Tag: Traditional
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Leontyne Price: Personal Choice
Gramophone Hall of Fame: LEONTYNE PRICE, “possessor of one of the most glorious voices of our time, was one of the first black singers to scale the heights of international opera. The bulk of her great roles were captured on disc. … Without doubt Leontyne’s glorious voice should be included in Gramophone’s Hall of Fame…
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Orthodox Hymns of Ukraine
The Kyiv Patriarchate, established in 1992, was denounced by Moscow and the schism between the two Orthodox churches has become part of the geopolitical confrontation between Russia and Ukraine since 2014. Warlike, incendiary speeches made by Moscow Patriarch Kyrill, some made before Russia’s annexation of the Ukraine, have only increased tensions. Much of the anger…
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Bawdy Ballads of Old England
“it is no good having lewd words one cannot hear … so full marks for the City Waites and their swinging dialect style … items are sometimes accompanied, sometimes not, and this nicely provides contrast, but they are made into lively entertainments” (Penguin Guide 3*) “a taste of the broadside ballad culture which pervaded the…
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Germain Montero, Folk Songs Of Spain
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The Queen’s Birthday Salute
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Netania Davrath Sings Russian, Israeli and Yiddish Folk Songs
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Lusty Broadside Ballads & Playford Dances from 17th Century England
“nearly flawless: singing is not flashy, but genuinely well executed … playing is solid and infectious … songs are well selected and intelligently ordered – as if it could have been plucked from a tavern 350 years ago …. Throughout, there is an infectious joy expressed in the four-part harmonies. There are songs here that…