关于André Rieu演奏版的 When Winter Comes的一些信息:
荷兰Limburg省最著名的杂志“Chapeau Magazine”在2013年3-4月刊发表了André Rieu的文章“ONE IDEA LEADS TO ANOTHER”。主要谈及了André Rieu与英国天空电视台的合作计划,以及和迈克尔杰克逊的兄弟Jermaine Jackson相识和合作的经历。文章中还谈及了André Rieu和他的团队在2013年年初的时候录制了一张非常浪漫的专辑。这张名为“Music of Night”的专辑收录了一组André Rieu团队改编演奏的经典浪漫旋律,其中包括《玫瑰人生》,ABBA的名曲《我曾有梦》,“西区故事”中的歌曲《合二为一》,还有西贝柳斯的作品旋律,以及在MJ死后一星期在荷兰马斯特里赫特市著名的弗莱特霍夫广场现场演奏的MJ的名曲“Ben”。当然这张专辑中还包括这首被S/S作为短节目音乐的“When Winter Comes”。这张专辑将在2013年晚些时候发行。作者介绍这张专辑非常适合在一个浪漫冬夜伴着烛光美酒欣赏。 期待这张名为“Music of Night”的专辑早日问世。
Chapeau Magazine 2013年3-4月刊原文:
ONE IDEA LEADS TO ANOTHER
Chapeau Magazine March/April:
Sometimes I am still surprised by how many new ideas bubble up to the surface for the picking, and how certain developments can be interfaced. The trick is to choose those which are the best for us and the audience.
Ever since our successful concerts in England, this country seems to be upside down, at least for us. The British TV station "SKY-TV" has been working with me on an entire series and at a certain point the idea arose for me to make music every time with a different singer. Well, the Vrijthof concerts are the ideal place for that. And there we would also like to make the recordings. And then later in the year a special CD and DVD will be released. SKY-TV’s idea fits closely to a thought I had years ago - even before the first Vrijthof concerts - to try and give a concert in the manner of "André Rieu and friends". Back then Luciano Pavarotti did that too in his hometown. I considered that to be a very nice initiative, something really special.
This idea stayed on the back burner with us since we were busy with so many other projects, but since SKY-TV proposed it, this would be excellent to combine it with our previous thoughts. And so you see, it is all about bringing it all together, and together you produce something special.
The project is now well under way. SKY-TV is busy with the preparations and in the meantime we have had our first "friend" in the studio. To start with, Jermaine Jackson, and his visit was very special. He is the brother of the phenomenal Michael Jackson who we commemorated shortly after his death on the Vrijthof with the songs "Ben" and "the Earth Song". We showed Jermaine images of the Vrijthof and he was visibly moved by them. We quickly established a bond and it is going to be beautiful musical teamwork. He will probably be performing with us one of the evenings in Maastricht. In the meantime, Trini Lopez has also already been to our studio. Formerly known for his "If I had a Hammer" and "La Bamba". Very festive music, I can already visualize everything in front of me with a swinging Vrijthof.
What we are further going to be doing on the Vrijthof will remain a surprise. In any case, we are very busy with the preparations, and they will definitely again be wonderful evenings, I know that for a fact! The nice thing is that the audience will come from around the world to the concerts. That makes the evenings very special. And the entire orchestra always looks forward to that, since it is always very special for them to perform on the Vrijthof.
In the beginning of the year we recorded a new CD, consisting only of very romantic music under the title of "Music of the Night" With our own arrangements of pieces like "La Vie en Rose" by Edith Piaf, "When Winter Comes" and "I had a Dream" by ABBA, "One Hand, One Heart" from West side story and a beautiful melody by Sebelius, very melancholic and heart wrenching. As a bonus "Ben", recorded live on the Vrijthof one week after the death of Michael Jackson. This CD will be available later in the year. Lovely music for a romantic winter evening by candle light and a glass of wine.
But let’s not think about that yet, since we first hope for a sunny summer with cozy concerts on the Vrijthof. In the spring we will visit North America, Brazil, Chile, Denmark and Vienna.
Is that not going to be too much, I hear you say? Of course it is a lot, but I can handle it now much better since I have been working-out a lot. Especially the power lifting, that really suits me, it makes me stronger and fitter, it's like I'm ten years younger. I can really recommend it to everyone, it gives so much energy. I recently broke my own "deadlift" record: 110 kilos (242lbs)! I am very proud of that and it means that I can now lift my entire orchestra. One at a time of course ...
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