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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | 2009 debut by the British female electric string quartet. Escala, comprised of violinists Victoria Lyon and Izzy Johnston, viola player Chantal Leverton and cellist Tasya Hodges were finalists on Britain's Got Talent 2008. The four girls became close friends after being recruited as part of a large string section for a UK arena tour by boyband McFly, and decided to work together to create a new musical phenomenon. Escala's debut album features the girls' personal twist on tracks such as 'Live And Let Die' by Wings, 'Kashmir' (featuring Slash) by Led Zeppelin and Escala's signature tune, 'Palladio.' The album was produced by Grammy-Award winning British musician Trevor Horn (Cher, Seal, Paul McCartney, Pet Shop Boys, Charlotte Church). | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Audio CD Release Date: | June 23, 2009 | | Studio: | Columbia | | Number Of Discs: | 1 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 68 reviews |
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| | Track Listing | | 1. | Requiem For A Tower | | 2. | Palladio | | 3. | Kashmir | | 4. | Finding Beauty | | 5. | Children | | 6. | Live And Let Die | | 7. | Chi Mai | | 8. | Feeling Good | | 9. | Sarabande | | 10. | Clubbed To Death | | 11. | Adagio For Strings | |
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28 of 29 found the following review helpful:
 Escala: Bond with Darker Intensity Mar 07, 2010
By William Holmes
"semloh2287"
The comparisons between "Bond" and "Escala" are inevitable and well covered in other Amazon reviews--each group is a "pop" string quartet consisting of four beautiful and talented young musicians. Although I enjoy the work of both groups, I find Escala's work to be more intense and haunting.
Bond often offers a cheerful, upbeat interpretation of the piece they are playing--not a bad thing, but a little different from what Escala does. Escala displays a darker and, to me at least, more moving sensibility. Pieces like "Requiem for a Tower," "Sarabande," and "Adagio for Strings" are powerful and intense, and you can get a sense of what I mean just by listening to Amazon's sampler for this album. My favorite track is the quartet's relentless version of "Palladio", the piece composed by Karl Jenkins (of Adiemus fame) for de Beer's "Diamonds are Forever, People are Just Shadows" commercials. To hear how Escala differs from Bond, compare each group's version of "Kashmir," the Led Zeppelin standby.
I'm looking forward to future offerings from Escala and highly recommend this CD!
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
Escala- I love this CD! Nov 19, 2009
By Dale R. Carpenter
"Dale"
There are several all female string quartets out there, but as for music, this one is the cream of the crop. I like their careful blend of classical style and modern, without the drone of dance style music. There is a good mix of soft and loud, slow and fast music. I also like that I can hear all of the stings due to the really good music arrangements. I cant wait for their next CD to come out and even better yet if they will go on tour.
31 of 41 found the following review helpful:
 Nothing new here... Jun 26, 2009
By MJF
Been there, done that as they say. Trevor Horn/Escala are Mike Batt/Bond wanna-be's but it's a good effort none the less. All the sales hype about new and refreshing, etc., etc., is exactly that - sales hype. Classical-cross over has been around for a while and this is not new. Bond is the biggest selling string quartet of all time and if Escala is your first foray into the genre and you enjoyed it; you'll love Bond. Explosive is their "greatest hits" - start there. I give it 4 stars because I do enjoy the album, but as I said, nothing new here. As a matter fact, most of these tracks have been done by Bond.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
PHENOMENAL Dec 14, 2009
By Darrell R. Duggan
I happened to stumble upon their Britain's Got Talent audition and have been hook ever since. The CD is WONDERFUL. I cannot stop listening to it. There is not one song I do not like. Very rare in the CD world. They have moved me to being very proud of them, even if I am in the USA! Wonderful, is not even adequate. I am a fan forever.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
LOVE IT ALL Nov 13, 2009
By Terry Flagg
"I luv amazon"
Very exciting music! It rocks!
I am not educated in music, but I do like a wide variety of genres. I really enjoy this whole CD, especially PALLADIO and KASHMIR. I would call it Classical Rock.
I did get a BOND CD Explosive: The Best of Bond, since it was reviewed as being better. I thought there to be much more variety in the sound of the songs in ESCALA.
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