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"When answering the favorite hypothetical, 'If you were on a desert island and could only have 10 CDs...', this would surely be one of the first ones on my list.
While I have loved the music of Mark O'Connor for many years and have thoroughly enjoyed everything I have ever heard from Edgar Meyer and am always impressed with Yo-Yo Ma's talent, I think that this may be some of the most inspired, and inspiring music from any of them. I have listened to this CD time and time again since it first came out (I literally buy everything that Mark O'Connor records on the day it is released.) and never tire of a single note. JUST BUY IT!" (amazon.com customer review)
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Discs and Tracks Disc 1
1 - The Green Groves of Erin / The Flowers of Red Hill - Yo-Yo Ma,
2 - Appalachia Waltz - Yo-Yo Ma, OConnor, Mark
3 - Chief Sitting in the Rain - Yo-Yo Ma, Traditional
4 - Mama - Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer, Edgar
5 - Butterfly's Day Out - Yo-Yo Ma, OConnor, Mark [1]
6 - David Fluid - Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer, Edgar
7 - First Impressions - Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer, Edgar
8 - Etienne et Petunia - Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer, Edgar
9 - F.C.'s Jig - Yo-Yo Ma, OConnor, Mark
10 - College Hornpipe - Yo-Yo Ma, Traditional
11 - Pickles - Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer, Edgar
12 - Old Country Fairy Tale - Yo-Yo Ma, OConnor, Mark
13 - Schizoozy - Yo-Yo Ma, Meyer, Edgar
14 - Star of the County Down - Yo-Yo Ma, Traditional
15 - Speed the Plow Medley - Yo-Yo Ma, Traditional
16 - Fair Dancer Reel - Yo-Yo Ma, OConnor, Mark
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Superb
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I love this CD. I bought it back when it was first released and have been through 2 discs. Living in Florida and missing my Mid-western Illinois Autumns, this music allows me the joy of Fall. Not sure it was meant to do that but somehow it does.
Relaxing and transporting...I never tire of this disc.
Excellent!!!
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Appalachian Waltz shows the best of American music with premier performers. A delightful experience.
Ground-breaking album
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This album defies categorization. It is a mind-blowing combination of strings that hits a deep emotional chord with me. Pure joy. Don't be fooled by the title of the cd: Appalachia Waltz. It is not a traditional bluegrass or Appalachian music album; far from it. If you like experimental music you will love this, it has an avant-garde sensibility to it, yet has a melodic classical element as well.
I can't recommend this album highly enough.
Nice mixer of worlds
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Classical influence on this area of music is
done tastefully and the music is very enjoyable.
Welcome to "alternative" classical music!
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It's wonderful to hear three such talented musicians put together a collection of non-classical music on revered instruments. This is not "The Yo-yo Ma Show" with two other guys! The music is varied but the performances are great and -- in some cases, e.g. Appalachia Waltz -- fantastic. I was driving the first time I heard the title piece and immediately started sobbing and had to pull over; it was that beautiful! This would be a good CD choice for children to listen to, as it gives a fine exposure to the amazing sounds that the three instruments can make when in the right hands.
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