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Wordless Meanings
Raga Dolls
In the beginning, there was harmony.
... before anyone thought to ask the question "What sort of music do you play?" ... before everyone became too busy to stop and listen anyway ... before music became 'the music industry' ... harmony was lost in a cacophony of meaningless words. Could it be too late then to imagine a new beginning? Enter then the Raga Dolls, a Melbourne-based Salon quartet who perform the original compositions and arrangements of composer/violinist, David Osborne. Their music is performed in such a way as to make it accessible to people of all ages and musical persuasions. Wordless Meanings is the Raga Dolls' debut album and on this special Move CD it contains two bonus tracks not previously available on the original (private) pressing - including a cabaret-style version of Schubert's lied Du Bist die Ruh. Press quotes:
“an eclectic repertoire peculiarly suited to and evocative of long summer evenings; of surreptitious flirtations, clinking champagne flutes and tinkling laughter ... arranged with ingenuity and panache.”
— John Shand, Sydney Morning Herald “superbly crafted and presented”— Tony Bates, 3WBC FM “Entertaining and accessible music that should appeal”— New Classics, UK “Very beautifully done ... delightful ... I was charmed by the arrangements and the effortlessly beautiful ensemble and tone quality.”— Gary Higginson, MusicWeb UK Audio previews:
Track Listing:
A Waltz (David Osborne)
At the Nest (Tammy Rogers and Don Heffington) Black Orpheus (Louis Bonfa) Still Life (David Osborne) Destiny (Sydney Baynes) Romance from "The Gadfly" (Dmitri Shostakovich) Left at Carlisle (David Osborne) Intermezzo from "Cavelleria Rusticana" (Pietro Mascagni) Tango (David Osborne) Standchen (Franz Schubert) Hungarian Dance no. 5 (Johannes Brahms) Meditation from Thais (Jules Massenet) BONUS TRACKS Du Bist die Ruh (Franz Schubert) featuring guest vocalist, Caroline Craig Another Tango (David Osborne) Catalogue Number: MD3249
Price: AU$26.00
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Based in Melbourne, Raga Dolls play an unusual yet surprising coherent blend of styles all coming together loosely under the heading of 'Salon Music'.
A composer, band leader, violinist and confessed former rock guitarist, David Osborne is the driving force behind the Salon group Raga Dolls.
George Butrumlis is a piano accordion virtuoso who is a regular guest artist with the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra. He has played with everyone from the Black Sorrows to the Three Tenors.
For 20 years Gary Norman has been first choice guitarist for Melbourne's major music theatre productions. His credits include A Chorus Line, 42nd Street, Grease, Hair, Funny Girl, Starlight Express, West Side Story and Les Miserables.
Shannon Birchall is one of Australia's finest jazz bass players and recently toured Europe with "The Band Who Knew Too Much".
Caroline Craig perhaps better known to the Australian public as her character Sergeant Tess Gallagher on the multi-award winning television drama, Blue Heelers. But she can also sing a mean cabaret, and you'll only hear it on the new Raga Dolls CD, Wordless Meanings
James Sherlock is a well-known jazz guitarist with a classical background. He was the winner of the 1997 'Ike Isaacs' International Guitar Award.
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