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Track List
01) Glory
02) Shining Energy
03) Fragile
04) Carnival
05) Bach Tribute: Concerto for Violin in a Minor
06) My Heart Will Go On (Theme From Titanic)
07) Loulan Girl
08) Flowers and Juveniles
09) Take Five
10) High Mountain and Floating Water
11) Handel's Music for Royal Fireworks
12) Nessun Dorma
13) The Great Canyon
14) Freedom
01) Glory
02) Shining Energy
03) Fragile
04) Carnival
05) Bach Tribute: Concerto for Violin in a Minor
06) My Heart Will Go On (Theme From Titanic)
07) Loulan Girl
08) Flowers and Juveniles
09) Take Five
10) High Mountain and Floating Water
11) Handel's Music for Royal Fireworks
12) Nessun Dorma
13) The Great Canyon
14) Freedom
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First Released
2007
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2007 release. Prepare to be captivated by the graceful beauty and infectious energy of 12 Girls Band! Two years after their best-selling , chart-topping US debut (Eastern Energy) the group returns with Shanghai, showcasing an eclectic mix of traditional Chinese Folk melodies mixed with Jazz influences.
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12 Girls Band began as a series of auditions held throughout China, seeking thirteen attractive and versatile young female instrumentalists (although only twelve appear onstage at any time). After taking Japan by storm, their debut US release, Eastern Energy (2004), created a sensation, crowning Billboard's World Music chart. Since then, the group has become a firm favorite at PBS and NPR, with several prestigious international concert bookings on the horizon. For the present recording, the ensemble ranges between local folk songs, newly composed tunes and works by Sting ("Fragile"), J.S. Bach (an excerpt from Concerto For Violin in A Minor), G. Puccini ("Nessun Dorma" from Turandot), and James Horner ("My Heart Will Go On," the love theme from Titanic). Arranged by Bob Belden and Liang Jianfeng, who leads the ensemble's backing guitar combo, the overall effect is not unlike an Eastern equivalent of Celtic Woman, minus the vocals but every bit as energetic, polished, and astutely marketed. Musically, the tunes are tightly conceptualized and performed, marred only by overuse of a 4/4 snare backbeat and the fact that certain Chinese instruments, although breathtakingly lovely in a more traditional setting, are not always ideally suited to the material at hand. But even so, it's a charming, graceful and high-spirited enterprise; as good-will ambassadors, these ladies can’t fail to please. --Christina Roden
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2007 release. Prepare to be captivated by the graceful beauty and infectious energy of 12 Girls Band! Two years after their best-selling , chart-topping US debut (Eastern Energy) the group returns with Shanghai, showcasing an eclectic mix of traditional Chinese Folk melodies mixed with Jazz influences.
User Album Review
12 Girls Band began as a series of auditions held throughout China, seeking thirteen attractive and versatile young female instrumentalists (although only twelve appear onstage at any time). After taking Japan by storm, their debut US release, Eastern Energy (2004), created a sensation, crowning Billboard's World Music chart. Since then, the group has become a firm favorite at PBS and NPR, with several prestigious international concert bookings on the horizon. For the present recording, the ensemble ranges between local folk songs, newly composed tunes and works by Sting ("Fragile"), J.S. Bach (an excerpt from Concerto For Violin in A Minor), G. Puccini ("Nessun Dorma" from Turandot), and James Horner ("My Heart Will Go On," the love theme from Titanic). Arranged by Bob Belden and Liang Jianfeng, who leads the ensemble's backing guitar combo, the overall effect is not unlike an Eastern equivalent of Celtic Woman, minus the vocals but every bit as energetic, polished, and astutely marketed. Musically, the tunes are tightly conceptualized and performed, marred only by overuse of a 4/4 snare backbeat and the fact that certain Chinese instruments, although breathtakingly lovely in a more traditional setting, are not always ideally suited to the material at hand. But even so, it's a charming, graceful and high-spirited enterprise; as good-will ambassadors, these ladies can’t fail to please. --Christina Roden
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