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| Perpetual Motion | 
 enlarge | Artists: Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Evelyn Glennie, Joshua Bell, Gary Hoffman, John [guitar] Williams, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Sebastian Bach, Claude Debussy, Fryderyk Chopin, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky, Johannes Brahms, Niccolo Paganini, Ludwig Van Beethoven
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (44 reviews)
Sales Rank: 6030
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 89610
UPC: 696998961029
EAN: 0696998961029
ASIN: B00005OSX6
Release Date: October 2, 2001
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fabulous!!! January 1, 2003
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I have rarely been so taken by a new CD, which I have listened to more that any other I own since I got it a year ago. The combination of Bela Fleck and MacArthur "genius" award winner, Edgar Meyer is hard to beat.
 ok December 29, 2002
0 out of 9 found this review helpful
good quality, but the eclectic nature of the cd kills the fun.
Wonderful and historically important August 11, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
What Segovia did for the guitar, what Landowska did for the harpsichord, what Larry Adler did for the harmonica--that's what Bela Fleck's done for the banjo on this recording--taken an instrument that conventional wisdom said was too limited to be of much use or importance and made it do things no one dreamed possible. Fleck is not merely an astonishing musician; but he's taken the banjo a quantum leap into the future. What's next? Who knows--but I'll be waiting with great anticipation. This CD is not only wonderful to listen to, but it's important musically, as we continue to see the banjo evolve from sideshow novelty to the point where it can now take it's place in an orchestra. This recording is not only wonderful--it's important.
 INteresting, but limited July 15, 2002
15 out of 32 found this review helpful
There's an old joke that asks "What's the difference between a banjo and a chainsaw?" and the answer is "a chainsaw has more dynamic range". Well, Bela fleck does show that the banjo *is* capable of some dynamic range, but it's still a rather limited instrument.Now I happen to really like banjo- I've been playing old-time banjo for over 20 years. And I happen to like Bela Fleck, and admire his technique and adventurousness. He's certainly done more than anyone else to liberate 5-string banjo from the traditional roles of old-time, traditional and Bluegrass music. But the banjo is still a somewhat limited instrument in terms of color and expression. You can play Bach on a banjo, but you can't make it sound like a cello. This album is interesting, and clever, and certainly exceptionally well executed- but is it valid miusically? Is it a good interpretation? I think in the end it's really more of a parlor trick than a partiucularly good interperetation of the music. Fleck fans will like it, but those not mad about Bela and his adventurous playing might do better to pass it by.
Beware May 3, 2002
4 out of 30 found this review helpful
Take a little care here - this CD is not fish, not fowl, not worm. In other words, while it's amazing Bela Fleck can play these things on the banjo, that doesn't mean that that the idea was a good one. There is much here that is new and good; but that which is new is not good, and that which is good will not be new.
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