The Planets - Classical Graffiti (2009)

Amazon.com Review:

The title of the Planets' debut album, Classical Graffiti, aptly encapsulates the latest project by Mike Batt, whose career has long steered a path between camp and classical, from serious orchestral concerts to pop hits, from film scores to masterminding the Wombles. Recently Batt gave the world Bond, and the Planets are even more of the same--four classically trained young women, this time partnered by four classically trained young men. The result is 16 Batt-arranged and produced tracks, both originals and covers of famous classical melodies, some acoustic, most given a polished MOR rock-dance twist. The Planets made their public debut supporting Deep Purple's 2002 UK tour and there's more than a hint of 1970s prog-rock, which, combined with an energetic feel, should go down a storm with an enthusiastic audience. Opening with an up-tempo, beat-laden "Adagio" from Rodrigo's Concerto de Aranjuez, the set includes "Contradanza", a Vivaldi-influenced Batt dance originally penned for Vanessa Mae, and a beautiful, slightly adapted version of the traditional "She Moved Through the Fair." --Gary S Dalkin



Track List:

01.  Rodrigo

02.  Carmen Caprice

03.  Grassland Theme

04. Classical Graffiti

05. Love in Slow Motion

06.  Brandenburg Variation

07. The Journey of a Fool

08.  Clair de Lune

09.  He Moved Through the Fair

10.  Contradanza

11.  A Letter from New England

12.  Bolero

13.  A One Minute Silence

14.  Carmen Caprice (Accoustic Version)

15.  Brandenburg Variation (Accoustic Version)

16.  Bolero Fantasy (Accoustic Version)

17.  Christmas Thingy

The Planets - Classical Graffiti Album Cover - JPEG