Title: Disappointing
Product review: I loved Bob James's recording of the music of Jean-Philippe Rameau; it remains one of my favourite LPs and CDs. When I saw that he'd done the same with the music of Scarlatti, one of the greatest keyboard composers ever, I couldn't order it fast enough. And I'm really disappointed. All the same things - multiple instruments, different effects - are there. But the magic of the earlier recording is missing. I can't figure out why this should be. Is it that Scarlatti is less tolerant of the James treatment than Rameau? Was it an inappropriate choice of Scarlatti pieces for Jamesising? I don't know. All I know is that it just doesn't do it for me. Perhaps It will grow on me with time, but the Rameau hit me right away and the pleasure of that recording has stayed with me for over 20 years. I don't get it - in every sense.
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