From GAIA Prime Radio
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By habermas2012
“Aurora” is the eighth album from the Portuguese Neo-classical composer BrunuhVille, pseudonym of Miguel Correia José Bruno. Heavily influenced by Celtic, Fantasy, and Gothic music, and the epic “soundtrack” music of Hans Zimmer, Jeremy Soule, and Howard Shore, the music of Brunuhville masterfully interweaves traditional Celtic music instrumentation, with light electronics, strong rhythms, complex and inspired orchestration (strings, woodwinds, percussion, brass, etc.), angelic choirs, and beautiful and soaring vocals from “Sharm.” The result is a “cinematic music” world of mystical lands, wizards, fairies, dragons, mermaids, romantic heroes, pirates, magical animals, kings and queens, and epic adventures.
On “Aurora,” while a few of the selections have a much more energized and upbeat quality, e.g., “Tales of Ice and Blood,” “Falls of Glory,” and “Fields of Elysium,” other tracks have a distinctly more melancholy feel to them, e.g., “Blue Rose” and “Black Heart.” Cry of the Dragons” is a particularly poignant and powerful track with a distinctly uplifting quality and may stand out as one of Brunuhville’s best works to date. And the Celtic version of “The Wolf and The Moon” is simply beautiful, and the non-Celtic verion is quite good as well. It is always a pleasure to review an album of such unquestionable careful crafting and sophisticated production quality. Every track on Aurora is simply outstanding. Highly Recommended.
