Lucente Stella

Anonymous (Composer), Italian Anonymous (Composer), Henning Wellejus (Composer), Guillaume de Machaut (Composer), Maki Ishii (Composer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Composer: Anonymous, Italian Anonymous, Henning Wellejus, Guillaume de Machaut, Maki Ishii
• Audio CD (November 21, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Opus 111
• ASIN: B000005W3Y
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #309,556 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars First Rate Piece of Musical Arcana. Buy It., July 27, 2006

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B. Marold "Bruce W. Marold" (Bethlehem, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Lucente Stella (Audio CD)

'Lucenta Stella', performances by Pierre Hamon on recorders, with accompaniment, is substantially different than what one would think on first look at the cover art. You have to read the subtitling carefully to see that the CD includes both old music and modern works.

I have always been especially fond of the recorder, as it is the one antique instrument I can actually play based on my experience with a clarinet, and this sampling really puts the icing on my cake.

The overwhelming impression one gets from the collected works is that the early music was actually more complicated than modern, in that many modern pieces eschew common patterns of composition and go for very primitive sounds. One piece even sounds as if it were done on an Australian Diggerido. A quick check of the notes gives us no aboriginal musicians, so Monsieur Hamon and company must be doing a great job of simulating that great bamboo flute.

A real treat.