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A.U. (almost) a Compilation (MP3 album)
13 MP3 Songs in this album (48:58) !
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Ariella Uliano - A.U. (almost) a Compilation
Once again, Ariella Uliano (successfully) breaks with a tradition dictating uniformity of style, to offer us a breathtaking and original artistic product, perhaps her best to date. In ''A.U. (almost) a Compilation'' the New and the Old combine beautifully with the pure sound of her unaffected soprano voice and the rich orchestral arrangements.
There is a sense of spirituality, love and introspection in Ms. Uliano''s songs, as well as a touch of lightness and irony as, for instance, in track n.2 GOOD MORNING LONDON (An English Summer''s Day). Many the gems to be found in this collection but three in particular are in my opinion outstanding: Walter Scott’s ELLEN''S THIRD SONG (from The Lady Of The Lake, Hymn To The Virgin), for most of us Schubert’s Ave Maria, the Italian CANTO D''AUTUNNO (Autumn Song) and Child’s ballad THE THREE RAVENS (new version).
In preparing this CD Ariella and her new ensemble of virtuoso instrumentalists have created fresh arrangements for some of her old hits and the much loved SO,WE''LL GO NO MORE A-ROVING(new version) by Lord Byron, the moving IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER(new version)by Christina Rossetti (played on the pianoforte by Bartolomeo Ortuso),the haunting CHERRY TREE CAROL(new version) and the Celtic classics SKYE BOAT SONG(remix)and SALLEY GARDENS(new version)are amongst the finest and most original interpretations delivered in the last three dacades.
Of her fondness for British traditional balladry she says:
"Your beautiful old songs have a mantra-like effect upon me, they resound through my heart and soul and I feel compelled to sing them. When I do so, I inevitably change them a little, though not through a conscious effort. But it’s because they become a part of me and I keep singing them in my head wherever I go and whatever I do that when I do sing them aloud to an audience they sound different, though, strangely, not to me!
Perhaps, if I may quote from Shakespeare, they are.....translated!
I know this is not my tradition but that’s how I feel about them. Something similar must have happened to those European artists who went to Italy and Greece in the 18th and 19th centuries to visit, admire, absorb and eventually portray in their works the spectacle of our classical ruins and ancient cities, each in their own peculiar way. It’s a cultural exchange!"
Yet when Ms. Uliano sings NON PARLAR TROPPO D''AMORE and CANTO D''AUTUNNO (Autumn Song) in the Italian language, as she does in this album, her voice and melodies reach a different level and depth, leaving her audiences enthralled.
Ariella Uliano is a complete artist and in this age of digital downloads she still loves details. She has chosen to release a limited edition of ''A.U.( almost) a Compilation'' with an accompanying 32 pages A5 size book: an elegant portfolio featuring some of her artwork and photographs. Difficult to guess whether the pictures are selected as a subtle commentary to the poetry or vice versa.
The B/W ink drawings are beautiful in their own right and the book which contains both them and the CD is a small work of art so that, in A.U.’s latest achievement, images and sounds form a harmonious whole and she delivers, once more, an excellent product.
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Ariella Uliano - A.U. ( almost ) a Compilation
In ''A.U.(almost) a Compilation'' ancora una volta Ariella Uliano ci offre un prodotto artistico originale e di alta qualità in cui l''antico e il moderno si fondono nel suono puro della sua voce soprano e nei ricchi arrangiamenti orchestrali.
C''è un senso di spiritualità, amore e introspezione, ma anche un tocco di leggerezza e ironia nelle canzoni della signora Uliano, come ad esempio nel brano GOOD MORNING LONDON (Un Giorno Di Estate Inglese).
Molte le gemme in questa collezione ma tre in particolare sono a mio parere di eccezionale bellezza, si tratta di ELLEN''S THIRD SONG, più conosciuta come L'' AVE MARIA di Schubert ma con il testo autentico di Walter Scott (dal poema The Lady Of The Lake); il brano originale di Uliano CANTO D''AUTUNNO e la magica ballata tradizionale anglo- scozzese THE THREE RAVENS (new version).
In ''A.U.(almost) a Compilation'' Ariella ha creato freschi arrangiamenti per alcune delle canzoni registrate in precedenza sui primi album e fra queste vorrei citare la famosa SO, WE''LL GO NO MORE A-ROVING (new version) il cui appassionato testo d''amore venne composto dal poeta inglese https://www.tradebit.comon durante l'' esilio veneziano; la commovente IN THE BLEAK MIDWINTER (new version) di Christina Rossetti, sorella del poeta preraffaelita Dante Gabriel; la suggestiva THE CHERRY TREE CAROL (new version) e i due classici brani Celtici SKYE BOAT SONG (new version) dalla Scozia e SALLEY GARDENS (new version) dall'' Irlanda, quest''ultima da una poesia di https://www.tradebit.comts.
Il nuovo CD apre con NON PARLAR TROPPO D''AMORE la cui antica melodia francese riveste il testo in italiano composto dalla signora Uliano. Quando l''artista, che vive e studia a Londra, canta le sue canzoni in lingua italiana la sua voce raggiunge un livello e una profondità particolari ed ha il potere di incantare la sua audience d''oltremare. A questo proposito è d''obbligo citare l''altra preziosissima realizzazione in italiano di Uliano, l''album TANTO GENTILE E TANTO ONESTA PARE con liriche medievali e rinascimentali e la collaborazione dell''attore Stefano Paiusco.
Ariella Uliano è un''artista completa e per ''A.U.(almost) a Compilation'' ha scelto di far pubblicare un''edizione limitata dell''opera accompagnata da un libro di 32 pagine che contiene preziosi disegni a china e fotografie ispirati alle liriche dei canti. Il libretto è un piccolo capolavoro e il CD è forse l''album più significativo e rappresentatvo della produzione e carriera artistica di questa nostra connazionale all''estero.
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