Title : True Love Waits: Christopher O'Riley Plays Radiohead
Author : Radiohead
Release Date : 20030610
Binding : Audio CD
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Editorial Reviews : Rock bastardizations of classical music are as old as Kim Fowley's--and ELP's--Tchaikovsky tweaking 'Nutrocker.' But classical interpretations of rock music have generally been something of a high-wire act. While most pop fare has strong melodic foundations for the soloist to build from, Christopher O'Riley has challenged himself here with the catalog of Radiohead, one of modern rock's most acclaimed--and texturally complex--bands. O'Riley's insightful gifts for interpretation (which have previously enlightened everything from Stravinsky to P.D.Q. Bach) produce a hypnotic, emotionally compelling listening experience here; O'Riley is a huge Radiohead fan, and that love courses through everything from the dreamy, bittersweet title track through the brooding loveliness of 'Let Down.' Radiohead's stock in trade is dense, multi-layered music that leans heavily on electronic processing for its moody sonic atmospherics; O'Riley's evokes those complex textures with but a judicious use of the sustain peddles, a deft use of dissonance (as on 'Knives Out'), and a rhythmically anxious left hand. Call them etudes for the post-modern age if you will, but O'Riley's performances here largely achieve what all great interpretations strive for: New insight and enlightenment. --Jerry McCulley
Buyer Reviews : I had the luxury of attending a performance of Mr. O'Riley about in March of 2003. Just days before, I had happened to hear a lovely tune on National Public Radio (which everyone who claims to be a citizen should listen to regularly) that seemed so familiar and beutiful. It wasn't until the chorus that I recognized it as Airbag...but purely on the piano.
While the majority of Mr. O'Riley's concert performance was made up of classical material (all but my girlfriend and I were over the age of 40) but for the encocre he played Karma Police and True Love Waits. The music he had played before was beautiful, but hearing these songs...it almost brought me to tears.
If you love Radiohead get this CD. If you like Radiohead, get this CD. If you have any appreciation for music at all, get this CD. Radiohead are very protecitve of their music, so I think it says something that they even allowed Mr. O'Riley to make this CD. Truly great music stands the test of time. Truly wonderful music transcends genres.
