Vanessa-Mae - Vanessa-Mae The Violin Player
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Artist: Vanessa-MaeComposer: Johann Sebastian Bach
Composer: Mike Batt
Conductor: Mike Batt
Orchestra: Mike Batt
Composer: Mason Williams
Composer: Ian Wherry
Conductor: Vasko Vassilev
Orchestra: Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-10-30
Music Label: Angel Records
Soundtracks:
- Toccata And Fugue In D Minor
- Contradanza
- Classical Gas
- Theme From 'Caravans'
- Warm Air
- Jazz Will Eat Itself
- Widescreen
- Tequila Mockingbird
- City Theme
- Red Hot
Music reviews of Vanessa-Mae The Violin Player
Music Review: Reincarnation of Paganini?...
Rating: 5 Stars
...perhaps, but only because Vanessa Mae and the great classical violinist of the 18th century both play their instruments so exquisitively. Vanessa Mae is no classical violinist. Correction, not on this album. Truth is, she is a classically trained child prodigy who performed her first violin concert at age 10. For this album though she takes a first venture into 'techno'.It doesn't matter whether it's her first, nor does it matter what people call it. It simply sounds great! You have never heard Bachs 'Toccata and Fugue in D minor' like this and I dare you to try and keep still while 'Contradanza' and 'Classical Gas' are playing. Percussion and a haunting violin on 'Theme from Caravan' give it a Middle East feel. Sax and other windy Jazz sounds are on the appropriately named 'Jazz will eat itself' There is a slower more blended sound on 'Widescreen' and 'Tequila Mockingbird' the latter with a Latin flavour.
Overall the album is an exploration of what a violin can do. The artiste says it best herself. "Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it. At it's best, it conveys the qualities of beauty, strength and mystique. It can evoke emotions, create moods and stimulate human reaction" One final thing to consider. These mature words and this well crafted album come from a 16 year old who just happens to share the same birthday as Paganini. Reincarnation?, I doubt it, but it sure sounds like it!
Description of Vanessa-Mae The Violin Player
Vanessa-Mae, vehemently opposed to any "compartmentalising of music", describes the material on this album as "techno-acoustic fusion". As far as instrumentation and recording techniques go, that's a pretty fair description. But when the subtitle is "The Classical Album" , Vanessa-Mae and her producer/composer Mike Batt (of Wombles fame) stand accused of misleading their audience. Apart from the opening "Toccata in D", one of the prodigy Vanessa-Mae's favourite show pieces, all tracks are original compositions, most of them by Batt. What we hear are contemporary, poppy pieces, rock drum and keyboard-based, and tailor made for Vanessa-Mae's high-energy yet delicate virtuosity. The fact that the talented Batt is audibly influenced by Michael Nyman does not make his compositions more "classical", but thankfully steers them out of the tedious realm of "Classic Rock". "Widescreen" is a track where the Mae-Batt synthesis works very well; both violinist and producer making the most of the technology-meets-tradition concept. Some of this is film score material, some shopping-mall ear drum fodder, other tracks yet again, revisit Mike Oldfield's old pastures--it is a matter of discussion whether this album "defies all labelling" or simply makes a point of wooing them all in pursuit of the widest possible audience. Hence the "wet T-shirt", sorry, "glistening Sea-Nymph" photo of Vanessa-Mae on the sleeve. --Yngvil V.G.Classical CDs
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