latin American and Italian repertoire (Albeniz, Domeniconi, Ponce, Granados, etc.), Afshar adds her own arrangement of five lovely Persian ballads. It would be wrong to say that they are the high spot of the program because the quality of music in this disc is uniformly high throughout.

Late one night, seeking to calm down after a stressful day, I played this record by Afshar. I followed it with John O'Dette on lute playing Dowland's, and then Zanon playing Villa Lobos's guitar pieces. Who was best? All were first rate.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bravo!, February 14, 2007

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William D. Simcoe (Albany, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Jug of Wine and Thou (Audio CD)

I decided to purchase this CD because I was so impressed by "Hemispheres", Lily's latest recording! This is incredible guitar playing! This is the most astonishingly artistic performance of "Koyunbaba" I have ever heard! Lily is a great artist!