“Oh, great,” I thought to myself, opening yet another
\npromotional mailer. “More pseudo-newage crap. More ear candy.”<\/p>\n
Teach me to prejudge CDs, won’t it? Because Australian violinist
\nMartin Lass is damned good, and his latest offering,
\nSonnet<\/i>, is a joy to listen to. It’s infectuous. I found
\nmyself over the last two days playing it over and over again,
\nespecially while I was working or writing. This is good stuff.<\/p>\n
Despite Lass’ own biography referring to himself as a pop
\nviolinist, this is nowhere near Jean-Luc Ponty or Vanessa Mae.
\nLass’ licks are straight out of the nineteenth century, along with
\nhis flowing hair. (He bears more than a passing resemblance to
\nLawrence Llewellyn-Bowen from BBC’s
\nChanging Rooms<\/i>, a fact which frightens me somewhat.) He
\nlists Yehudi Mehunin as a major influence, and indeed he’s more
\nclassical in his playing style; only the piano and flute
\narrangements push this into the area of New Age. (He plays the
\npiano, too. This guy is enough to make one ill.)<\/p>\n
Production on the CD is good, though not great; I picked up some
\nhiss high in the treble, but I couldn’t tell you if that’s the
\nrecording or my cheap stereo. (Upgrade pending. I swear.) The mix
\nis good, and the sound of the violin is impeccable, and let’s face
\nit, that’s really what matters.<\/p>\n
All the tracks on this CD are good; they’re not faceless,
\neither, but it’s hard to pick one out for special kudos. I think,
\nhowever, “The Sea Of Tranquility” is worth special notice. It’s
\nlovely.<\/p>\n
If you’re a fan of classical\/new age music and of well-played
\nviolin, check out the romantic stylings of Martin Lass. You won’t
\nbe sorry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":26216,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[6768],"rating":[5613],"class_list":["post-37437","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-martin-lass","rating-rating-a-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/37437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=37437"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=37437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}