Angel Heart A Music Storybook - 4768

Product Description Drawing on the tradition of great music-and-story works like Peter and the Wolf, Angel Heart is a music storybook in deluxe CD packaging, featuring best-selling young-adult author Cornelia Funke (Inkheart), and composer Luna Pearl Woolf (Après moi, le déluge) with an A-list cast of performers such as Jeremy Irons, Matt Haimovitz& Uccello, Frederica von Stade and more, with artwork by the award-winning Mirada. The story: A girl whose heart has broken into a thousand pieces meets an angel. During their travels in the night, the angel enlists the help of spirits of the East, North, West, and South on his quest to mend her heart. In addition to Angel Heart, (story by Cornelia Funke, music by Luna Pearl Woolf, narrated by Jeremy Irons); the work combines well known songs from The Beatles, classical music and folk music. The visual storytelling design is by Mirada, a multi-platform company that was founded by Mathew Cullen and Pan s Labyrinth director Guillermo del Toro. Review A Crushed Spirit, Healed by the Whispers of Angels -- At the beginning, there is only the voice of Jeremy Irons. Then, the sound of strings: high, sparkling filaments of sound that dance around the narrator s voice like dust particles catching the light. Angel Heart; is a tender and emotionally astute children's story told in words and music. The text is by Cornelia Funke, the best-selling author of children s books including the Inkheart trilogy and the MirrorWorld novels. Mirada, the multimedia storytelling company founded by the director Guillermo del Toro, will bring out a related app in early 2014. But in its original audio format, Angel Heart; (Oxingale Records) is a story designed to enter the mind via the ear, bypassing text and image to slip straight into the imagination of a young mind on the threshold of sleep. Weaving in familiar songs from far-flung corners of the earth into a tale of grief and healing, it has both the simplicity and the dark undertow of a fairy tale. The story follows a young girl whose heart - we don't know why - is broken into a thousand pieces. An angel finds her weeping bitterly by the side of a pond and guides her on a journey on which they encounter a number of fantastical creatures. At the end of a night of travel to the four points of the compass, the girl's heart is mended; she has learned to remember and to forget, to be strong and to dare to love again. The angel's work is done. The idea for the project originated with the Montreal-based composer Luna Pearl Woolf and the soprano Lisa Delan, who is also featured as one of the singers on the recording. The cast on the CD includes other leading figures from the world of classical music: the mezzo-sopranos Frederica von Stade and Zheng Cao (who died in February); the countertenor Daniel Taylor; the baritone Sanford Sylvan; the all-cello ensemble Uccello, led by Matt Haimovitz; and the mandolinists Caterina Lichtenberg and Mike Marshall. The sound world they create in sensitive arrangements of lullabies and songs and original compositions by Ms. Woolf combines the comforting familiarity of folk song with the rich timbres and textures of classical music. As a children's story told through classical music, Angel Heart fits into the tradition of Prokofiev s Peter and the Wolf. But Ms. Woolf's atmospheric music serves a different purpose: in place of the narrative drama of Prokofiev s work, her compositions add psychological nuances and emotional depth through ever-changing textures. The eight-member cello ensemble produces a dazzling variety of sounds, from the rich and earthy to the ethereal, while Mr. Haimovitz s lush solos evoke the girl's heartache and yearning. It's so subtle yet so visual, Ms. Funke said of Ms. Woolf s music. I had tears in my eyes when I heard it. Ms. Funke, who is German and lives in Los Angeles, said the invitation to create a story linking the songs was like somebody placing a magical thing on my doorstep. It also brou
ASIN: B00E4V0BUA
VSKU: GGV.B00E4V0BUA.VG
Condition: Very Good
Author/Artist:IRONS,JEREMY / HAIMOVITZ,MATT / VON STADE,FREDERICA
Binding: Audio cd