Search - Robin Holcomb :: Little Three

This CD is a must-have.

08/09/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

""Little Three" is one of my favorite CDs. Robin Holcomb is a terrific composer, so American, so evocative. If you love, say, intimate piano pieces by Brahms plus Elizabeth Cotten, you will love this recording."

Evocative piano compositions

Craig Burgess | Indianapolis, IN USA | 07/08/2001

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I first learned of Robin Holcomb from a clerk in a music store in Ann Arbor, and he had as difficult a time describing her music as I expect I will here. As confusing as this might sound, imagine piano compositions that are at once primitive, yet sophisticated, a kind of cross between protestant hymnals and Charles Ives, with an almost appalachian starkness. This is a recording that rewards detailed listening immensely while still being very effective as concentration-enhancing background music (in the very best sense of that term). While the entire album is bleakly beautiful, I would especially recommend "The Graveyard Song.""