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On April 6, 1978, Myleene Angela Klass was born in Norfolk, England. Her father, Oscar, was a ship captain and was therefore often away from home. Her mother, Magdalena, took on the duties of raising Myleene and her younger siblings Jessie and Don. Myleene was only 4 years old when she started getting into music. At that age she began playing piano, as well as her grandfather's violin. Music was definitely in her genes. During the same period, Myleene was part of a singing trio with her siblings and everyone called them the "von Trapp kids." After attending two Catholic schools, St. Mary's and Notre Dame, she pursued her secondary education at Cliff Park High. When she was 14, she was fortunate enough to be offered a scholarship to the Guildhall School of Music, where she learned to play the harp. This school, which had her traveling to London from Norfolk every weekend, was a great experience for her, since this is where she could shine. As her high school graduation rolled around in the mid-'90s, she was offered a spot at Cambridge University but turned it down because she wanted to pursue a music career. She didn't waste any time, however, and got a part in the Miss Saigon musical at the West End.It was also during those years that Myleene got work singing back vocals for Cliff Richards, k.d. lang, and Michael Crawford, with whom she spent two months on tour. Next for her was the Royal Academy of Music. Even though she had no university degree, they listened to her music and took her on as a post-graduate student. In January 2001, the British network ITV was launching a new TV show called Popstars, in which a nationwide talent search would allow the public to vote to form a five-member pop group. Each week, millions of viewers tuned in to watch the auditions. Myleene was interested in the idea and submitted herself to this grueling process. The group of hundreds of hopefuls was brought down to 60 and finally to 10. The young musician from Norfolk managed to hang on for the ride. Finally, the votes were in and the final five were chosen. They were Noel Sullivan, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, Danny Foster, and, of course, Myleene Klass. The band would eventually be named Hear'Say.At the same time, Myleene was offered a classical record deal, but she turned it down as she didn't feel she could commit herself to both. She wanted to give herself wholeheartedly to her new band. Before their first album, Popstars, was released in March 2001, Hear'Say was already one of the greatest cultural phenomena the United Kingdom had ever seen. Their debut single, "Pure and Simple," sold over 1.2 million copies and they were on top of the world. It was the fastest selling single in UK chart history. In July 2001, they released a second album called Everybody. However, after singles like "Lovin' Is Easy," "I Knew You Were Waiting," and "Way to Your Love Pt. 1," the British public soon grew tired of the endless tabloid articles on them and their numerous TV interviews. As quickly as they had become popular, Hear'Say became the butt of all jokes. In the fall of 2002, the band split up. In early 2003, Myleene was offered both a pop and classical record deal. It was a no-brainer for her and she signed a six-record deal with Universal Classics, worth more than a million pounds. Her album, Moving On, was released in Britain in October 2003. On it, she simply plays the piano, placing a new contemporary spin on classical pieces and movie scores. Happy where she is right now in her career, she currently lives in London.

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Formerly of the now-dissolved British bigender pop group Hear'Say, Myleene Klass turned from post-Spice type pop to classical, a big shift considering the genres involved. Her instrument's the piano and she does have a symphony orchestra backing her up. Her selections straddle classical, pop, and even soundtrack scores, with arrangements done by herself and Nick Patrick, and bolstered by the Telephilmonic Orchestra."Toccata" is Johann Sebastian Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor. Accompanying the symphony and Myleene is a light drum machine not as boisterous as Massive Attack.Myleene next gets the ivories around the sad but romantic "For The Love Of A Princess," the love theme from Braveheart, one of three soundtrack themes she does. The orchestra's backing helps the atmosphere of this song, as does the light drum machines towards the end. "The Heart Asks Pleasure First" from The Piano, and Michael Nyman's score, is truly a showcase for Klass for the first minute before the orchestra kicks in. And I never saw Gladiator, but she does a Myleene Mix of "Now We Are Free", meaning some light drums and a Benedectine-type choir."Allegretto" is from Karl Jenkins' Palladio and this is more conventional than the way left-field version done by Bond on their second album Shine. Done with lots of feeling and uptempo without the oontsa-oontsa techno beats.Myleene does an instrumental arrangement of Daniel Bedingfield's hit single "If You're Not The One." Her piano playing matches Bedingfield's falsetto in the chorus section. I like this better than the original due to the lush string arrangements. I like her rendition of Linkin Park's "Crawling," titled here "Krlwng," but then again, I haven't heard the original and never intend to. I'll bet it's way better. Light drum machines present in this one."Pavane-Moving On" is taken from Gabriel Faure's Pavane, Opus 50, a melancholy and reflective piece, that is until the orchestra takes over in the second minute."Adagio" is taken from Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in E Minor, Opus 85 and "Sarabande" from Georg F. Handel's Suite No. 11 in D Minor. The strings oft-times sound like what Bond did with Zeppelin's "Kashmir", a fierce jerking back and forth of strings.
There are two versions of Beethoven's "Moonlight Sonata," one which the light drum programming, the other, a bonus track, without. Both showcase Klass's piano work."Gymnopedie-Live The Dream" is taken from Eric Satie's Gymnopedie No. 1, which Charlotte Church used for "From My First Moment" on Enchantment. However, Klass whispers some words as she plays in the beginning: "Did you ever stop to think what gives you strength to live another day? The breath in your body, the kisses you feel. It's all so simple, but never real. Maybe the strength you strive to show is so deep within. But it's true, I know. Welcome love, however far it seems. Go live the dream."I've devised a Cartesian system for the wave of neo-classical music prevalent right now with two dimensions, vocal/non-vocal and progressive (mixed)/conventional. Despite the brief spoken words in "Live The Dream", Klass is more on the non-vocal/conventional quadrant but due to her covering soundtrack scores and popular tunes and the use of drum machines, she's not as far to the right of the quadrant as Eroica Trio, whereas neo-classics like Brightman, Church, and Hayley Westenra would be in the progressive/vocal quadrant, diametrically opposite Eroica Trio. However, Klass has the looks of a Maxim or FHM model, so if we use that in the measure of progressive vs. conventional, that might move Klass more left of the axis.A worthy debut from Myleene Klass, helping to define the face of neo-classical today, and that's not just Hear'say (or do I mean hearsay?), that's plain truth.

File type: mp3 at 192 kb/sSonglist:
01 - Toccata
02 - From The Love Of A Princess (From Braveheart)
03 - Allegretto
04 - If You're Not The One
05 - The Heart Asks Pleasure First
06 - Moonlight Sonata
07 - Krwlng
08 - Pavane - Moving On
09 - Adagio (Elgar Cello Concerto)
10 - Sarabande
11 - Now We Are Free (From Gladiator)
12 - Gymnopedie - Live The Dream
13 - Moonlight Sonata (Classic Version)
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