2cellos - 2cellos (2011)

2CELLOS (Luka Sulic and Stjepan Hauser) became a worldwide YouTube sensation with their passionate, dueling cellos version of Michael Jackson's Smooth Criminal. Their debut album is a thrilling collection of chart-topping rock and pop songs performed in their signature style from Guns N' Roses, U2, Coldplay and Kings of Leon, among others. Their follow-up single is an explosive version of the Guns N' Roses classic "Welcome to the Jungle" and the accompanying video is sure to create another viral phenomenon. Of the repertoire Stjepan says: "Both Luka and I love classical music and have studied it for years, but we are really excited to put our own take on classics by some of our favorite pop and rock artists."
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T r a c k L i s t i n g s

1. Where The Streets Have No Name (U2)
2. Misirlou [Theme From "Pulp Fiction"] (Dick Dale)
3. Use Somebody (Kings of Leon)
4. Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson)
5. Fragile (Sting)
6. The Resistance (Muse)
7. Hurt (Trent Reznor/Johnny Cash)
8. Welcome To The Jungle (Guns N' Roses)
9. Human Nature (Michael Jackson)
10. Viva La Vida (Coldplay)
11. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nirvana)
12. With Or Without You (U2)

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david burnham - one day (2011)

David Burnham's sophmore CD is a collection of classic songs re-envisioned along with several original tunes which David co-wrote with television and film composer, Mark Vogel. (Amazon)

T r a c k L i s t i n g s

1 I Can Fly
2 Already Gone
3 Unchained Melody
4 Three Little Words
5 Fly Again
6 Bridge Over Troubled Water
7 Beautiful
8 If We Believe
9 If I Loved You
10 Always Have You And Me
11 One Day
12 I Can Fly (with Camp Sing)

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Petra Berger - Eternal Woman (2001)

Eternal Woman (2001) is about the lives of eleven great women, ranging from Maria Magdalena and Cleopatra to Marie-Antoinette and Catharina the Great.

T r a c k L i s t i n g s

1 Terra Promesse
2 Close Your Eyes (He'll Be Just Fine)
3 Boadicea
4 The Girl Looking Into Me
5 If I Had A Wish
6 When He Spoke My Name
7 Eres Todo Para Mi
8 I'm Coming Home
9 Now's The Time
10 Still A Queen (In My End Is My Beginning)
11 All For Love

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Nicola Benedetti - Vaughan-Williams and Tavener (2007)

Nicola Benedetti (born July 1987 in West Kilbride, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish violinist from Italian descent.

Vaughan-Williams and Tavener: Violin Works is the third studio album by Scottish violinist Nicola Benedetti.

One word unites the works on this album, and that word is 'ethereal'. The soundworld of English composer Sir John Tavener is often described as 'ethereal'; possessing an other-worldly, spiritual quality that strikes deep into the soul. And Ralph Vaughan Williams's aural portrait of that blithe little lark as it spirals up into the heavens is indeed an ethereal vision.

T r a c k L i s t i n g s

1. "The Lark Ascending" - 15:57
2. "Song for Athene" – 6:47
3. "Dhyana" – 6:15
4. "Lalishri - Introduction" – 1:48
5. "Lalishri - Cycle 1" – 6:19
6. "Lalishri - Cycle 2" - 5:39
7. "Lalishri - Cycle 3" – 9:39
8. "Lalishri - Cycle 4" – 11:09

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Kate Royal - Kate Royal (2007)

This may be Kate Royal's first solo disc, but she has been making rather large waves in the classical music world for a while now. As the 2004 winner of both the Kathleen Ferrier and John Christie awards, with critically acclaimed Glyndebourne and Royal Opera House performances, and appearances on Paul McCartney's Ecce Cor Meum recording and Ian Bostridge's latest disc of Handel arias and duets, one would expect her to have recorded a pretty special recital. And she has.

Royal is accompanied by Edward Gardner and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and her recital takes the listener from French cantata to English folk song by way of Strauss. It includes old favourites such as Canteloube's Chants d'Auvergne alongside lesser-known works such as Debussy's 'Air de Lia' from L'Enfant Prodigue. Although there is no particular theme, Royal plainly has an affinity with music of and inspired by Spain. It pervades much of the recital, from Ravel's 'Vocalise en forme de habanera' to Rodrigo's gorgeous 'Cuatro madrigals amatorios'.

Royal's voice is just sublime; rich, warm and pure, it is able to be both lightly playful in Canteloube's 'Malurous qu'o uno fenno', and languorously dreamy in Strauss's 'Wiegenlied'. I could listen to it all day. What really sets her apart, though, is her ability to get under the skin of a song's lyrics to take on their emotions. She doesn't just sing a song; she becomes it. Take Delibes' party piece, 'Les Filles de Cadix'. This puts in an appearance almost too regularly on recital discs and, whilst it may be fun, unless acted convincingly it can fall flat as a pancake. There is no danger of that here though. Royal's interpretation is full of panache and fiery coquettishness. Likewise, she takes on all the wistfulness, then hope, of the jilted maid in 'The Sprig of Thyme', and the hollow loneliness of Rodrigo's beautiful madrigal, '¿Con qué la lavaré?' Kate Royal is much more than just a beautiful voice. This is music and singing to savour. --Charlotte Gardner

T r a c k L i s t i n g s

1. Lia's Aria ('The Prodigal Son')
2. The Maids Of Cadiz (Spanish Song)
3. Bailero
4. Unhappy He Who Has a Wife
5. The Forsaken Girl
6. Vocalise En Forme De Habanera
7. Anne Trulove's Aria: No Word From Tom
8. Anne Trulove's Aria: My Father! Can I Desert Him
9. Anne Trulove's Aria: I Go, I Go To Him
10. In Trutina
11. Lullaby
12. I Wanted To Make a Bouquet
13. Tomorrow
14. Laments, Or the Maiden And the Nightingale
15. I: What Can I Use To Wash My Face With?
16. II: You Killed Me
17. III: Where Have You Been, My Love?
18. IV: I've Come From the Poplars, Mother
19. The Sprig Of Thyme

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