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| Travels the Orient Express | 
 enlarge | Creators: Jossy Abramovitch, Johannes Brahms, Suzanne Giraud, Zoltan Kodaly, Fritz Kreisler, Franz Lehar, Edith Piaf, Maurice Ravel, Donald Swann, Irish Traditional, Various Composers, Carl Maria Von Weber, Quartetto Gelato, Dino Carambelas
Label: Spin Art
Category: Music
List Price: $16.98
Buy New: $9.79
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (2 reviews)
Sales Rank: 123750
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 750078015221
EAN: 0750078015221
ASIN: B0002ABTK8
Release Date: June 29, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Slow Train | | • | Under Paris Skies | | • | Tombeau de Couperin ? I Prelude | | • | Tombeau de Couperin ? V Menuet | | • | Tombeau de Couperin ? II Rigaudon | | • | La Vie en Rose | | • | Konzertstueck Opus 79 Finale: The Feast | | • | Rondo all Zingarese | | • | Tambourin Chinois | | • | Dein Ist Mein Ganzez Herz | | • | Kallai Kettos I | | • | Kallai Kettos II | | • | Kallai Kettos III | | • | Romanian Caravan | | • | Turkish Medley | | • | Danny Boy |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Album Description
Quartetto Gelato are one of Canada?s best selling and most acclaimed classical artists, having sold over 150,000 units internationally. Since their debut in 1994, Quartetto Gelato has won the hearts of audiences worldwide with their unique blend of sparkling technique, musical finesse and humor. Quartetto Gelato have had sold-out repeat performances in New York, Washington, Vancouver, Chicago, Houston, Dallas, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Toronto, Calgary, Tokyo, Edmonton, Seoul and Hong Kong. The group now consists of original members Cynthia Steljes on oboe and English horn, tenor Peter De Sotto on vocals and violin and new members Alexander Sevastian (three-time first prize-winner of the International Accordion Competition) on accordion and piano and Kristina Reiko Cooper (Doctorate of Music from the Juilliard School of Music and winner of the 1999 Walter M. Naumberg Chamber Music Competition) on cello. Their latest release "Travels the Orient Express" follows the route of the storied train that runs from London to Istanbul. The songs change and shift in theme and style as the scenery would outside the traveler?s compartment window. Travels the Orient Express is an exciting musical journey for the listener. Information on the band can be found on their website.
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| Customer Reviews:
A long-awaited return November 29, 2004
11 out of 11 found this review helpful
I love Quartetto Gelato, so perhaps I'm not the most objective reviewer. But I had some fears that the group might not be as great as it used to be after some personnel changes. I approached this CD with some trepidation.
QG is not the group it used to be, I must admit. But...the new QG is every bit as good as the original, just different now.
The CD is a great concept, a musical voyage on the classic Orient Express. The opening track, "Slow Train," represents London and is rather melancholy and sets the tone for a nostalgiac trip on a train voyage that (at least as far as I know) is no longer running. ("Slow Train" is by the British comedy team Flanders & Swann, an uncharacteristically solemn piece.)
Paris is represented by Ravel's "Tombeau de Couperin," brilliantly arranged, and by two familiar chestnuts, "La Vie en Rose" (giving Peter a chance to do Piaf), and "Under Paris Skies," giving new accordianist Alexander Sevastian a chance to strut his stuff.
"Konzertstuck" and "Rondo al1 Zingarese" give us a taste of Munich, and then cellist Kristina Reiko Cooper excels outrageously on Kreisler's "Tambourin Chinois," representing Vienna. Standing in for Budapest are Lehar's "Dein Ist Mein Ganzez Herz" and Kodaly's "Kallai Ketos".
My two favorite tracks come next. Bucharest is represented by an original piece, "Romanian Caravan," an energetic piece redolent of gypsy wagons and open fires. And "Turkish Carnival," for Istanbul, is another original piece, utterly intoxicating in its exotica, bringing images of odalisques, harem guards, and all the gaudy delights of the Near East.
The CD winds up with a return to the UK with "Danny Boy," bringing the voyage full circle.
Yes, it's light stuff, but it's good light stuff. I was once lucky enough to see QG live and they are a group who truly enjoys what they do, and their concerts have a sense of fun and delight that few classical performances have. Their CDs (I have them all) do capture some of that, and for that reason alone they're worth the attention of all classical music fans.
old wine in a new bottle July 9, 2004
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
Fantastic CD! The oboist with this group continues to astound with each of their releases. I don't personally care for the vocal portions added to LeTombeau, but I wonder what Ravel might have thought? The 2 new members of the quartet really seem to pull their weight (and I really liked the former members!) The new accordionist just dazzles. This CD has something to offer for lovers of all musical flavors.
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