Todd Levy - Todd Levey Plays Brahms & Schumann - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Todd Crow - Schubert & His Circle [COMPACT DISCS] date 10/09/2007

'Dance Mode' is the exciting follow up to the award-winning, number 1 debut 'Bluey The Album'. Bringing together 17 brand new recordings from series 2 and 3 of the global phenomenon all originally composed by Joff Bush • Presented on CD in a foiled sleeve, with artwork connecting together with 'Bluey - The Album' to form a larger image. • Widely lauded by parents and press alike for it's heartfelt and funny portrayal of family life and celebration of play, Bluey followers a 6-year-old Blue Heeler dog, who loves to play and turns everyday family life into extraordinary adventures that unfold in unpredictable and hilarious ways, bringing her family - including younger sister Bingo and parents Bandit and Chilli - as well as friends and community into her world of fun and discovery. • Bluey is an Emmy and BAFTA Award winning sensation that has won over families worldwide and is now broadcasting on multiple platforms around the world including ABC, Disney Jr, Disney+ and CBeebies. • Bluey 'The Album' reached number 1 in the Australian ARIA chart and the Billboard's US Kid Albums respectively. The new album 'Dance Mode' features music from the show, with it's upbeat EDM inspired title track 'Dance Mode', through to 'The BeeeeeOOP Walk', 'Rain (Boldy In The Pretend)' and 'Cat Squad'.

Both of the song cycles recorded here combine lyricism with powerful storytelling, covering a wide range of emotions that are well suited to the beautiful sonorities and vocal nature of the French horn. Schubert's late 'Schwanengesang' conveys it's pastoral setting, messages of love, pain of separation, and haunted loss so descriptively that the music is just as effective without words. Brahms arranged his 'Zigeunerlieder' or 'Gypsy Songs' from vocal quartets, their Hungarian folk-music character lending themselves superbly to further transcription. Tim Thorpe is gaining a reputation as one of the most accomplished horn players of his generation. He has received extensive orchestral experience as principal horn with several amateur and youth orchestras including the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and the European Union Youth Orchestra. As an orchestral musician, Thorpe has played principal horn with all the major London orchestras and with other UK orchestras including the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Northern Sinfonia.