René Bartoli - Guitar Recital

Advantages: Virtuosic operatic vocalism, unusual repertoire, mad scenes...
Disadvantages: Fleming's voice is maybe not best suited for this...

...voice is such a personal thing that I think it is only to be expected that one man's meat is another man's poison. So what exactly IS "Bel Canto" - which is the title of this particular CD featuring renowned American soprano Renée Fleming? Simply put: Bel canto is the Italian term for "beautiful singing", but it is specifically applied towards a vocal technique which first developed in the 17th century in Italy and continued to develop towards a peak in the 19th century with many bel canto operas by composers such as Bellini, Rossini and Donizetti - all of whom feature on this CD. It is a very technically based way of singing, where the singer was ideally supposed to have a perfect evenness throughout their range of notes, but most importantly, the ability to use extensive ornamentation (or decoration) as part of and in addition... Read review

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Advantages: insert opinion here
Disadvantages: the long wait until volume 2

...Best Air Guitar Album In The World Ever For all you cynics out there, air guitaring is a serious hobby that involves jumping around your room listening to great music and pretending to play the guitar. It is a two-CD album and is well worth the price that you pay for it. £12.99 at CD-WOW.com CD 1 1. Queen - Tie Your Mother Down - 4:00 This is a great start to a great album. It starts off with that very recognisable tune from 'We Will Rock You.' Then the guitar starts and then more guitar then the lyrics. This is a special air guitar edit as the guitar is played by Brian May (kind of remastered version); it is a timely reminder of how good Queen were. 9/10 2. Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water - 5:19 A great guitar intro (you will hear this a lot) has a steady beat that continues throughout the whole song. 50 seconds... Read review

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Advantages: Lots of great Guitar songs
Disadvantages: Not many (apart from status quo)

...Ok Welcome to this review on " the best air guitar album in the world " Vol.2. Well I got this album for my Christmas in 2002 I think, after my dad got the first 1. I kept hinting every time we went shopping and on Christmas day I woke up to find it in my stocking. This is a double disk CD by various artists comprised for air guitar rockers around the world. There are lots or artists old and new from Queen to alien ant farm. Brian Adams to Alice cooper, and so on. I will go through the songs individually on each disk. But first, what's included. Well there are 2 disks, one yellow and one pink. 44 songs in total so that's 44 air guitar moments to savour and enjoy over and over again. A leaflet with each song and the people behind the song. And A free Night of passion with…. The Air Britney !!!! Note. Passion not included. Ok so... Read review

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