EMI Centenary Gala at Glyndebourne

Not quite a Fair or Fete, more of a Gala for Lush

Advantages: 15 tracks!
Disadvantages: Most of which were already available

Gala isn't an original album as such its actually a compilation of several EP's Lush had already released which were the Sweetness & Light EP, the Mad Love EP and the Scar EP. It featured 1 totally new track, an ABBA cover and a track that had previously been available on an NME cover cd. As it predates all their other "official" albums by 2 years you can think of it as their "first" album. Lush were around during the 1990s as part of the shoegazer movement & at the time of this "album" consisted of Emma Anderson & Miki Bereyni who both sang, played guitar and also wrote words and music. Standing behind and to the side of them were Steve Rippon who played bass (I guess Phil King hadn't replaced him yet?) and Chris Acland who played drums, his tragic death led to the eventual break up of the band. So whats on Gala then? 01 ...

atytyut2434 25.06.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Gala - Lush

Fantabulous! Glyndebourne's 'Giulio Cesare' 2005

Advantages: Everything.
Disadvantages: Nothing.

Scotsman David McVicar has blazed a spectacular trail in his fabulous staging of this Baroque opera seria for the 2005 Glyndebourne Festival. His starting material is Georg Frideric Handel?s formidable, four-hour-long ?Giulio Cesare in Egitto? (?Julius Caesar in Egypt?; also known simply as ?Giulio Cesare?), with libretto by Nicola Francesco Haym, after Giacomo Grancesco Bussani?s work of the same name. The sheer length of the piece, with its typically Baroque musical da capo repeats of many verses can easily render this work into a completely boring and tedious affair. However, as you will see for yourself, ?boring? and ?tedious? will hardly apply to this particular staging as conceived by David McVicar and friends. Mr McVicar had the rare privilege of hand-picking his entire cast, and the wisdom of his choices shows clearly in ...

zerbine28 29.04.2007 · Read full review
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Review of Giulio Cesare - Handel (DVD)

Gala Hotel Experience.

Advantages: No groups of young singles. Within walking distance of all Bars and shops, but far enough away not to be disturbed by any noise.
Disadvantages: If you don't like Germans then this is not the Hotel for you. Evening entertainment lacking.

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Shez1312 30.05.2006 · Read full review
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Review of Hotel Gala, Playa de las Americas