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prohwer
Just saw your shoutout to Mirtrione asking for classical crossover recommendations years ago. In case you also like instrumentals you might want to check out Rémy Faso (https://www.remyfaso.net). Beethoven, Tarréga, Musorgski in electronic instrumentation. But anyhow, keep enjoying the vibes!
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chathurawind
****Wishing you all the joys of the Christmas season and have very HaPpY NeW YeaR, May you enjoy good health in the coming year````.. 2013..`````!!**** ###May all your endeavors come true in this new year..!!#### Here are two quite good versions of one of my favorite CHRISTMAS carol.." In Dulci Jubilo " Moya Brennan vocal version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjbkw9K5Ntg Mike Oldfield instrumental version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCvz7uflMIU ~~~~Enjoy your holidays with MUSIC..!!~~~~
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chathurawind
Would like to have some music recommendations from you.. I prefer classical crossovers..
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J0nathanH051088
please help us get rid of this http://www.last.fm/music/+noredirect/ayumi+hamasaki/+images/34636419 by voting down or flagging. thanks. feel free to vote up on the photos with a face!
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alistair22
Thanks for the friend request. I'm familiar with you from your Classical Crossover site. I like your writing style.
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florianblaschke
However, my favourites among the soft songs are actually "Rivers of Lust" and "Naiad", both of which feature a more classical sound. On a different note, I've seen what you wrote about Emma Shapplin. To me, her voice sounds amazing on "Spente le stelle". She also looks the part. You should have mentioned that she does not sing classically at all on Macadam Flower. I'll better stay clear of that one. However, Etterna is also a great idea for a present for friends, thank you. Oh, and it's "Pavarotti", not "Pavorotti"! That should be corrected [url=http://www.classical-crossover.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=142&Itemid=126]here[/url].
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florianblaschke
Do you know [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F88G4itQyds]Abandoned[/url] by Kamelot? Roy Khan's voice is so velvety and mellifluous here. Gorgeous and expressive. I'm sure that this song has great appeal to classical crossover fans - you should know that it develops into a power ballad at the end, though, but that certainly fits the desperation expressed in the song. I can also recommend [url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dlqzdKVKRM]Virvatulen laulu[/url], which sounds like a genuine operatic aria, with not a trace of rock music, though it may be too "pure" and not catchy enough for classical crossover aficionados. I'm not surprised that you like "I Feel Immortal", and "Underneath" as well. "The Archive of Lost Dreams" is beautiful, but I find it lacking in hooks. "Oasis" was also written by Tarja alone, but the piano motif made it stronger in terms of memorability. But I suppose that as chillout music, both work.
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misteringreen
Hi Nicola, thanks for being friends and giving me chance to discover new music ;) wish you all the best for 2011!! :) x
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garynewman1
hi nicola thanks for the info, i have checked the site out, it's good, have great week-gary
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anopheles
Hi Nicola, thanks for the invite :) I recently joined your website as well. It has been very helpful discovering CC artists. I discovered Classical Crossover not to long ago, actually. Before that I used to listen to heavy metal, mostly (not kidding :P). Anyway, thanks again and keep up the good work :)
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bluetooth38
Hay Nicola you are one very lucky girl...but yes I can see why and think Hayley Griffiths is going to go a long way :-)
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bluetooth38
Hi Nicola how do you get Hayley Griffiths new album so fast, when I can't get it till May 2010 or is there anther way,..Ho! and I do not use iTunes..By the way I do like your Classical / Crossover site as you know..from, Bryan :-)
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Andersweb
Oh, is a bit hard, i never saw the CD here :( but was re-edited 2 or 3 years ago in France. They also wanted to make a big show with the artists in the scene and they had consulted with the production of Jean-Michelle Jarre too; but the live proyect was down once more, unfortunately :(
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florianblaschke
However, Dream Theater's only big hit "Pull Me Under", especially the intro, and the gorgeous epic piece "Learning to Live" should not be missed, even though neither are ballads. The epic longtrack "Metropolis Pt. 1: The Miracle and the Dreamer" is lengthy and complicated with a very technical and experimental instrumental middle part, and faster, but I would still like to mention it. The slower-paced "Learning to Live" at least is remarkable for its lyrics alone. The album "Octavarium" includes "You Walk Beside Me" and "The Answer Lies Within", which I'm personally not so crazy about, but they are very accessible and thus, might be your cup of tea.
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florianblaschke
The second best source of ballads and downtempo, balladesque songs is "Awake", in my opinion. "The Silent Man" is my prime recommendation, and then "Lifting Shadows off a Dream". "Space-Dye Vest", a keyboard-led atmospheric piece, I would recommend checking out, as well. Finally, "Innocence Faded" I would count as a ballad, even though perhaps the case is less clear-cut. "Systematic Chaos" includes a very long piece, "The Ministry of Lost Souls", and a simpler song, "Forsaken", which you may like. However, on the newest album "Black Clouds & Silver Linings", "The Best of Times" is a personal favourite of mine, and you may like "Wither" as well. On the cult album "Images & Words", you'll find the short "Wait for Sleep", as well as "Surrounded", and "Another Day", out of which I prefer "Surrounded" to "Another Day", but "Another Day" is simpler and less rock-oriented, so you may like it better.
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florianblaschke
Most of my favourite Dream Theater ballads are found on the album "Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes from a Memory". My strongest recommendation is "Through Her Eyes", and a short "reprise" (which is, however, found *earlier* on the album) called "Through My Words" is worth listening, too. A fan favourite is "The Spirit Carries On", which carries a very positive message. "One Last Time" is another favourite of mine, even though it picks up pace or at least energy starting with the guitar solo, and then segues into "The Spirit Carries On". The intro, "Regression", is in the form of a short ballad, as well, which starts in the middle of the track, after a spoken introduction. However, due to the conceptual nature of the album, not all tracks may work very well on their own, or may at least appear strange as standalone songs, and ideally would be listened to in the context of the whole album. Even then, the concept of the album will no doubt appear puzzling, so you may want to read about it on WP.
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florianblaschke
Thank you for your reply. I understand, but the sentence could be phrased better to clearly convey what was meant. For now, I've decided to simply delete the part as it was added long ago by an anonymous user and apparently never explained, and sounds redundant.
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florianblaschke
Small correction: According to his website, LaBrie still works together with Burns.
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florianblaschke
Those ballads I have in mind are much more accessible and quieter than their other work, but also melancholic and to me, very touching.
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florianblaschke
(Grammatically speaking, that introduction sentence was a bit dodgy, since the "as ..." sentence is actually ambiguous, and would seem to refer to me when it is of course you who is meant.) By the way, since you mentioned Dream Theater in your journal entry, did you know that James LaBrie is classically trained and has kept working with a vocal coach (his first teacher was opera singer and coach Rosemary Patricia Burns, who is said to be renowned, his new teacher is Victoria Thompson)? Among his solo projects is a rock-oriented classical crossover project called "True Symphonic Rockestra", a hommage to the Three Tenors. James' interpretational ability is extraordinary in my opinion, and I find that his sensitive, empathic and dramatic interpretation of ballads is the best proof of it. I consider him an excellent conveyor of moods and feelings. Most Dream Theater songs are very technical and complex, but I can recommend you several of my favourite Dream Theater ballads if you like.
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florianblaschke
As the biggest expert for Sarah Brightman and the classical crossover scene I know, can I ask you something? Wikipedia's article about Sarah, to which I made minor corrections lately, includes the following sentence: "Her personal influences include 60s and 70s musicians and artists such as David Bowie and Pink Floyd [...], and she incorporates aspects of genres from pop/rock to classical and contemporary". I've marked the word "contemporary" as in need of clarification because it is ambiguous, even vague. There is no style of music simply called "contemporary" that I know of. There is contemporary classical music, contemporary R&B, Contemporary Christian Music and the radio formats "Contemporary hit radio", "Adult contemporary music" and "Urban contemporary". None of these really makes sense to me. At best the hit radio, but pop/rock has already been mentioned. Can you guess what the author of the sentence might originally have meant, or doesn't it make any sense to you, either?
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2bitwannabe
You are very welcome, I'm glad you liked it. the error is easy to see to anybody who does Calligraphy.
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bluetooth38
Hi Nicola I see you are bit like me, that you must love Camilla's Album a lot :-)
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bluetooth38
By the way Nicola, I loved your interviewe of Camilla Kerslake thats a very good story :-)
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bluetooth38
Nicola all I can say is that you are one very lucky person to have been with someone with a beautiful voice and Boy you make me jealous,..well I hope I spelt that right as Iam dyslexic :-)
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