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Showing posts with label violin. Show all posts

lili haydn - light blue sun (2003)

7.22.2008

Your Eyes were like a light blue sun
So bright, I almost turned away
Afraid of waking
Instead
I gave myself to you


So goes the lyrics of the prelude of this album.
Light Blue Sun is the second album by violinist/vocalist Lili Haydn. It was released in 2003 by BMG Music.



tracklisting

1. Light Blue Sun (Prelude) (Lili Haydn, Corky James) 2:44
2. Come Here (Haydn, Rick Boston) 5:34
3. Anything (Haydn, Peter Rafelson) 6:08
4. Wounded Dove (Haydn) 6:55
5. The Longing (Albinoni; add. music by Haydn) 5:08
6. Denied (Lotus Weinstock) 5:42
7. The Chinese Song (add. music by Haydn) 6:26
8. Sweetness (Haydn, Jez Colin) 4:26
9. Seek (Haydn, Siri Ved K. Khalsa) 8:13
10. Home (Haydn, Tony McAnany) 6:47
11. The Promised Land (Weinstock, Haydn, Steve Nalpea) 10:23
12. Anything (radio edit) 3:39



lili haydn - light blue sun (2003)

sophie solomon - poison sweet madeira (2006)

7.21.2008

Sophie Solomon's voice is her violin. Whether she's performing with the LSO or playing with her own band, her music is a thrilling combination of technique and passion that refuses to be confined by the conventional parameters of the instrument. Her unique musical vision reaches its full flowering on her self-composed Decca debut solo album Poison Sweet Madeira, an audacious mix of different styles and influences given purpose and unity by her extraordinary violin playing. Poison Sweet Madeira features guest appearances by Richard Hawley, KT Tunstall and Ralph Fiennes.


tracklist
1. "Holy Devil"
2. "Burnt By The Sun" (with Richard Hawley)
3. "Poison Sweet Madeira"
4. "Lazarus" (with KT Tunstall)
5. "A Light That Never Dies" (with Ralph Fiennes)
6. "Hazy"
7. "I Can Only Ask Why"
8. "Meditation On Dvorak's Slavonic Fantasy"
9. "Pin Pricks And Gravy Stains"



sophie solomon - poison sweet madeira (2006)