Aria (2) - Aria One (Magikal Edition)


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Label: Black Hole Recordings
Catalog#: Black Hole CD 13
Format: CD, Album
Country:Netherlands
Released:2000
Genre: Electronic
Style: Trance, Modern Classical
Credits: Artwork By [New Package Design] - Arny
Composed By [Conceived And Created By], Performer - Mario Grigorov , Paul Schwartz
Drums [Additional Loops] - Gordon Rickmeister
Executive Producer - Steve Plotnicki
Mastered By - Leon Zervos
Mixed By - Peter Cobbin
Producer, Arranged By [Strings], Conductor [Strings] - Paul Schwartz
Notes:(C) 2000 Black Hole Recordings.
Licensed from Astor Place Recordings New York.

Tracks 1 and 9 derived from Othello by Giuseppe Verdi.
Track 2 derived from Madame Butterfly by Giacomo Puccini.
Track 3 derived from L'Elisir D'Amore by Giacomo Puccini.
Tracks 4 and 10 derived from Dido And Aeneas by Henry Purcell.
Track 5 derived from La Forza Del Destino by Giuseppe Verdi
Track 6 derived from The Magic Flute by W.A. Mozart
Track 7 derived from Carmen by George Bizet
Track 8 derived from Nabucco by Giuseppe Verdi

EAN/Barcode: 8715197001328
CD matrix: BLACK HOLE 13
#6 ODR
Rating: 3.96/5 (26 votes) Rate It
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Tracklisting:

1   Willow (6:38)
    Vocals - Rebecca Luker
  Written-by [Originally] - Giuseppe Verdi
2   Un Bel Di (5:14)
    Saxophone [Solo] - Sam Newsome
  Vocals - Rebecca Luker
  Written-by [Originally] - Giacomo Puccini
3   Secret Tear (7:20)
    Trumpet [Solo] - Scott Wendholt
  Vocals - Rebecca Luker
  Written-by [Originally] - Giacomo Puccini
4   Dido (6:51)
    Vocals - Michelle Ivey
  Written-by [Originally] - Henry Purcell
5   Pace Pace (7:33)
    Vocals - Michelle Ivey
  Written-by [Originally] - Giuseppe Verdi
6   Pamina Blue (6:04)
    Backing Vocals - Linda Watson-Brown , Sharon Bryant
  Flugelhorn [Solo] - Scott Wendholt
  Lead Vocals - Rebecca Luker
  Written-by [Originally] - W.A. Mozart*
7   Habanera (6:25)
    Cello [Solo] - Anthony Pleeth
  Vocals - Rebecca Luker
  Written-by [Originally] - George Bizet*
8   Home (5:24)
    Cello - Anthony Pleeth , Martin Loveday
  Harp - Helen Tunstall
  Violin - Boguslav Kostecki* , Gavyn Wright
  Vocals - Rebecca Luker
  Written-by [Originally] - Giuseppe Verdi
9   Willow (DJ Tiësto's Magikal Remake) (8:51)
    Remix - DJ Tiësto
  Vocals - Rebecca Luker
  Written-by [Originally] - Giuseppe Verdi
10   Dido (Armin van Buuren's Universal Religion Mix) (11:24)
    Remix - Armin van Buuren
  Vocals - Michelle Ivey
  Written-by [Originally] - Henry Purcell
User Reviews:
CJ_InterCity, Jan 19, 2006

What an extraordinary way of bringing classical masterpieces to life by adding a modern touch. This is the first album in the Aria series, and the only one to be released on Black Hole recordings with remixes by well known artists Tiesto and Armin Van Buuren. The remixes are the reason I discovered this CD, and both of them are very well made in a great touch of uplifting trance. However, these "bonus tracks" do not in any way deserve to exist on this CD. After taking the journey through an album of ambient musical brilliance, youre suddenly surrounded with powerful trancy beats that angry up the blood and you lose every peaceful thought the album brought to you.

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