What I'm Listening To #115

"A Romantic Revel in the Athens of the West: Kentucky Composers of the Romantic Era 1835-1875" is absolutely nothing I would have ever sought out on my own.  So the fact that the conductor is my best friend, and he sent this to me as a gift, explains how I got it.

It does not, however; completely explain why I am so captivated by it.  Why it has utterly charmed me with it's historic and melodic wiles.  Like a young woman waiting to be swept off her feet, it has placed it's powerful arm around my musical waist and whisked me off to a land of enchantment.