 | One Chance [Read More ...]
Former cell phone salesman and now Britians Got Talent winner Paul Potts has spent most of his life feeling insignificant and bullied, but says that his voice was always his one true friend, a voice that Simon Cowell calls simply magical. |
 | Paul Potts [United Kingdom]: One Chance [Read More ...]
Description: 2007 debut album from the winner of the first season of Britain’s Got Talent. Potts' winning performance of Puccini's 'Nessun Dorma' is now one of the most watched clips in You Tube's history (10 million+). The album includes that track as well as the equally captivating 'Time ... |
 | Schütz: Christmas Vespers / McCreesh, Gabrieli Consort and Players [Read More ...]
Description: Heinrich Schütz's Christmas Story, besides being a historical milestone, has always been one of 17th-century music's crowd-pleasers--the former because it's the ancestor of Christmas oratorios by Bach, Charpentier, and even Berlioz; the latter because it presents engaging depict... |
 | Giovanni Gabrieli: Music For San Rocco [Read More ...]
Description: The polychoral and antiphonal works of Giovanni Gabrieli sound best performed in the acoustics for which they were conceived, such as the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice, where this splendid collection was recorded. Whether in extroverted pieces like the Sonatas 18 and 20... |
 | A Venetian Coronation 1595 [Read More ...]
Review: This CD won several awards :The other reviews here are spot on and i agree! This is a very special disc.
May i also add that it was awarded Record of the Year 1990 by ABC-FM Stereo
here in Australia and Gramophone (UK) 1990 Early Music Award.
I also suggest looking at abcshop d... |
 | Venetian Vespers (Monteverdi * Rigatti * Grandi * Cavalli) /Gabrieli Consort & Players * McCreesh [Read More ...]
Description: Paul McCreesh's second major recording (and second Gramophone Award winner) reconstructs Vespers for the Feast of the Annunciation at San Marco circa 1643, using music by Monteverdi and contemporaries including Cavalli, Grandi, and Rigatti. The music is less dense and lavishly sc... |
 | The King's Singers Collection [Box Set] [Read More ...]
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 | Cambridge Singers - A Cappella (Collegium) [Read More ...]
Review: A Fine Survey of Choral Music :John Rutter has long been established as a fine choral conductor as well as an intelligent programmer and this CD further substantiates his preeminent position. For this album Rutter has selected a wide ranging repertoire of songs written for unacc... |
![]() | Purcell: Hail, Bright Cecilia! [Read More ...]
Description: Purcell wrote several odes in honor of St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, for annual concerts in London on St. Cecilia's Day. Hail, Bright Cecilia is the largest of them, with chorus, orchestra, and a larger-than-usual group of soloists depicting a competition between variou... |
 | The Complete Odes and Welcome Songs of Henry Purcell / King's Consort [Read More ...]
Review: Purcell Complete Odes & welcome songs - Kings Consort:First class performances by the Kings Consort and recordings by Hyperion. The Kings Consort employs the best singers and players to undertake this ambitious project, and the results are stunning. Having personally sung man... |
 | One Chance [Read More ...]
Former cell phone salesman and now Britians Got Talent winner Paul Potts has spent most of his life feeling insignificant and bullied, but says that his voice was always his one true friend, a voice that Simon Cowell calls simply magical. |
 | Cambridge Singers a Cappella [Read More ...]
Review: A Fine Survey of Choral Music :John Rutter has long been established as a fine choral conductor as well as an intelligent programmer and this CD further substantiates his preeminent position. For this album Rutter has selected a wide ranging repertoire of songs written for unacc... |
![]() | Heinichen: Dresden Concerti Highlights [Read More ...]
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 | Purcell: Ode for St. Cecilia's Day [Read More ...]
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 | One Chance [Read More ...]
Description: Limited two disc (CD + NTSC/Region 0 DVD) edition of his 2007 debut album now includes a bonus DVD that contains Taking One Chance - Documentary, 'Nessun Dorma' (Live Performance) and promo videos for 'O Holy Night', 'Everybody Hurts' and 'Time To Say Goodbye'. The album feature... |
