Pastorale

Eric Tingstad & Nancy Rumbel, Nancy Rumbel | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 25, 1997)
• Original Release Date: March 25, 1997
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Narada
• ASIN: B000005P04
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #158,381 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 This music is very beautiful..., October 24, 2001

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"tosborn" (New York State) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Pastorale (Audio CD)

This is some of the loveliest music I've ever heard.

Eric Tingstad and Nancy Rumble are wonderous musicians. Every piece is rich, intelligent and heartfelt, and transports me to sweet, peaceful landscapes on soft, beautiful days. Pastorale is great to listen to at any time, but I especially like to play it at night before retiring, as it calms and soothes body and soul.

I own four T&R recordings (including Paradise, Woodlands and American Acoustic) and I very much enjoy and highly recommend them all, but Pastorale has really captured me for its' kindness and gentleness. These musicians clearly compose and play their beautiful music right from their hearts.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Renaissance-inspired New Age sound, September 17, 2002

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Joanna Daneman (Middletown, DE USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Pastorale (Audio CD)

I like the combination of electronics, woodwind and plucked string sound of this musical duo. I bought the CD because I had sampled "Pastorale" on the double-CD Narada Decade set. The woodwinds are interesting in particular, a mix of oboe, clarinet, or even ocarina, all electronically enhanced and unique in sound.

If you like music by Lorenna McKennitt, Enya, or a kind of combination of folk-classical mixed with a dash of Celtic, you will love this CD. The sonority should appeal to you if you do like music of that type.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Enchanting., June 25, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Pastorale (Audio CD)

Often being categorized as "New Age" carries a negative connotation musically, usually referring to synthesizer based ethereal drivel, but this album is a musical masterpiece. This acoustic album of guitar and woodwinds bears classical and baroque overtones, with many of the pieces having an old-world European flavor (I hesitate to say "Celtic," it is actually closer to "Renaissance" sound). The word "Ethereal," still applies to much of the music, although I used that term negatively before. As a fan of classical music, I found this CD refreshing. These musicians are extremely talented and seem to play well off of each other, complementing each other's instrument with their own. It seems obvious that there is a musical rapport between Tingstad and Rumbel, and the music they produce is simply enchanting.