Toscanini - Two Concerts

Advantages: Coreogrfie good and excellent songs
Disadvantages: ---

...High School Musical: The concert tour is based on the movie High School Musical, which began on 30 November 2006 and ended on 29 January 2007 in U.S. cities. SPECIFICATIONS: Title: High School Musical: The Concert Artist / Group: Various Artists Genre: Movie Sottogenere: Movie Film Release date: 24/09/2007 Record Label: Walt Disney / EMI Number discs: 1 Format: Artist / Group The concert includes members of the cast of the film: * Ashley Tisdale * Vanessa Anne Hudgens * Monique Coleman * Corbin Bleu * Lucas Grabeel TRACKLIST: 1. "Start of Something New" (High School Musical Cast) 2. "Stick to the Status Quo" (High School Musical Cast) 3. "I Can not Take My Eyes Off of You" (High School Musical Cast) 4. "When There Was Me and You" (Vanessa Hudgens) 5. "Get'cha Head in the Game" (Drew Seeley, Corbin Bleu) 6... Read review

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Advantages: the whole final gig, lots of new material, well recorded
Disadvantages: hard going for newcomers

...Nico (born Christa Paffgen) first came to prominence as a Warhol acolyte in the mid 1960s. Andy Warhol had the bizarre idea of placing the statuesque german model into the grimy New York avant garde rock band The Velvet Underground despite her limited singing experience and vocal range. But somehow it worked. For Nico, Lou Reed wrote three of the best songs he'd ever write - "All Tomorrow's Parties", "I'll Be Your Mirror" and what became Nico's signature song "Femme Fatale". Nico then branched out on her own and over the next twenty years recorded a sporadic series of sometimes brilliant albums but a serious heroin addiction seemed to have stopped her ever making the impact that should have. By the late 1980s Nico had finally kicked her habit and sat down to write a series of new songs. These were showcased at this concert... Read review

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Advantages: Gorgeous music, played with much passion
Disadvantages: None really

...Introduction: One of the things I love the most about classical music is that it is impossible to get to know everything that is written in the genre - no matter how much you listen to, study, play or find on the dustiest shelf in some archive in the middle of nowhere - there will always be something new just around the corner... Unfortunately it is often the case that concert promoters, orchestral administrators, record companies and even many musicians prefer to stick with what they know than take the risk in putting on something which the average listener or audience member is unlikely to have ever come across. Everyone talks about the old arguments of not wanting to take a financial risk - which is understandable, but I do feel strongly that sometimes we do need to insert new musical blood into our concert and listening lives... Read review

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