Rating: 5/5
Review:
A joy
This is a really good disc.
I'm pretty sceptical now about any posthumous release of
"rediscovered" live material because so many of them are terrible
recordings, but this is a wonderful, professional-standard recording of John
Renbourn playing superbly.
The material shows the breadth and depth of John's musical
interests, with traditional English music, blues, ragtime and so on. There's even an encore of two pieces by the
late Renaissance lutenist Hans Neusidler, which are extraordinary both in their
composition and in John's amazing playing.
It's a fine, fine programme and the guitar work is stunning. There's just the right amount of chat between
tracks to give an idea of the live atmosphere but not to become tedious on
repeated listening, and it's all very engaging.
John has been right near the top of my "Wish I could
play like…" list for 50 years now.
If I ever play one-tenth as well as he does here, I'll be very, very
happy. (I know I won't but I can still
dream and practice…) It's a joy of a
release which any Rebourn fan or any lover of great acoustic guitar playing
will love. Very warmly recommended.
(Just in case anyone is interested, John is rather rude
about Hans Neusidler but there's a very good disc of lute music by his son
Melchior recorded by the great Paul O'Dette, which I can also recommend very
warmly. Amazon page HERE.)
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