Bach Rules!
T. Mueller | Ventura, CA USA | 07/26/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I don't know what possessed the first reviewer to be so vociferous in critiquing this album. In fact, this is a delightful reinterp of Bach's music. Very danceable and joyous. Maybe it helps that I am not expecting anything in particular from Stoltzman. This album swings. If the first reviewer thought it would appeal only to college kids on acid, he is way wrong. His review sounds like he was on stomnach acid. Lighten up!"
A Smiling Bach!
M. B Hazen | Jacksonville, Fla. | 03/04/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Let me introduce you to Richard Stoltzman! (start CD: "Worldbeat Bach"). Now, listen to his joy and way he celebrates life through Bach! Listen to the excellence of musicianship, his diversity of approach to Bach's most popular music, hear the total love and respect he shows for this masterful composer. Lavish yourself in the silkiness of his clarinet tones....and, for a bonus, his son joins him and his friends with arrangement and performances...Ladies and Gentlemen: RICHARD STOLZMAN! Now, I said, I'd like to revisit some of his other CDs..."New York Counterpoint", "Aria", "Dreams", etc. I want to get to know him better. Yes, I love his serious clarinet, but this energized, silky love shows the influence, perhaps, that came from his father playing Benny Goodman records and the other great jazz musicians of that era around his young son. "Worldbeat Bach" is a splendid introduction to all who have never really met Richard Stoltzman. Happily, I have, and it's all true!..Madge Bruner Hazen"
Curt Hill
Curtis Hill | Oakland, CA United States | 01/10/2002
(5 out of 5 stars)
"Well - I'm glad I didn't read the first review prior to purchasing this. I love Richard Stoltzman's treatments of these gems, I love the liner notes, I love everything about this disc. It makes me happy. The musicianship is extraordinary, and the playfulness is delightful."