{"product_id":"vanessa-mae-the-violin-player","title":"Vanessa-Mae The Violin Player","description":"Vanessa-Mae, vehemently opposed to any \"compartmentalising of music\", describes the material on this album as \"techno-acoustic fusion\". As far as instrumentation and recording techniques go, that's a pretty fair description. But when the subtitle is \"The Classical Album\" , Vanessa-Mae and her producer\/composer Mike Batt (of Wombles fame) stand accused of misleading their audience. Apart from the opening \"Toccata in D\", one of the prodigy Vanessa-Mae's favourite show pieces, all tracks are original compositions, most of them by Batt. What we hear are contemporary, poppy pieces, rock drum and keyboard-based, and tailor made for Vanessa-Mae's high-energy yet delicate virtuosity. The fact that the talented Batt is audibly influenced by Michael Nyman does not make his compositions more \"classical\", but thankfully steers them out of the tedious realm of \"Classic Rock\". \"Widescreen\" is a track where the Mae-Batt synthesis works very well; both violinist and producer making the most of the technology-meets-tradition concept. Some of this is film score material, some shopping-mall ear drum fodder, other tracks yet again, revisit Mike Oldfield's old pastures--it is a matter of discussion whether this album \"defies all labelling\" or simply makes a point of wooing them all in pursuit of the widest possible audience. Hence the \"wet T-shirt\", sorry, \"glistening Sea-Nymph\" photo of Vanessa-Mae on the sleeve. --Yngvil V.G.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: B000002SKU\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: DBV.B000002SKU.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Vanessa-Mae|Johann Sebastian Bach|Mike Batt|Mason Williams|Ian Wherry|Vasko Vassilev|Royal Philharmonic Orchestra\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Audio cd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Gently used with minimal wear on the corners and cover. A few pages may contain light highlighting or writing, but the text remains fully legible. Dust jacket may be missing, and supplemental materials like CDs or codes may not be included. May be ex-library with library markings. Ships promptly!  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dream Books Co.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41518760984634,"sku":"DBV.B000002SKU.G","price":7.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/6011\/0138\/files\/B000002SKU-0.jpg?v=1783913812","url":"https:\/\/shop.dreambooksco.com\/products\/vanessa-mae-the-violin-player","provider":"Dream Books Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}