Wagner e Venezia

Richard [Classical] Wagner (Composer), Uri Caine Ensemble (Performer), Uri Caine (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Uri Caine Ensemble, Uri Caine
• Composer: Richard [Classical] Wagner
• Audio CD (September 15, 1998)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Winter & Winter
• ASIN: B00000B9N3
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #285,742 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hearing the 19th Century, July 25, 2003

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David J. Hildreth - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wagner e Venezia (Audio CD)

This is one of the cleverest and most endearing recordings I have ever heard. All my life I have heard about composers hearing and reacting (usually negatively) to popular renditions of their music - especially Verdi, frequently performed by gondoliers. This is the only opportunity I have had to savor what that might really have sounded like - at its highest level, of course. Anyone who knows and loves Wagner will be tickled to death by this and hopefully inspired to investigate other music by Uri Caine and his collaborators. Check out "The Sidewalks of New York." This guy understands music as artifact in the truest sense. Did you ever look at an ancient portrait and get that creepy feeling that people in the 15th or the 10th Century or even in ancient Egypt were not that different from us? That is the effect that Uri Caine's music has. Dig him.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply gorgeous, April 25, 2000

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This review is from: Wagner e Venezia (Audio CD)

Any disc that features Uri Caine, Erik Friedlander, Mark Feldman, and Drew Gress is guaranteed to be adventurous and exciting, but this release sees the whole even greater than its parts. Wagner is given a whole new spin by the ensemble. This may be the catalyst for other jazzers to take more chances with the western classical canon. We can only hope that future attempts at such crossovers yield such gorgeous results. HIGHLY recommended to Classical and jazz fans alike.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic recording, May 19, 1999

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Drew Schatt (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Wagner e Venezia (Audio CD)

I have just received this disc, and it sounds fantastic. I particularly enjoy the trueness of the recording, with the crowd noise and the applause, and particularly the bells of the cathedral. I wholeheartedly recommend this cd, as I don't think it is possible to dislike the recording if you enjoy classical music.