Lisa Gerrard - Best of Lisa Gerrard
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Artist: Lisa GerrardEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
CD Release Date: 2007-11-07
Music Label: 4ad Records
Soundtracks:
- The Wheat
- Elysium
- Sacrifice
- Ariadne
- Sanvean (Live At The Mayfair Theater)
- The Host Of Seraphim
- Cantara
- Swans
- The Promised Womb
- Yulunga (Spirit Dance)
- Indus
- Persephone (The Gathering Of Flowers)
- Go Forward
- See The Sun
- Now We Are Free
Music reviews of Best of Lisa Gerrard
Music Review: Very interesting. Atmospheric and ethereal
Rating: 5 Stars
I listened to this twice this afternoon. I knew that Ms Gerrard was the singer from the Australian group, Dead Can Dance, but I hadn't heard any of her solo material.
The music presented here is in a style similar to that of John Foxx in his three Cathedral Oceans CDs, i.e. soundscapes, layered, ethereal and ambient sounds. Of course, a major difference is that Ms Gerrard sings much more in her pieces. Her voice ranges from a light soprano to a much darker and almost "contralto-ish" chest register. She sings with considerable projection in her lowest octave (she seems to sing in a range of just over two octaves, in my estimation) and her timbre is almost masculine - even a little "countertenorish". Her vibrato is a little more marked in this region of her voice and I slightly preferred her sound in here upper, "head-voice" register. However, this is just nit-picking and I was generally impressed with Lisa Gerrard's singing and compositional skills (some rather affecting and occasionally surprising chord changes occur in several of her songs on this disc).
Okay, this is a compilation album and many folk will already have these tracks on other recordings. Lisa Gerrard was involved in the music for the Gladiator soundtrack and she's contributed music for other soundtracks, too, apparently. So I have heard her music before, even though I confess that I was barely aware of doing so. However, it is nice to experience a "concentrated dose" Lisa Gerrard's Art.
I liked this disc and I played it twice this afternoon at work. I am not sure if others will like this recording, some folks have criticised my tastes recently, so I have to say that I cannot confidently recommend this recording to all. I liked it, that's all.
Description of Best of Lisa Gerrard
Gerrard's career takes in almost two decades with Dead Can Dance, award-winning motion picture soundtracks, and a series of acclaimed solo and collaborative albums. This 13-track survey offers a concise and convincing insight into the various strands of her musical output. This album was selected and sequenced by Lisa herself; it blends soundtrack work, Dead Can Dance highlights, and the pick of her solo recordings into a seamless and spellbinding whole. Deluxe 24-page booklet with translucent vellum pages. "Listening to Lisa Gerrard sing is a lot like watching actress Cate Blanchett sweep through the film 'Elizabeth' - it's a stunning, flawless performance, alive with the trappings of royalty and tinged with the aura of bygone times. Try as you might, you just can't fault it" - Paste Magazine.Alternative Rock CDs
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