Advantages: Good background listening Disadvantages: Odd mixture of music on the Uplifting disc
more complex harmonies. It would have been at home on either CD really. It wasn't a piece I remembered hearing before I bought Voices 2008, but now I enjoy listening to it.
3 Brunning - 'Pie Jesu'. John Brunning is one of Classic FM's own presenters. He composed this short piece, which is sung on the CD by All Angels. I would describe it as a sweet piece, but it doesn't really stick in my mind after I've heard it. It's pleasant enough to hear in the background though.
4 Canteloube - 'Bailero'. Canteloube took his inspiration from the traditional folk songs of the Auvergne region of France where he was born. He arranged these songs for orchestra and really made them his own. On the CD this piece is sung by the American Renee Fleming. I think the warmth of her voice captures the spirit of this song perfectly. I find this ...
Advantages: Classic songs, superb vocals, the voice of an angel Disadvantages: Absolutely none
something new. She met Anne Dudley a classical arranger/producer and learnt new voice techniques, including tips on clarity of delivery and producing a range of notes from a single breath. In my humble opinion, it?s hard to improve on perfection, and that?s what Alison Moyet was attempting to do.
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Before you read on, it is traditional for music reviews to incorporate comments on the instrumental accompanying each track. In this instance, I?m not going to do that because I don?t believe it would add value, and would detract from the over all focus of the album itself ? the artist?s Voice ? hence the album title.
Suffice to say that this is a recording of classical songs accompanied by orchestral instruments. There are ...
Advantages: Good for upsetting opera lovers Disadvantages: You could lose the will to live
from Mozart?s opera ?The Magic Flute.? If you manage to withstand this, try Track 14, which will give you an idea of the quality (or rather the lack of quality) of Thomas Burns? voice.
There are actually twelve tracks on the disc and not seventeen as suggested on the website (mercifully!).
The number of this disc, for those who are still undeterred, is CD GD61175 and the label is RCA. Amazon is selling it at £8.99 and HMV at £10.99. However, if you can sacrifice the Faust items, you?ll find the Florence Foster Jenkins tracks, along with some others, on a Naxos Historical issue (shouldn?t that be Hysterical?) at £5.99 from Amazon under the title ?Murder On The High Cs.?
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In certain areas of Britain, it has been found that playing classical music in places of high vandalism (bus ...
