Well needless to say, I definatly don't agree with this critic. It was written in February of this year.
http://www.biberfan.com/reviews/001289.shtml
Adam
Found a critique of Four Seasons
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This 'critic' doesn't seem to understand our girl 'Vanessa-Mae'
This critic doesn't seem to understand what our girl's aims are!
How can anyone run down the Devils Trill Sonata?
You can garantee that this person has never picked up a
musical instrument (let alone a violin) in his entire life, what a jerk!!!
This critic doesn't seem to understand what our girl's aims are!
How can anyone run down the Devils Trill Sonata?
You can garantee that this person has never picked up a
musical instrument (let alone a violin) in his entire life, what a jerk!!!
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This recording achieves the Herculean task of rescuing Vivaldi's oft- performed concerti from the hackneyed oblivion of elevator music, and ingeniously resuscitating them in an arresting and enthralling manner. It as if the parched roots of these pieces have been watered with something rather bracing and slightly alcoholic, and suddenly shot into blooms of brilliant red and electric blue. Vanessa-Mae, her producer Pamela Nicholson, and the group of highly acclaimed soloists and professors which makes up the orchestra Laureate, have all contributed to these exciting arrangements. The starting premise was that Vivaldi would have expected his soloists to embellish and elaborate the solo parts for themselves: on this recording that has meant fleshing out the orchestral parts so that they stretch the techniques of everyone involved, and turning the solo part itself into a Paganini-esque jeu d'esprit. (Following Sir Thomas Beecham's advice, who said that a harpsichord sounds like "skeletons copulating on a galvanised tin roof", that instrument has judiciously been omitted!) And the wonderful thing is that the programmatic sense of the seasons- - birds twittering, teeth chattering, hay-gathering etc--is not mocked, but reinforced. --Warwick Thompson
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Sorry but these things make me mad....
Anyway I found a critics review of Subject to Change by Q magazine.
2 out of 5 (average/okay)
Thrusting a classical instrument centrestage in a "pop" song rarely makes it sound "less classical", but unnecessarily quaint and awkward in its funky new environment. And so it is here with Singapore-born fiddler Vanessa-Mae's latest effort. While this may appeal to the Enya/Deep Forest/Adiemus consumer, the overall impression is of slightly-above-average supermarket muzak that will impress few fans of either pop or classical. The mournful, cinematic Solace is palatable, and the Latino/gypsy-styled Picante might earn a busker a few pounds, but on tracks where she exercises her weak vocal chords (White Bird and LoveIs Only A Game) it degenerates into excruciating quasi-trancey Europop. Brave, but Vanessa-Mae may well regret trying to play with the big kids.
What makes me laugh is they give it an OK score then write a bad review. In fairnes Love is ONly A Game is one of my least favortie VM tracks, but what are they on here.
Anyway I found a critics review of Subject to Change by Q magazine.
2 out of 5 (average/okay)
Thrusting a classical instrument centrestage in a "pop" song rarely makes it sound "less classical", but unnecessarily quaint and awkward in its funky new environment. And so it is here with Singapore-born fiddler Vanessa-Mae's latest effort. While this may appeal to the Enya/Deep Forest/Adiemus consumer, the overall impression is of slightly-above-average supermarket muzak that will impress few fans of either pop or classical. The mournful, cinematic Solace is palatable, and the Latino/gypsy-styled Picante might earn a busker a few pounds, but on tracks where she exercises her weak vocal chords (White Bird and LoveIs Only A Game) it degenerates into excruciating quasi-trancey Europop. Brave, but Vanessa-Mae may well regret trying to play with the big kids.
What makes me laugh is they give it an OK score then write a bad review. In fairnes Love is ONly A Game is one of my least favortie VM tracks, but what are they on here.