The First Concerto is equally exciting: a vivid, clarion performance. In the Rondo finale, you can tell that both Brahms and Mr. Serkin are devotees of Bach.

Anthony Tommasini - New York Times

Чудесный сборник, от знаменитого лейбла Wagram Music, заключает в себе несколько тематических дисков. Но более всего мне хочется остановиться на диске №2, отличающимся своей Retro-направленностью. Иногда, в дружественной компании, можно позволить себе немного взгрустнуть, погрустить о прошлом, о том что осталось позади. Особенно приятно, если такой обстановке способствуют давно знакомые, милые исполнители, такие как Фрэнк Синатра (Frank Sinatra), Мэрилин Монро (Marilyn Monroe), Луи Армстронг (Louis Armstrong) и Сэмми Дэвис (Sammy Davis Jr).

One of the earliest and finest exponents of world jazz, Oregon began life in 1970 as an offshoot of the Paul Winter Consort, in which the group's original members had played. From the beginning, the band eschewed most jazz conventions. Percussionist Collin Walcott played tabla, sitar, and dulcimer, among other instruments, but did not use a trap set; bassist Glen Moore doubled on clarinet, viola, and piano, and its front line was formed by a double-reedist (Paul McCandless) and an acoustic guitarist (Ralph Towner).

Now and again an album appears that, in its gentle simplicity and unassuming veracity, makes a strong impact as much by virtue of all the things it is not as by all the things it is. Swedish guitarist Ulf Wakenius, heard on this session solely on classical guitar, clearly has the knowledge and ability to produce an album that highlights his formidable technique and rich harmonic knowledge. Instead, however, he has chosen to release Forever You , an album that is characterized by a quiet grace and unadorned melodism. But it takes an artist with a broad musical vision and stylistic depth to make a recording this pure, this chaste. As such it stands out as an instant classic, an album that in all its subtlety is more emotionally profound and evocative than the plethora of recordings that may be more immediately impressive for their displays of technique, but are nowhere near as compelling.