Moonfleet & Other Stories

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Moonfleet & Other Stories
Studio album by Chris de Burgh

Publication
(s)

IrelandIrelandOctober 15, 2010 October 18, 2010 October 22, 2010
United KingdomUnited Kingdom
GermanyGermany

admission

2010

Label (s) Starwatch Entertainment, Ferryman Productions Ltd.

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Soft rock, pop rock, ballad

Title (number)

13 + 6 + narrative sequences (24)

running time

1:07:36

occupation occupation

production

Chris de Burgh, Chris Porter

Studio (s)

Abbey Road Studios , British Grove Studios, and Stanley House Studios

chronology
Footsteps (2009) Moonfleet & Other Stories Footsteps 2 (2011)

Moonfleet and Other Stories is a studio album by Irish musician Chris de Burgh , which was released at the end of 2010 and then musically implemented in 2011 on his "Moonfleet Tour".

background

The songs on the album are based on the English story Moonfleet by British author J. Meade Falkner from 1898. It is a classic adventure novel that tells of the coastal town of Moonfleet by smugglers and the hunt for a diamond of the town's founder John Mohune (because of his black beard also called Blackbeard). Chris de Burgh puts the story and the deep bond between a boy and his foster father Elzevir Block, the owner of the tavern "Why Not?" On the one hand, and the youthful love between the boy John Trenchard and Grace, the daughter of Justice of the Peace Maskew, into music. The transitions between the book chapters are made by short passages in which a narrator picks up and introduces the topic between the individual songs. Both the book and the album begin after the overture with the narrator's words:

"THE village of Moonfleet lies half a mile from the sea on the right or west bank of the Fleet stream. ... "

- J. Meade Falkner : Moonfleet

Musical character

For this music album, Chris de Burgh uses the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, whose soundtrack uses elements of the film music processed with reverb and other electronic effects. But songs with simple acoustic guitar accompaniment also sound repeatedly alternating with highly dramatic sequences. The background of the narration is provided by romantic-lyrical as well as nature-describing, sometimes unfamiliar tone sequences. The song numbers from the album are supplemented by short quotations from the classic song repertoire of seafaring to clarify the content. A few bars from the Shanty Drunken Sailor can be heard several times . In addition to soft piano, organ and harp sounds, hard guitar riffs and the sound of the sea, heroic ballads in pirate style, folkloric Irish sounds, but also pop music melodies appear in this album. De Burgh's album is melodramatic and, with its musical effects, creates moods and reminiscences of well-known adventure literature such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Die Schatzinsel or Die Entführung. The Adventures of David Balfour by Shaw .

Reviews

Overall, the album was mostly received positively, but there were also critical voices. For example, Enjoli Liston wrote in April 2011, at a concert at the Royal Albert Hall , “that de Burgh's stories would be far more impressive if a smaller orchestra played in the background.” De Burgh himself writes about his album: “When I stop, records - this will always be one I'm proud of. ”“ De Burgh put a lot of heart and imagination into his new album with the stuff of Moonfleet , ”said Stephen Cooke in Herald - Arts and Life magazine .

Cast and chart placements

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Moonfleet & Other Stories
  DE 3 05/11/2010 (25 weeks)
  AT 42 05/11/2010 (2 weeks)
  CH 31 07/11/2010 (11 weeks)
  UK 25th 10/30/2010 (2 weeks)

The orchestral pieces were recorded with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios . Chris Cameron participated as pianist and arranger , conductor was Nick Ingman.

Moonfleet

The album contains the following titles that belong to the Moonfleet project.

  1. The Moonfleet Overture - 5:03 - ('The Moonfleet Overture') is an instrumental piece that introduces the theme. It contains echoes of the following ballads.
  2. The village of Moonfleet - 1:28 - ('Die Ortschaft Moonfleet') A short narrative part directly related to the story of J. Meade Falkner.
  3. The light on the Bay - 1:57 - ('The light in the bay') is a song about a shipwreck in Moonfleet Bay, in which the drowning people call for help and the ghost of Blackbeard is mentioned, who haunted those who Do not answer calls for help.
  4. Have a care - 2:52 - ('Take care ') tells of the events in the crypt. Here Chris de Burgh uses the words of Grace Maskew, which she said to John when she left. "Have a care, have a care, 'twas evilly come by." ('Be careful, be careful, it was evil to get at it.')
  5. For two days and nights… - 1:14 - ('Two days and nights…') This story tells of the liberation of John from the crypt and the admission of the boy by Elzevir Block.
  6. Go where your heart believes - 4:12 - ('Go where your heart believes') is a ballad about dreams of youth and the ways to get there. The easy way or the difficult one. The advice is, "Follow your heart when you have to choose, follow your destiny."
  7. The escape - 4:19 - is about the events that led to Maskew's death and John's wounding.
  8. And so it was ... - 0:29 - ('And so it happened ...') continues the story in spoken words.
  9. The days of our age - 1:54 - ('The days of our age') is about the Psalms which contain the Secret Message. It is reminiscent of a hymn. (The first part of the song comes from the Book of Psalms from the Old Testament . It is verse 10 of Psalm 90. )
  10. The secret of the locket - 3:32 - (' The secret of the locket ') tells of the discovery of the meaning of the words that lead to the fountain in Carisbrook. Here the words of Grace reappear. (Have a care!).
  11. With heavy heart… - 0:37 - ('With heavy heart…') is again a narrative that is about the last meeting of John and Grace.
  12. My heart's surrender - 4:10 - ('Surrendering my heart'), a love song for Grace.
  13. Treasure and betrayal - 3:43 - includes the discovery of the diamond, the betrayal by Aldobrand and the incarceration of John and Elzevir. Here too, the topic of 'Have a care' is included again.
  14. Moonfleet Bay - 3:06 - ('The Moonfleet Bay') reports on the upcoming crossing on the prison ship, which eventually sinks in the Bay of Moonfleet.
  15. The Storm - 3:23 - ('The Storm') This is where the ship sinks and Elzevir saves John's life one last time by handing him the rope that the rescuers throw ashore.
  16. Greater Love - 3:29 - ('Greater Love') cannot exist other than for a man to give his life for a friend. The song tells of John's grief over the death of his fatherly friend Elzevir.
  17. In the years that followed… - 1:23 - ('In the years that followed…') tells about the end of the story, John's inheritance and the use of the money for charity. The marriage of John and Grace and the fact that they named their first son Elzevir.
  18. The Moonfleet finale - 3:00 - ('The Moonfleet Finale') summarizes the previous songs again in one theme.

Other stories

The other songs on this album have no relation to this story and are referred to as Other Stories . Their titles are:

  • Everywhere I go - 3:37 - ('Wherever I go')
  • The Nightingale - 3:48 - ('The Nightingale') - The text is based on the poem The Nightingale and the Rose
  • One life, one love - 3:42 - ('One life, one love'), continuation of the song Love Of The Heart Divine from the album Quiet Revolution .
  • Why Mona Lisa smiles - 3:37 - ('Why Mona Lisa smiles')
  • Pure joy - 3:06 - ('Pure joy of life')
  • People of the World - 3:50 - (' People of the World ')

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Moonfleet. Bibliomania: Free Online Literature and Study Guides, accessed December 14, 2016 .
  2. Artur Schulz: The Irishman pulls out all vocal cord registers. on the page laut.de (review).
  3. Enjoli Liaston: Chris de Burgh, Royal Albert Hall, London . In: The Independent . April 22, 2011 (English, co.uk ).
  4. Gunnar A. Pier: Chris de Burgh: "My music speaks for itself" . In: Westfälische Nachrichten . August 9, 2011 ( wn.de ).
  5. Stephen Cooke: De Burgh delivers with heart and imagination . In: The Chronicle Herald . May 12, 2012 (English, thechronicleherald.ca ).
  6. Moonfleet & Other Stories by Chris de Burgh. chartsurfer.de, accessed on December 14, 2016 .
  7. ^ Moonfleet & Other Stories. officialcharts.de, accessed on December 14, 2016 .
  8. Steffen Hung: Chris De Burgh - Moonfleet & Other Stories. hitparade.ch, accessed on December 14, 2016 .
  9. Psalm 90 - standard translation on bibleserver.com or Psalm 90 (vv.1–12) - The Choir of St John's College, Cambridge ( memento of November 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on sjcchoir.co.uk (English).