Choreography (Vanessa-Mae album)

Infobox Album
Name = Choreography
Type = Album
Artist = Vanessa-Mae


Released = October 2004
Recorded =
Genre = Techno/Acoustic/Classical
Length = 43:18
Label = EMI
Producer =
Reviews =
Last album = "The Ultimate Vanessa-Mae"
(2003)
This album = "Choreography"
(2004)
Next album =

"Choreography" is a Vanessa-Mae album featuring work by Vangelis, Bill Whelan, A. R. Rahman, Tolga Kashif, and Walter Taieb. She performs with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

“Emerald Tiger” is a composition by "Riverdance"’s Whelan, a sort of Irish/Asian fusion. “Raga’s Dance”, by film composer Rahman, is a piece that mixes Carnatic instruments and vocals to a large symphonic orchestration. “Bolero for Violin and Orchestra” is a tribute to Ravel’s’s "Boléro", and it features a darbuka. “Tribal Gathering” is a minimalist composition in the vein of John Adams but with a live Afro percussion rhythm beneath. “Bolero”, “Tango de los Exilados”, and “Tribal Gathering” were composed by the European composer Walter Taieb ("The Alchemist’s Symphony").

Track listing

# “Sabre Dance” (Aram Khachaturian) – 6:01
# “Roxane’s Veil” (Vangelis) – 4:42
# “Bolero for Violin and Orchestra” (Walter Taieb) – 5:06
# “Tango de los Exilados” (Walter Taieb) – 3:55
# “The Havana Slide” (Jon Cohen) – 3:45
# “Emerald Tiger” (Bill Whelan) – 3:50
# “Tribal Gathering” (Walter Taieb & Vanessa-Mae) – 3:37
# “Raga’s Dance” (A.R. Rahman) – 5:26
# “Moroccan Roll” (Jon Cohen, Kad Achouri & Vanessa-Mae) – 3:08
# “Handel’s Minuet” (George Friederic Handel) – 3:50