Sanatorium Altrosa
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Sanatorium Altrosa is the second remix album
by darkwave
band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 2008. It was released as a companion to Les Fleurs du Mal - Die Blumen des Bösen
, released the previous year, and primarily features alternate versions of songs from that album. Only 999 copies of both the standard and limited editions of the album were pressed. Like its predecessor, Sanatorium Altrosa was promoted by video.
The standard edition came in a 52-page hardcover book. The limited edition, known as the "Bag to the Roots Edition", also included Sanatorium Altrosa as a double vinyl and a cassette tape; the album Les Fleurs du Mal on cassette tape; a t-shirt; a condom and a signed certificate of authenticity. All of the included items were packaged in a Sopor-emblazoned tote bag
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Remix album
A remix album is an album consisting mostly of remixes or re-recorded versions of a music artists' earlier released material.One of the earliest remix albums was 1971's Aerial Pandemonium Ballet by Harry Nilsson, which was released by Nilsson after the successes of Everybody's Talkin and The Point!...
by darkwave
Darkwave
Dark Wave or darkwave is a music genre that began in the late 1970s, coinciding with the popularity of New Wave and post-punk. Building on those basic principles, dark wave added dark, introspective lyrics and an undertone of sorrow for some bands...
band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 2008. It was released as a companion to Les Fleurs du Mal - Die Blumen des Bösen
Les Fleurs du Mal (album)
Les Fleurs du Mal - Die Blumen des Bösen is the ninth album by darkwave band Sopor Aeternus & the Ensemble of Shadows, and was released in 2007...
, released the previous year, and primarily features alternate versions of songs from that album. Only 999 copies of both the standard and limited editions of the album were pressed. Like its predecessor, Sanatorium Altrosa was promoted by video.
The standard edition came in a 52-page hardcover book. The limited edition, known as the "Bag to the Roots Edition", also included Sanatorium Altrosa as a double vinyl and a cassette tape; the album Les Fleurs du Mal on cassette tape; a t-shirt; a condom and a signed certificate of authenticity. All of the included items were packaged in a Sopor-emblazoned tote bag
Tote bag
A tote bag is large and open bag, with a handle centered atop each side. In the classic cloth version, arched straps form both handles. Straps' ends run down both sides, ending under the second fabric layer there, which shields the lower surfaces...
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Track listing
All songs by Anna-Varney Cantodea, unless otherwise noted.- Consider this: the true Meaning of Love (instr.) – 5:41
- Architecture II – 7:23
- Shave, if you love me (remix) – 6:47
- La Mort d'Arthur (instr.) – 3:00
- Consider this (orig. version) – 5:37
- The Conqueror Worm II (instr.) – 3:48
- In der Palästra (instr.) – 7:09
- Collision - You May Lie on Your Back, If You Want To ... Even Close Your Eyes to Sleep – 9:45
- Les Fleurs du Mal (instr.) – 5:15
- Bitter Sweet (instr.) (Brian Ferry, Andy MackayAndy MackayAndrew "Andy" Mackay is an English multi-instrumentalist, best known as a founder member of the art-rock group Roxy Music....
) – 5:32 - Consider this: the true Meaning of Love – 5:39
Personnel
- Naomi Koop: ViolinViolinThe violin is a string instrument, usually with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is the smallest, highest-pitched member of the violin family of string instruments, which includes the viola and cello....
- Susannah Simmons: Violin
- Liz Hanks: CelloCelloThe cello is a bowed string instrument with four strings tuned in perfect fifths. It is a member of the violin family of musical instruments, which also includes the violin, viola, and double bass. Old forms of the instrument in the Baroque era are baryton and viol .A person who plays a cello is...
- Miriam Hughes: FluteFluteThe flute is a musical instrument of the woodwind family. Unlike woodwind instruments with reeds, a flute is an aerophone or reedless wind instrument that produces its sound from the flow of air across an opening...
- Andrew Piper: ClarinetClarinetThe clarinet is a musical instrument of woodwind type. The name derives from adding the suffix -et to the Italian word clarino , as the first clarinets had a strident tone similar to that of a trumpet. The instrument has an approximately cylindrical bore, and uses a single reed...
- Mike Davis: OboeOboeThe oboe is a double reed musical instrument of the woodwind family. In English, prior to 1770, the instrument was called "hautbois" , "hoboy", or "French hoboy". The spelling "oboe" was adopted into English ca...
, cor anglaisCor anglaisThe cor anglais , or English horn , is a double-reed woodwind instrument in the oboe family.... - Doreena Gor: BassoonBassoonThe bassoon is a woodwind instrument in the double reed family that typically plays music written in the bass and tenor registers, and occasionally higher. Appearing in its modern form in the 19th century, the bassoon figures prominently in orchestral, concert band and chamber music literature...
- Daniel Robson: Trumpet
- Fenton Bragg: TromboneTromboneThe trombone is a musical instrument in the brass family. Like all brass instruments, sound is produced when the player’s vibrating lips cause the air column inside the instrument to vibrate...
- Eugene de la Fontaine: TubaTubaThe tuba is the largest and lowest-pitched brass instrument. Sound is produced by vibrating or "buzzing" the lips into a large cupped mouthpiece. It is one of the most recent additions to the modern symphony orchestra, first appearing in the mid-19th century, when it largely replaced the...
- Bert Eerie: Drums
- Terence Bat: Drums
- Paul Rothwell: TenorTenorThe tenor is a type of male singing voice and is the highest male voice within the modal register. The typical tenor voice lies between C3, the C one octave below middle C, to the A above middle C in choral music, and up to high C in solo work. The low extreme for tenors is roughly B2...
- Edward Bellamy: ChoirboyChoirboyA choirboy is a boy member of a choir, also known as a treble.As a derisive slang term, it refers to a do-gooder or someone who is morally upright, in the same sense that "Boy Scout" refers to someone who is considered honorable or conscientious.- History :The use of choirboys in Christian...
- George Bellamy: Choirboy
- Ian Lewis: Choirboy
- Mark Williams: Choirboy
- Matthew Watson: Choirboy
- Sam Swallow: Choirboy
- ChoirChoirA choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
of the Collegiate Church of St. Mary of WarwickCollegiate Church of St Mary, WarwickThe Collegiate Church of St Mary is a Church of England parish church in the town of Warwick, England. It lies in the centre of the town just east of the market place. It is a member of the Greater Churches Group....
: Vocals, backing vocals - Anna-Varney Cantodea: Vocals, all other instruments and programming