The Anarchy Arias - The Anarchy Arias (Deluxe) (2017)

British institution the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and some of Britain’s finest opera singers have recorded an album of tracks from the angriest and most rebellious songbook – Punk. Forty years after the BBC banned God Save The Queen, ‘The Anarchy Arias’ is the first ever album of classic punk tunes done in a full-blown operatic style and is an idea inspired by Sex Pistol Glen Matlock. The thirteen-track album will be released on 9 June 2017 on Universal Music.

The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and critically acclaimed opera singers including lead soloist Stephen Gadd, who has sung in some of the world’s most prestigious venues including English National Opera, Royal Opera, Covent Garden, Opera national de Paris and the Glyndebourne festival (more often to be found performing Tosca and Macbeth than Oh Bondage Up Yours!) might be an unusual idea on paper, but whether it be the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen, Buzzcocks’ Ever Fallen In Love or the Clash’s London Calling, these dramatically arranged operatic versions make it clear just how much Punk has transcended its scrappy origins to become a national archetype.

TRACKLIST:

Disc 1
1 Pretty Vacant
2 No More Heroes
3 Should I Stay Or Should I Go
4 Ça plane pour moi
5 Teenage Kicks
6 The Sound Of The Suburbs
7 Ever Fallen In Love… (With Someone You Shouldn't've)
8 God Save The Queen
9 London Calling
10 Babylon's Burning
11 Oh Bondage Up Yours!
12 Love Will Tear Us Apart
13 Neat Neat Neat

Disc 2
1 Pretty Vacant (Instrumental)
2 No More Heroes (Instrumental)
3 Should I Stay Or Should I Go (Instrumental)
4 Ça plane pour moi (Instrumental)
5 Teenage Kicks (Instrumental)
6 The Sound Of The Suburbs (Instrumental)
7 Ever Fallen In Love… (With Someone You Shouldn't've) (Instrumental)
8 God Save The Queen (Instrumental)
9 London Calling (Instrumental)
10 Babylon's Burning (Instrumental)
11 Oh Bondage Up Yours! (Instrumental)
12 Love Will Tear Us Apart (Instrumental)
13 Neat Neat Neat (Instrumental)