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This release by violinist Esther Abrami seems to fit a common enough pattern, with a photogenic young artist playing melodic, moderate-tempo stuff tailor-made for Britain's Classic FM and its cousins in other countries. It fills its role well, but there are some notable new wrinkles here. The album's "Cinéma" theme is common enough, but not all of the music here consists of movie themes. The most novel thing is the presence of anime music by Toshio Masuda, Go Shiina, and Shigeru Umebayashi. These are not familiar names outside the anime world, but to aficionados of the genre, their music is appreciated, and they will be known by name among the harder core. Abrami integrates them well into the rest of the program; the idiom is slightly different, with more concentrated sentiment, so to speak, but she links pieces tonally and, interestingly, drops in pieces with no connection to cinema to make the whole thing fit together. A guitar-and-violin arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's Libertango marks something of a high point, breaking the sequence of slow numbers. As for the movie themes, they are naturally enough centered in French films but also include figures known beyond France; James Newton Howard's "The Hanging Tree" from The Hunger Games is included. Abrami has a nice cantabile, and she has set herself the task of creating nothing less than a violin crossover album for a new age. She has largely succeeded.
© James Manheim /TiVo
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The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Palmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Toshio Masuda, Composer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esther Abrami & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Dmitri Shostakovich, Composer - The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Palmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esther Abrami & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Michael Nyman, Composer - Ben Palmer, Conductor, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Anne Dudley, Composer - Ben Palmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esther Abrami & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Palmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Go Shiina, Composer - Esther Abrami, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esther Abrami & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Palmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Sonya Belousova, Composer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Giona Ostinelli, Composer - Esther Abrami, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esther Abrami & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Bruno Coulais, Composer - Ben Palmer, Conductor, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - James Newton Howard, Composer - Ben Palmer, Conductor, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Astor Piazzolla, Composer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Marcin, Guitar, MainArtist - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Shigeru Umebayashi, Composer - Ben Palmer, Conductor, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Rachel Portman, Composer - Ben Palmer, Conductor, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Ben Palmer, Conductor, MainArtist - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Khaled Mouzanar, Composer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Yann Tiersen, Composer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, Violin, MainArtist
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nicola Piovani, Composer - Ben Palmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esther Abrami & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
The City Of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Composer - Ben Palmer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Jan Holzner, Engineer - Phillip Schulz, Engineer - Esther Abrami, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Esther Abrami & The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra & Ben Palmer, AssociatedPerformer
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
Album review
This release by violinist Esther Abrami seems to fit a common enough pattern, with a photogenic young artist playing melodic, moderate-tempo stuff tailor-made for Britain's Classic FM and its cousins in other countries. It fills its role well, but there are some notable new wrinkles here. The album's "Cinéma" theme is common enough, but not all of the music here consists of movie themes. The most novel thing is the presence of anime music by Toshio Masuda, Go Shiina, and Shigeru Umebayashi. These are not familiar names outside the anime world, but to aficionados of the genre, their music is appreciated, and they will be known by name among the harder core. Abrami integrates them well into the rest of the program; the idiom is slightly different, with more concentrated sentiment, so to speak, but she links pieces tonally and, interestingly, drops in pieces with no connection to cinema to make the whole thing fit together. A guitar-and-violin arrangement of Astor Piazzolla's Libertango marks something of a high point, breaking the sequence of slow numbers. As for the movie themes, they are naturally enough centered in French films but also include figures known beyond France; James Newton Howard's "The Hanging Tree" from The Hunger Games is included. Abrami has a nice cantabile, and she has set herself the task of creating nothing less than a violin crossover album for a new age. She has largely succeeded.
© James Manheim /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:45:47
- 1 Digital booklet
- Main artists: Esther Abrami
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sony Classical - Sony Music
- Genre: Classical
(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH
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