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Wild Swans [Soundtrack]

~ Elena Kats-Chernin (Composer), Ola Rudner (Conductor), Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra), Ian Munro (Piano), Jane Sheldon (Soprano)

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Orchestra: Tasmanian Symphony Orchestra
Conductor: Ola Rudner
Composer: Elena Kats-Chernin
Audio CD (3 Jul 2006)
SPARS Code: DDD
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Soundtrack
Label: ABC Classics
ASIN: B000A2H3EO
Other Editions: MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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As featured on current Lloyds TSB television adverts.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Try before you buy...., 16 Jan 2008

By	PN Lofthouse "Paul Lofthouse" (York, England) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Anyone who bought this on the strength of it being used for a TV advert is making an all too frequent mistake - often compounded by radio stations such as Classic FM who give minor extracts of major works.

It is misleading and you really need to check out the whole thing before spending your money.

With regard to Wild Swans etc. this CD rewards extended listening with open ears and I cannot possibly agree with a 1 star review as above. Give it extended hearings and you will move closer to the 5 star rating the other reviewer here gave it.

We are no longer in the "classical" composition age. Let's move forward and encourage young composers like Kats-Chernin, Erk Tuur and others who dare to offer something different.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, 10 Dec 2007

By	Danny Moro (Edinburgh, Scotland) - See all my reviews

I was really delighted with this CD and have been recommending it to friends. The Wild Swans suite features a lot more of the wordless soprano lines that are so striking in Eliza's Aria, the segment used on the TV ad. And the piece as a whole, adapted from a ballet score, has a lot of range and variation. I am also enjoying the two other pieces on the CD.

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5.0 out of 5 stars How can anyone think this is rubbish!!!!!!!!, 12 April 2008

By	L. Mitchell "Wild Swans Fan" (England, UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This album is absolutely fantastic and you actually feel what is happening in the fairy tale.

The problem is that people do not know that Elena Kats-Chernin composed this music for a ballet "The Wild Swans" and every piece of music relates to something in the fairy tale. Eliza Aria (the music on the Lloyds advert is the piece composed about the Princess) who was turned mute after a spell was cast upon her by her wicked Stepmother.

In a faraway kingdom, there lives a King with his twelve children: eleven princes and one princess. One day, he decides to remarry. He marries a wicked Queen who is actually a witch. Out of spite, the queen turns her eleven stepsons into swans and forces them to fly away. They carry their fifteen year old sister Elisa to safety in a foreign land where she is out of harms way of her stepmother. There, Elisa labors mutely day and night knitting magic shirts from nettles to help her brothers regain their human shapes, as this is the only way to break the spell their stepmother forced them under. The king of another faraway land happens to come across the mute Elisa and falls in love with her. He grants her a room in the castle where she continues her knitting and eventually crowns her as his Queen and wife. One night Elisa runs out of nettles and is forced to collect more in a graveyard. She is spotted by the evil Archbishop who is looking for an excuse to accuse her of witchcraft. He convinces the King that Elisa is a witch and sentences her to death by burning at the stake. At the place of execution, the swans descend and rescue Elisa. The magic shirts are donned and the brothers return to their human forms. Elisa regains her voice and explains the reason for her mysterious work to the king. Elisa's courage prevails and she is forever reunited with her brothers. (taken from Wikipedia).

I hope this helps!

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5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning
Although not into classical pieces per se, I heard this one on Classic FM, bought it and was stunned how beautiful the music is written and performed. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Phill Wheatley

4.0 out of 5 stars Wild about "Wild Swans"
I would agree with Pual Lofthouse; "Anyone who bought this on the strength of it being used for a TV advert is making an all too frequent mistake. Read more

Published 20 months ago by S. J. Jones

1.0 out of 5 stars Oh......
This album is disappointing beyond belief.
I admit I really only bought it for the music off the Lloyds advert, but expected to like some of the rest - I do like classical... Read more

Published on 29 Jun 2007 by Ace

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