From Greece With Love - Agnes Baltsa

Advantages: All good strong performances with some absolutely glorious
Disadvantages: Some of the arias do not show the singers at their best

.... Carmen, opéra-comique in 4 acts Habanera: La voila... L'amour est oiseau rebelle Composed by Georges Bizet Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Yelena Obraztsova Conducted by Giuseppe Patane >Yelena Obraztsova has a fine strong voice and is quite subtle in places. Her voice is not smooth - very different from say the Carmen of Leontyne Price or Grace Bumbry - rather she is powerful and vivid - a performance that you either love (for all the passion and excitement) or hate (quite a hard voice and manner). Orfeo ed Euridice (Italian version), opera in 3 acts, Wq. 30 Che faro senza Euridice Composed by Christoph Willibald Gluck Performed by London Philharmonia Orchestra with Agnes Baltsa Conducted by Riccardo Muti > Baltsa gives a full force performance here, very different from the famous performance by Kathleen... Read review

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Advantages: Part of the money goes to a good cause, Some decent covers.
Disadvantages: For every decent one theres a really bad one

...Well I move on now from a War film to do another op on the war kinda them theme and thought I’d write about the NME and War child - 1 love compilation album. Released towards the end of last year the album features cover songs of old classics done by current artists. Some of the covers are superb and others are really dodgy. So without drowning on about the album from every copy sold a percentage went to the War child charity to help children around the world who have been affected by wars destroying their lives. Right onto the actual album itself. There are a lot of big stars involved in this album and that’s what really shows they are committed to charitable causes instead of just making money for themselves. The main idea of the album was for the bands to pick a No. 1 from the past and record that. Right... Read review

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Advantages: The music, the chorus, the memorable melody
Disadvantages: None

...more pleasing ones, full of joy!”. The chorus joins in with an esculent tribute to brotherhood. Whether or not you agree with the politics behind the extension of the European Union on the 1st of May this year, it is easy to see the reasoning behind the choice of this piece of work as the official anthem for the EU The Performers Vienna Singverein / Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra with Anna Tomowa-Sintow, Agnes Baltsa, Peter Schreier, José Van Dam The Conductor Herbert von Karajan Date of Release 1st march 1987 The Cost From £6.99 Availability Most good music shops and on line from www.amazon.co.uk... Read review

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