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BarryL
06-23-2005, 09:36 AM
I've been spinning this new SH classical CD for about a week now in rotation with Glass Hammer and Gordon Giltrap.

If you like light classical music, then there's nothing here not to like. This is his second classical effort, the first being A Midsummer's Night Dream. Unlike that one, though, which was mostly solo classical guitar with a few symphonic tracks, this one swings much more heavily to use of a small orchestra. It is light and positive, and sounds very much like a soundtrack album at times. It's totally instrumental.

You don't have to be a Steve Hackett fan to like this, just a fan of guitar-based classical music or light soundtracks.

Perfect for Sunday mornings or tea with the missus.

It's distributed by InsideOut Records so should be easy to find at good music stores.

Dave_G
06-23-2005, 11:19 AM
In other words it boring music for boring times, eh?

Dave

BarryL
06-23-2005, 11:24 AM
In other words it boring music for boring times, eh?

Dave

There are no drums. Think good spa music or the type of thing you would hear while sitting in the dentist's chair.

Dave_G
06-23-2005, 12:45 PM
Egad!

And you like this?

Barry, we need to talk.

Time for a dose of rock it seems!

Dave

BarryL
06-23-2005, 01:15 PM
Egad!

And you like this?

Barry, we need to talk.

Time for a dose of rock it seems!

Dave

..getting soft in my old age. No more Beethovan's Ninth for me. I don't have the yarbles for it anymore, and the devotcha doesn't go for it.

BTW, this one is good for the old in-out in-out.

See you, my droog. Viddy you later.

MomurdA
06-23-2005, 02:07 PM
Nuthin like goin to the milkbar with my ultraviolents'

progfan
06-26-2005, 01:23 PM
I love this album. It's still quite possibly my favorite album of 2005. What's not to like here?!

BarryL
06-28-2005, 05:41 AM
I love this album. It's still quite possibly my favorite album of 2005. What's not to like here?!


This album reminds me very much of the soundtrack to the movie The Stars Fall on Henrietta, composed by David Benoit. Benoit is a pianist rather than a guitar player. If you love this, then you will probably love that. Another great soundtrack is October Sky. You may also like the work of Jan Kaczmarek. Try Washington Square or Bliss. And then of course there are the soundtracks by trumpeter Mark Isham.