Dark clouds gather on the horizon, trading secrets of quiet rumbling and flashes of insight. Soon the storm is fully formed and racing across the plains towards you, words of sonic titans falling down from the sky. But then it is no more, a clear sky, the sunlight bathing you in warmth and love. This album has summer storm moods, fresh and alarming folding gently into clear skies and pure guitar tones.
Every note of this album is exactly where it needs to be and it doesn't feel like it was programmed to be there. A great number of classical performances come off too stiff and mechanical for my tastes and this is not one of them.
It reminds me that the term "classical" is like any other genre tag, an approximation at its best and a limitation at it's worst. This is the bridge for two purists to meet in the middle of, enjoy an album together and expand their musical horizons with storm clouds of emotion and form. It takes people by the hand into new lands with Manu Chao, Run DMC, Daft Punk and Norah Jones.
Good for: Breaking down the walls between emotion and logic, between structure and intention and the wall between you and me.
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