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The Silver Tree

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by: Lisa Gerrard

Release Date April 23, 2007
Once again a soundtrack from Lisa - oh no, wait, this is supposed to be a real solo album. Hmm, could've fooled me.
I've been a Dead Can Dance-fan since they started, and when they split up and Lisa released The Mirror Pool I thought: wow, that's where the talent was all along, especially after hearing Brendan's bleak debut. But alas, you'll find no La Bas or Sanvean here. It's the same ethnic monotony as we've sadly grown accustomed to. The vibrant and melodious nature of DCD and her debut is nowhere to be found here, instead what you get is a loooong droooone of sounds that seem to form a sort of entities you could call songs, sprinkled at random with Lisa's voice.
There are two exceptions: Space Weaver, a Massive Attack-like ... Read More:

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The Banquet

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by: Tan Dun, Lang Lang, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra

Release Date November 13, 2006
Once again a soundtrack from Lisa - oh no, wait, this is supposed to be a real solo album. Hmm, could've fooled me.
I've been a Dead Can Dance-fan since they started, and when they split up and Lisa released The Mirror Pool I thought: wow, that's where the talent was all along, especially after hearing Brendan's bleak debut. But alas, you'll find no La Bas or Sanvean here. It's the same ethnic monotony as we've sadly grown accustomed to. The vibrant and melodious nature of DCD and her debut is nowhere to be found here, instead what you get is a loooong droooone of sounds that seem to form a sort of entities you could call songs, sprinkled at random with Lisa's voice.
There are two exceptions: Space Weaver, a Massive Attack-like ... Read More:

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Gilbert & Sullivan: Iolanthe

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by: The D'Oyly Carte Opera Company The New Symphony Orchestra Of London Isidore Godfrey

Release Date March 24, 2003
I was first introduced to Gilbert and Sullivan by my mother who, when I was 13, took me to see D'Oyly Carte perform MIKADO in Plymouth in 1963. From that moment I was hooked. At that time we did not have a record player, but despite this, I was able to remember the majority of the music and lyrics and a good portion of the dialogue and the actual staging.

In 1965 we bought a record player and at the first opportunity I travelled into Exeter. MIKADO was not in stock at the only classical specialist of those days so I parted with three pounds five shillings (£3.25) and bought this recording of IOLANTHE.

No doubt now that I was hooked, for despite the fact that this work is a very different work to MIKADO, within days I knew ... Read More:

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Shostakovich: Songs & Operas

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by: Various Artists

Release Date May 15, 2006
I was first introduced to Gilbert and Sullivan by my mother who, when I was 13, took me to see D'Oyly Carte perform MIKADO in Plymouth in 1963. From that moment I was hooked. At that time we did not have a record player, but despite this, I was able to remember the majority of the music and lyrics and a good portion of the dialogue and the actual staging.

In 1965 we bought a record player and at the first opportunity I travelled into Exeter. MIKADO was not in stock at the only classical specialist of those days so I parted with three pounds five shillings (£3.25) and bought this recording of IOLANTHE.

No doubt now that I was hooked, for despite the fact that this work is a very different work to MIKADO, within days I knew ... Read More:

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Verdi - Otello (sung in English)

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from: Chandos

Release Date September 10, 2001
I was first introduced to Gilbert and Sullivan by my mother who, when I was 13, took me to see D'Oyly Carte perform MIKADO in Plymouth in 1963. From that moment I was hooked. At that time we did not have a record player, but despite this, I was able to remember the majority of the music and lyrics and a good portion of the dialogue and the actual staging.

In 1965 we bought a record player and at the first opportunity I travelled into Exeter. MIKADO was not in stock at the only classical specialist of those days so I parted with three pounds five shillings (£3.25) and bought this recording of IOLANTHE.

No doubt now that I was hooked, for despite the fact that this work is a very different work to MIKADO, within days I knew ... Read More:

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Verdi - Le Trouvère [recorded in 1912]

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by: Charles Fontaine

Release Date November 20, 2000
Verdi's Le Trouvère, is the third of eleven complete operas recorded by the Pathé Company and is the fourth of Marston's Pathé opera series. An important historical document displaying the unique French style of singing, this 2-CD set is the first complete recording of Trouvère in French and, to date, this stands as the only version of Verdi's masterpiece sung by an all-French cast. This is not just someone's French translation of Verdi's Il Travatore; Verdi himself was instrumental in transforming Il Travatore into Le Trouvère which was specifically intended for the Paris Opéra. Listeners will enjoy this seldom -heard variation on a most familiar Verdi classic. Opéra-Comique's musical director François Ruhlmann (1858-1948) leads Charles Fontaine ... Read More:

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Verdi: Trouvère [IMPORT]

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from: Dynamic (Ita)

Release Date April 01, 1999
Verdi's Le Trouvère, is the third of eleven complete operas recorded by the Pathé Company and is the fourth of Marston's Pathé opera series. An important historical document displaying the unique French style of singing, this 2-CD set is the first complete recording of Trouvère in French and, to date, this stands as the only version of Verdi's masterpiece sung by an all-French cast. This is not just someone's French translation of Verdi's Il Travatore; Verdi himself was instrumental in transforming Il Travatore into Le Trouvère which was specifically intended for the Paris Opéra. Listeners will enjoy this seldom -heard variation on a most familiar Verdi classic. Opéra-Comique's musical director François Ruhlmann (1858-1948) leads Charles Fontaine ... Read More:

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Le Trouvere

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by: Marco Guidarini

Release Date January 17, 2000
Verdi's Le Trouvère, is the third of eleven complete operas recorded by the Pathé Company and is the fourth of Marston's Pathé opera series. An important historical document displaying the unique French style of singing, this 2-CD set is the first complete recording of Trouvère in French and, to date, this stands as the only version of Verdi's masterpiece sung by an all-French cast. This is not just someone's French translation of Verdi's Il Travatore; Verdi himself was instrumental in transforming Il Travatore into Le Trouvère which was specifically intended for the Paris Opéra. Listeners will enjoy this seldom -heard variation on a most familiar Verdi classic. Opéra-Comique's musical director François Ruhlmann (1858-1948) leads Charles Fontaine ... Read More:

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Theodorakis - Medea

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by: Yuri Vorobiev

Release Date August 18, 2002
Verdi's Le Trouvère, is the third of eleven complete operas recorded by the Pathé Company and is the fourth of Marston's Pathé opera series. An important historical document displaying the unique French style of singing, this 2-CD set is the first complete recording of Trouvère in French and, to date, this stands as the only version of Verdi's masterpiece sung by an all-French cast. This is not just someone's French translation of Verdi's Il Travatore; Verdi himself was instrumental in transforming Il Travatore into Le Trouvère which was specifically intended for the Paris Opéra. Listeners will enjoy this seldom -heard variation on a most familiar Verdi classic. Opéra-Comique's musical director François Ruhlmann (1858-1948) leads Charles Fontaine ... Read More: