Raven - Couverture rigide

Reed, Lou

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0802117562 ISBN 13 : 9780802117564

Editeur : Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press, 2003

Synopsis

One of the most influential and innovative recording artists of the past three decades, Lou Reed has always offered a shrewd view of life in the big city in all its colors. It is no surprise, then, that he considers Edgar Allan Poe a spiritual forefather. In The Raven, Reed immerses himself in Poe's enigmatic world and sets out to reimagine his work to mesmerizing effect. In 2001 Lou Reed, legendary theater director Robert Wilson, and an all-star cast presented the musical POEtry at the Brooklyn Academy of Music. Reed's subsequent studio adaptation, The Raven, has been hailed as one of his more daring and challenging albums. Here, accompanied by photographs by the acclaimed artist and director Julian Schnabel, is the definitive text of the CD release. The Raven includes Reed's distinctive takes on Poe's most celebrated works, as well as song lyrics written for the musical. The Raven is a fascinating meeting between a dark chronicler of the twentieth century and his nineteenth-century counterpart; the work on one iconoclastic genius offering a haunting exploration of another.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

"The Raven", la più ambiziosa opera di Lou Reed, è un album che sconfina in qualcosa di diverso dalla sequenza di tracce musicali per assurgere a piena rivisitazione (in chiave moderna e con lo stile che contraddistingue il musicista) di alcuni dei racconti e delle poesie di Edgar Allan Poe. Sulla scia di POEtry, un musical rappresentato lo scorso anno dallo stesso Lou Reed e Robert Wilson, il maestro del gotico del diciannovesimo secolo viene riscritto e suonato da Reed che non esita a manipolare e ad "arrangiare" le parole di Poe, saltando, elidendo e aggiungendo pezzi propri, così da lasciarsi indietro il possibile anacronismo a favore di una forte sensazione "di qui e adesso".

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press
• Date d'édition: 2003
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0802117562
• ISBN 13: 9780802117564
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 240
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible