The Changing Lights - 180 Gram Vinyl - Sealed Stacey Kent 2-LP

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    ARTIST: STACEY KENT TITLE: The Changing Lights - 180 Gram Vinyl - Sealed DESCRIPTION: STACEY KENT The Changing Lights (Pure Pleasure Analogue limited edition 13-track double album 2-LP pressed on 180-gram vinyl mastered by Ray Staff at Air Mastering. The albums musical focus is Brazilian mixing classics with originals whileswitching smoothly between English Portuguese and French. The immaculate intonation timing and diction are flawless to the point of sheer purity. Her voice becomes an instrument with impeccable clarity and minimal vibrato. Gatefold picturesleeve with hype sticker factory sealed. Highly
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TRACKLISTING: Stacey Kents latest album The Changing Lights again demonstrates her vocal mastery. The immaculate intonation timing and diction are flawless to the point of sheer purity. Her voice becomes an instrument with impeccable clarity and minimal vibrato.

The albums musical focus is Brazilian mixing classics with originals while switching smoothly between English Portuguese and French.

There are covers of Bossa Nova numbers from Tom Jobim Roberto Menescal Marcos Valle and others. Highlights include Jobims &quotHow Insensitive" which is quietly and intensely melancholic while the Jobim classic &quotOne Note Samba" is given a cheeky up-tempo treatment. It is a difficult number to handle at such pace with the short-spaced almost staccato notes. Stacey effortlessly takes the scale runs in her stride. Roberto Menescals &quotO Barquinho" is given a fresh arrangement and is performed by the composer himself on guitar.

Six originals by Jim Tomlinson make up the rest of the album three written with novelist and lyricist Kazuo Ishiguro; the sublime title song The Changing Lights The Summer We Crossed Europe in the Rain a story gracefully sung by Ms Kent and Waiter Oh Waiter a neat and jaunty request for help in choosing from a French menu. Two songs in Portuguese Mais Uma Vez and A Tarde written with poet Antonio Ladeira and Chanson L?g?re written with Bernie Beaup?re who penned the title track to Staceys Raconte-Moi add yet more flavours to the album.

The arrangements and accompaniment of producer and husband Jim Tomlinson are outstanding. The rhythm section is wonderfully subtle with praise for the percussionists Josh Morrison and Matt Home pianist Graham Harvey bassist Jeremy Brown and the guitarists Roberto Menescal and John Parricelli. However The Changing Lights is Stacey Kents record first and foremost; impressive and top class.

Explaining his and Staceys musical process Tomlinson elaborates on Kazuo Ishiguros thoughts in his liner note of Staceys 2001 Candid album In Love Again. &quotStaceys style reminds me of the best film actors who on camera develop a very different style to that of stage actors who are required to project their voices and gestures in order to express themselves across the space of the theatre. In film an actor can do a lot with very little whether in terms of exppression gesture inflection or tone of voice. With Stacey I believe that we create music in the same way where even the smallest gestures have great emotional significance."

Highly recommended.


Side 1
1. This Happy Madness
2. The Summer We Crossed Europe In The Rain
3. One Note Samba (Samba De Uma Nota So)

Side 2
1. Mais Uma Vez
2. Waiter Oh Waiter
3. O Barquinho

Side 3
1. The Changing Lights
2. How Insensitive
3. O Bebado E A Equilibrista/ Smile

Side 4
1. Like A River
2. The Face I Love
3. A Tarde
4. Chanson Legere


... FORMAT: 2-LP Vinyl Set RECORD LABEL: Pure Pleasure Analogue CATALOGUE No: PPAN17259 COUNTRY: UK YEAR: 2014 ADDITIONAL INFO: N/A BARCODE: 5060149621998 ALTERNATIVE ARTIST NAMES: N/A SELLER INFO: eil outlet [part of Esprit International Limited / EILare the world"s largest retailer for rare, used and hard to find vinyl, CD"s and music collectibles from the 60s, 70s, 80, 90s through to today,click here for our store.
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