Into the Shadows

This is a 1990 release by Carole Koenig, a fine dulcimer player, who isn't necessarily served to her best in this album.

The selections are:

01. Lotus Land (4:43)

02. Three Distinguished Waltzes (excerpt) (1:25)

03. La Plus Que Lente (excerpt) (3:47)

04. Prelude #2 (3:24)

05. Descriptions Automatiques (excerpt) (1:55)

06. Crooked Dances (Cold Pieces/excerpt) (1:13)

07. Reverie (3:53)

08. Prelude #8: The Girl with the Flaxen Hair (2:27)

09. Gnossienne #5 (3:11)

10. Nocturne #4 (2:42)

11. Gymnopedie #1 (2:46)

12. Gymnopedie #2 (2:04)

13. The Mother Goose Suite: Dance of the Beautiful Lady in the Sleeping Forest (1:28)

14. The Mother Goose Suite: Little Tom Thumb (2:50)

15. The Mother Goose Suite: The Conversation Between Beauty and the Beast (2:40)

16. The Mother Goose Suite: The Fairy Garden (2:29)

Sadly, most of the classical selections require sustained tones, which a hammered dulcimer don’t got.  This requires the arrangements to depend on other instruments than the title instrument!  So we have a lot of harp and flute taking the weight.

Still, you may find it charming.

Carole Koenig - After Shadows

See you Monday.