08-08-2017, 18:34
Had a listen on Deezer. Nicely done – thanks for the pointer CH! Something a bit different.
I see this originated as a stage production but it doesn’t sound like a musical or a rock opera, thankfully. Don’t much care for those, with one or exceptions. Andrew Lloyd Webber leaves me cold, for example, although conversely, I DO enjoy proper opera (in the flesh, so to speak, not to just hear). Anyway … on first listen, I like the variation in the presentation and interpretation of these pieces – they are contemporary without smothering the bard’s words, and IMHO they’re not over-dramatized. (Btw, a soliloquy is a speech that shows the audience what’s going on in a character’s mind – like thinking out loud.)
“Sonnet 18” was a little disappointing for me, although the only thing it’s done to deserve that indictment is to bear no resemblance whatsoever to David Gilmour’s rendition of Micheal Kamen’s arrangement which is strikingly simple, heartfelt and lovely …
I see this originated as a stage production but it doesn’t sound like a musical or a rock opera, thankfully. Don’t much care for those, with one or exceptions. Andrew Lloyd Webber leaves me cold, for example, although conversely, I DO enjoy proper opera (in the flesh, so to speak, not to just hear). Anyway … on first listen, I like the variation in the presentation and interpretation of these pieces – they are contemporary without smothering the bard’s words, and IMHO they’re not over-dramatized. (Btw, a soliloquy is a speech that shows the audience what’s going on in a character’s mind – like thinking out loud.)
“Sonnet 18” was a little disappointing for me, although the only thing it’s done to deserve that indictment is to bear no resemblance whatsoever to David Gilmour’s rendition of Micheal Kamen’s arrangement which is strikingly simple, heartfelt and lovely …
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