Lost Theremin Album

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Gaspar Cassado (Composer), Clara Rockmore (Performer), Dorothy Lawson (Performer), Jessie Reagen (Performer), Ludmilla Konstantinova (Performer), Mairi Dorman (Performer), Peter Sachon (Performer), Robert Burkhardt (Performer), Sara Hewitt-Roth (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Clara Rockmore, Dorothy Lawson, Jessie Reagen, Ludmilla Konstantinova, Mairi Dorman, et al.
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Gaspar Cassado
• Audio CD (December 26, 2006)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bridge Records, Inc.
• ASIN: B000KJTGNI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #15,893 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #13 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Composers > Villa-Lobos, Heitor
  • #23 in Music > Classical > Opera & Vocal > Languages > English
  • #32 in Music > Classical > Historical Periods > Modern, 20th, & 21st Century > Vocal & Song

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21 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lost, but still priceless, March 2, 2007

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Erik Strommen (Bellevue, WA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lost Theremin Album (Audio CD)

Although Clara Rockmore is universally acclaimed as one of the best musicians of her era, very few of her performances were ever recorded. An aspiring violinist, she took up the strange and wonderful Theremin when physical problems forced her to give up the violin. She invented a method for playing the radical new instrument, and her classical concerts gave the instrument respectability.
In keeping with her style, all the material on this CD is classical in nature, often somber or serious in tone. And while these recordings were made long after her heyday, the performances are still top rate examples of Theremin playing and her discipline and passion for the material is clearly undiminished by time.
Her few earlier recordings had long been an inspiration to several generations of Thereminists. This set of recordings enlarges the available corpus of her work tremendously. Let us hope it inspires as many new musicians as the first round!

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing Album, March 22, 2007

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R. M Sabbagh - See all my reviews
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I've got a couple of Clara's other CD's and this one is just stellar. There are two standouts - Estrellita and Summertime that show the incredible artistry of both Clara and her equally talented sister Nadia Reisenberg in something other than classical music. I wish more people would discover Clara and Nadia's work - they're both under appreciated if you ask my humble but accurate opinion (LOL).

The booklet that comes along with the CD is quite funny and very loving as it's written by Clara's nephew/Nadia's son who brought this gem to life.

This is definitely a CD to add to the collection.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haunting, May 6, 2008

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Tonn Borde "Tonny" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews

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I also bought this CD after Rockmore's "Art of the Theremin." Different from its use in science fiction movies, here, the theremin sounds plaintive and-- it's hard to resist-- haunting, like a combination of a woman's voice, a musical saw, and a violin. Different from other reviewers who find the theremin boring, I enjoy the contrast between the theremin and acoustic instruments of the accompanying orchestra and piano. I especially like "Midnight Bells" ("Gehen wir ins chambre séparée" from Heuberger's operetta, "Der Opernball"), a waltz duet recorded solo by sopranos including Beverly Sills.