Noah Stewart - Noah (07/08/2013)
While opera isn’t dead per se it is often an overlooked genre music. As such it comes to no surprise that the Julliard graduate, Noah Stewart appears to be spear heading the Neo Classical scene through his debut album ‘Noah’.
Overall, the album is hauntingly surreal; Stewart’s voice is reminiscent of famed Opera singers in the past. The craft and arrangements of the songs are beautifully composed, as is the opening track of the album, ‘Without A Song’. Best played in a Sunday afternoon setting, Stewart’s voice surges over the heavy orchestral backing.
But while Stewart’s voice soars over the orchestral backing, the album plays its safe by continuing this pattern in the same vein, starting subtle before becoming big and powerful. But throughout the album’s duration, the orchestrations are consistent, as Stewart’s voice becomes more beautiful in each song.
Stewart himself asserts he wants bring a new younger demographic to the likes of classical music. Unfortunately, while beautifully composed and worthy of the acclaim it has received since its release, it seems that the album has been playing it far to safe to be creating the stint Stewart was initially hoping for.
Jason Cheung
Overall, the album is hauntingly surreal; Stewart’s voice is reminiscent of famed Opera singers in the past. The craft and arrangements of the songs are beautifully composed, as is the opening track of the album, ‘Without A Song’. Best played in a Sunday afternoon setting, Stewart’s voice surges over the heavy orchestral backing.
But while Stewart’s voice soars over the orchestral backing, the album plays its safe by continuing this pattern in the same vein, starting subtle before becoming big and powerful. But throughout the album’s duration, the orchestrations are consistent, as Stewart’s voice becomes more beautiful in each song.
Stewart himself asserts he wants bring a new younger demographic to the likes of classical music. Unfortunately, while beautifully composed and worthy of the acclaim it has received since its release, it seems that the album has been playing it far to safe to be creating the stint Stewart was initially hoping for.
Jason Cheung