Sharon Isbin - Journey to the New World
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Artist: Sharon IsbinComposer: Sharon Isbin
Conductor: Sharon Isbin
Edition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown)
CD Release Date: 2009-03-24
Music Label: SONY CLASSICS
Soundtracks:
- Mr. Drewry's Accords
- Lord Willoughby's Welcome Home
- La Rossignol
- Greensleeves
- The Drunken Sailor
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- Andecy
- Wayfaring Stranger
- Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144/I. Fantasia: Once I had a Sweetheart; Rambler Gambler; Barbara Allen
- Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144/II. The House of the Rising Sun
- Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144/III. The Lily of the West
- Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144/IV. The Unquiet Grave
- Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144/V. Silkie
- Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144/VI. Where have all the Flowers Gone?
- Joan Baez Suite, Opus 144/VII. Finale: Rake and Rambling Boy; Wildwood Flower; The Trees they do Grow High
- Go 'Way From My Window
- Strings & Threads Suite/I. Fair Dancer Reel
- Strings & Threads Suite/II. Sailor's Jig
- Strings & Threads Suite/III. Captain's Jig
- Strings & Threads Suite/IV. Off to Sea
- Strings & Threads Suite/V. Pilgrim's Waltz
- Strings & Threads Suite/VI. Road to Appalachia
- Strings & Threads Suite/VII. Shine On
- Strings & Threads Suite/VIII. Cotton Pickin' Blues
- Strings & Threads Suite/IX. Pickin' Parlor Rag
- Strings & Threads Suite/X. Queen of the Cumberland
- Strings & Threads Suite/XI. Texas Dance Hall Blues
- Strings & Threads Suite/XII. Swing
- Strings & Threads Suite/XIII. Sweet Suzanne
Free Music Notes for Journey to the New World
Free Music Review: Not Your Grandmother's Chamber Music
Hit: 5 Stars
This is a review by John Hodges from the Juilliard Journal Online.
Joan Baez was one of guitarist Sharon Isbin's childhood heroes, so perhaps it was inevitable that they would eventually collaborate, and the joyous results are at the heart of a new Sony CD, Journey to the New World. Baez adds haunting vocals on "Wayfaring Stranger," which, thanks to arranger Carlos Barbosa-Lima, deftly steers away from treacle. She returns later in breathy, beautiful form for Isbin's transcription of John Jacob Niles's "Go 'Way From My Window." Both make fine bookends to the Joan Baez Suite (2002) by John Duarte, who died in 2004. It's a shame he didn't live to hear this recording. Using roughly 12 of Baez's songs, Duarte crafted a moody yet mellow tribute that shows off Isbin's expertise. A high point comes in the bittersweet "Where Have All the Flowers Gone": some arresting chord changes herald the traditional "Taps."
Isbin, who founded and chairs Juilliard's guitar department, begins the CD with four Renaissance duets, originally for lute and arranged for her playing both parts. Most impressive is the melodic invention of John Johnson's "Greensleeves," and I was struck by the haunting, anonymously attributed begins the CD with four Renaissance duets, originally for lute and arranged for her playing both parts. Most impressive is the melodic invention of John Johnson's "Greensleeves," and I was struck by the haunting, anonymously attributed "Le Rossignol." The generous disc also includes Andrew York's brief Andecy, a popular valentine to folk music of the British Isles.
The program ends with Mark O'Connor's Strings & Threads Suite, originally for violin solo, but here arranged for guitar and violin (the latter raptly played by O'Connor). Sections such as "Road to Appalachia" and "Texas Dance Hall Blues" are typical of its homey, exuberant channeling of folk tunes from Ireland and the United States. Throughout the program, Isbin's warmth, vitality, and casual virtuosity infuse each track. Those who know Isbin only from her Bach, Rodrigo, or Villa-Lobos may be surprised by her naturalness in this repertoire. The recording engineers, Tim Martyn and Dann Michael Thompson, capture every pluck in vivid detail.
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