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Post by Slinger on Jul 4, 2018 20:00:40 GMT
 This is an album I bought recently because a) It featured a cello, and b) it was cheap. Result! I'd never heard of Caroline Dale before I bought this, but it turns out that her teachers were Florence Hooton and Pierre Fournier, and that's quite some pedigree. Track one will be familiar to anyone who watches Dave Gorman's "Modern Life is Goodish" and the album features classical pieces mixed with music written more recently, including one piece co-written with Dave Gilmour. There really is some lovely music on this and I'm very happy I took a (small) chance on it. As you can tell, it's not a 100% classical, classical, choice, but there are plenty of "known" composers to keep the purists happy. Vivaldi figures most heavily, and there are contributions from de Falla, and Zipoli, and a Welsh traditional arranged by Pablo Casals. As well as tracks she herself has written the "new" stuff features that co-write with Gilmour, on which he also plays classical guitar, something from Walter Taieb that Ms. Dale has arranged, and the title track itself, written with Pete Cobbin, who is perhaps better known for being on the other side of the mixing desk. He mixed, and recorded, the music for The Shape of Water amongst a million other successes and is the former chief engineer at Abbey Road Studios. He also helped produce this album and is still working and writing with Caroline. The orchestra featured throughout is The London Metropolitan Orchestra. Full details can be found at Discogs.It's not going to set the world on fire, but I hope you enjoy it for what it is, nice music played by a very fine cellist. |
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Post by John on Jul 4, 2018 20:13:00 GMT
Love the tone of a cello so looking forward to hearing this
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Post by MartinT on Jul 5, 2018 10:45:34 GMT
This is very nice indeed and the Sarabande sounds lovely. I agree with John, her cello tone sounds good where, sometimes, it can grate (e.g. Rostropovich).
With Pierre Fournier teaching, she certainly had the best chance of success.
I'll listen to the rest of it before scoring.
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Post by John on Jul 5, 2018 17:43:41 GMT
Quite like this. Very melodic I would prefer some more tempo music. But well recorded
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 6, 2018 8:45:38 GMT
Oh shit, I thought, an album of cello classical highlights.  I got as far as track 3; Empires of Light by Walter Taieb and went to the top of the thread and gave it the max. Amazing piece. A brief search on Qobuz came up with 3 other tracks by Taieb, all on Vanessa Mae's album Choreography (well worth a listen! - and rather more upbeat). Dale's own compositions are also winners with me. Amazing - such beautiful music. I enjoyed the more traditionally classical tracks as well. Yay, top marks, Paul. Great choice. |
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Post by MartinT on Jul 6, 2018 9:08:27 GMT
Gilmour's piece is nice, too. Top marks here also.
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Post by Slinger on Jul 6, 2018 15:53:35 GMT
I didn't realise until I took a look at her website, but she provided Jacqueline du Pré 's "fingers" in the film 'Hilary and Jackie' which, by the way, is a very good film. Other snippets of info are...
She won the String Final of the BBC's Young Musician of the Year in 1978 at the age of 13.
She has appeared as a soloist with a number of orchestras including the London Philharmonic and Royal Philharmonic orchestras.
She plays cello on a number of tracks on U2's 2009 album No Line on the Horizon.
She has performed with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant during their 1994 tour promoting the album No Quarter.
She plays in the 1994 video for "Whatever" by Oasis.
She played with David Gilmour during his 2002 solo tour dates, and on his album On an Island.
She appears on the David Gilmour in Concert DVD which was recorded at Robert Wyatt's Meltdown concert and the Royal Festival Hall concert in 2002.
She's principal Cello for the English Chamber Orchestra and London Metropolitan Orchestra.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 6, 2018 16:08:53 GMT
She has performed with Jimmy Page and Robert Plant during their 1994 tour promoting the album No Quarter. I went to that one. Too long ago to remember her, though. |
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Post by ChrisB on Jul 7, 2018 23:25:19 GMT
Played it this evening and enjoyed it quite a bit.
Scored a four
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Post by Slinger on Jul 8, 2018 21:34:27 GMT
Bearing in mind that I picked this CD and put the post together in nothing flat because Jules asked me to step up a month, I think I'm going to count it as a success.  |
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 8, 2018 23:39:11 GMT
Thanks Paul ... I've started but not finished!
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Post by jandl100 on Jul 9, 2018 5:46:21 GMT
I keep playing this - a great way to chill out when the mood takes me!
Elevazione doesn't do a lot for me, although it's harmless enough, but the rest is great stuff.
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Post by MartinT on Jul 9, 2018 7:56:14 GMT
She's on my classical playlist!
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Post by julesd68 on Jul 10, 2018 11:22:04 GMT
I scored it a 3 - obviously a hugely talented lady but the contemporary pieces are not for me; I find they almost blur into one and would probably enjoy them more as film score music.
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