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In an age of divas and midriff baring neophyte pop/punk-chanteuses, there is a distinct lack of more mature sounding, sincere and dusky-cool voices. Into that idiom steps Wendy Lands and her wonderfuly dusky pop alto voice. On this CD, Wendy performs the music of Polish composer Wladyslaw Szpilman, the subject of Roman Polanski's Oscar Nominated film 'The Pianist'.
Given the terrible events depicted in The Pianist, it may at first be a bit unnerving for the listener to discover that the serious interpreter of Chopin, honed by the Holocaust, went on to compose lighthearted, almost sweet little cabaretesque numbers.
And this CD features Szpilman's best melodies, jazzed up and with newly interpretted lyrics. Stock full of smokey ballads, Land's voice and Szpilman's music call out for a candle-lit table tucked into the corner of an old french cafe.
Condition:NEW. Drilled case.
TRACK LISTING
1 Fall in love again, song 3:44
2 Turn away, song 4:37
3 I wish you'd ask to dance with me, song 3:09
4 Dancing with Antonio, song 4:08
5 Someday we will love again, song 4:13
6 Without you, song 4:33
7 I'm set free, song 4:11
8 True and tender, song 4:39
9 Smoke and mirrors, song 4:12
10 Prisoners of evening, song 3:35
11 My memories of you, song 5:46
12 Hold me a moment, song 3:36
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