The Violin Player Explained

The Violin Player
Type:Album
Artist:Vanessa-Mae
Cover:VanessaMaeTheViolinPlayer.jpg
Released:1995
Recorded:1993–1994
Studio:Abbey Road Studios
Whitfield Street Recording Studios
Length:42:50
Label:EMI
Prev Title:Tchaivoksky & Beethoven Violin Concertos
Prev Year:1991
Next Title:The Alternative Record from Vanessa Mae
Next Year:1996

The Violin Player is the first synth-pop album by classical and pop musician Vanessa-Mae, released in 1995. It is the first album Vanessa-Mae released on the EMI label. The album was produced by Mike Batt, and engineered by Gareth Cousins.

Content

The Violin Player features a varied blend of music – covers of classical music (J.S. Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor), remakes of old favourites (including American composer Mason Williams' "Classical Gas"), original compositions (seven tracks composed by British musician and songwriter Mike Batt), and one original track by Vanessa-Mae herself, co-written with Ian Wherry ("Red Hot").

Singles

Three singles were released from the album: "Toccata and Fugue", which reached number 16 in the UK Singles Chart, "Red Hot", which reached number 37 and "Classical Gas", which reached number 41.[1]

Commercial performance

The Violin Player reached number 11 in the UK Albums Chart in February 1995, and was certified Gold by the BPI in June 1995. It has sold over 1.2 million copies worldwide.[2] The album has been reissued as a multi-channel hybrid SACD by EMI Music Hong Kong.

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes.[3]

Musicians

Production

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[4] 2
Austrian Albums Chart[5] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[6] 47
Finnish Albums Chart[7] 2
German Albums Chart[8] 20
Hungarian Albums Chart[9] 12
New Zealand Albums Chart[10] 2
Norwegian Albums Chart[11] 28
Swedish Albums Chart[12] 52
Swiss Albums Chart[13] 14
UK Albums Chart[14] 11

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Web site: VANESSA-MAE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company . Officialcharts.com . 2016-09-04.
  2. Who's selling where. 62 . Des'ree billboard. . Billboard. 17 February 1996 . 17 May 2018.
  3. The Violin Player. Vanessa-Mae. 1995. EMI. liner notes.
  4. Web site: Steffen Hung . Australian charts portal . Australian-charts.com . 1995-04-30 . 2016-09-04.
  5. Web site: Steffen Hung . Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal . Austriancharts.at . 2016-09-04.
  6. Web site: Steffen Hung . Dutch Charts . Dutchcharts.nl . 1997-03-22 . 2016-09-04.
  7. Web site: Musiikkituottajat - Tilastot - Suomen virallinen lista - Artistit . Ifpi.fi . 2016-09-04.
  8. Web site: Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche . Musicline.de . 2016-09-04.
  9. Web site: Kereső - előadó/Cím szerint - Archívum - MAHASZ - Magyar Hangfelvétel-kiadók Szövetsége . September 23, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120924070100/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/kereso-eloado-cim-szerint . September 24, 2012 .
  10. Web site: NZ Top 40 Albums Chart | The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Nztop40.co.nz . 1996-02-04 . 2016-09-04.
  11. Web site: Steffen Hung . Norwegian charts portal . Norwegiancharts.com . 2016-09-04.
  12. Web site: Steffen Hung . Swedish Charts Portal . Swedishcharts.com . 1996-05-24 . 2016-09-04.
  13. Web site: Steffen Hung . Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community . Hitparade.ch . 2016-09-04.
  14. Web site: VANESSA-MAE | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company . Officialcharts.com . 2016-09-04.
  15. Web site: Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts. German . GfK Entertainment. September 8, 2016.

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