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Categories CDs-> Digital Music Sheet Music-> Works in Progress Publications-> Quick Find   Advanced Search Shopping Cart 1 x  Delphin $11.99 Information About Us Affiliates Shipping & Returns Privacy Notice Conditions of Use Contact Us Critical & Customer Reviews JOY: carols and songs Critical Review FANFARE Magazine - November 2008 COLLECTIONS: Instrumental JOY—CAROLS AND SONGS FOR A SEASON OF LIGHT • Frank Wallace (gtr) • GYRE 10092 (59:03) This is a beautiful collection of Christmas music from across the centuries, played, composed, and arranged by Frank Wallace, a guitarist previously.. Rating: [5 of 5 Stars] JOY: carols and songs Critical Review "Although there are literally hundreds of acoustic guitar Christmas CDs, very few come from classical guitarists. Frank has been a professor of classical guitar at the New England Conservatory, yet this hour of familiar and unfamiliar Christmas music is anything but academic. The combination of the.. Rating: [4 of 5 Stars] Sketches Critical Review Wallace is not only a guitarist, but also composer (all these works are his own) and baritone. He is a performer on the ancient instrument, the vihuela de mano, and has had a colorful career - performing early music, blues and avantgarde works. He describes his mentors as John Dowland and Schubert. .. Rating: [4 of 5 Stars] Delphin Per Kjetil Farstad I have listened to the CD "Delphín" numerous of times and I have to say it is astonishing, both technically and musically. Frank Wallace is a mature musician and his interpretation of the vihuela music is really splendid! The sound on this recording is warm and bright and the instrument sounds beaut.. Rating: [5 of 5 Stars] Delphin Kemer Thomson If you are an aficionado of the vihuela, this is a must-have recording. Not only is one of the most virtuosic recordings in my library, it provides significant representation of the vihuela fantasia: a portion of the literature from which most recordings pick and choose a few of the better known exa.. Rating: [5 of 5 Stars] The Art of Flemish Song Kemer Thomson Although this appears to be one of LiveOak's earlier recordings, it is a timeless treasure. The voices match the period: a plain, sweet and wistful soprano, a rich baritone that carries the introspection, and even meloncholy of much of the music. The use of the Spanish vihuelas is not only histor.. Rating: [5 of 5 Stars] Displaying 1 to 6 (of 21 reviews) Result Pages:  1  2  3  4  [Next >>]  Specials A Single Veil $12.95 $11.96 Reviews The singing soars, capturing the joys and melancholy of Renaissance Spain...and the instrumentals ar ... Bestsellers 01. Delphin 02. JOY: carols and songs 03. Piva 04. Frank Wallace 05. Sketches 06. Woman of the Water 07. Lanterns of Fire 08. !Ay de Mi! 09. A Season of Light 10. Schubert & Mertz

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