MINIMALIST DREAM HOUSE

HYMNS FROM THE OLD COUNTRY CHU

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2018 release from Britain's best-selling classical artist of the last 25 years. The Welsh mezzo-soprano says, "I have a life now I don't think I ever expected to have," Jenkins says. "I am very happy, very blessed and I feel incredibly grateful. I feel whole new layers of emotion which have really taken me by surprise and made me feel like I have found myself, found my true voice. My voice has changed. This album is the most intimate album I have ever made. It's a mindful collection of songs. I'm not trying to prove anything, I'm not trying to show how many notes I can hit, I just want to take people to a place of emotion and reflection - to touch hearts and souls."

This classic soundtrack (originally released in 1982) is now available on Polydor Sound Savers compact discs and cassettes. Features the tracks "Back to School Again," "Cool Rider," "(Love Will) Turn Back the Hands of Time," "We'll Be Together" and more.

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This is first ever collection of his greatest recordings plus 4 new tracks previously unavailable on any Bocelli CD!!!

2019 release. Improvising vocalist, folk singer, storyteller, pianist: on her ECM debut Areni Agbabian focuses the range of her skills in music that casts a quiet spell. A sparse music in which voice, piano and the subtle percussion of Nicolas Stocker, continually shade into silence. The California-born Agbabian, who came to international attention with the groups of Tigran Hamasyan, draws deeply upon her Armenian heritage, reinterpreting sacred hymns, a traditional tale, a folk melody transcribed by Komitas and more, and interspersing these elements among her own evocative compositions. Bloom was produced by Manfred Eicher.

An accomplished composer, conductor and lecturer, Eric Whitacre has quickly become one of the most popular and performed composers of his generation. To date, Whitacre's published works have received thousands of performances have sold in excess of one million copies worldwide. Decca's new ERIC WHITACRE: LIGHT & GOLD is the first album where Eric conducts his own music and singers.

2015 two CD collection. Ten Top Tenors brings together 10 of the most famous tenors, performing nearly 50 of the greatest arias of all time. It also features a 16-page booklet with everything you need to know about each tenor nationality, short biography, best recording, trivia and more in an appealing and witty design. Disc One contains 24 operatic arias, opening with the all-time tenor of tenors, Luciano Pavarotti, singing Nessun Dorma. Juan Diego Fl�rez delivers the astonishing "Ah mes amis" in supreme style, Villaz�n sings Verdi and Handel, while Jonas Kaufmann can be heard in Puccini, Bizet (Carmen) and even Wagner. Disc Two contains film themes, Neopolitan songs, Sicilian songs, sacred music and others. Highlights include Andrea Bocelli's 'Ave Maria' (from his best-selling Sacred Arias album); Joseph Calleja singing the love theme from Cinema Paradiso, Pl�cido Domingo with 'No Puedo Ser' and Jos� Carreras singing 'Granada'.

Double vinyl LP pressing. 2020 holiday release. Ultimate Christmas feature 22 of Peggy Lee's beloved Christmas favorites. Includes White Christmas; Winter Wonderland; Little Drummer Boy; Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town; I Like a Sleigh Ride, Peace On Earth, and more!

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HIRUNDO MARIS - CHANTS DU SUD

30 romantic Celtic melodies featuring traditional Irish instruments. 30 Yuletide favorites delivered via the warm, green-hued tones of traditional Irish instrumentation (Celtic harp, guitar, flutes, etc.).

The Delmore Brothers adapted their style with the times. At the start of their career, their then innovative approach, superseded many pioneer country artists. Toward the end of their career they adapted to the sounds of the 1940s and '50s, arguably pioneering the rockabilly sound. Alton usually took lead vocals, but they could switch high and low parts between them. Their influence on The Monroe Brothers is undoubted. Apart from harmony singing, their recordings are characterised by clear diction and clean-cut guitar playing. Born in Alabama in the early 20th century Alton and Rabon were sons of tenant farmers. Seeking better land, they moved to Tennessee. Their fortunes did not improve. The family worked on other farms as day laborers. These tough experiences would re-emerge in Delmore songs. Alton later said that the shadow of poverty never quite left them. But their mother could play and read music. She taught Alton and, settling on guitar, he became a fine musician. He also attended gospel singing schools. The early interest in gospel music was later reflected in their use of sacred material which continued throughout their career. Later, in the 1940s and early 1950s, even when they had a string of nationwide hits, they insisted on recording gospel material. By 1926 The Delmores were already working on their harmony singing and instrumental work. At some point Alton had bought a tenor guitar. Taught by Alton, Rabon could play it by the time he was ten - apparently using banjo chords. Alto chose the tenor guitar - smaller than the standard six-string guitar and having only four strings - after he'd seen a vaudeville double act use one. It was an example of their willingness to step outside rigid country traditions. By the end of their careers (Rabon died from lung cancer in 1952) the brothers had been Opry stars (and fallen out with the Opry) and written over 1000 songs including Freight Train Boogie - a key link in the Rock 'n' Roll story.