Before delving into this review, if you don’t know anything about the impressionist music movement of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, I’d recommend doing some research first. Not understanding impressionism, and not knowing the names and works of Debussy and Ravel (the most well-known impressionist composers, both French), you will likely not grasp the full review.
The reason we’re talking about this decade-old album? It took some time, but Square Enix finally did a reprint of “Piano Pieces SF2 ~ Rhapsody on a Theme of SaGa Frontier 2.” This is an arranged album for SaGa Frontier 2 that features 18 piano tracks (some solo, some duet), followed by 6 tracks of chamber/ensemble music working under one title (the second half of the album title). With the reprint finally released (and with a bonus track in tow!), we thought this was as good a time as any to talk about it.
After the jump, our full review of this excellent arranged album from Masashi Hamauzu. (more…)
