Strad To Strat

Kevin Ferguson (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Kevin Ferguson
• Audio CD (October 4, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: DeBone
• ASIN: B000028U29
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,170,196 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Groundbreaking Work, January 26, 2002

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Biljana (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strad To Strat (Audio CD)

Like his "Exotic Extremes" which brings music from the former
Ottoman Empire to electric guitar, "Strad to Strat" brings us
some of the boldest music for violin to the electric guitar
for the first time. Virtuosi Paganini, Wieniawski and others
wrote music that has been seemlessly adapted on this CD.
I'd agree with other reviews here that the orchestra does not
have the best sound ("Exotic Extremes" came later and has much
better fidelity overall). But the guitar is in the spotlight
and sounds great. As for comparisons to Malmsteen, this is
like comparing apples and oranges. Malmsteen is a rock
guitarist who hasn't recorded any actual classical piece short
of a few measures here and there, certainly none of these,
although he has raved about Paganini's Caprice No 5 in many
interviews and columns. As for vibrato, the use is appropriate
for the music on this CD and Ferguson has demonstrated his
ample ability for vibrato as required on tunes in
"Exotic Extremes." I'd highly recommend this CD to anyone who
wants to hear electrical guitar version of the actual music,
note for note written by the original clasical composers
(as opposed to a feeble imitation you hear from so many "neo-classical" guitarists).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but not great., March 28, 2000

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Dr. Matt Navarre "msnmedia" (Portland, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strad To Strat (Audio CD)

These pieces would have sounded much better with less distortion, and perhaps played on a Jazz guitar instead of a Strat. Also, the accompaniment is a really cheesy sounding synthesizer that doesn't vary from track to track. As a guitarist though, and a lover of classical music, I'd LOVE to have this much technique - the guy wails. Wonder what he's up to today. I'd love to hear this with a real orchestra.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars ONE OF THE BEST GUITAR ALBUMS EVER, February 19, 2000

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Ignacio Mauri (Argentina) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Strad To Strat (Audio CD)

This cd is EXELENT, buy it now, you are going to listen to it forever. Kevin is one of the greatest players ever BUY IT NOW!