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At age thirteen, Vanessa-Mae became the youngest soloist to record both the Beethoven and Tchaikovsky violin concertos, according to Guinness World Records. [ 9 ] Her first pop-style album, The Violin Player , produced and mainly written by Mike Batt and selling four million copies, [ 10 ] [ page needed ] was released in 1995.
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").
The Best of Vanessa-Mae: Released: 5 November 2002 [24] Label: EMI; Formats: CD, digital download; 181 The Ultimate Vanessa-Mae: Released: 23 December 2003 [25] Label: EMI; Formats: CD, digital download — Platinum Collection: Released: 5 February 2007 [26] Label: EMI; Formats: CD — "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not ...
China Girl was the sixth album by classical and pop musician Vanessa-Mae, released in 1997 (see 1997 in music).. China Girl contains only three tracks. The first is a recording of the Butterfly Lovers' Violin Concerto performed with the London Philharmonic Orchestra conducted by Viktor Fedotov.
Tchaikovsky & Beethoven Violin Concertos is the name of one of three conventional classical albums by classical musician Vanessa-Mae before her rise to pop stardom. It was released in 1991 on the Trittico label. [1] At age 13, Vanessa-Mae was the youngest in violinist in the world to have recorded both the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven violin ...
Violin is the first album released by violinist Vanessa-Mae.It was recorded in October 1990, near her 12th birthday, and released shortly afterwards in March 1991. Vanessa-Mae contributed her royalties from the album to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.
Batt composed and produced the four million-selling album The Violin Player, which launched classical violinist Vanessa-Mae (EMI Classics, 1995) from which the top twenty single of his arrangement of J.S. Bach's "Toccata and Fugue" was taken. [14]
Choreography is the eighth and most recent album by Vanessa-Mae featuring work by Vangelis, Bill Whelan, A. R. Rahman, Tolga Kashif, and Walter Taieb. She performs with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. "Emerald Tiger" is a composition by Riverdance's Whelan, an Irish/Asian fusion.