The Planets - Classical Graffiti
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Artist: The PlanetsEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-03-11
Music Label: EMI Classics
Soundtracks:
- Rodrigo
- Carmen Caprice
- Grassland Theme
- Classical Graffiti
- Love In Slow Motion
- Brandenburg Variation
- The Journey Of A Fool
- Clair De Lune
- He Moved Through The Fair
- Contradanza
- A Letter From New England
- Bolero Fantasy
- A One Minute Silence (Classical Version)
- Carmen Caprice (Acoustic Version)
- Brandenburg Variation (Acoustic Version)
- Bolero Fantasy (Acoustic Version)
- Christmas Thingy
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Free Music Review: Best crossover since Vanessa-Mae and Bond.
Hit: 5 Stars
I have been sampling this CD for 3 straight years...and now that I got it, I'm starting to enjoy it more. All the standards on this CD are exquisite in detail. Among them all, the Planets' version of Vanessa-Mae's "Contradanza" is slightly heavier and shorter, but even twice as good. My most favorable track is the title cut, which contains a shuffle feel that could somehow sound like Trans-Siberian Orchestra material. Even Beverley (one of the Planets) has an incredibly angelic voice on "He Moved Through the Fair." I had no clue this well-trained multi-national octet could be extremely talanted. By the way, I hope the Planets come out with a new CD soon.
Classical Graffiti Poster
The title of the Planets' debut album, Classical Graffiti, aptly encapsulates the latest project by Mike Batt, whose career has long steered a path between camp and classical, from serious orchestral concerts to pop hits, from film scores to masterminding the Wombles. Recently Batt gave the world Bond, and the Planets are even more of the same--four classically trained young women, this time partnered by four classically trained young men. The result is 16 Batt-arranged and produced tracks, both originals and covers of famous classical melodies, some acoustic, most given a polished MOR rock-dance twist. The Planets made their public debut supporting Deep Purple's 2002 UK tour and there's more than a hint of 1970s prog-rock, which, combined with an energetic feel, should go down a storm with an enthusiastic audience. Opening with an up-tempo, beat-laden "Adagio" from Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez, the set includes "Contradanza", a Vivaldi-influenced Batt dance originally penned for Vanessa Mae, and a beautiful, slightly adapted version of the traditional "She Moved Through the Fair." --Gary S DalkinClassical Music CDs
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