Early Pedro

Early Pedro

Early Pedro

Track Listings
 
1. Assembled By
2. Lay Down Mega Man
3. Repent
4. Field Angels
5. Akira Theme
6. This Time Last Week
7. Chapel Was My Dream
8. Hoop
9. Right Way to Play Chess
10. Koolhaas
11. D.A.R.y.L
12. Blessed Is the Savant
13. Demons in Cases
14. To Lie Here and to Not Go Out - Pedro, , Joe Robinson, James Rutledge, Kathryn Williams
15. Part 2 - Pedro, , Joe Robinson, James Rutledge, Kathryn Williams

Early Pedro,Pedro,Melodic UK,Dance Music,Electronic,Pop
La Folia, 1490-1701
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • One of the best "La Folias"
  • Amazing variety and delight
  • A master's musical magic
  • a favorite
La Folia, 1490-1701

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ASIN: B000023YPG
Release Date: 1999-02-09

Tracks:

  1. I. Folias Antiguas: Folia: Rodrigo Martinez
  2. I. Folias Antiguas: Recercada Quarta Sobre La Folia
  3. I. Folias Antiguas: Folia: Para Quien Crie Cabellos
  4. I. Folias Antiguas: Recercada Ottava Sobre La Folia
  5. I. Folias Antiguas: Folia: Hoy Comamos Y Bebamos
  6. II. Diferencias Sobre Las Folias
  7. III. Follias
  8. IV. Couplets De Folies

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars One of the best "La Folias".......2006-09-11

This CD contains a selection of Folia variations from Spain (mostly), Italy and France over a period of about 200 years. Savall and his ensemble are among the best -- their playing has a great richness to it. A very good anthology -- if you love "La Folia", you can't go wrong with this CD.

5 out of 5 stars Amazing variety and delight.......2005-07-02

This collection contains dances and variations written on an old Spanish dance pattern. While the entire disc can be said to include only a handful of different harmonies, the endless sets of variations are anything but boring. Instead, they constitue a musical journey that takes you through three countries and over two hundred years of music-making.

The journey begins in Spain, around the time Columbus made his famous voyages. The first variations are filled with spirit and joy and are both wild in nature and yet refined and exquisite under Savall's fingertips. After a set of five wonderful pieces, there next comes a later Spanish piece for gamba, continuo, and...castanets! This piece concludes with a rousing col legno section that needs to be heard to be believed.

Next is a great rendition of Corelli's Follias, also known as his 12th violin sonata. The volin part is played in a period arrangement for gamba, and Savall uses the treble instead of the bass viol for the part, which sounds great and offers a good opportunity to comapre the treble viol to the violin. Under Savall's touch, the viol gives the violin a run for the money! Great fun.

Lastly, we have Marais' masterful Follias d'Espangne, and after hearing them performed like they are here, what more can be said? This CD would make a wonderful purchase for yourself or a friend, and would be a great way to introduce someone to early music. This disc is yet another reminder of why Jordi Savall, as the previous reviewer so well put it, deserves to be considered among the top musicians of our day. Alia Vox does a great job of presenting these discs in great packages and with wonderful sound quality. The days of second-rate period instrument performances are coming to a close.

5 out of 5 stars A master's musical magic.......2004-12-29

Jordi Savall's special talent for reviving lost or obscure music is no better illustrated than by this album. The "Folia" are country dances, sometimes frenetic in their rendition, other times sedate and even-paced. The full range of those characteristics are presented in this collection of interpreters of the "folia" idiom. From Roderigo Martinez in the last years of the 15th Century to the Versailles Court musician Marin Marais two centuries later, Savall provides a glorious musical tour of time and place. He seems almost to transport himself away from the present as he plays. Time and space are compressed to an environment limited only by the music's expressiveness. With the roots in peasant dances, that's a wide space which Savall fills with delightful playing. The broad spectrum of styles in the pieces grant this CD an equally expansive audience.

Savall's group, whose renditions of these pieces can only be described as exquisite, is the core of later ensembles. Each member brings a strong sense of the professional to the music. Even given such a background team, it is Savall's rich, precise and meaningful use of the da gamba that rightly predominates. He is an undisputed master of evoking the fullest expression the instrument can produce. The music leaves the listener breathless even when but seated as an audience. What must it be like for a professional dance troupe to perform to these sometimes frantic tones? The entire performance is dazzling and inspiring. This CD could be considered the acme of his performances - a judgment tempered only by knowledge of later and even more glorious releases.

Alia Vox has taken the lead in producing the most superior of recording techniques for Savall's musical skills. Savall is more than just the leading viola da gambist in the world. He could be elevated to the finest musician without overreaching his abilities. The sounds are crisp and elevating. It's easy to see why "La Folia" is considered a "desert island" CD choice by many. Listen to it for yourself, with one you love, and endear yourself to someone by offering it as a gift. In all cases, the rewards are valuable. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]

5 out of 5 stars a favorite.......2004-06-13

This compilation of Spanish-insprired dance music is often in the player. It's tuneful and accessible. A similar collection by the Purcell Quartet feels more stilted and less joyful.

I would also recommend Savall's Elizabethan Consort Music, and Espanoleta by Chatham Baroque.
Christophorus Columbus: Paraísos Perdidos [Hybrid SACD]
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    ASIN: B000GCG8Z8
    Release Date: 2007-03-20

    Tracks:

    1. Introduction: Pierre Hamon (double flute),Pedro Estavan (percussion)
    2. Invocation: Chorus: "Tethysque novos detegat orbes " (music- Binchois)
    3. Evocation 1 Medea: "Nunc iam cessit pontus et omnes patitur leges"
    4. Invocation: Chorus: "Tethysque novos detegat orbes"
    5. Evocation 2: Medea: "Terminus omnis motus et urbes"
    6. Invocation: Chorus: "Tethysque novos detegat orbes"
    7. Evocation 3: Medea: Venient annis saecula seris
    8. Reading: "Venient annis saecuala seris"
    9. Invocation: Chorus: "Tethysque novos detegat orbes"
    10. Reading: "Vendran los tardos anos del mundo . . . "
    11. Music: Hymn Sufi (instrumental improvisation) (Santur &Percussion)
    12. Reading: "Description of the beautiful sights of Granada" - Ibn
    13. Music: Mowachah Billadi askara min aadbi Llama (Al-Andalus)
    14. Ancient Romance: El Moro de Antequera (Sephardic song)
    15. Reading: "Having reached Antquera" Chronicle of Kings of Castille, Ch.
    16. Music: Zappay (instrumental) CMM 20
    17. Music: Colinetto (instrumental) CMM 22Reading: "Here I shall relate the
    18. Villota: Dindirindin - Anonymous CMM 127
    19. Reading: "Seeing as how his forefathers were of the royal blood of
    20. Strambotto: O tempo bono - Anonymous CMM 132
    21. Music: voca la galiera (instrumental) Anonymous CMM 18 Reading: " A
    22. Basse Dance: Mappa mundi(Kyrie of the Mass) - Johannes Cornago
    23. Music: Chiave, chiave (instrumental)- Anonymous CMM 131 Reading:
    24. Ancient song (s. XI) Reading: "Finding himself near Lisbon..."
    25. Villancico: Meis olhos van por lo mare- Anonymous CMP 453
    26. Reading: "Finally, having recourse to the Spanish expression..."
    27. Frottola: In te Domine speravi- Josquin des Pres CMP 84
    28. Improvisation Arabo-Andalusain Song (santur & flute)
    29. Reading: Arabic text by Ibn Zamrak
    30. Kharcha: Ya am laja halki (Andalusia, 13th century)
    31. Music: La Spagna (instrumental)
    32. Reading: Concerning the Treaty of the Alhambra and the surrender of
    33. Romance: Qu'es de ti desconsolado - Juan del Enzina CMP

    Tracks:

    1. Music: las Estrellas de los cielos (Sefardic anonymous)
    2. Hymn: Patres nostri peccaverunt- Johannes Cornago
    3. Reading: Edict of the Expulsion of the Jews, Joan Coloma (Secretary to
    4. Reading: "Within a few months..." Andres Bernaldez, confessor to Queen
    5. Hebrew Lament: Ma aidej? Ma adamelaj - Anonymous
    6. Music: Improvisation on a Fantasia de Lluis del Mila (Viheula)
    7. Music: Voca la galiera(instrumental)- Anonymous CMM 18
    8. Reading: "He sailed to the west-south-west." Christopher Columbus.
    9. Music: Lament instrumental (improvisation)
    10. Reading: "The King and Queen, seeing from the many signs given by the
    11. Music: Nuba Hiyay Msmarqi. Mizan Bsit. Ya muslimin qalbi -
    12. & 16. Reading: Nauhatl poem on the fleeting nature of all things
    13. Music:Homagio Kogui (Quena and Amerindian drums)
    14. Music: Departez vous (instrumental)- Guillaume Dufay
    15. Reading: On the treatment of the native Indians, Friar Bartolome de las
    16. Villancico: Todos los bienes del mundo- Juan del Enzina CMP 61
    17. Music: Fortuna desperata - Heinrich Isaac
    18. Reading: "In May, 1505..."
    19. Music: "Miserere nostri/Vexilla Regis CMM 106
    20. Music: Fantasia I - Llus del Mila
    21. Reading: "I am not the first Admiral in my family..."
    22. Processional Hymn: Hanacpachap cussicuinin (Quechua)- Juan Perez

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    This remarkable release, comprising two CDs and a book of 270 pages with information in Spanish, English, German, Italian, Catalan, Arabic, and Hebrew, is a veritable history lesson in music, poetry, and literature about Spain, as well as Christopher Columbus and his voyages and times. The title of the set, Lost Paradises, refers to the cessation of the period during which all three traditions - Jewish, Muslim and Christian - worked together to create greatness. The music, pre-baroque and sounding very exotic indeed, is exquisitely performed, sometimes by itself and sometimes in conjunction with the reading of a text. The Moorish and Sephardic music is particularly colorful, but the more familiar, "early" music is just as ravishing. With repertoire both sacred and profane, featuring dances and dirges, Savall, in his notes, is attempting to make us pay heed to the past so that we may form our futures: This isn't as pedantic as it sounds, but it is certainly more than an afternoon of great music listening. What a stunning gift this would make - either to yourself or others. --Robert Levine
    Villancicos y Danzas Criollas
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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    • Mucho me pesa la cabeza
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    • ýCreoleý Songs and Dances from Old Spain to the New World
    Villancicos y Danzas Criollas

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    ASIN: B0000E64U4
    Release Date: 2004-03-09

    Tracks:

    1. Chacona: A La Vida Bona
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    3. Moresca: Di Perra Mora
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    6. Joto
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    9. Negra A 5: Antonya Flaciquia Gasipa
    10. Cachua - Hesperion XXI
    11. Rorro: Desvelado Dueno Mio
    12. Negrilla: A Siolo Flasiquiyo
    13. Juguete: Un Juguetico De Fuego
    14. Juguete A 4: Convidando Esta La Noche
    15. Guaracha: Ay Que Me Abraso
    16. Villancico A 8: Serafin Que Con Dulce

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars Perfect Performances.......2007-07-11

    Villancicos y Danzas Criollas is a homage to the cultural traditions of Iberia and Ibero-America, showing the influence of European traditions in the Americas. The Villancico (also called Chanzoneta) is a form of poetry that was adopted for use in secular songs and, in the 17th century, for Christmas carols (the modern usage of the word denotes a carol). The secular songs were gradually replaced by the Romance while the Christmas carol form became more popular. The typical lyrics of villancicos have two or three stanzas followed by a refrain. The most religious-oriented villancico of this collection is Hanacpachap Cussicuinin (from Lima) where the author asks for their prayer to be answered.

    The transmission of musical culture is a favorite (and fascinating) subject for Jordi Savall and this CD includes some beautiful and rousing music. The CD begins with four selections reflecting Iberian music that sets the stage of presenting a song (usually) followed by a dance. Following this introduction we are off the Americas and music from Peru, Guatemala and Mexico.

    As pointed out in the booklet, the colonial expansion that took place during the 15th and 16th centuries widen cultural connections to include Africa, Asia and the Americas, which is reflected in this collection of music. One will discover a mixing of African dance rhythms and percussion with European polyphony. This is nicely demonstrated by the first selection with its strong use of drums and bold brass playing combined with a fast-paced dance melody and mixed voices. The second work, by an anonymous composer, is quite a contrast with its more restrained and courtly rhythms played by string instruments without the percussion or brass. The Hanacpachap Cussicuinin is scored for percussion, brass and voices sounding like a solemn funeral procession and is followed by a beautifully played piece for harp and percussion from Mexico. The incomparable Montserrat Figueras sings with peerless passion and beauty, particularly in the short Tono Hidalgo of Juan Hidalgo. One could go on and on extolling the wonderful music of this CD, suffice it to say that among my collection of early music discs this one is at the top.

    As with all of Jordi Savall's recordings the performance is excellent and beautifully balanced with voices and instruments receiving equal emphasis. If you do not have this disc and love early music get it without hesitation.

    4 out of 5 stars Mucho me pesa la cabeza.......2007-07-02


    Again and again we hear "Mucho me pesa la cabeza"..... "Much it pains my head."

    This music is so ephemeral... so unique.... so mind massaging..... I love reading while it softly plays in the background in the room!

    The massage is quite expansive!

    Not a painful massage at all, but it does get inside your head!

    5 out of 5 stars Just Get it!.......2006-08-20

    It's hard to pick out anything special on this disk... everything is top-notch. The opening 'La Chacona' is a delight and it just gets better and better and better. The second piece definitely is having some fun setting the listener up for 'something.' The ritual piece is majestic while the tone changes again with the harp solo... Hesprion XX/XXI are treasures in the ocean of music.
    Gracias, Senores!

    5 out of 5 stars This is such a great recording.......2006-01-10

    This recording is so great and so
    breath taking that leaves me with
    only this to say: since the day it
    arrived to my doorstep back in mid
    December, I have listen to it daily,
    not just few tracks, but the whole
    CD several times a day.....One
    of the best works of Savall and
    Hesperion XXI.....

    5 out of 5 stars ýCreoleý Songs and Dances from Old Spain to the New World.......2004-05-16

    An astonishing collection of vocal polyphony and dance music, largely from Guatemala, Peru, and Mexico. Performed with flair and feeling by the preeminent Spanish early-music ensemble of our time. Not to be missed!

    My translation of the album title, given above, is not exact. "Criolla" can refer to anything Latin American, and a "villancico" is first and foremost a Spanish poetic genre from the 15th and 16th centuries. The Norton/Grove Concise Encyclopedia tells us that it was "originally derived from a medieval dance lyric and associated with rustic or popular themes." Certainly the rustic and popular loom large in this lively selection of Renaissance music. Hesperion XXI and its director Jordi Savall have often sampled folk styles in their imaginative reconstitutions of early performance tradition. So most of these selections get percussion accompaniment accentuating the dance element, while strumming guitars, castanets, maracas, and more are employed discreetly but effectively. Lusty and characterful vocal contributions come courtesy of La Capella Reial de Catalunya and soprano Montserrat Figueras, who takes a couple of fine solo turns. It's all recorded in a warm, resonant church acoustic.

    In his liner notes, Prof. Rui Vieira Neri introduces the Spanish part of this collection by noting a long tradition of mixing high and low culture, not to mention Christian, Jewish, and Muslim cultural elements in the art and music of the Iberian peninsula. And right away we get to hear a vocal chaconne (a dance imported from the Indies "by mail" according to Lope de Vega) and a Moresca "Di Perra Mora," with strong Arabic flavor and hints of 5/2 meter.

    Of the New World selections, some of the most engaging combine indigenous languages with Netherlands musical style. The solemn processional hymn "Hancpachap cussicuinin," written by a native composer in the Quechua language of Peru, was also the first example of polyphony printed in the Americas. Gaspar Fernandes (1570-1629), chapel master at the Puebla cathedral, wrote a number of villancicos that mix Castilian with Nahuatl, the Aztec tongue, including "Tleycantimo choquiliua" on this recording. It is based on a local Indian dance, as is another Christmas villancico included here, "Ay que me abraso," which moves to the beat of the Mexican guaracha.

    Bantu and Yoruba phrases crop up frequently in the refrains of the African-influenced numbers, so numerous in their day that they were customarily referred to in the old manuscripts as Negro, Negrilla, or Guineo. Savall includes three such pieces on this recording; they abound in the sort of rhythmic intricacies and call-and-response effects that Europeans already associated with Africa. Among the most infectious is "Antonya, Flasiquiya, Gasipá," in which the song's characters wake up after a long night of drinking and dancing in order to go to Bethlehem to pay homage to baby Jesus, where more carousing will be called for. Each refrain ends with the words "Mucho me pesa la cabeza": "Oh, my aching head."

    I wouldn't want to give the impression that this music will appeal mostly to scholars. In fact, it is simply full of human joy, tenderness, and fun, qualities that leap across the centuries at us and need no special pleading, thanks to the terrific performances on this CD. You will enjoy it.
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      2. Women On The Verge Of A Nervous Breakdown: La Mirada Indescreta
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      19. Labyrinth Of Passions: Suck It To Me
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      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars Extraordinary.......2006-05-01

      Jordi Savall has made it again. An absolute masterpiece that, by the way, won the best record of the year from the European disc magazines.

      Reading of fragments of El Quijote are in Spanish, but even if you do not speak it, the music is fascinating. Also it comes with a presentation with translations to more than 5 languages, it looks and feels like an expensive book.

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      Isabel I: Reina de Castilla
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      • Review: Isabel I: Reina de Castilla
      • Not always historically accurate, but fabulous performances
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      Release Date: 2004-12-14

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      18. Triste Espana Sin Ventura (Romance) (CMP 83) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya
      19. Cancion En Ritmo Quddan De La Nuba Gribt Al Hussein De Marruecos - B. Olavide
      20. Requiem Aeternam (Gradual) - La Capella Reial De Catalunya

      Customer Reviews:

      5 out of 5 stars It's a gem!.......2006-11-21

      Interesting mix of styles at work here. Paseabase El Rey Moro is particularly pleasing. Montserrat lends true feeling to this piece as she sings the part of the Moorish king. Her recitation of the old man's 'Dutch uncling' is unexpected and equally passionate. All this is punctuated by a musical style that never loses its Moorish influence but changes, oh so subtly, into a more 'European' mode. In direct contrast, Begona's performance of Canció en ritmo Quddan de la Nuba Gribt: Al Hussein de Marruecos is equally compelling. The voices are married perfectly to the styles of the music. In short, if you like Iberian music of this period (circa 1492), get the album. You will not be disappointed.

      5 out of 5 stars Review: Isabel I: Reina de Castilla.......2005-07-27

      This is a meticulously designed and recorded compilation that provides a delightful introduction to music of the late 15th and early 16th centuries . The CD includes both instrumental and vocal compositions that are performed with considerable expertise and verve. The package contains an illustrated booklet that includes an essay on the history of the period and full lyrics but, alas, is rather weak on details regarding the music other than to place it in historical context.

      5 out of 5 stars Not always historically accurate, but fabulous performances.......2005-05-23

      This recording presents a selection of music from the time of Isabella of Castile (1451-1504), organised to present a hypothetical illustration in sound of the main events of her reign. Connoisseurs will be familiar with a number of these pieces, many from previous Savall recordings (Palacio, Encina, Colombina discs). Alongside the Spanish works (villancicos, romances, sacred music) are examples of Turkish and Sephardic music, and also a Dufay chanson.

      As on many other recordings by this ensemble, historical accuracy is secondary to an overall aesthetic result, and it is perhaps not difficult to understand why Savall's approach has ruffled certain musicologists. Where most of the works recorded here would have probably been performed by a small group of musicians (often a cappella), in these performances there is a wide range of instruments used in addition to the voices (including shawm, cornett and sackbuts). Four tracks have 'composed' introductions [tracks 1, 4, 10, 13], whilst Narvaez's romance [track 12] is transformed from a standard example of the genre into a hybridised Hispanic-Moorish lament.

      On the other hand, it is equally apparent why this group have been greeted with such unanimous international acclaim. There is, after all, a significant difference between a sound recording and a musicological article - something which is not always as obvious as it should be in some of the more "correct" renditions of this repertory. Furthermore, there are a number of tracks which are definitely plausible [tracks 5, 8, 17, 20], as well as some which frankly do not stretch extant evidence - direct and indirect - too much [tracks 4, 15, 18; a thorough and satisfactory investigation of the political villancicos and romances - tracks 7, 10, 13, 16, 18 - has yet to be undertaken...why and in what contexts would such works be performed only by small forces, given their obvious exaggerated political overtones? Would Ferdinand and Isabella really have heard, for example, Encina's lament to their dead son [18] performed by no more than four singers in the elite isolation of their private chambers...?]

      But what undoubtedly sets this recording apart from so many others of this repertory is the phenomenally high standard of these performances - unsurprisingly given the personnel line-up [Begona Olavide, Montserrat Figueras, Carlos Mena, Jean-Pierre Canihac, Markus Tapio, Andrew Lawrence-King...etc]. Given that so many tracks could be singled out to support this observation - not to mention the musicians themselves - it perhaps only remains to be said that this is without doubt one of the most incredible recordings of Cancionero songs available.
      Savall: El Cancionero de Medinaceli
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        Savall: El Cancionero de Medinaceli
        Pedro Guerrero , Anonymous , Francisco Guerrero , Antonio Cebrian , Gines de Morata , Antonio de Cabezon , Alonso de Mudarra , Jordi Savall , Montserrat Figueras , Maite Arruabarrena , and Hesperion XX
        Manufacturer: Astree
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Early Music | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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        Torrejon y Velasco: La Purpura de la Rosa
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          Manufacturer: Nuova Era
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Baroque (c.1600-1750) | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music
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          Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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          Manufacturer: Glossa
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          Binding: Audio CD

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          ASIN: B00004S966
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          Customer Reviews:

          5 out of 5 stars Enivrez-vous.......2005-07-27

          The park, some laughs, red wine, light dress, "regards complices", short breath, soft and sweet talks to the ear, "lit a baldaquin" and... Marin Marais/PK.
          You are ready to experience an unforgettable moment...the ecstasy is not far. A total refinement.

          5 out of 5 stars Superb........2001-11-26

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