An American Quixote

Artist: Richard Carr
Label: Rec'd Music
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 791022124422
EAN: 0791022124422
ASIN: B00001IVBT

Release Date: 1999-08-13

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Tracks:

An American Quixote
The Journey
The Approaching Unknown
An Encounter with the Unknown
Love for the Lady
Freedom Flight Over the Countryside
Pure of Heart
The Dance of Adventure
Quixote's Confusion
The Giants of Fear
Veritas
Disillusionment and the Unraveling Mind
Resolution to Continue the Search

Customer Reviews:

GET A NEW JOB.......2004-01-13

GET A NEW JOB YOU HORRIBLE PIANIST, January 10, 2004
Reviewer: A music fan from NYC
Your music has NO melody. It is just BLA. So why don't you just find another trade to go into...because music is WAY out of your capabilities....essentially...YOU SUCK

The Music Speaks for Itself.......2000-11-01

Hey Richard. This is Robbie. I just wanted to write this review to let you and many fans know how incredible your music is. Especially from Soul & Heart. Which I cannot wait to get to write a review for that also. I love the song that is played with only one hand. Well.

Bye, Robbie

from Solo Piano Publicatons.......2000-04-16

This was a very ambitious solo piano project by Richard Carr. Recorded over a six-month period, some of the pieces were written out and composed while others were improvised on the spot. Presented without edits to maintain the integrity of the moment the pieces were recorded, there is a very "live" feel to "An American Quixote". With titles that include "An Encounter With the Unknown", "Quixote's Confusion", "Disillusionment and the Unraveling Mind", this CD is not full of sunshine and daisies, and some of it is quite turbulent. Most of it is very dark and many of the pieces are discordant and without a regular meter. This follows the theme of the album and the various titles of the music. I would not recommend "An American Quixote" to someone looking for music to daydream or meditate to. Carr has a very "big" playing style, and many of the pieces have large octave runs and crashing chords.

My favorite track is "The Giants of Fear", which is pitch black in feel. Much of the piece is played in the deep bass of the piano with a menacing beat that brings out feelings of dread and anxiety. A middle section goes into the upper registers with an "agitato" approach, and then travels back into the deepest bass. This piece can cause chills - very effective! The title track is also very effective. The feel is lighter than the pieces that follow, but still there is a feeling of apprehension as well as of hope and optimism. This is probably the most pleasant and comfortable piece on the CD. The closing track, "Resolution to Continue the Search" is gentler and is one of a few of the pieces that I would call soothing ("Love for the Lady" is quiet but also very dark - definitely not a Jim Brickman love song!).

I have to say that this is not a CD I would choose to relax to. It is, however, a fascinating development of a story set to music.

AN AMAZING JOURNEY THROUGH MUSIC AND THE HEART.......1999-12-04

Richard Carr is on the cutting edge of the music industry, becoming one of the most promising composer/pianist of this time. To carry through a project such as American Quixote, which is themematic and allows the listener to travel with Quixote and feel the journey in the heart, is remarkable. There are no lyrics to lead us, but only the incredible nuances of the music. I can only compare such an undertaking to Bernstein's MASS. Just to make this critique more professional in scope, I have been in the music business for more than 25 years. Few musicians excite my imagination as did Richard Carr in American Quizote. I urge all those that can, to listen to this CD. SANDY WILSON SANDY WILSON PRODUCTIONS

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