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...late Donald Gramm), organ and orchestra (the National Symphony), on texts by Thoreau, surges and soars, while The Nine Lessons of Christmas lyrically transcends its seasonal origins. And La Montaine the virtuoso is represented by an engaging reading of Bach's Well-Tempered Clavier, Book 2 -- on the electronic keyboard, no less...
...landmark 39-minute studio version, recorded in 1955. Feltsman has found another way. In addition to changing the dynamics, articulation and ornamentation of the repeated passages, his 79-minute interpretation departs radically from the usual approach by shifting octaves and even reversing the voices by crossing hands on the keyboard. The result is an electrifying performance -- technically dazzling yet infused with romantic sensibility -- that breathes fresh life into these intricate keyboard exercises...
Composed in 1742, supposedly to ease the slumbers of an insomniac Russian , count, the Goldberg Variations are among Bach's most brilliant and daunting keyboard works. "Somehow the piece has been very special all my life," says Feltsman. He speaks passionately about its mathematical and mystical symbolism -- "the meaning of it is infinite, infinite" -- and describes a long "love-hate relationship between Goldberg and myself...
...Natalie Merchant and her band are back with a strong follow-up to their mediocre Blind Man's Zoo of 1989. Merchant's poetic lyrics and majestic voice are in full display on Eden, and they seem even more thoughtful--and warmer--than before. That effect is enhanced by keyboard and string arrangements and the addition of horns to some of the songs. The two opening tracks--"Noah's Dove" and "These are Days"--along with "Few and Far Between," are the disc's most compelling...
HEALTH: Casualties of the Keyboard...