 | Ian Bostridge Sings Britten
Buy used from: $6.48 Bostridge shows his incredible versatility both vocally and dramatically in this very exciting disc!!!
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 | Britten: Holy Sonnets Op35 / Bostridge, Johnson by Benjamin Britten
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $11.20 Wonderful song material and selection on this album; all displaying the tremendous talents of both Britten and Bostridge!
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 | James Bowman ~ Handel English Arias / The King's Consort · King
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $10.49 James Bowman is a legend among countertenors and although he is not MY personal favorite, I do enjoy this particular disc., because of its song line-up.
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 | Klaglied: German Sacred Concertos
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $6.99 I find this album totally enjoyable in every way: choice of music is interesting and believe me when I say that Chance is the GREAT interpreter.
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 | Vivaldi: Stabat Mater
Buy new: $32.99 / Used from: $32.30 Truly the most exquisitely moving recording I have ever heard of this music, and it is GREAT music!
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 | The Sypres Curten of the Night: Elizabethan & Jacobean Lute Songs
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $11.90 I actually bought another copy of this disc because I have played mine so many times, I'm afraid I'll wear it out! IF you enjoy lute songs, this is the BEST OF THE BEST!
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 | Folksongs by Alfred & Mark Deller
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.68 This is a very attractive album of authentic folksongs sung and collected by Father (Alfred) and son (Mark). They solo and duet, and it's all very good!!
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 | David Daniels: Operatic Arias
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $4.79 I' can't stop playing this disc; it's so great, both in Daniel's singing and his selection of music; very intelligent indeed!
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 | Berlioz: Les Nuits d'Été by David Daniels
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.28 Daniels displays his wonderful language fluency on this disc. It's not Handel, but I don't know anyone who can sing the Berlioz 'Les Nuits d'Ete' any better!
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 | Philippe Jaroussky - Vivaldi virtuoso cantatas
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $9.00 A shining star on the sopranist route; and this album helped him on his way! Great songs!!
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 | Jochen Kowalski - Arias from Berlin's operatic history, First editions by Carl Heinrich Graun
Buy used from: $10.89 WONDERFUL-MARVELOUS-MAGNIFICENT!!!Have I said enough? This voice is a thing of great strength and beauty in the world of falsettists!!
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 | Carlos Mena - Victoria 'Et Jesum'
Buy used from: $71.51 If you like the music of Victoria, then Mena is the countertenor you should hear singing it; that is really his forte.
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 | As Steals the Morn: Handel Arias & Scenes for Tenor
Buy new: $19.98 / Used from: $10.94 With this disc Padmore comes into his own. But he has sung on many recordings before this one, and he sounds just as good!
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 | Britten, Finzi, Tippett: Who Are These Children? A Young Man's Exhortation & Boyhood's End
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $8.90 Here it is!!!My favorite Padmore disc; probably because I love the selections and who wouldn't when they are so well sung.
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 | Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit: Spirituals
Buy new: $24.98 / Used from: $15.85 This album is sung by Derek Lee Ragin,
countertenor. And he is the only singer I would want to hear singing spirituals!
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 | Cantates pour alto
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $12.41 Scholl does a fabulous job of singing these Bach cantatas; one of my favorite albums.
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 | Andreas Scholl - German Baroque Songs by Johann Nauwach
Buy used from: $7.96 This is Scholl at his absolute best. If you are a fan of his, you should have this recording!!
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 | Matthew White - Italian Oratorios
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $11.98 This lovely countertenor voice is new on the scene, but it's not to be missed; great rich full sound and excellent interpretations.
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 | Byrdland
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $11.99 My find of the season!!! Great recording; in my opinion the best new disc of this ilk to appear in the last few months. Zazzo has created a VERY UNIQUE AND INTERESTING RECORDING!
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 | Leontyne Price Sings Barber
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $4.00 Price and Barber together recorded this disc. A truly exciting delivery of the 'Hermit Songs' and 'Knoxville: Summer of 1915'.
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 | Samuel Ramey: Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye: Songs of Barber, by Samuel Barber
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $2.94 The voice of Samuel Ramey continues to captivate me, and this collection of 20th century songs is no exception.
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 | Bryn Terfel - If Ever I Would Leave You (Songs from My Fair Lady, On a Clear Day, Camelot, The Little Prince, Brigadoon) by Alan Jay Lerner
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $2.98 An excellent collection of broadway melodies delivered wonderfully by Terfel.
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 | Canteloube: Chants d'Auvergne
Buy new: $16.99 / Used from: $7.31 Highly descriptive music enhanced by the voice of Upshaw whose variance in tone quality adds much to these lovely melodies.
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 | Sumi Jo - Prayers / James Conlon by Gioachino Rossini
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $2.64 Sumi Jo sings traditional religious music of various cultures. Something for all musical tastes.
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 | Cecilia Bartoli - Chant d'amour (Mélodies française) / Myung-Whung Chung
Buy used from: $0.50 One of my favorite Bartoli discs rendered with her powerfully resonant voice.
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 | Grace
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $2.00 Glorious interpretations of sacred music that includes Mozart, Bach, Handel, Faure and Wolf. All sung by Kathleen Battle with her incredibly smooth-sounding, but highly dramatic voice. Don't let anyone tell you that she is past her prime!!!Not that I can hear!
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 | Bach: Sacred Arias & Cantatas
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $10.48 A new release by David Daniels of Sacred Arias from Cantatas and the Passons by Bach. Superbly performed, but definitely romanticized a-la-Schubert!!!
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 | Children of the Light by The Jackson 5
Buy used from: $41.94 A bargain album containing 4 CD's featuring the French countertenor Gerard Lesne and his Il Seminario musicale. Good singing for a fantasticly low price. I could not believe it when I encountered it several years ago. If you like the countertenor sound, go for it!
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 | Lamento by Taylor
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.29 A 2001 recording by Daniel Taylor, Canadian countertenor,who sings with a gorgeous full-bodied strong voice (similar to Michael Chance) and the Theatre of Early Music. He sings:Schutz, J.C.Bach, and Buxtehude among others. Great listening for the Early Music Lover!
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 | Janet Baker sings Mendelssohn, Liszt and Schumann Lieder
Buy used from: $5.81 An excellent 2 CD album with Janet Baker and two fine accompanists: Daniel Barenboim and Geoffrey Parsons. GREAT MUSIC; GREAT PERFORMERS.
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 | The Best of Daniel Taylor
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $43.10 A compilation of excerpts from countertenor Daniel Taylor's various albums. A very interesting collection sung beautifully by Taylor.
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 | Ian Bostridge: Europa Galante - Fabio Biondi : J.S. Bach : Cantatas & Arias
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $3.75 A 2000 recording featuring tenor-Ian Bostridge with Europa Galante, singing two complete Bach Cantatas and selected solos from other ones. A real treat for the Brostridge fan!
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 | René Jacobs ~ Airs de cour / Junghänel · W. Kuijken · Kimura · Verelst by Antoine Boesset
Buy used from: $11.00 A 1981 harmonia mundi recording of lovely French love songs by Lambert sung by Rene Jacobs. If you like his countertenor sound, you will certainly enjoy this disc!
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 | Awake, Sweet Love
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $31.41 A rerelease of two solo discs, disc one is Tenor-Rufus Muller accompanied by lutenist Christopher Wilson singing songs from Dowland's 'First book of Ayres'. disc two is Michael Chance(countertenor) singing songs by Henry Purcell accompanied by viola da gamba (Boothby), harpsichord (Cole) and archlute and therebo (North).
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