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Grace Like a River - Christopher Parkening (guitar)
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  1. Koyunbaba, suite for guitar, Op. 19: Moderato and Presto
  2. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  3. Recuerdos de viaje, pieces (7) for piano, Op. 71, B. 18: Rumores de la Caleta
  4. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar
  5. Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra: 2. Adagio
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  1. Koyunbaba, suite for guitar, Op. 19: Moderato and Presto
  2. Cantata No. 147, "Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben," BWV 147 (BC A174): Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
  3. Recuerdos de viaje, pieces (7) for piano, Op. 71, B. 18: Rumores de la Caleta
  4. Recuerdos de la Alhambra, for guitar
  5. Concierto de Aranjuez, for guitar & orchestra: 2. Adagio
  6. Work(s): Etude
  7. Romance
  8. Ma mère l'oye, for piano, 4 hands (or orchestra), M. 60: Empress of the Pagodas
  9. Preambulo & Allegro
  10. Partita for solo violin No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1004: Chaconne
  11. Guitar Concerto ("For Two Christophers"): 2. Reflections
  12. Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99: 3. Ritmico e cavalleresco
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A companion CD to his inspirational autobiography of the same title, Christopher Parkening's Grace Like a River is a 12-track survey that skims over his career from 1963 to 2006. Any disc of excerpts covering four decades of recordings is bound to leave an incomplete impression of an artist, but one assumes the book fills in the gaps left by this routine compilation. Overall, Parkening's playing is technically polished and elegant, though often bland in expression, and frequently marred by his labored humming; as usual, it ...

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