Sacred Heart

Peter Ostroushko

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2000)
• Original Release Date: April 11, 2000
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Red House
• ASIN: B00004SBX9
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,067 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

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By 1995, Peter Ostroushko had served several years as music director of NPR's A Prairie Home Companion, parlayed his fiddle and mandolin mastery into a busy sideman schedule, and recorded a handful of albums that solidly defined his voice as a folk artist touched equally by the Minnesota prairie he calls home and the Ukranian musical tradition he inherited. In that year he also launched what became a five-year project of striking ambition: over the course of a trilogy of albums, Ostroushko has sought to redefine himself as a composer conversant in all forms of acoustic music while conveying the spiritual contours of his heartland home. Preceded by 1995's Heart of the Heartland and 1997's Pilgrims on the Heart Road, 2000's Sacred Heart completes the Heartland Trilogy. In an almost all-instrumental affair (vocalist Ruth MacKenzie sings on just one track), Ostroushko melds folk traditions both foreign and domestic with the likes of jazz, classical, and even New Age music. The latter influence sits uncomfortably alongside the album's more organic material, but serene, reflective songs such as "Sacred Heart (Part 1)" and "Tatiana's Lament," featuring Ostroushko's bell-clear mandolin work, and "Medicene Bow," where he switches to fiddle, rank among his finest recent work. --Anders Smith-Lindall

Customer Reviews

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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply Amazing, April 18, 2000

By	Bradley (West Virginia via Minnesota) - See all my reviews

Peter Ostroushko gets better with each project he does.For anyone who thought "Heart of the Heartland" was some of the most beautiful string music ever made. This album will relax and amaze you.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engages The Emotions, April 1, 2002

By	"hopfen" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

Mozart quality composition. Larger than life acoustic talent. "Puckett's Farewell", "Tatiana's Lament", and "Medicine Bow" will bring your eyes to tears. "Three Crows", "Sloboda", and "Madison" will pick you right back up. This is definitely the best CD out of the trilogy. It has the most hours in my car than any other CD in my collection.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Engaging to the Emotions, March 23, 2002

By	"hopfen" (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews

The CD is full of tracks that will amaze you. "Boston" and "Sacred Heart" introduces the CD to a multi-cultural folk sound. "Puckett's Farewell" will bring you to tears in a more classical format. "Lafatette" brings you back to traditional American folk. "Even The Ravens Mourn Over You" adds an American Indian touch. "Three Crows" primes you for the best and most amazing acoustic and composition work on the next two tracks, "Tatiana's Lament" and "Sloboda". "Medicine Bow" relaxes for the final track, "Madison".