Reviews: Beaser: Mountain Songs
John Henken, Los Angeles Times (February 22, 1987)
The MHS Review 387 Vol. 11 No.9, 1987
Brisk, bravura performances make these tuneful miniatures easy listening of the most enjoyable sort. "Mountain Songs" is an eclectic, eight-movement suite based mostly on Appalachian folksongs set in styles ranging from bustling hoedown to impressionistic bits of almost Oriental wistfulness. The flip side contains Beaser's [setting of] "II est ne, le divin enfant" and Fisk's [and Robison's] skillful arrangements of 11 American songs, from "To a Wild Rose" and "Beautiful Dreamer" to Chick Corea's "Children's Song" no. 2 and William Schuman's "Orpheus and His Lute." Fisk's [and Robison's] skillful arrangements of 11 American songs, from "To a Wild Rose" and "Beautiful Dreamer" to Chick Corea's "Children's Song" no. 2 and William Schuman's "Orpheus and His Lute."
Brisk, bravura performances make these tuneful miniatures easy listening of the most enjoyable sort. "Mountain Songs" is an eclectic, eight-movement suite based mostly on Appalachian folksongs set in styles ranging from bustling hoedown to impressionistic bits of almost Oriental wistfulness. The flip side contains Beaser's [setting of] "II est ne, le divin enfant" and Fisk's [and Robison's] skillful arrangements of 11 American songs, from "To a Wild Rose" and "Beautiful Dreamer" to Chick Corea's "Children's Song" no. 2 and William Schuman's "Orpheus and His Lute." Fisk's [and Robison's] skillful arrangements of 11 American songs, from "To a Wild Rose" and "Beautiful Dreamer" to Chick Corea's "Children's Song" no. 2 and William Schuman's "Orpheus and His Lute."