Varekai - GeneralCatalog.Info

Price: $16.98
Sales Rank: 114818 in Music

Average Customer Review: (based on 14 reviews)
Publisher : Cirque Du Soleil
Label : Cirque Du Soleil
Creator : Steve Shehan,Violaine Corradi,Stephen Hussey,Ion Tanase,Didier Malherbe,Marcial Heredia Fernández,English Chamber Orchestra [members of],Tara Harrison,Carmen Piculeata,Chandru,Constantin Lautaru,Mathieu Lavoie,Natasha Atlas,Nina Rocha Miranda,Tina Grace,Zara Tellander
EAN : 0874751000042
Binding : Audio CD
Number Of Discs : 1
Release Date : 2004-07-27
Manufacturer : Cirque Du Soleil
UPC : 874751000042
Studio : Cirque Du Soleil

Disk 1

1. Aureus
2. Rain One
3. Le Rjveur
4. Vocea
5. Moon Licht
6. Rubeus
7. Patzivota
8. El Pindulo
9. Gitans
10. Khro Hiriyo
11. Infinitus
12. Lubia Dobarstan
13. Embella
14. Oscillum
15. Funambul
16. Resolution

Customer reviews for Varekai:

• Still inspiring (2006-06-09)
  
Even though the album isn't composed of the exact music from the show, it still gives you the same sense of awe that you experienced while watching the show. And much of the cd's music is based loosely on the music from the show, so you will recognise most of the tracks. I am especially delighted with this album because my favorite song from the show (that plays while one of the creatures is carrying the illuminated balloon) is featured in three of the tracks :)

If you REALLY want the exact music from the show, there is an exclusive soundtrack that includes these tracks plus six live recordings from the show (though it costs much more). I can't tell you where online to find it because Amazon will get angry, but I'm sure if you're determined you can find it. ;)


• Not as expected... (2005-12-06)
  
I gave this two stars because I felt sorry for Violaine Corradi. This is definetely not the Corradi I was expecting. If you want to listen to his better works, listen to Dralion! Varekai is not what I expected from a Cirque CD. I'm very disappointed.


• Not exaclty expected, but good nonetheless. (2005-10-26)
  
This CD is amazing.

Some people are angry that it doesn't have all of the tracks from the show, but none of the Cirque Du Soleil CDs do! This album was a departure from Cirque tradition, though, because it was the first CD to be released under the CIRQUE MUSIQUE label...they tried more the idea of the show, instead of the show itself. The CD and the show are two different entities, but they are both ones that I love very much!


• Varekai CD (2005-08-15)
  
Varekai is a Touring Show of Cirque du Soleil. It is a great show and the music hits your soul deeply. The lead female singer, Zara Tellander, hits great notes that reach out and go deeply into your soul. Cirque du Soleil always find singers who have great voices. Most songs are in an imaginary language. Trying to interpret one is difficult. Just let yourself go as you listen to it and let the music take your soul for a ride.


• Dear God there are some idiots on this earth... (2005-08-13)
  
No, this is not the music from the live show, Varekai, but much of it is used somewhere throughout the show, perhaps in a slight variation or in different lengths. Regardless of whether or not it is the soundtrack to the show, it's still beautiful. If the people who claim to "love" the show actually knew anything about Cirque du Soleil Musique in general they would know that most of the show music they sell on CD is not an actual soundtrack. I know at least that the Quidam, Varekai, La Nouba, Alegria, and Dralion CDs are this way. But check the boutique at www.cirquedusoleil.com, because they have released new editions of some that contain bonus live tracks recorded directly from the shows. They also have a Mystere: LIVE CD that is the music from a live production of Mystere. For those of you that say that the singers on stage in Varekai and the singers on the CD are the same? I hate to inform you that had you watched the reality show Cirque du Soleil: Fire Within, you would also know that this is not true. Leading up to Varekai's opening night they had a male singer from somewhere in eastern Europe and they let him go relatively soon before the show debuted and replaced him with another. And if you knew anything about showbusiness in general you would know that even if the original on-stage male singer for Varekai had been the same as the singer on the CD, he's probably been replaced by now, as Varkai's been touring for a few years.