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1.0 out of 5 stars
Battle Hymns: Songs of the Civil War, May 28, 2002
This review is from: Songs of the Civil War (Audio CD)
This is a set of Hollywood-type orchestral stylings of some
of the very greatest civil war hymns, whose vital messages --
their words -- are almost totally excluded. Marches are done in
slow time, keys are altered illogically, dynamic markings, etc.,
bear no relationship to the original, and two numbers are included which are not authentic music of the times. Orchestral
playing is occasionally sloppy. The digital recording (Canadian)
of what is presented is very good.
An unqualified disaster.
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