MARC ALMOND Orpheus In Exile: The Songs Of Vadim Kozin (2009 issue UK 13-track CD, the fourteenth solo studio album by the British singer/songwriter, features Russia's most famous folk ensemble, Orchestra Rossiya, and sees Kozim's lyrics specially translated for Marc [having never been sung in English previously]. The flamboyance & despair of Kozin is juxtaposed by the ever-present optimism of a lost genre of song. Marc gives these universal concerns an overdue airing on a unique album that gives the original songs an all-new big, classy and stylized orchestral production, yet stays true to the original feel and roots of the songs; fold-out digipak picture sleeve with integral booklet, within a picture card slipcase)