Various Artists - The String Quartet Tribute To Led Zeppelin

Artist:

Various Artists

UPC:

027297850828

Description:

Producers: Eric Gorfain, Todd Rubenstein, Petr Stverka, Ron Hannah, David Clenman, John Lindland.
Tributee: Led Zeppelin.
Personnel: Paul Tobias (violin, viola); Petr Stverka, Eric Gorfain, Sharon Stanis, David Davidson , Roland Hartwell, David Angell (violin); J`Anna Jacoby, Isabelle Roland, Kristin Wilkinson (viola); Alex Waterman, Andre Janovich, Larry Skaggs, John Catchings, Mitchell Sigman, Richard Dodd (cello).
Arrangers: Ron Hannah; Todd Rubenstein.
Listening to yet another in a series of Czech string quartets` interpretations of rock & roll legends, Led Zeppelin fanatics might howl at the prospect of having their heroes` hardcore rock reduced to background music suitable for bookstores. And, true, much of it is boring and repetitive, particularly overly atmospheric arrangements of tunes like "Going to California." Yet famed dramatic numbers like "Stairway to Heaven" seem perfectly suited for this sort of by-the-numbers mini-orchestra arrangement. The Neil Young disc in this series benefits from the use of an acoustic guitar and, while it`s not credited, there`s a blistering electric (or is that just a synth effect?) and creepy vocal on "Whole Lotta Love," which is bizarre but at least conveys the appropriate intensity. Then it goes overboard and becomes just plain noisy. In small doses, this is quirky and interesting in spots, but at two discs, this is more appropriate to cure insomnia than to be entertaining to rock fans. One would have sufficed. ~ Jonathan Widran

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Dazed and Confused - String Quartet
2. Stairway to Heaven - String Quartet
3. Going to California - String Quartet
4. No Quarter - String Quartet
5. Bron-Y-Aur Stomp - String Quartet
6. Immigrant Song, The - String Quartet
7. Ocean, The - String Quartet
8. Moby Dick - String Quartet
9. Carouselambra - String Quartet
10. Dancing Days - String Quartet
11. Whole Lotta Love - String Quartet

Album Information

Release Date:

11/16/1999

Type:

Collection

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Tribute Albums

Label:

Vitamin Records (USA)

Catalog Number:

8508

Original Release Year:

1999

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Runtime:

47 : 20

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