Re: Bach Lara St. John

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  • Release Date: 05/25/2004
  • Original Release: 2003
  • Sales Rank: 15,833
  • Label: SONY
  • UPC: 827969302224

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Re: Bach

1LISTENGoldberg 2 3:49
2LISTENLargo 3:26
3LISTENTocceilidh 2:31
4LISTENDuetto 3:23
5LISTENEcho 3:57
6LISTENThe Sicilian 4:06
7LISTENBombay Minor 3:49
8LISTENRecit 5:33
9LISTENAria 0:47
10LISTENFugue 1:44
11LISTENDouble 3:00
12LISTENGigue 3:34
13LISTENPrelude 3:30
14LISTENTen Fifty Two 4:46
15LISTENBADinerie 2:04

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Editorial Reviews

Lara St. John has gained a reputation for being both a willowy sex symbol (witness the revealing pictures that adorn some of her albums) and a top-flight young violinist who is especially adept at Bach -- an outward contradiction that has made St. John resistant to pigeonholing and has kept critics waffling. Re: Bach will do nothing to quell that debate. To the contrary, it is likely to inflame it. Here, St. John teams up with producer-arranger Magnus Fiennes, the man behind Bond, the comely female string quartet who play classical themes spiked with pulsating dance beats. Not surprisingly, Re: Bach follows a similar scheme, lacing tunes from J. S. Bach with pop-style production that borrows from jazz, world, and other styles to reinterpret the composer's music in a contemporary vein. Sometimes the results are striking. When a tabla (an Indian hand drum) enters to accompany a St. John solo on "Bombay Minor," the outcome is an ear-opening hybrid, a piquant mix of instruments that blend together like spices in curry. Other tracks are less innovative but never fail to give Bach an original spin. More highbrow than Bond, the album samples both well-known and unfamiliar themes from the Baroque master. It also benefits from St. John's skillful playing, however augmented by Fiennes's handiwork. Re: Bach may well prove controversial, yet St. John is clearly not about to shy away from any succès de scandale; indeed, whatever she does next, odds are it won't be standard issue. EJ Johnson, Barnes & Noble

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Re: Bachby Anonymous

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May 28, 2005: Exposing Lara as a dim-witted, foolish musician, this recording can only harm her already diminishing career. It’s puzzling that there are some out there who find this recording to be anything more than banal, outdated pop music. Certainly among the weakest recordings Sony ever released. I’ll be very curious to see what will be her next release for Sony. In fact, I'll even be surprised if there will be a next one, after such a complete dud.

Re: Bachby Anonymous

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March 20, 2005: "re: Bach" is loud, crass and full of bad ideas of what to do with Bach's music. And it is almost completely lacking in charm and nuance. The sound of the violin - which can be heard throughout the album and has the lead melody most of the time - sounds positively ridiculous inside the pop environment, pretending to be a cool sax or jazzy flute. And it's sound?! St. John is probably the only violinist I know who can make a Strad, the most beautiful sounding violin in the world, sound crude. The only redemption is the Indian tabla player, as unlike St. john, doesn't make a fool out of himself. But even he doesn't make "re: Bach" worth your hard- earned cash.


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