Search - Richie Beirach :: Antarctica

For Beirach Fans

Andrew Stevenson | Union Springs, New York | 08/23/2004

(3 out of 5 stars)

"On this CD Beirach presents a seven piece suite (six pieces are his own, one is by Lee Ann Ledgerwood) on the theme of Antarctica. His solo piano here is appropriately cool, detached, mysterious, and abstract. However, there is an overall sameness to the music and, despite the icy subject, a little too much tinkling. Beirach fans, like myself, will want this in their collections. Others, who want a taste of this fine pianist, might be better served by his solo piano on "Common Heart" or his trio work on "The Snow Leopard.""