Live on Stage (Monsieur Camembert album)

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Live on Stage
Live album by
Released11 September 2001
Recorded2001
GenreJazz/World
Length66:37
LabelMonsieur Camembert
Monsieur Camembert chronology
Live @ The Basement
(1999)
Live on Stage
(2001)
Absynthe
(2003)

Live on Stage is the second album by the Australian Gypsy fusion band Monsieur Camembert. At the ARIA Music Awards of 2002 it won the ARIA Award for Best World Music Album. Most of the tracks are from a live concert recorded for ABC Radio National.[1][2] An expanded version, with four additional tracks, was released in November 2011 for Live on Stage's tenth anniversary.[3]

Reception[edit]

Live on Stage was praised by The Australian Jewish News' Daniel Feiller, who felt that as Monsieur Camembert's second album it "focuses more closely on the band’s own talented performers" especially the group's "heartfelt interpretations of Russian Gypsy standards, 'Choubi' and 'Dark Eyes'."[4]

Track listing[edit]

All arrangements by Monsieur Camembert

  1. "Dark Eyes" (trad.) – 6:28
  2. "Grine Kuzine" (trad.) – 2:49
  3. "The Fat Lady" (Yaron Hallis) – 5:11
  4. "Choubi" (trad.) – 2:59
  5. "Elixir in C" (trad.) – 6:59
  6. "Istanbul" (Kennedy / Simon) – 6:53
  7. "Odessa Bulgarish" (trad.) – 5:01
  8. "Avinu Malkeinu" (trad.) – 4:26
  9. "Cliches" (Yaron Hallis) – 5:37
  10. "Tchavolo Swing" (Dorado Schmitt) – 4:36
  11. "Yiddish Medley" (trad.) – 5:21
  12. "Sirba" (trad.) – 4:50
  13. "Monti's Czardas" (Monti) – 5:25

Personnel[edit]

Monsieur Camembert[2][5]

  • Edouard Bronson – clarinet, saxophone, flute, vocals
  • Svetlana Bunic – accordion, vocals
  • Julian Curwin – lead guitar, vocals
  • Yarron Hallis – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Vladimir Khusid – trumpet, flugelhorn, vocals
  • Mark Szeto – double bass

Additional musicians[5]

  • Mark Atkins – didjeridu
  • Michael Lira – double bass, piano, vocals

References[edit]

  1. ^ ARIA Award previous winners. "ARIA Awards – Winners by Award – Best World Music Album". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Retrieved 12 November 2018.
  2. ^ a b Bard, Aviva (1 November 2002). "Making music — with loving irreverence". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. 109, no. 9. p. 27. Retrieved 25 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia. Note: incorrectly states concert was recorded in 2002.
  3. ^ "Monsieur Camembert - Live On Stage". ABC Music. 11 November 2011. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 25 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Monsieur Camembert matures into a unique klezmer voice". The Australian Jewish News. Vol. 108, no. 19. 25 January 2002. p. 28. Retrieved 25 March 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ a b Monsieur Camembert (Musical group) (2001), Monsieur Camembert: Live on Stage, Australian Broadcasting Corporation: Universal Music Group, retrieved 25 March 2023