The
CD offers listeners 13 tracks of some of the most popular melodies ever
written, skillfully arranged for violin by Craig Leon, who has also arranged
for Luciano Pavarotti and Andreas Scholl. "Romance of the Violin"
is a showcase for the purely expressive side of the instrument and Bell
makes the most of it... More |
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a compilation of 13 short, heart-tugging pieces artfully arranged by Craig
Leon. Leon, who has done arrangements for the tenor Luciano Pavarotti,
turns the melodies over to the solo violin above a cushion of accompaniment
provided by conductor Michael Stern and the Academy of St. Martin's in
the Field orchestra. The album is pure bliss... More
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Last year Radio 2 looked at Punk Rock in Britain. This time around we look at a very different beast - American punk rock and its successor New Wave music. The series is presented by Craig Leon, who produced both Blondie and The Ramones. By Mick Fitzsimmons ©BBC |
I'll confess I was predisposed to dislike this CD. The idea of taking a repertoire already compromised by its association with the Victorian parlour, shaking all the remaining mud from its boots, scrubbing it down and checking it in for the beauty treatment of a near-perfect Decca balance seemed instinctively wrong... By Matthew Shorter ©BBC |
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| Classical music's unremitting progress toward the mainstream is not the one-sided fait accompli one might imagine, yet within this commercially driven exercise there remains room for exceptional quality and artistic sincerity... By (MF) © AudioStreet |
Andreas and Craig win "Album of the Week" © Music Week |
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| Fresh off Blondie's comeback album, Craig Leon explains how he uses the similar approaches for recording New York punk and modern classical music. By Howard Massey |
Craig Leon on recording the new Blondie album By Sue Silltoe |
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| Tempering style with flexibility is an enduring challenge facing both artist and producer. Phil Ward corners producer Craig Leon and grills him on news of artist Deborah Harry By Phil Ward |
Seminal New York punk band returns with "No Exit" By Blair R. Fischer |
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| In 1982, only one album – "Big Science," Laurie Anderson's sterling assortment of Brave New Music – earned a heavier shower of critical bouquets from this writer than "Nommos" by Craig Leon. For pure sonic innovation, the tragically overlooked "Nomos" should be recalled as a benchmark album for new-age music in the '80s. By T. Davis Wood |
"Nommos," (takoma TAK 7096) by Craig Leon. Leon a producer who has handled, among others, the Ramones, creates a... By Steve Tibbetts |
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