Delta Mainline
Britain's long story of psychedelic rockscapes gets a new chapter with Delta's deeply reverbed epics. The group recalls sounds of Richard Ashcroft and his Verve dirges, but with less of the brooding romance and more emphasis on sonic layering. Biography
Mid-winter 2003. Six frustrated souls retreat to an abandoned 18th Century farmhouse loaded with instruments and record collections. After long, hazy nights and short days, the revelation of Delta Mainline was written.
Magdalena Kožená
Magdalena Kožená (b. 1973) is a Czech mezzo-soprano. She was born in Brno in 1973. After having studied at the Brno Conservatoire and at the College of Performing Arts in Bratislava, she graduated in 1995. In 1996-97 she was a member of the Vienna Volksoper. Miss Kožená’s recordings include Bach arias, Handel’s Roman Motets and Italian Cantatas and “Messiah” with Marc Minkowski for DG/Archiv, and her first solo recital disc (Dvořák, Janáček and Martinů with Graham Johnson - Gramophone Solo Vocal Award, 2001) for Deutsche Grammophon, with whom she has signed an exclusive contract.
Borodin
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Philippe Jaroussky
Philippe Jaroussky (b. 1978) is a French sopranist countertenor. He is noted for a virtuosic technique of melisma, and for compelling and enlivened interpretations of baroque cantatas and opera. This has contributed to his unusual revival of repertoire. According to La Terrasse, "this young singer with the tone of an angel and the virtuosity of the Devil has come into the limelight in only a few years as the great new French vocal talent." He received the 2007 best French lyrical artist. You can see his performance of a Vivaldi aria on youtube, here.
Juliette Pochin
One of the most versatile and gifted musicians of her generation, Cambridge educated, Juliette has a hugely varied and successful career as singer, composer, and Brit-nominated record producer - from singing the Angel in Dream of Gerontius with the CBSO to writing the music for The Kumars at No.42. She released her critically acclaimed debut album Venezia in 2006 (Classic FM Record of the Week), and the follow up - The Domestic Diva - is due for release in 2009.
Jessye Norman
Jessye Norman (born September 15, 1945) is an American opera singer. Norman is one of the most admired contemporary opera singers and recitalists, and one of the highest paid performers in classical music. A true dramatic soprano with a majestic stage presence, Norman is associated in particular with the roles of A
White Heath
Described in the Guardian as 'experimental alt-rock', White Heath are relative newcomers to the Edinburgh scene who are often found playing in venues such as Henry's Cellar Bar, the Ark and the Forest Café. In April 2008, only four months after first playing together as a five-piece, they supported signed Georgia based group ‘The Low Lows’ on their European tour. In August 2008 they provided the backing music for award winning Edinburgh Fringe Festival hip-hop act, ‘Mud Sun’ at their end of festival farewell show.
Dame Kiri Te Kanawa
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Russell Watson
Russell Watson, born in Salford, Lancashire, England, November 24, 1966 is an English tenor who has released popular albums of operatic-style songs. In his 9 year career he has released four singles, five albums and another was planned for November 2006, delayed now until 2007 due to removal of a benign brain tumour. His debut album entitled The Voice followed in May 2001, a mixture of operatic arias and covers of pop songs, topping the UK classical music charts and eventually reaching number five in the UK album charts.