Vanessa Mae - The Classical Collection Part 1 (2000)[Lossless]
3CD Boxset | Full Artwork | 32 FLAC Tracks | 44.1Khz-16Bits | 893MB (FS-FSn)
Genre: Classical | Label: EMI Classics
Vanessa-Mae: is the beautiful young Singaporean violinist with her flowing hair, gorgeous figure, pop star clothes, electric violin, laser and light shows, websites, and rock band just a media creation, or is she instead a modern-day Pagannini or Liszt, a true virtuoso with a flair for showmanship* In other words, can she play* This three CD set of her early recordings, made when she was only 12 and 13 years old, answers the question authoritatively.

Russian album
The disc starts with the wonderful violin concerto by Kabalevsky and ends with an unrivalled masterpiece, the violin concerto of Tchaikovsky. Both these 2 outstanding and demanding compositions for violin accompanied by full symphony orchestra consist of 3 movements and are wonderfully played by Vanessa-Mae who showcased her exceptional talents and lyrical power and outstanding technique to full extent. Tchaikovsky's composition Russian Dance forms a pleasant interlude between the long violin concertos. In one word a great disc. The Kabalevsky concerto originally was on Vanessa-Mae's debut recording Violin; The Russian Dance was on Kids Classics, and the Tchaikovsky violin concerto on her 3rd recording Tchaikovsky and Beethoven violin concertos.

Viennese album
disc 2 forms also an interesting compilation of music. The disc opens with 3 short pieces by Kreisler that originally were on Vanessa-Mae's debut recording Violin and these provide pleasant listening. The 2nd piece is a violin concerto in the style of Mozart that was composed by Marius Casadesus - Casadesus claimed to have discovered an unknown violin concerto by Mozart, but in fact he had composed it himself in the well-recognisable style. As a result, for a long time this violin concerto was falsely attributed to Mozart and it was credited as such on Vanessa-Mae's debut recording Violin. During the 90-s, the truth about the origin of this composition became known and on it is on this 3cd-box collection rightly credited as composed by Casadesus. The Viennese album ends with the violin concerto of Beethoven, as well know piece a great lyrical power.

Virtuoso album
The 3rd disc consists mostly of music that was originally on Vanessa-Mae's Kids Classics together with some of her debut recording Violin. On this disc we recognised the mixing and crossover between styles of music for which Vanessa-Mae would became famous for and for which she would become a leading and pioneering icon with the release of her debit pop album The Violin player. The disc consists of violin transcription inspired by pop, folk, cinema, opera and classical tunes.

Tracklist:
disc 1 Russian album
1-3 Kabalevsky - Violin Concerto
4 Tchaikovsky - Russian Dance
5-7 Tchaikovsky - Violin Concerto in D op. 35
disc 2 Viennese album
1 Kreisler - Schon Rosmarin
2 Kreisler - Liebesleid
3 Kreisler - Liebesfreud
4-6 Marius Casadesus - 'Adelaide Concerto' (in the style of Mozart)
7-9 Beethoven - Violin Concerto in D op. 61
disc 3 Virtuoso album
... inspired by the classics
1 Salut d'Amor (Elgar) - 2 Lullaby (Brahms) - 3 Air on A G String (Bach) -
... inspired by cinema
4 My Favourite Thing - 5 The Pink Panther - 6 Les Parapluies De Cherbourg -
... Inspired by pop culture
7 One Moment In Time - 8 Yellow Submarine -
... Inspired by folk culture
9 Frere Jacques - 10 La Campanella (Paganini) -
11 Chinese Folk Tune - 12 Tambourin Chinois (Kreisler) -
... Inspired by opera
13 Figaro (Castelnuovo-Tedesco) - 14 Summertime -
16 Carmen Fantasy (Pablo de Sarasate) - 17 Faust Fantasy (Wieniawski) -

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