Title: EXCELLENT
Product review: Keyboard virtuoso Francis Monkman gives an excellent performance here. With just the right balance of momentum and energy, Monkman's playing allows the music to really take shape and emerge. The CD includes some excellent and varied renaissance and baroque works: a Pavan and Galliard by Byrd, two of Scarlatti's later sonatas and suites by Chambonnieres, D'Angelbert and Handel. The pieces on this CD are rendered with clarity, warmth and fluidity, a rare achievement for a solo harpsichord recording. Very highly recommended.As a side note, fans of Monkman's work with Sky will be interested to know that Rameau's "Gavotte and Variations," a highlight of the "Sky 2" album, was inspired by Handel's "Air (with 5 variations)," from the Suite in D minor presented here.
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