Soon To Fail

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About the Artist
Sainte Chapelle is Dan Schneider and Gary Pyskacek (both of Pedal Steel Transmission) fleshing out ideas and molding improvisations. The group formed in 2000 to release it's self titled EP for Cardboard Sangria Records, a collection of 5 improvised pieces recorded in a weekend following a mind-bending month-long trip to Europe, and the necessary withdrawal from life that followed. The new material was realized while preparing for shows with the likes of Dan Friel, Ty Braxton, the Zombies, Nina Nastasia, and others. "Soon to Fail" was recorded throughout 2003 at Blaise Barton Studios by longtime pedal steel transmission collaborator Brett Barton, and includes added violin by Joon Hee Park. The new material reflects the increasingly tighter and more focused mentality of the group, and more involved recording techniques than the first record. National radio support and touring will begin in October of 2004.

Album Description
Last minute fleeting attempts at beauty. Sometime nightmare music. Sun-dazed from high expectations and the inevitable crash. Improvisations culled from being locked in a studio with no rules, only a list of ghosts and their moments to chase. "Soon to Fail" is staring into the sunset from the back seat, weather-beaten from knowing good intentions only win from within. This music is our sanctuary, a saint within the walls of a police blockade, like the church the group is named after. (Gastr del Sol, John Martyn, John Fahey, Simon and Garfunkel, Black Heart Procession, DMST, Elisabeth Cotton, Django Rheinhart,)

Soon To Fail, Music, Sainte Chapelle

Purcell: Theatre Music
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Fine reissue of a classic set

Purcell: Theatre Music

Manufacturer: Decca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0001Y4JHA
Release Date: 2004-10-12

Customer Reviews:

Fine reissue of a classic set.......2006-05-24

Think about the stupidest, most formulaic Hollywood movies you can think of: cheesy action pictures, fluffy, unfunny comedies, big but stiff epics. Now imagine that one of the greatest living composers was working in Hollywood, turning out astonishing, hauntingly beautiful and stirring musical scores for these throwaway movies. That's what you get with this set: music Henry Purcell composed for some two dozen often utterly forgettable plays (trust me--I've read a number of them!) Occasionally, when he teams up with a playwright worthy of his stature, such as John Dryden, Aphra Behn, or William Congreve, the results are even better, but for the most part you can enjoy the music here without knowing anything about the original plays.

This set originally appeared as separate LPs in the 70s and 80s, and has been long out of print. That's a pity, since Purcell spent a good deal of his short professional life in the theatre, either writing the incidental music contained on these CDs, or the music for his larger works, the semi-operas (King Arthur, The Fairy Queen, and the like). Almost all of these works are enjoyable gems; certainly, they represent a pinnacle of English 17th century music. Purcell had a genius for spinning musical gold out of the most leaden lyrics (check out his Odes and Welcome Songs on Hyperion if you don't believe me), and he does the same with the song texts in these plays.

Hogwood and the AAM offer clean, listenable performances, and the sound on these old analog discs has been cleaned up and brightened--although they were pretty good, even in the late 70s. As with most Hogwood, emotional extremes are kept to a minimum, so the "otherworldly" nature of late 17th century music, so often emphasised in more recent Baroque performances, doesn't come across here. It would be interesting to see what a group like The King's Consort would do with this music, but this set fills the major gap in the Purcell canon quite nicely.

My only beef with the reissue, as with many reissues, is that the liner notes are rather thin for a 6-cd set--the lyrics to the songs, for example, are especially missed. Still, it's a worthwhile set, and a must for fans of Purcell, English Baroque music, or anyone who just wants to experience a taste of the last days of the Restoration stage.

Soon To Fail

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Soon To Fail
Sainte Chapelle
Manufacturer: Cardboard Sangria Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00061V8JA
Release Date: 2004-10-19

Tracks:

Mantra
May 17th
What Do We Call Love?
Soon To Fail
Black is the Color of My True Love's Hair
Poor Lister
In Search of Skip
Cartography
This One Follows Me Around
Big Elephant, Little Elephant
To Crave

Album Description

Last minute fleeting attempts at beauty. Sometime nightmare music. Sun-dazed from high expectations and the inevitable crash. Improvisations culled from being locked in a studio with no rules, only a list of ghosts and their moments to chase. "Soon to Fail" is staring into the sunset from the back seat, weather-beaten from knowing good intentions only win from within. This music is our sanctuary, a saint within the walls of a police blockade, like the church the group is named after. (Gastr del Sol, John Martyn, John Fahey, Simon and Garfunkel, Black Heart Procession, DMST, Elisabeth Cotton, Django Rheinhart,)

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