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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
this guy has soul. a sublime work backed by superb solo artists.three cheers to classic FM. for introducing it to me in full.
Listen more than once I bought this recording because my son, a student at Durham, was in the cathedral for the first live performance and rated it highly. I was a Deep Purple fan in my youth, too! The first time I listened to the concerto all the way through I was left feeling slightly 'flat', as other reviewers have commented, but I have listened to it quite a few times now and love it more and more. I was going to say that 'From Prebends Bridge' is my favourite movement but I went and checked the CD and decided I'd be hard... more info
A dirge A dull dirge from start to finish. Track 2 however is worth a listen. A celebration it is not.
Dull I wrote this review before and it never appeared on here. As an old fan of Jon Lord's I expected to enjoy this - I didn't, I found it boring!
Tracks:
Part 1 - Morning: The Cathedral at Dawn (solo violin, solo cello, Hammond organ)
Durham Awakes (solo violin, solo cello, Hammond organ, Northumbrian pipes)
Part 2 - Afternoon: The Road from Lindisfarne (solo violin, solo cello, Northumbrian pipes)
From Prebends Bridge (solo cello)
Part 3 - Evening: Rags & Galas (solo violin, solo cello, Hammond organ)
Durham Nocturne (solo violin, solo cello, Hammond organ, Northumbrian pipes)