{"product_id":"into-the-light-featuring-kaori-muraji-guitar","title":"Into the Light - featuring Kaori Muraji, Guitar","description":"Amazon.com\n\nThis is a close to a \"crossover\" album as the fine group The Sixteen have ever come. Leaving most of their pure Renaissance and Baroque polyphony aside, here they are abetted by guitarist Kaori Muraji in a series of pieces arranged (by Bob Chilcott) for the CD, most of which, though seeming unlikely, work very well. Pachelbel's Canon is presented wed to a poem by Oscar Wilde and proves hypnotic. Gaspar Fernandes, a 16th-century Portugese composer, is represented by an energetic \"A negrito de cucurumbé,\" featuring two soloists from The Sixteen and percussion. Tomas Luis de Victoria's Alma Redemptoris Mater is presented in two parts: one for soprano and guitar, the other for chorus. There are guitar solos as well. Villa-Lobos's aria from the Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5 sounds strange and ineffective for full chorus, and the final choral highlight (from Borodin's \"Polovtsian Dances\") is a bit like Muzak, but this is an original, crowd-pleasing release, beautifully sung and played. --Robert Levine\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000MGB3D0\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000MGB3D0.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Harry Christophers|The Sixteen|Kaori Muraji\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Individually inspected: Guaranteed to play perfectly or your money back. Case may show wear and may be in library packaging. Ships Fast!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41449095069754,"sku":"DBV.B000MGB3D0.G","price":5.24,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/into-the-light-featuring-kaori-muraji-guitar","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}