Champlain Summer

Track Listings
1. Lady Franklin's Lament (Stauff)    
2. Planxty Fanny Power (Carolan)    
3. Planxty Martha (Stauff)    
4. Star of the County Down (traditional)    
5. Gentle Maiden / Planxty Irwin (trad. / Carolan)    
6. Thanksgiving (Stauff)    
7. Terpsichore CCLXVIII: Ballet (Praetorius)    
8. Lullabye (Stauff)    
9. Shebeg & Shemore (Carolan)    
10. Planxy Mary Ellen (Stauff)    
11. Prelude #1 from the Well Tempered Clavier (Bach)    
12. Champlain Summer (Stauff)    

Editorial Reviews
Scott Wilkinson
...a poignant reminder of simpler times ... an eminently satisfying recording that calms the mind while lifting the spirit."

About the Artist
Ed has been a musician since his mother taught him piano as a child. Early musical influences included the Kingston Trio, the Tijuana Brass, and symphony concerts. He began taking classical organ lessons at age 10. Unable to keep his hands off any instrument within reach, Ed delighted his parents and frustrated his high school band teacher by switching between alto, tenor & baritone sax, trombone, and sousaphone. His study of organ continued through high school. Meanwhile, Elton John... read more

Album Description
These Celtic and traditional tunes, renaissance and baroque classics, and original compositions are alternately joyful, reverant, haunting, playful, poignant and uplifting, each one exquisitely performed on solo piano.

Champlain Summer

Champlain Summer, Music, Ed Stauff, These Celtic and traditional tunes, renaissance and baroque classics, and original compositions are alternately joyful, reverant, haunting, playful, poignant and uplifting, each one exquisitely performed on solo piano.
Champlain Summer
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • A Summer for All Seasons
  • Highly recommended!!
 Champlain Summer
Ed Stauff
Manufacturer: Love Song Productions
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Folk | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music
GeneralGeneral | New Age | Indie Music | Stores | Music
ASIN: B00008DP0Z
Release Date: 2002-09-02

Tracks:

  1. Lady Franklin's Lament (Stauff)
  2. Planxty Fanny Power (Carolan)
  3. Planxty Martha (Stauff)
  4. Star of the County Down (traditional)
  5. Gentle Maiden / Planxty Irwin (trad. / Carolan)
  6. Thanksgiving (Stauff)
  7. Terpsichore CCLXVIII: Ballet (Praetorius)
  8. Lullabye (Stauff)
  9. Shebeg & Shemore (Carolan)
  10. Planxy Mary Ellen (Stauff)
  11. Prelude #1 from the Well Tempered Clavier (Bach)
  12. Champlain Summer (Stauff)

Album Description

These Celtic and traditional tunes, renaissance and baroque classics, and original compositions are alternately joyful, reverant, haunting, playful, poignant and uplifting, each one exquisitely performed on solo piano.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A Summer for All Seasons.......2003-03-04

I was impressed by the range and depth of this album. I happened to hear it first during the Christmas season last year and it instantly displaced all other instrumental seasonal music as the favorite in our house over the holidays. It is an uplifting antedote for the somewhat melancholy corners that a lot of Christmas seasonal music can wander into. Now that Christmas is over, it ends up getting played quite often on my Mac as I work from home. I am consistently amazed at this album's streightforward substance, and positive attitude. As a listener, the production is so subtle and well done that its like having the artist in my home for a private concert. I can recommend this jewel to anyone without reservation. Give it a listen and pass the word!

5 out of 5 stars Highly recommended!!.......2003-02-27

"Champlain Summer" is an unusual-but-wonderful mixture of relaxing and energizing keyboard instrumentals with strong celtic, folk and classical influences. Edward Stauff's original compositions are lovely, evoking a sense of time and place and emotional depth that's too rare in today's plastic music. Of course the classic tunes are haunting too (that's how they become classics, right?) and he performs them with authentic passion. Overall this CD leaves me with a feeling of calm contemplation, but some tracks make me feel like dancing too (or, more often, getting to neglected chores). I think people who like to meditate or fall asleep to music--as well as fussy babies--would love "Champlain Summer." (For what it's worth, listening to this CD relaxed my cranky old cat when she freaked during a thunderstorm. :-)

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