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If the people at Nimbus are smart, they'll do a whole collection of discs on this theme. The literary-musical connection is, when done tastefully, as it is here, irresistible. As the intelligent and interesting notes maintain, "London at the time of Jane Austen was one of the most exciting centers in all of Europe for music," and this was an era of great fertility of composers in general. Lucky Jane! Imagine publishing your second novel the same year that Beethoven's Seventh Symphony receives its premiere. Or offering your fourth novel to the public near the time of the first performance of Schubert's Fifth Symphony. The program highlights popular music from Austen's time by Mendelssohn, Haydn, Fasch, J.C. Bach, Boyce, Schubert and others. I find the exclusion of chamber music a little odd here, though, since chamber music was the rage among the sort of gentlemen and women of the country about whom Austen wrote so well. --Gwendolyn Freed
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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
A great price for such a beautiful CD. This CD is a must have if you love Jane Austen. The music is just beautiful and I could not praise it highly enough. This CD is one of my favourites in my collection. So much so that I have recommended it to my friends and have brought some copies for gifts. BUY this CD, you will not be disappointed!!!
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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful
This CD is wonderful
16 Dec 2000
Format:Audio CD
I've had this CD for over a year now and of all my many classical albums, tapes, MP3's and CDs it is, by far, my most played CD. I listen to it almost every evening as I fall asleep. The more you play this music, the more you'll love it. Don't let the title fool you, this is some heady stuff. It may turn you on to some lesser know composers (i.e. William Boyce) and I guarantee you won't be dissatisfied. If you love Baroque you will love this CD.
71 of 88 people found the following review helpful
Anachronism!
22 Aug 2000
Format:Audio CD
I have to admit that I haven't heard this CD, and I'm sure it is very pleasant listening. BUT Jane Austen died when Mendelssohn was 8 years old, and although he was precocious, he wasn't that precocious! Also the music Jane Austen played and heard most would have been piano music and, as another reviewer has mentioned, chamber music. The concerts she attended often included Italian songs, for example. In her music collection there was nothing by Beethoven or even Mozart. A really interesting JA music companion album would have made an effort to establish what music she would have heard - and without the easy availability of recordings we have, it wouldn't necessarily have been what we now regard as the great classics. Anybody interested in this topic should read "The Innocent Diversion: a study of music in the life and writings of Jane Austen" by Patrick Piggott, London, 1979.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Must have study music
26 Aug 2001
Format:Audio CD
My mother purchased this CD for me as a gift and I have used it as study music ever since. It provides the perfect background without distraction, yet somehow manages to lift the spirits when books, tests, and papers abound.
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