Opera Sauvage

Artist: Vangelis
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 042282966322
EAN: 0042282966322
ASIN: B000001FJZ

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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HIGHER LEVEL MUSIC

Tracks:

Hymne
Reve
L'enfant
Mouettes
Chromatique
Irlande
Flamants Roses

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Customer Reviews:

get this for one song.......2006-11-01

This cd has music that seesaws between pretty and pretty boring...but then you get to the song "Hymn". It is a drop dead, completely gorgeous and jubilant piece of work. As much as the other songs are unimportant, nothing, boring, stereotypcial, new age, synthesizer, schmaltz, "hymn makes the whole purchase totally worthwhile.

The song is that beautiful!

Moody music from Vangelis.......2005-12-16

My first exposure to the music of Greek electronica composer Vangelis was through the science fiction film Bladerunner sometime during the late 1990s and it was not until recently that I snapped this 1979 album up out of a discount bin. Although there are moments that sound a bit new age-ish (as on the short opening track and L'enfant) there are disproportionately more pieces on this album that are moody and simply excellent. In fact, the haunting 12'26 Reve, which is played largely on what sounds like a heavily echoed electric piano stands out as a personal favorite. As to be expected, synthesizers including instruments by Moog, (possibly) Oberheim, and ARP are used prominently on this album, in addition to a host of percussion instruments - the liner notes depict Vangelis playing what appears to be a marimba and is seated in front of a number of gongs. Mouettes is a very short and dreamy piece played entirely on synthesizers, while Chromatique features acoustic/electric guitar, bass guitar, and synths. It is worth noting that Chromatique is a piece that utilizes (you guessed it) a chromatic scale and as such is pretty interesting - I can't say I have heard this before in rock music. Irlande is somewhat gloomy and displays tinges of medieval (English) musical themes while the 11'54" closing piece Flamants Rose is somewhat more varied in terms of timbre and dynamics. In fact Flamants Rose comes quite close to being electronic art music, and alternates deeply reflective moments with flourishes on percussion coupled with blaring, assertive lines played on the synthesizers. As a huge Yes fan I was happy to see that Jon Anderson shows up on this piece (he played harp). All in all, I can highly recommend this album to electronica fans along with Heaven and Hell (1975) (Jon Anderson sings on this album), Albedo 0.39 (1976), and Spiral (1977) - yes, I am on a quest to collect all of the 1970s work by Vangelis.

Opera Sauvage ~ Vangelis.......2005-10-21

Opera Sauvage~ Vangelis is 70's synth music at its best and one does go on a nostalgia trip when one hears the soft and warm sounds of the 70's and I can see in my minds eye Vangelis hard ay work with keyboards of the time like Moog, Oberheim and Rolan to mention a few. I love l'efant, irlande and Hymne. The 70's synths have a sound that is so superior to the keyboards of today and they were true master works and have not been duplicated. I love the synth sound in the begining of the track Irlande, the amazing string sounds. This is as about as complete as an album can get and is one of the best modern synth albums that I have ever listened to.

Forceful Hymn.......2005-10-12

Opera Sauvage exemplifies the melodic beauty of symphony instruments. Hymn is the perfect example of sorrowful musical elegance that is touching and powerful.

Opera Sauvage.......2005-08-03

This is a long time favorite of mine that was on cassette tape. I've been replacing all my vinyl records and cassette tapes as I could find them on CDs. This is an excellent rendition.

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