Corteo

10/03/2006 | Cirque Du Soleil 

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All Music Guide Review

Cirque du Soleil's show Corteo sounds from an initial description like a somewhat forbidding production. "Corteo" means cortege in Italian, and the story line of the production concerns a clown's fantasy about his funeral. Of course, when such a plot is invested with the Cirque du Soleil approach, something suitably spectacular results. For the music, the producers opted for a pan-European approach, bringing in five composers -- Maria Bonzanigo, Jean-François Coté, Daniele Finzi Pasca, Philippe Leduc, and Michel A. Smith -- and setting them loose on the whole of European music old and new. The result is a varied score that ranges from klezmer music to tangos, performed on traditional instruments and more contemporary ones, with singing in Italian, Spanish, and French. It may be a pastiche meant to accompany constantly changing visuals, but it is consistently interesting to listen to on its own terms, and like the weather it keeps changing. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Track Listing

  • Track#
  • Title
  • time
  • 1
  • Funerale
  • 0:53

  • 2
  • Ritornare
  • 4:03

  • 3
  • Rêve d'Un Pantin
  • 4:58

  • 4
  • Les Chevaux à Bottes
  • 0:56

  • 5
  • Nos Dejó
  • 4:24

  • 6
  • Klezmer Moment
  • 4:11

  • 7
  • Prendersi per Mano
  • 5:09

  • 8
  • Anneaux
  • 5:43

  • 9
  • El Cielo Sabrá
  • 5:19

  • 10
  • Fugue
  • 0:35

  • 11
  • Volo Volando
  • 4:34

  • 12
  • Un Tierno y Dulce Chau
  • 0:48

  • 13
  • Balade au Bout d'Une Échelle
  • 4:08

  • 14
  • Garda Lassù
  • 0:48

  • 15
  • Triangle Tango
  • 4:41

  • 16
  • Che Finalone
  • 5:00

    • Credits

    • Benoît Groulx
    • Arranger, Conductor, Orchestration, Liner Notes, Producer


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