'Fifty Shades of Grey' Album: Will Classical Tunes Arouse Sexual Ambiance?
Looks like "Fifty Shades of Grey" fans will first experience the erotic phenomenon through audio rather than visual mans. "Fifty Shades of Grey: The Classical Album" is set to be released next week on Tuesday, Sept. 11, and the included 15 tracks are tunes that supposedly served as inspiration for the author/creator of the "Fifty Shades" trilogy, E.L. James.
So guess that means James is a fan (or shall we say her 'libido' is a fan) of classical music.
The album, which will be released through EMI Classics, is said to provoke "a mysterious and alluring atmosphere with just the slightest hint of danger..." Here's a sample of what fans can expect:
While these classical tunes add an air of wealth and intelligence to the character of Christian Grey, let's be honest - is that what "Fifty Shades of Grey" fans are primarily reading the triology for? Most likely not - they're probably reading it mostly for the kink. But the album is a fine collection of some old-school classics!
And here's the full track listing:
1. Lakmé (Act I): Flower Duet (Mady Mesplé, Danielle Millet)
2. Bach: Adagio from Concerto #3 BWV 974 (Alexandre Tharaud)
3. Villa-Lobos: Bachianas Brasilerias #5 - Cantilena (Barbara Hendricks)
4 . Verdi: La Traviata Prelude (Riccardo Muti / Philharmonia Orchestra)
5. Pachelbel: Canon in D (Sir Neville Marriner/ Academy of St. Martin-in-the-Fields)
6. Tallis: Spem in Alium (The Tallis Scholars)
7. Chopin: Prelude #4 in E minor, Largo (Samson François)
8. Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto #2 - Adagio Sostenuto (Cecile Ousset, Sir Simon Rattle / CBSO)
9. Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis (Sir Adrian Boult / LPO)
10. Canteloube: Chants d'auvergne, Bailero (Arleen Auger)
11. Chopin: Nocturne #1 in B-flat minor (Samson François)
12. Faure: Requiem - In Paradisum (Choir of King's College, Cambridge / Stephen Cleobury)
13. Bach: Goldberg Variation - Aria (Maria Tipo)
14. Debussy: La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin (Moura Lympany)
15. Bach: Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring (Alexis Weissenberg)