1. Toccata
2. For The Love Of A Princess (from Braveheart)
3. Allegretto
4. If You're Not The One
5. The Heart Asks Pleasure First (from The Piano)
6. Moonlight Sonata
7. Krwlng
8. Pavane
9. Adagio
10. Sarabande
11. Now We Are Free (from Gladiator) (Myleene Mix)
12. Gymnopedie
13. Moonlight Sonata (Classic version)
Myleene Klass
has had a rough couple of years. First of all she was thrust into the spotlight
courtesy of ITV's Popstars when she became one of the five members of
Hear'Say, the ill-fated pop group who started on the wave of the back of the
hype with Pure and Simple, a release which became the fastest-ever
selling single, but the record-buying public were even more fickle than those
who simply watch TV and after a few more singles, a couple of poor-selling
albums and a change of band-member, the band who would pronounce during their
live concerts, "Let me hear you say, Hear'Say Forever!", folded.
Since the split, nothing has been heard of the boys, while one of the band's
cuties, Suzanne Shaw's public-eye interests have been limited to dating Darren
Day. Still, someone has to, I suppose. Kym Marsh brought out an album before
any of the rest of her ex-bandmates, but on the strength of the singles released
to date the content couldn't be any more bland than what's long-since gone
before in the charts. Her last single, Sentimental, stalled at No.33
in the charts after one week. Still, she's always got hubby Jack Ryder's
acting career to fall back on...
And so, the only one to come out of the last two years with any credibility is
Myleene Klass. She's noticeably lost some weight since we first saw her, but
to these eyes she looks just as stunning now as she did before and she should
pay no mind to those critics who say she's gone too thin. Her Moving On
CD is a return to her classical music roots, something in which she was trained
before any hint of a pop career was dreamed of.
Some of the classic tracks featured on this album are ones I have grown to
love over the years so I was a bit hesitant at first to see how she'd treat
them. Thankfully, it's largely a successful album and you have to realise that
she's not doing straight covers here, they are her own interpretations.
Toccata is a nice and upbeat introduction to the album and not to be
taken too seriously when compared to the lengthy original, Toccata and Fugue
in D minor, especially when it concentrates itself solely on the faster part
of the tune.
I haven't seen Braveheart so can't comment on how track two compares, although
it makes for a pleasant listen. The next is a faithful reproduction of Karl
Jenkins' Allegretto from "Palladio", which the unitiated will remember as the
music from the cinema DeBeers diamonds advert. An excellent blend of all the
instruments concerned.
Next up is an instrumental of Daniel Bedingfield's If You're Not The One.
I was never a particular fan of the man's original No.1 single, and this does
little to change that fact. On the other hand, while I got bored rigid watching
Jane Campion's movie, The Piano my constant listening to Classic FM
each weekday morning brought the Michael Kamen theme to my attention, a track which is easily to fall into, as
well as being very reminiscent of Ludivico Einaudi's Questa Notte. Myleene's
version does it great justice.
What starts as a regular take on Moonlight Sonata brings in some extra
beats, somewhat unnecessarily, along the way until it ends as it should, but
the original version can be found at the end of the disc.
I didn't know until now that Linkin Park's Crawling was meant to be
spelt Krwlng, which explains the oddly-named title on the back of the
CD cover, but what started as a rock classic, before LP brought out a few more
great tracks and then started to repeat themselves, is given a fantastic
classic treatment, working surprisingly well.
Pavane is an old favourite, but here the backing beats seem a little
too predictable and it falls outside the remit of either being a faithful
reproduction or a notable alternate take.
Adagio, based on Elgar's Adagio Moderato sounds emphatic and
emotional in any interpretation and that's carried along in fine fashion here.
One to definitely stir the emotions to the surface. Sarabande, meanwhile,
attempts to carry this along but doesn't quite carry it on well enough, although
it has a damn good stab at it.
Gladiator's
Now We Are Free is given a far lighter mood in this rendition
than it did in the lacklustre movie - another case that proves duff films can
spawn memorable themes - and this comes across moderately successfully here.
An uplifting version of Erik Satie's Gymnopedie and the original
Moonlight Sonata bring the album to a close and leave you on a lilting
high as the final chord echoes out...
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37" Plasma TV with a Sony BDP-1500 Blu-ray player and played through a Yamaha DSP-AX820 amplifier.
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Myleene Klass
has had a rough couple of years. First of all she was thrust into the spotlight
courtesy of ITV's Popstars when she became one of the five members of
Hear'Say, the ill-fated pop group who started on the wave of the back of the
hype with Pure and Simple, a release which became the fastest-ever
selling single, but the record-buying public were even more fickle than those
who simply watch TV and after a few more singles, a couple of poor-selling
albums and a change of band-member, the band who would pronounce during their
live concerts, "Let me hear you say, Hear'Say Forever!", folded.
Toccata is a nice and upbeat introduction to the album and not to be
taken too seriously when compared to the lengthy original, Toccata and Fugue
in D minor, especially when it concentrates itself solely on the faster part
of the tune.
I didn't know until now that Linkin Park's Crawling was meant to be
spelt Krwlng, which explains the oddly-named title on the back of the
CD cover, but what started as a rock classic, before LP brought out a few more
great tracks and then started to repeat themselves, is given a fantastic
classic treatment, working surprisingly well.
