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 | Title : Born
Author : Fiennes, Magnus
Release Date : 20010313
Binding : Audio CD
Regular Price : $17.98
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Editorial Reviews :
Born, the debut album by four conservatory-trained young women, has little to do with classical music. It's a gimmick, fusing a string quartet of frivolous femmes, spicy girls who all want to be 'Posh,' with dance beats, a big production mixing their violins, viola, and cello with polished electronics. Taking themselves less than seriously--they played the James Bond theme at their Royal Albert Hall debut--pop 'Victory' looks assured. This single bounces along with a dash of Rossini's Barber of Seville and a real sense of pop melodrama, in spirit little different from what guitarist John Williams did with his rather less photogenic band Sky in the late 1970s. What may surprise is that tracks such as the frenetic world-dance 'Quixote' are penned by the film composer Magnus Fiennes, brother of the more famous Ralph and Joseph. 'Winter' adds Jean Michel Jarre-style synth and voice-over to the ghost of Vivaldi and the infectious beat goes on, and on, and on. Sex sells, and Bond's success seems assured. This is a state-of-the-art product, but with a bonus remix of 'Victory' by Mike Batt of Wombles fame, just don't expect it to be art.
Buyer Reviews :
I first heard this CD when my orchestra teacher played it for us in class. She's a great musician and has wonderful musical taste, and she really liked Bond. So that's saying something. Anyhow, I got the CD about a week later and have been listening to it ever since! Other reviewers have accused the album as plagarizing classical music, but I don't think that's true. I mean, if you're a hard core classical music fan and you hate electronic music, then make it easy and don't buy the CD. It's obviously not for you. But if you enjoy beautiful music made interesting with electronic effects that definitely doesn't take over the music), then this CD is for you. I'm a lover of classical, but I love this CD just as much. Don't listen to the purists out there because their view is completely biased.
My favorite tracks on the CD are Alexander the Great, Winter, Oceanic, and Quixote; even though I love the entire CD. Alexander the Great is a happy song, and it makes me think of the ancient Greeks and how cool Alexander the Great was... ;) Winter and Oceanic are beautiful songs with a nice melody, and Quixote just has a lot of feeling and sweeps the listener into the music. I suggest you at least listen to this CD, otherwise you won't know what you're missing!
(by Lady Margaret)
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