No piano on that one BASIL RAMSEY overhears musicians getting together Apapaziz    GKJ001

This is a one-off record by musical friends in memory of musical friends, a pot-pourri of mostly well-known pieces. The title is a statement of fact: violin, accordion, cymbalum, contrabass, harpsichord, and harp, but minus piano. A Scarlatti sonata via the accordion is a strange experience, but not to be derided when in the hands of a musician, although I'm not persuaded that Scarlatti's keyboard sonatas have found a useful alternative.

This venture stands or falls by the quality of the arrangements and the performances, which are all professional, and therefore allow some hilarity, and mayhem for the last track [listen -- track 23, 1:02-1:33].

 << Music & Vision home      Recent reviews       Schubert >>

For help listening to the sound extracts here, please refer to our questions & answers page.

Record Box is Music & Vision's regular Wednesday series of shorter CD reviews