Dance of the Blessed Spirits: Romantic Music for Flute and Harp

Johann Sebastian Bach (Composer), Georges Bizet (Composer), Luigi Boccherini (Composer), Claude Debussy (Composer), Edward Elgar (Composer), Gabriel Faure (Composer), Christoph Willibald Gluck (Composer), Francois-Joseph Gossec (Composer), Charles Gounod (Composer), Edvard Grieg (Composer), Maria Theresia von Paradis (Composer), Maurice Ravel (Composer), Erik Satie (Composer), Nora Shulman (Performer), Judy Loman (Performer)

Product Details

• Performer: Nora Shulman, Judy Loman
• Composer: Johann Sebastian Bach, Georges Bizet, Luigi Boccherini, Claude Debussy, Edward Elgar, et al.
• Audio CD (July 28, 1998)
• SPARS Code: DDD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Naxos
• ASIN: B000009OM9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #109,825 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!!!, October 29, 1998

By	Patricia O. Ferreira "fiction maven" (Mongagua,SP, Brazil) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I simply loved this CD. It's the most wonderful thing I have ever heard; it's simply awesome. They got the Gounod's "Ave Maria" and played it using harp and flute, and it brought me close to tears. I believe beautiful music brings you close to heaven, and I sure feel surrounded by angels whenever I listen to this CD.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful Disc, April 9, 2002

By	John O'Neill (Alpharetta, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is a wonderful disc with beautiful arrangements for harp and flute of many popular classics. Many of these works were originally composed for full orchestra but these arrangements work. The arrangements seem to work especially well for the works of the French composers (Satie, Faure, Ravel, Debussy). Whether you want a nice disc as background music (for dinner, work, relaxing) or really want to focus and listen this CD will provide a pleasurable listening experience.

The two instruments compliment each other and the performances from both Nore Shulman, flute, and Judy Loman, Harp, are sensitive and flawless. In addition the sound is wonderful. Flute recordings can sometimes sound harsh or piercing but the tone here is perfeect.

One comment: The track listing provided above is as it reads on the CD tray insert, however the CD actually starts with Debussy's "Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun" and Gluck's work pops in at track 12. Other than that all other tracks run in the order - if not track number - listed.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Bargain!, February 4, 2000

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Very well done, and what a bargain at this price! Would recommend this to anyone who likes soft, easy listening music.