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Review title: Wrongheaded Wrags
Product review: The sound is admirably clear, the playing is crisp and articulated. Some of the fast playing is pretty eye-opening. But where'd Buechner get his notions of ragtime style? The slower rags are rubato-ed and luftpausen-ed to death, their line destroyed with herky-jerky. Quarter notes in the right hand are routinely syncopated, though not marked that way in the scores, or turned into triplets--a nice effect applied once or twice. But not always and throughout. And the fast rags? Is this a speed contest? All charm and most melodic effect is lost on the rush to completion. There's not a lot of Joseph Lamb to be had on disc, but this is an irksome misrepresentation of the composer. Sorry, but I have to say it: under Buechner's hands, this is Sacrificial Lamb.
