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While Eden dealt with warm subjects like encountering exotic lands, the theme of this album is made clear from its title and cover-design: the moon. Like that celestial body, these songs are beauty tinged with cold. As always Frank Peterson ensures that the contemporary tracks such as Winter In July and Dido's Here With Me fit comfortably, and indeed seamlessly, alongside more august works from the likes of Beethoven, Handel, Rachmaninov and Dvorak. The haunting piano of Figlio Perduto (Lost Son) accentuates the tragic story of a father losing his son to shadowy ghosts in the snow. The unsettling atmosphere is continued in Hijo De La Luna (Son Of The Moon) which tells a bloody tale of a woman's pact with the moon and ultimately her child abandoned to it. As if the lyrical mood could not get any more serious, the album begins winding down with the smokey-jazz sound of the depressing Gloomy Sunday. But as on Eden everything fits together perfectly, whether its Italian opera, grandiose orchestral passages or pop-tracks — this album is a must-buy!

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