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Violin playing
is a physical art with great traditions behind
it. At its best, it conveys the qualities of
beauty, strength and mystique. It can evoke
emotions, create moods and stimulate human reaction.
Of
course, in the minds of some people, the music
which I play on this album would hardly categorise
me as a traditionalist practising an old art
form ! I have been asked if this is a 'pop'
album or whether it is a statement about what
constitutes new style classical music. I don't
believe that there is an answer or even the
need for such a question. Playing goof music
on the violin has a very high 'feel good' factor.
I first felt this when I was 8 and I am lucky
never to have lost the feeling.
So
what I like, I will want to play. I have no
wish to compartmentalise music. To me, music
with its beauty, strength and mystique is for
enjoying and for playing. This is the way of
the violin player.
I
have had fun stretching myself and both my violins
working on this album, and I hope that you will
listen and enjoy.
Vanessa-Mae
: October 1994
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taken from "the violin player" CD's
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The
Violin Player : Contains |
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| 1. |
Toccata
& Fugue in D minor |
J.S.
Bach arr. M.Batt |
7.47 |
| 2. |
Contradanza (3.54
mb) |
Mike
Batt |
3.49 |
| 3. |
Classical Gas (3.11
mb) |
Mason
Williams |
3.24 |
| 4. |
Theme
from 'Caravans' |
Mike
Batt |
5.06 |
| 5. |
Warm
Air |
Mike
Batt |
3.38 |
| 6. |
Jazz
Will Eat Itself |
Mike
Batt |
3.30 |
| 7. |
Wildscreen |
Mike
Batt |
3.58 |
| 8. |
Tequila Mockingbird (3.17
mb) |
Mike
Batt |
3.26 |
| 9. |
City
Theme |
Mike
Batt |
4.32 |
| 10. |
Red Hot (3.06
mb) |
Wherrry
/ Vanessa-Mae |
3.16 |
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Total
Timing : 42.50 |
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Short
biography in CD's booklet |
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| Self
History |
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| Full
Name |
Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson |
| AKA |
Vanessa-Mae;
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| Nationality |
British |
| Born |
Singapore,
moved to London aged 4 |
| Birthday |
same
as Paganini's 196 years later |
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| Musical
History |
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| First
Music Lesson |
1982
aged 3 on piano |
| First
Violin Lesson |
1984
aged 5 |
| First
Concert with Orchestra |
1989
aged 10 with the Philharmonia |
| First
International Tour |
1991 aged 12 with the London Mozart Players
in Mozart Bicentenary |
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| Quotable
Quotes |
'supernatural',
'stunning', 'spectacular', 'superb', 'phenomenally
talented', 'she is a true child prodigy. What
she has, like Mozart and Mendelssohn, is maturity
beyond her years', 'for this - her spirituality
- you have to go back to Heifetz, Menuhin
and Kreisler'
'Vanessa-Mae is a violinist to transcend labels' |
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| Discography |
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1990-1992
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Three
classical recordings with orchestra, including
violin concertos by Beethoven, Tchaikovsky,
Kabalevsky and Mozart, and vertuoso showpieces
by Sarasate, Wieniawski, Kreisler, Heifetz
and Paganini. |
| 1993-1994
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First
techno-acoustic fusion recording, 'The Violin
Player' |
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| Superstition |
Walks
over fresh spilt water between dressing-room
and stage. |
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