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Escala | 
| Artist: Escala
Label: Columbia
Category: Music
List Price: $11.96
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Seller: Entertainment Treasures
Rating:  26 reviews
Sales Rank: 10400
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 886974742326
UPC: 886974742326
EAN: 0886974742326
ASIN: B001XURI1U
Release Date: June 23, 2009
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Requiem For A Tower | | • | Palladio | | • | Kashmir | | • | Finding Beauty | | • | Children | | • | Live And Let Die | | • | Chi Mai | | • | Feeling Good | | • | Sarabande | | • | Clubbed To Death | | • | Adagio For Strings |
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Album Description
ESCALA, the gorgeous electric string quartet who caused a sensation in the final of ITV's Britain's Got Talent 2008, finally unleash their astonishing, Trevor Horn produced debut album on June 23rd. Fusing contemporary sounds with classical instruments, ESCALA boast the freshest and most innovative sound of the year and are destined to take the charts by storm. The quartet comprises four sophisticated, beautiful and intelligent girls in their twenties. These talented, dedicated and disciplined musicians studied at London's most prestigious music colleges, becoming highly trained, professional classical performers. The four girls became close friends after being recruited as part of a large string section for a UK arena tour, and decided to work together to create a new musical phenomenon. The album, produced by Trevor Horn (Cher, Paul McCartney, Seal, Pet Shop Boys, Charlotte Church) features "Live and Let Die", "Kashmir" (featuring Slash), and "Palladio".
Album Description
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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| Customer Reviews:
Showing reviews 1-5 of 26
 Bond wanna-be August 28, 2010
klg6720
Um, sounds exactly like bond. Half the songs on the cd are ones covered by Bond like 6 years ago. Maybe come up with some originality please? But apparently looking good is all it takes to sell records even though it's a copy cat of someone else's stuff. Bond is 1000% better.
 They rock August 23, 2010
Daniel Saliba (Chicago, Illinois United States)
The songs were good because they rock even when they're playng classical. They play music with attitude. The music is rich in details and if you like such crossover kind of music, then I recommend this one.
 escala July 25, 2010
jay dillon (PASADENA, TX, US)
Great music these girls really rock! I like them more than bond because they seem to put more emotion into the music.
Simply Amazing! June 17, 2010
S. B. Wolven (Sugarloaf, CA USA)
Whenever I play this CD I always end up listening more than once. Simply amazing. Can't wait for the next one.
Escala: Bond with Darker Intensity March 7, 2010
William Holmes (Portland, OR USA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
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!
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