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EAN: 0781182153028 Label: Ecm Records Manufacturer: Ecm Records Publisher: Ecm Records Release Date: September 12, 1995 Studio: Ecm Records Editorial Review: Amazon.com: Rarely does a recording convey such a feeling of total harmony--performance, sound, and overall ambience. Handel's all-too-infrequently heard suites are genuine masterpieces, brimming with melodic brilliance and irresistible rhythmic energy. The performances likewise are brilliant and irresistible--clear, detailed, stylish, and surprising in their expressive range. Performed with ardent skill on the piano, this is one of the finest Handel recordings ever made. --David Vernier Average Rating:
 Rating: - Jarrett Reigns in Baroque Music Every Bit as Supremely as in Free Jazz! There is no need to belabour the excellences of Keith Jarrett's performances of Handel's keyboard suites. The playing has the lyrical flow that other Amazon.com and Amazon.ca reviewers almost unanimously praise so lavishly and so rightly; even when Jarrett choses at times to play somewhat détaché, he never pokes, bangs, or thumps, as so many other keyboard players tend (whether on the piano or the harpsichord) to do. The phrasing of the music is so beautifully delineated that one simply would have ... Read More Rating: - Lovely lessons for keyboardJarrett surrender to music making reached new dimensions. Here the cheerful lessons by Georg Friedrich receive a most deserved rendition of graceful execution and control. Keith search for authenticity of the musical scores must be praised. The cd has great sound, as expected from an ECM. Quite and enjoyable performance. Rating: - stunningly beautiful!This is one of the finest classical recordings I have listened to in years -- Jarrett plays with warmth and sympathy, never flashy, and brings these keyboard suites to life. Rating: - beautiful music, beautifully playedIf I could give more than 5 stars, I would |
