Carpe Diem

You probably already know whether or not you're going to like this album, but for those who haven't yet encountered the phenomenon called Sarah Brightman, a stab at objective description may be in order. The genre is British crossover classical, with a mixture of contemporary pop-style tunes and more traditional numbers, in this case Christmas carols…

Coldplay - A Head Full of Dreams (2015) {Parlophone}
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Released swiftly after Ghost Stories – just a year and a half, all things considered – A Head Full of Dreams plays like a riposte to that haunted 2014 album. Where Chris Martin spent Ghost Stories in a mournful mood – his sorrow perhaps derived from his divorce to Gwyneth Paltrow or perhaps not; it's best not to read too much into the tabloid headlines – the Coldplay leader sees nothing but sunshine and stars on A Head Full of Dreams. Martin gives away the game with his song titles. He's quite literally having "Fun" on an "Amazing Day," living for the weekend and viewing his impending middle age as nothing so much as the "Adventure of a Lifetime."

This new recording by Ondine includes the world premiere recordings of four works by the celebrated Finnish contemporary composer Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928). Rubáiyát (2015) is a song cycle based on the poetry of Omar Khayyam (1048–1131). The work was written for Gerald Finley who in this recording sings the solo part of the orchestral version of the work.

Sensitive To Light has it's genesis in 2006 when the French multi-instrumentalist Vynce Leff, former player of the Neo Prog band Saens decides to form a Symphonic band, with the collaboration of Jenny Lewis (lead vocals), Claude Thill (bass, vocals, keyboards), Jean-Philippe Dupont (keyboards, vocals) and Georgio Salvini in the drums. The band releases their debut called "Almost Human", a conceptual record based in Carlo Collodi's "Adventures Of Pinocchio". Despite the quality of the performers and the voice of Jenny Lewis (reminiscent of Christina Murphy Booth from Magenta), the album doesn't impress the audience due to the lack of elaboration. The melodies are good, the composition also, but something is missing…

That Was Then This is Now features 11 tracks compiled from ear X-tacy 1 and 2 (newly re-mastered!), plus 5 new tracks featuring the original Andy Timmons Band line-up of Mitch Marine on drums and Mike Daane on bass. This marks Andy's first official release in the U.S. (hard to believe).

The Hymn: Sarah Brightman In Concert is the sixth worldwide concert tour by English soprano singer Sarah Brightman in support of her album Hymn (2018). The tour started on 24 November 2018, in São Paulo, Brazil, and will conclude on 2019. The event is expected to include 125 shows in five different continents, thus becoming Brightman's largest tour of her career…