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| | Cristal: Glass Music Through The Ages | | | Music Artist : | | armonica/cristal baschet Dennis James | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Sony | | Release Date : | | 2002-01-15 | | Store Price : | | $8.99 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Irish Lullaby, arranged for seraphim & chamber ensemble
2. Quintet for Glass & Strings: Dance
3. Quintet for Glass & Strings: Song
4. Quintet for Glass & Strings: Brisk
5. Non temere alma immortale, for armonica, soprano, alto, tenor & harp
6. Allegro for armonica (glass harmonica)
7. Caprice for Glass harp
8. Pavane, for orchestra & chorus ad lib in F sharp minor, Op. 50
9. Largo in G minor for armonica (glass harmonica)
10. Il Pompeo, opera: O cessate di piagarmi
11. Adagio for glass harmonica in C major, K. 356 (K. 617a)
12. Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola & cello in C minor, K. 617: Adagio
13. Adagio and Rondo for glass harmonica, flute, oboe, viola & cello in C minor, K. 617: Rondo
14. L'Armonica, cantata for soprano, glass harmonica & orchestra: Récit Accompagné - Adagio
15. L'Armonica, cantata for soprano, glass harmonica & orchestra: Air - Andantino
16. Petite Impression for Glass harp
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 This ranks 20 stars!
Submitted on: 2007-05-02 |
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| Great Music - for relaxing, calming atmosphere- just feeling better about the world in general! |
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 A great addition to your library
Submitted on: 2006-08-22 |
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| While I have enjoyed other performers renditions of some of the songs (Mozart K. 356, K 617; Apell 'Non temere alme immortale') as performed by Thomas Bloch, there are some songs on this album that make it worth it. The arrangement of Fauré's Pavane Op. 50 is amazing. That track alone is worth buying the album. In addition Quintet for Glass and Strings by Garry Eister is a very good set. If you are new to glass harmonica I would recommend Thomas Bloch's album entitled 'Glass Harmonica' under the Naxos label. |
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 Heartbreaker
Submitted on: 2004-11-10 |
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So let's see. Dennis James has spent years of his life recreating Ben Franklin's true glass armonica and making himself a virtuoso of the instrument.
The label is Sony, the producer is Linda Ronstadt and the Emerson Quartet are the session men.
No expense, no trouble, no love has been spared.
Except that the disc, while so beautiful, is utterly, utterly useless.
Instead of Mozart's specified accompaniment of FLUTE, OBOE, VIOLA, CELLO in K617, we get a fricking STRING QUARTET !!
HELLO ? It's a GLASS ARMONICA !
ETHEREAL, YES ?
DELICATE, YES ?
DON'T YOU THINK THAT JUST MAYBE WOLFIE MIGHT HAVE GOT IT RIGHT ?!
DON'T YOU THINK THAT JUST MAYBE IT'S HIS CALL ANYWAY ?!
Are oboes and flutes suddenly endangered species ?
Is everyone associated with the project quite insane ?
Hmm. I may be onto something there. They do say the instrument drove its hearers mad back in the eighteenth century...
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I enjoyed this
Submitted on: 2004-06-02 |
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| I wasn't sure what to expect. The novelty of this instrument passed quickly. And soon I was absorbed by the music. "Glass Music," as they call it, adds an etheral quality to these classical pieces. But it doesn't detract. And the accompaniment is top notch. My favorite parts were the guest vocalists. And Linda Ronstadt, who has already proven herself in the classical world, blends in effortlessly with her voice. You don't stop and think, "Oh my goodness. That's Linda Ronstadt singing." She sounds like any of the other pros on the album. And could possibly be segue-ing into a comfortable classical career from here (hasn't that always been her destiny?) Let me wrap up and say that I was enchanted by this music. (And Dennis James, please record more.) |
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Celestial sound
Submitted on: 2002-03-21 |
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| You must hear this CD to believe it. The glass armonica and other glass instruments produce, in the hands of Dennis James, an otherworldly resonance that seems almost mesmerizing. Of particular note are Garry Eister's "Quintet for Glass & Strings" and his exquisite arrangement of Faure's "Pavane." Though classical clear through, this CD should appeal to fans of Ronstandt as well as Faure. |
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