The National don't do anything radically different on Boxer, but then again, they don't really need to: their literate, quietly anthemic take on indie rock seemed to have arrived fully formed on their 2001 self-titled debut. Boxer just hones in even more precisely and intimately on the heartfelt territory the band covers, with punchy-yet-polished ...
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Anne Howells (mezzo-soprano), Anthony Rolfe Johnson (baritone), Donald Adams (bass), Felicity Palmer (mezzo-soprano), Janice Watson (soprano), Marie McLaughlin (soprano), Nicholas Folwell (baritone), Richard Suart (tenor)
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Andrea Guiot (soprano), Claude Cales (baritone), Jacques Mars (bass), Jacques Pruvost (vocals), Jane Berbie (vocals), Jean-Paul Vauquelin (vocals), Maria Callas (soprano), Maurice Maievski (vocals), Nadine Sautereau (vocals), Nicolai Gedda (tenor)
For a band that's been compared to Joy Division, Leonard Cohen, Wilco, and Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, the National sure sounds a lot more like the Czars or Uncle Tupelo on this sophomore album Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers. Where the band might lack Joy Division's angular fury, Cohen's existentialism, and Cave's vampiric attack, vocalist Matt ...
While perhaps not living up to the lofty goals of its title, Ultimate Christmas is an excellent holiday sampler nevertheless, compiling classic performances from artists of all eras and musical backgrounds to appeal to as wide an audience as possible. The many highlights include Bing Crosby's "White Christmas," Elvis Presley's "Blue Christmas," ...
Naxos jumps onto the downbeat/chillout bandwagon with Classical Chill, a two-disc collection that shoehorns selected pieces from the classical canon into a package that might hook a few young listeners. Creative marketing concepts aside, it wouldn't be a bad idea for a few young people with adventurous listening habits to pick this one up: The ...
Trevor Jones and Randy Edelman's lush, romantic score for The Last of the Mohicans adds to the film's epic feel. The Royal Scottish National Orchestra's performances of "Kiss," "Fort Battle," "Cora," and "Pieces of a Story" reaffirm why this album is one of the most popular scores from the '90s. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
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Alexander Oliver (vocals), Della Jones (vocals), Giorgio Tadeo (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), John Tomlinson (vocals), Jonathan Summers (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Marjon Lambriks (vocals), Matteo Manuguerra (vocals)
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Ernest Blanc (baritone), Henri Legay (tenor), J. Michaeu (soprano), Jacques Mars (bass), Janine Micheau (soprano), Louis Noguera (bass), Michel Roux (baritone), Michel Sénéchal (tenor), Nicolai Gedda (tenor), Pierre Savignol (baritone)
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David Bell (organ), Jocelyne Taillon (mezzo-soprano), Marc Vento (baritone), Michele Command (soprano), Mirella Freni (soprano), Nicolai Ghiaurov (bass), Plácido Domingo (tenor), Thomas Allen (vocals), Paris National Opera Orchestra
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Della Jones (vocals), Isobel Buchanan (vocals), Joan Sutherland (vocals), John Tomlinson (vocals), Luciano Pavarotti (vocals), Nicolai Ghiaurov (vocals), Piero de Palma (vocals), London Opera Chorus (choir, chorus), National Philharmonic Orchestra
Once you accept the fundamental premise -- Joseph Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne are gussied-up folk songs -- they become the cutest little things in the world. Of course, not everybody can accept the premise since it involves accepting, first, that the folk song is a legitimate vehicle for high culture, and second, that a little sentimentality ...
The National may sound like a garage band turned down, but there's as much primal energy lurking behind Alligator as in any mop-topped group of city kids with bloodstained Danelectros in a dusty warehouse. While Matt Berninger's lyrics and conversational delivery rely heavily on the kind of literate self-absorption that fuels so much of the indie ...
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Anton Diakov (vocals), Ernest Blanc (vocals), Jacques Pottier (vocals), Jean-Pierre Huteau (vocals), Jon Vickers (vocals), Remy Corazza (vocals), Rita Gorr (vocals), Rene Duclos Choir (choir, chorus), Paris National Opera Orchestra
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Bernadette Antoine (vocals), Charles Burles (vocals), Delphine Haidan (vocals), Franck Leguerinel (vocals), Gregory Kunde (vocals), José van Dam (vocals), Natalie Dessay (vocals), Patricia Petibon (vocals), Xenia Konsek (vocals)
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Akira Eguchi (pianette), Carmina Quartet, Chee Yun (violin), Eric le Sage (piano), Maxence Larrieu (flute), Michel Béroff (piano), Paul Meyer (clarinet), Susanna Mildonian (harp), Lyon National Orchestra, Emmanuel Krivine (conductor)
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