• Jessica L. Wood, PhD, MSLS
  • About
  • The "Hot" Harpsichord
  • J.S. Bach Portrait Gallery
  • Audio of Interest
  • Contact
Jessica L. Wood, PhD, MSLS
  • Jessica L. Wood, PhD, MSLS
  • About
  • The "Hot" Harpsichord
  • J.S. Bach Portrait Gallery
  • Audio of Interest
  • Contact

Frank Stein and the B.G. System, "Mysterious Barricades," Diamonds DI 1725

 

Frank Stein and the B.G. System play Stein's psych rock arrangement of F. Couperin's 1717 "Les Barricades Mistérieuses". Side 1 features Stein's arrangement of an anonymous 15th century English keyboard piece called "My Lady." I have not been able to find any info on this release, but I think that the Diamonds label may have been based in Switzerland.

 

This performance makes the Mysterious Barricades sound a little too much like Pachelbel's Canon for my taste, partly because of the plodding tempo. Stein's decision to stagger left and right hand on beat 4 of seemingly every measure also gets kind of old. But I appreciate that he created some variety in timbre by using the instrument's different stops. 

 

Saturday 12.07.13
Posted by Jessica Wood
Newer / Older