The Poet's Dream

Patrick Hebert | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 21, 1998)
• Original Release Date: July 21, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• ASIN: B00001QGJY
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,557,072 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Amber Skies

2. The Poet's Dream

3. Caroline

4. Winter Night Sky

5. Highland Street Rag

6. The Jealousy of the Moon

7. Silent Tears

8. Recollections

9. Conversations with the Moon

10. Hollow Workings

11. Opie's Blues

12. The Poet's Exile

13. I Can Still Hear Your Voice in the Wind

14. Southern Reflection

15. Country Club Rag

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars from Solo Piano Publications, November 2, 2001

By 

Kathy Parsons (Florence, OR United States) - See all my reviews
(TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (VINE VOICE)   

This review is from: The Poet's Dream (Audio CD)

Patrick Lee Hebert's second solo piano album is a beautiful package featuring a variety of pianistic styles and moods. They range from soothing, thoughtful pieces to upbeat rags, and show Hebert to be a multi-faceted artist. My favorite piece is "The Jealousy of the Moon", which is spare, mysterious, and darkly beautiful at the beginning and builds to intense passion with rolling arpeggios and crashing bass lines - a wonderful piece! "Amber Skies" is warmly optimistic and evokes a cozy smile, while "Winter Night Sky" is cool and aloof. I also really like "Hollow Workings", which begins and ends quietly, but builds to a strong and fervent climax. "I Can Still Hear Your Voice in the Wind" is loving and wistful. "Southern Reflection" is a slow, gentle vignette. Many influences are suggested in the various tracks - a little David Lanz in "Amber Skies"; George Winston in "Silent Tears", "Hollow Workings", and the rags; Erik Satie in some of the spare melody lines; perhaps Chopin in "Jealousy of the Moon". As a great fan of blues piano and ragtime, the three upbeat pieces add variety and interest, but also a major mood change. Many of the fifteen tracks on this CD are absolutely gorgeous, and fans of solo piano music would do well with this CD!