Scala & Kolacny Brothers "On The Rocks" (2002) / choir, covers

Perhaps you saw Scala on the telly or watched a video clip of this successful girl choir. Maybe you heard Scala's version of "With or Without You" on your favorite radio station. You could of course also know the Scala girls from one of their live concerts.
It is a success story, a real dream for all the people involved in it. Today, more than 200 girls (16 - 26 years) are on the member list of Scala, but the choir started 10 years ago on a very small scale. The very first rehearsal took place on 2nd April 1996, with just 18 singers. The brothers-pianists' purpose was to work with "voices" in their free time. Obviously, a choir is ideal for this kind of experiment!
Scala spent its first years within a classical choir environment. The many rehearsals and perseverance very soon lead to winning prizes at classical choir festivals and contests. So, in Belgium (their home country) Scala became "Choir of The Year 1999-2000" and won top prizes at national festivals (European Youth Music Festival in Neerpelt) as well as at festivals abroad: Florilège Vocal de Tours (France), Hamamatsu World Youth Choir Festival (Japan), International Choral Kathaumixw Contest (Canada), International Choir Competition Budapest (Hungary), International Fleishmann Trophee Competition Cork (Ireland).
Yet, the Kolacny Brothers very soon turned aside from the beaten track. In hissearch for "another repertoire", Steven started writing his own arrangements of some well-known pop and rock songs. Stijn rehearsed this new repertoire with the same enthusiasm in between the classical songs. So, on 1st December 2002 the first "Scala On The Rocks" CD was born. The concept is simple but daring: to transpose a rock song into the sound world of 40 female voices and 1 piano.
http://www.kolacny.com/

1. Scala - I Think I'm Paranoid (Garbage) (3:02)
2. Scala - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana) (4:34)
3. Scala - Can't Get You out of My Head (Kylie Minogue) (4:21)
4. Scala - Turn, Turn, Turn (Travis) (4:08)
5. Scala - Somebody (Depeche Mode) (3:58)
6. Scala - She Hates Me (Puddle Of Mudd) (3:09)
7. Scala - Let Her Down Easy (Terence Trent d'Arby) (feat. Jasper Steverlinck) (4:22)
8. Scala - Life on Mars (David Bowie) (feat. Jasper Steverlinck) (4:16)
9. Scala - Teenage Dirtback (Wheatus) (3:57)
10. Scala - Someone New (Eskobar-Heather Nova) (4:08)
11. Scala - Creep (Radiohead) (4:53)
12. Scala - Muscle Museum (Muse) (3:24)
13. Scala - Every Breath You Take (The Police) (5:06)

VBR