Various Artists / Violette: Ultra Violette [Disc 1]
| Album: | Violette: Ultra Violette [Disc 1] | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Oct 2010 | |
| Label: | Innova Recordings | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2012-03-31 | Pull Date: | 2012-06-02 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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Album Review
Paul Cook
Reviewed 2012-03-22
Reviewed 2012-03-22
“Andrew Violette born New York City, 1953 he is a composer/pianist, with a large portfolio of works amassed since the early 1970s, when he studied with Elliott Carter and Roger Sessions at Julliard.”
2-disc compilation: Flute and piano sonatas dominate the first album. Some elicit stories and images of forests or classic cartoon scenarios. Watch for sharp volume spikes in 2. Try 4, 5, and 11 for more classic and melodic sounds. Try 10 for a little adventure; 9's chaotic background may chase the listeners to a more traditional sound or resonate the difficulty of daily-living within the listener.
The second album is dominated by opera, both male and female vocals, and for a twist, it's mostly in English.
FCC: Clean
Try Disc 1: 4, 5, 11 Disc2: 2, 6, 9, 11, 15
CD1
1 English operatic theme, female vocals, slow flow, religious theme, amen close!
2 flowing flute, building to sharp flute, flute extravaganza, watch levels for sharp spikes, sad fading finish
3 light flute, fluffy melody, flowing summer flute through to the end
4* hopeful flute, sad overtones, turning to fluffy*
5* think forest nymphs and meadows, flowing, almost hints of middle east melody*
8 pounding piano and trumpets, dark, think Mickey and the wizard, medium power bassoons and piano,
9 classical music mishmash, piano and flute come to forefront of chaotic background, early end no fade
10 light pleasant piano, flowing, to hops and skips, think fun playing with a frog by a lake?
11**rapid piano procession, fluid piano flow, classic sound*
12 rapid piano, broken melody, slows to light drops of piano keys, early end, no fade
13 powerful piano opening, flowing into mixed power piano, 10sec silence starting at 1:37, flowing finish 10sec early
14 spotty medium-power piano, think walking up and down stairs at various paces, soft flowing finish
Continued Inside Case...
CD2
1 playful, but choppy, light tinkling piano
2* English male opera and heavy piano, catchy, rich*
3 rapid piano and English opera, powerful male voice
4 Clear male vocal opera, sporadic and sharp piano accompaniment
5 Powerful, forceful opera, male, English
6** Female, English opera, light, fun*
7 English Female opera, with light piano
8 Piano, slow tempo opening, female opera, light and rich
9* power piano backs powerful female Italian? Opera, piano turns playful - voice still powerful*
10 lighter tempo piano, playful behind female Italian? Opera, powerful vocals
11* Dark powerful Italian? Opera vocals and strong piano, flowing and strong*
12 light female Italian? Opera vocals and piano, turns forceful, from spring to summer to beautiful autumn
13 Deep male opera in English, rich and profound, sounds like "real" opera,
14 medium tempo and forceful piano, slightly dark, but more influential
15* skeptical piano at medium tempo, like to hands chasing each other across the key board*
2-disc compilation: Flute and piano sonatas dominate the first album. Some elicit stories and images of forests or classic cartoon scenarios. Watch for sharp volume spikes in 2. Try 4, 5, and 11 for more classic and melodic sounds. Try 10 for a little adventure; 9's chaotic background may chase the listeners to a more traditional sound or resonate the difficulty of daily-living within the listener.
The second album is dominated by opera, both male and female vocals, and for a twist, it's mostly in English.
FCC: Clean
Try Disc 1: 4, 5, 11 Disc2: 2, 6, 9, 11, 15
CD1
1 English operatic theme, female vocals, slow flow, religious theme, amen close!
2 flowing flute, building to sharp flute, flute extravaganza, watch levels for sharp spikes, sad fading finish
3 light flute, fluffy melody, flowing summer flute through to the end
4* hopeful flute, sad overtones, turning to fluffy*
5* think forest nymphs and meadows, flowing, almost hints of middle east melody*
8 pounding piano and trumpets, dark, think Mickey and the wizard, medium power bassoons and piano,
9 classical music mishmash, piano and flute come to forefront of chaotic background, early end no fade
10 light pleasant piano, flowing, to hops and skips, think fun playing with a frog by a lake?
11**rapid piano procession, fluid piano flow, classic sound*
12 rapid piano, broken melody, slows to light drops of piano keys, early end, no fade
13 powerful piano opening, flowing into mixed power piano, 10sec silence starting at 1:37, flowing finish 10sec early
14 spotty medium-power piano, think walking up and down stairs at various paces, soft flowing finish
Continued Inside Case...
CD2
1 playful, but choppy, light tinkling piano
2* English male opera and heavy piano, catchy, rich*
3 rapid piano and English opera, powerful male voice
4 Clear male vocal opera, sporadic and sharp piano accompaniment
5 Powerful, forceful opera, male, English
6** Female, English opera, light, fun*
7 English Female opera, with light piano
8 Piano, slow tempo opening, female opera, light and rich
9* power piano backs powerful female Italian? Opera, piano turns playful - voice still powerful*
10 lighter tempo piano, playful behind female Italian? Opera, powerful vocals
11* Dark powerful Italian? Opera vocals and strong piano, flowing and strong*
12 light female Italian? Opera vocals and piano, turns forceful, from spring to summer to beautiful autumn
13 Deep male opera in English, rich and profound, sounds like "real" opera,
14 medium tempo and forceful piano, slightly dark, but more influential
15* skeptical piano at medium tempo, like to hands chasing each other across the key board*
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